Commentary

While the Iranians cannot afford a knee-jerk reaction to the assassination of nuclear program chief Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, its threats of retribution must be taken seriously.

The new form of Jew-hatred is a combination of anti-Zionism and identity politics.

The issue of renewable energies may not be as popular in Israel as it is in the United States, but it's getting there.

Despite projections, Trump did not lose 49 states, and the Republicans appear to have retained control of the US Senate.

The events of the last several days demonstrate clearly where we are and where we are heading. It is critical that Israel take advantage of where we are to secure its interests as it enters a new diplomatic reality in January.

Iran understands it is again penetrated and in the crosshairs of the Israelis and Americans. This message should not be underestimated: Iran is mulling its nuclear options and must know this comes with zero-tolerance.

President-elect Joe Biden’s history with Turkish President Reccep Tayyip Erdoğan gives mixed indicators of how he might deal with Ankara’s increasingly authoritarian leader.

Since Election Day, Israeli officials and the media having been trying to guess who will be named to senior foreign policy positions in a Biden administration. But worrying about it should certainly not be a priority, as Biden’s policies are basically set in stone.

The celebrations by supporters of the Democrats in the US were predictable, but it's hard to understand the gloating by some in Israel over the Republicans' defeat. How can one reject the outstretched hand of a president who saw us as a family? Trump has his own style and his substance was different, something his voters understood. 

When journalists and social-media oligarchs declare some stories or ideas out of bounds and then discredit voter decisions, trust in the media and democracy is lost.