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Dan Diker

Dan Diker is president of the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs and the longtime director of its Counter-Political Warfare Project.

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The United Nations’ failure to uphold its 1949 recognition of Israel’s self-determination, and to protect the principle of sovereign equality, necessitates radical reform or a new legal-political framework altogether.
To confront the Iranian threat, ensure Israel’s security and Arab prosperity, and bring long-term stability to the Middle East, a new coordination framework is being fostered between U.S. President Donald Trump and Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammad Bin Salman.
Trump’s declarations to Hamas are far more than mere rhetoric. These are concrete intentions backed by Israeli military readiness and U.S.-Israeli coordination.
Cairo and Amman now face a significant challenge in Trump’s determination to implement his migration plan for Gaza’s Palestinians.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent statements underscore clear-eyed understanding that Israel is fighting jihad’s long war.
Israeli and Western policymakers must not assume that the Iranian regime will alter its apocalyptic Shi’ite theological view of the world or adjust its aggressive regional actions to accommodate changing power realities.
Israel’s government, media and civil society must move from a hasbara (defensive “explanation” of policy) communications approach to a toda’a (assertive perception) communications approach.
The last thing the Palestinians need is another corrupt authoritarian kleptocratic state.
In the West, it may seem cruel to demand something in return for aid. But in the Middle Eastern, giving without getting in return is considered submission.
Thus far, Hamas’s dream of “unifying the fronts” has not materialized, much to the dissatisfaction of Yahya Sinwar and his cohorts.