Analysis

The historic meeting sends a clear message to the new administration in Washington, and even more so to the ayatollah regime in Tehran.

Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs fellow Irwin Mansdorf says most American Jews “see themselves as liberal and do not always see anti-Israelism as anti-Semitism, which is viewed as a right-wing issue. Israel-related issues are not ‘make-or-break.’”

Israel’s refusal to fully cooperate with the FBI on the Jonathan Pollard investigation only led to greater suspicions.

Defense acquisitions are complicated and entail lengthy negotiations and the involvement of a lot of different officials in multiple countries. But Israel never intended to expand its submarine fleet beyond a total of six.

The Syrian leader is responsible for Iran's actions in his country, just like Lebanon is responsible for Hezbollah's provocations.

In turn, Armenia could allow Turkey's enemy, the United Arab Emirates, to deploy its own troops to the area. Russian President Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, could force all sides to cease and desist.

As a veteran senator, a former contender for his party’s presidential nomination, and a former vice president, Biden is aware of the extent of support for Israel in the US Congress.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a longtime supporter of the settlement enterprise, may seek to use the final weeks of the Trump administration to push through a flurry of last-minute construction projects. But doing so could antagonize the incoming administration.

Israel’s security establishment is worried that another Obama-esque approach to Iran will fail a second time and will once again result in a triumphant Iran flush with billions of dollars in cash. Then again, Joe Biden is not Barack Obama, and the world is in a different place.

Iran and its proxies interfere in Arab states while promoting their Shiite revolutionary ideology, while Turkey pushes the Muslim Brotherhood's Sunni revolutionary ideology throughout the region. For both these countries, the normalization deals struck between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Sudan have been a shock to the system.