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Caroline B. Glick is the international affairs advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The International Criminal Court is not a legal body. It is a political organization that is exceedingly hostile to Israel. To fight it, Israel needs to ditch its failed legal strategy and adopt and implement an aggressive plan to defeat the ICC on its own political terms.
If Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to win in March, he needs to do more than give a speech. He needs to pass a government decision to apply Israeli law to Judea and Samaria.
The American Jewish establishment needs Trump to be an anti-Semite to justify its continued support for the Democratic Party.
Jordan’s recent actions reinforce what has been clear for some time: In its rush to protect the peace with its neighbor to the east, Israel has forgotten that the peace depends on deterrence.
Circumstances provide an opportunity for Israel to use the chaos in Iran to its advantage. But Israel’s government is paralyzed because the attorney general has decided that almost all activities require his prior approval.
Ever since Mandelblit gave his “recommendations,” he and his comrades have been the only political actors in Israel with any power to speak of.
For the Europeans and the American left, the term “settlement” is a password that opens Pandora’s Box of anti-Semitism. Pompeo took their buzzword away.
President Trump’s extraordinary gesture of support for Israel and the rights of the Jewish people was evident in the historic statement. The U.S. has rightly concluded that falsely calling settlements illegal is not helpful for peace.