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Michael B. Oren. Photo by Gideon Markowicz/Flash90.

Michael B. Oren

Michael B. Oren is an American-Israeli diplomat, writer and politician who served as Israel’s ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2013.

History shows that when Jerusalem has folded under American pressure, it has earned contempt, while when it has insisted on its sovereign security needs, it has earned respect. If history is our guide, Israel has no choice but to act independently in the fateful campaign for its future.
Jewish history will not forget those who stood by Israel during one of its most challenging times to date.
If the fighting expands in Rafah, the president might significantly reduce military aid to Israel and even demand a ceasefire.
Hamas the military force will never be the same after this Israeli campaign. But Hamas the movement, Hamas the idea, will surely survive.
In one direction lie chaos and conflict, and in the other, possible reconciliation and peace.
Connect all the dots and you will get an Israel-Saudi peace ceremony on the White House lawn, But getting there won’t be easy.
As he meets US officials, Israel’s president must ask himself: Is there anything the prime minister would be willing to accept in exchange for giving up, even partially, on the judicial reform?
Emptying our political bank account while the situation in Judea and Samaria is escalating and Iran races towards a nuclear weapon places Israel in a dangerous situation.
There are significant security and ethical pitfalls on this path.
Israel must act immediately to bolster its defense and restore deterrence because a country that hesitates to defend itself only invites greater aggression.
Credit is due to Benjamin Netanyahu and his team, who took a historic opportunity created by the Trump administration and the willingness of the Gulf states to move from covert to overt relations.
The goal is to have more than 100,000 Israelis move ‎to the area over the next decade, thereby increasing ‎the Israeli population there by five times, and ‎establish the necessary industrial and ‎transportation infrastructure.‎