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David M. Weinberg

David M. Weinberg

David M. Weinberg is a fellow at the Jerusalem-based Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy and the David Institute for Security Policy. His diplomatic, defense, political and Jewish world columns in the past 30 years are available at: davidmweinberg.com. The views here are his own.

The Jewish town of Karnei Shomron in Samaria, June 4, 2020. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.
Opinion
Annexation is not apartheid
The settlement “enclaves” Israel’s sovereignty plan entails are the inexorable result of the laudable principle that no Palestinian or Israeli should be forced out of their home.
Jun. 30, 2020
David M. Weinberg
A young Israeli woman waves the Israeli flag as she participates with hundreds of other Israeli youth in the “March of the Living” annual program in Poland, on May 2, 2011. Photo by Yossi Zeliger/Flash90.
Opinion
Israel’s role in the struggle against anti-Semitism
As raw anti-Semitism around the world has risen and morphed into virulent anti-Israel sentiment—making the two phenomena almost indistinguishable—the State of Israel has moved from indifference to active involvement in the struggle against such hate.
Jan. 19, 2020
David M. Weinberg
Rally in NCY
Opinion
Distortions in the fight against anti-Semitism
Partisanship, “progressive” politics, legal pretexts, anti-Israel sentiment and community divisions hamper the effort to combat surging Jew-hatred. The “fight” is also a distraction from even more urgent battles: keeping Jews Jewish and Israel safe.
Dec. 16, 2019
David M. Weinberg
Israeli flags hangs on the walls of the Cave of the Patriarchs for Israel's 71st Independence Day, in the West Bank city of Hebron, May 8, 2019. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.
Opinion
Transcendence in Hebron
From the leftist Israeli media, you would never know that tens of thousands of Jews celebrated Zionism in Hebron last weekend.
Dec. 2, 2019
David M. Weinberg
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participate in a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 28, 2019. Credit: State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.
Opinion
Truth-telling to advance peace
By changing the discourse about settlements, the Trump administration is laying the groundwork for realistic negotiation.
Nov. 27, 2019
David M. Weinberg
Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (center) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and KKL-JNF global chairman Daniel Atar at an event at the Waldorf Astoria in Jerusalem marking the opening of a new Visitor Center in Israel's Hula Valley, named in honor of Harper, Nov. 5, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.
Opinion
Pushing back against anti-Semitism in the West
This has been a depressing year with anti-Semitic and anti-Israel activity on the rise. Thankfully, Stephen Harper and others are there to defend Israel and the Jewish people.
Nov. 11, 2019
David M. Weinberg
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, at the annual J Street Conference in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 28, 2019. Credit: Michael Brochstein/Split Stone Media.
Opinion
J Street’s foul formula
The supposedly pro-Israel organization is now less protective of Israeli security than Obama was; it wants to condition U.S. military aid on Israeli withdrawals.
Nov. 3, 2019
David M. Weinberg
IDF tanks stationed near the Israel-Gaza border on March 27, 2019. Photo by Dudi Modan/Flash90.
Opinion
Prepare for war, the right way
The IDF must return to the fundamentals: ground maneuvers to achieve decisive outcomes.
Oct. 27, 2019
David M. Weinberg
View of the West Bank settlement of Havat Gilad, Jan. 10, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
Opinion
Blame those settlements!
Settlements neither explain Palestinian unwillingness to make peace with Israel nor cause traffic jams in Tel Aviv. Stop using them as a thinly veiled smokescreen for anti-Israel sentiment.
Jun. 23, 2019
David M. Weinberg
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Benny Gantz, more of the same?
Gantz went further in a recent interview with Yedioth Ahronoth, where he praised the unilateral Gaza withdrawal and the destruction of Gush Katif towns, saying that it was “carried out with a lot of political consideration,” “done legally,” and “handled well.”
Feb. 10, 2019
David M. Weinberg
Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Opinion
Gantz’s first big mistake
I have some advice for Benny Gantz: Tell us who you really are and what you truly believe—not what your campaign team (so wrongly!) thinks that Israelis want to hear.
Jan. 25, 2019
David M. Weinberg
Joe Biden, then serving as vice president, speaks at the 2013 J Street conference. Credit: J Street via Facebook.
Opinion
Is J Street still pro-Israel?
When it was founded 11 years ago, J Street claimed to be a pro-Israel and pro-peace organization. That was taken to mean partnering with the mainstream Israeli political left to build support in Washington for a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians. Or so we were led to believe.
Dec. 23, 2018
David M. Weinberg
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