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Ron Prosor

Ron Prosor is head of the Abba Eban Chair of International Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations.

For years, the members of Israel’s diplomatic services worked diligently in diplomatic missions abroad so that this deal could materialize, to the benefit of all Israelis.
Boris Johnson’s election is good news for Israel and British Jews.
If Israel genuinely wants to weaken Hezbollah in the long-term, it must consolidate a three-pronged strategy that relies on intelligence, military efforts and diplomacy.
According to Jeremy Corbyn, the Jews are in control of the British media. Jews, and hence the Israeli ambassador, force the prime minister and other legislators to do their bidding on the public airwaves.
America’s reported plan for dealing with UNRWA is proof that Washington sometimes see things more clearly than Tel Aviv.
Currently, UNIFIL troops are too scared to operate after sundown and refuse to enter Hezbollah-held areas.
The American step lets the Palestinians know that time is not necessarily on their side, and their ongoing refusal to hold real negotiations with Israel could hurt them.
Today, most of Europe (aside from the Netherlands) artificially distinguishes between Hezbollah’s military wing and its diplomatic wing.
My greatest fear is that the U.S. airstrikes will be the final act in America’s involvement in Syria. U.S. military action must not conclude with a limited tactical victory; that would only result in a long-term strategic loss for the United States.