After eight years of dealing with the Obama administration, it is a little hard to get used to all the benefits the Trump administration affords Israel. It is a pity that, with such a sympathetic administration to work with, Israel can’t seem to muster up a stable government.
The Israeli American Council helps bring closer the world's two largest Jewish communities – in Israel and in the United States. We are a giant extended family.
While the comedian’s sex scandal is extremely depressing, let’s not abandon the modern king of comedy just yet because of his internal flaws.
His idea was simple and smart: Force snap primaries for the Likud leadership to ensure the party remains in power before the Knesset disperses. But the decision to hold the primaries after the Knesset disperses and before another general election makes Netanyahu the heavy favorite again.
The special representative, who has been one of President Trump's most trusted advisers and the "chief architect" of the administration's peace vision, is set to leave at the end of October. In his long pursuit of peace, he has managed to change paradigms, instill new Mideast semantics, and win praise across the board. Poised to join the private sector, he says he will continue supporting peace efforts.
Naruhito became Japan's 126th emperor in a ceremony Tuesday that mixed past, present, and future.
Among the global powers, only Japan has managed to preserve this significant vestige of the old world. On Tuesday, in an event that perhaps occurs once or twice every 100 years, Emperor Naruhito formally declared his ascension to the Chrysanthemum Throne as the nation's 126th emperor at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
The Hashemite kingdom's independence is a vital interest not just for Israel but for the Persian Gulf states. Western powers must strengthen the kingdom and help it oppose efforts by Iran and its proxies to infiltrate and destabilize it.
How can it be that Jewish men and women in my native land must once again fear for their lives?
Israel’s current approach “is better than launching a wide-ranging military operation which forces Israel to retake responsibility" for Gaza Strip, in which case Israel would likely face “ongoing guerrilla warfare,” says head of the Chaim Herzog Center for Middle East Studies and Diplomacy.
