Many interesting things happened in Israel last week. The Nation-State Law was passed, which solidifies and codifies a Jewish connection to the country (with a fair amount of controversy) related to issues that deal with non-Jewish Israelis and religious pluralism … Read More
WASHINGTON — Amos Yadlin likes talking about the Begin doctrine, which calls for removing existential threats to Israel before they are manifest — maybe because he lived it twice. As an Israeli Air Force pilot, Yadlin flew one of the … Read More
Iran has notified the international nuclear watchdog that it will expand its capacity for uranium enrichment. The country’s nuclear chief, Ali Akbar Salehi, told the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, on Tuesday that the Iran Atomic Energy Organization is opening … Read More
This month, Israel launched its largest attack against on Syria in over 40 years, responding to missile launches from Iranian positions across the border. Since the defeat of ISIS in Syria, Iran has taken advantage of the power vacuum, moving … Read More
WASHINGTON – President Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, known as the Iran nuclear deal, is bad policy and calls into question America’s international credibility. Mr. Trump has now set the international community … Read More
WASHINGTON — An inflection point in American policy towards Iran came this afternoon, when President Trump announced he will re-impose nuclear sanctions on Iran and effectively withdraw the U.S. from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) nuclear deal. Having … Read More
“We are what we repeatedly do.” – Aristotle As my time chairing the Jewish Community Relations Council comes to a close this month, I’ve been reflecting on Aristotle’s words. “We are what we repeatedly do”; that means who we are … Read More
The 2016 Annual Conference for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs took place in Cleveland, OH, May 14-17, and the dominant theme was uniting to confront the various challenges our Jewish communities face. The JCPA is the umbrella organization of … Read More
This past week, our good friends in the Islamic community were forced to confront an act of pure hatred – the vandalism of their house of worship. The content of this vandalism is vile and repugnant, and I conveyed that … Read More
On Wednesday, August 26, Sen. Mitch McConnell, the U.S. Senate Majority Leader who has a long history of support for Israel as an important U.S. ally and a strong interest in the Middle East, shared these thoughts with respect to … Read More