Israel’s Government of Change

After 4 elections and $4.24 billion in 2 years, Israel finally seated their current "government of change" in April 2021. The mantra in Israel, was much as it was in America's 2020 election, was "Anyone but the incumbent!" The liberal left in Israel was just as adamantly opposed to Benjamin Netanyahu as the liberal left …

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Israel Responds Weakly to Attacks from Gaza

I think Ronald Reagan got it right! Consider this... It's the middle of the night right now in Israel, and the IDF has been in action. The response, though, was a weak one in comparison to what has taken place under the previous Israeli government. Following recent rockets from Hamas operatives in Gaza and skirmishes …

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Abraham Accords: One Year Later

"Experts" said it couldn't be done! Yet a year ago, Israel signed peace agreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain. That was followed by additional peace agreements with Morocco and Sudan and degrees of "normalization" (though minus official peace agreements) with other moderate Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia. The deals were brokered …

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What Pushed the Abraham Accords Across the Finish Line?

With all the bad news swirling today, how about some good news! My what a difference a year makes! At this time last year, we were celebrating one of the most incredible things in modern history. In so many ways, the world was shocked in mid-April of 2020 when Israel and the UAE announced a …

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