Expert Opinion

Countering Iran and IS – Muslims take action

“The only stakeholder that seems not to realize the danger of the situation is President Obama.”

Left Versus Right

Outside the settlements, what today is called the right is actually left.

The sad decline of a formerly principled politician

A man I once admired has begun subordinating vital security interests to the needs of partisan politics.

Should Isaac Herzog become prime minister...

It is sad, but the Israeli public is up for a great disappointment following a potential election victory by the left.

The state of the settlements

Replacing Benjamin Netanyahu as prime minister is an existential Israeli imperative.

By JOSHUA SOBOL

Putin’s Middle Eastern empire

Putin’s support of Assad’s Syria has inevitably drawn him closer to Iran, its devoted ally.

Shifting the tenor of America’s debate on Iran

That was Netanyahu’s goal in addressing Congress. And so far, he’s been surprisingly successful.

Netanyahu puts Iranian behavior change on negotiating agenda

If Iran wants to be treated like a normal country, let it act like a normal country.

Assad or IS? No need to choose

It is extremely concerning that the idea of supporting Assad, however peripherally, seems to be infiltrating mainstream political thinking in parts of Europe.

Empowering Jewish extremists and disempowering Arab moderates

That, it turns out, is exactly what the new, higher electoral threshold has done.

America: Netanyahu flying in on a wing and a prayer

Netanyahu’s address will fortuitously take place on the eve of the Jewish Festival of Purim when Jews remember the foiled plot in Persia (now Iran) in the 4th century AD.

Israel defense planning: Will Iran's leaders be rational, irrational or mad?

Whether Iranian national decision makers will turn out to be rational, irrational, or mad is clearly beyond any imaginable powers of selection or creation in Jerusalem.

Tony Blair’s flawed peace plan

There is an elephant in the room, which Blair pointedly ignores.

The question the left refuses to face

Why do people still back Netanyahu? Because in statecraft, as in medicine, the first rule is ‘do no harm.’

Islamic State: Egypt wakes up – when will the US and Russia?

President Obama urgently needs to rethink his September 2014 assessment of Islamic State.

That dirty word appeasement

The major lesson to be learned from the history of the 1930s is that there is no satiating the appetites of dictators and autocrats.

He who charms with words can accomplish anything

The lead up to Netanyahu's address to Congress on March 3 resembles the plot of The Karate Kid.

ISIS, Jordan, and 'Palestine' - The limits of Israeli security under international law

Palestine would represent a mortal danger to Israel, whether or not it had adhered to any of its pre-independence agreements to demilitarize.

Ceding cultural power centers without putting up a fight

The left controls such centers because it invested decades of effort in doing so. The right doesn’t even try.

European Union causes peace process and Quartet meltdown

It is hard to conceive of any action more likely to undermine trust or prejudge final status issues than the Quartet’s failure to condemn the EU’s aberrant behavior.

Speechless on Iranian nukes

Obama is trying everything in his power to unseat Bibi, including what he accuses the Israeli premier of doing: meddling in another democracy’s domestic politics.

The missing factor in the war on terror

Despite the fact that death is not a deterrent for Islamic radicals, there are certain deterrents that can bring them to their knees and end or significantly diminish their barbarism.

Be serious against terror, dear President!

I would suggest President Obama could better lay focus on the regions that are the centers of religious tolerance today.

Why Sisi is the West’s least favorite Arab autocrat

The Egyptian president's war on terror in Sinai is a daily reminder of why Israel shouldn’t leave the West Bank.

United Nations Security Council shames humanity

What has to happen before the United Nations Security Council comes to its senses and gets really serious about degrading and destroying Islamic State?

Arabs lose patience with Hezbollah

Within the past few weeks not only has Hamas’s military wing been branded a terrorist organization by Egypt, but Hezbollah and its leader have been roundly condemned.

Democracy and Judaism in Israel: Body and soul, or rival religions?

That depends on how you define democracy – which is why the ‘Jewish vs. democratic’ debate has become so fraught.

Can Netanyahu thwart a bad agreement between US and Iran?

The US president wants to proceed along his current negotiations path, hoping to reach what he deems to be, a peaceful outcome to the Iranian problem.

The Kurds – standard bearers for humanity

When the final battle has been fought and won – or even in advance of that happy event – supporting the Kurds’ desire for an independent sovereign state would be a suitable gesture of appreciation.

Jewish survival in France: Will European history repeat itself?

Over the past several dozen years, French officials and journalists have routinely characterized the Palestinian slaughterers of unprotected Israeli civilians as "militants."