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Yoram Ettinger

Yoram Ettinger

Yoram Ettinger is a former ambassador and head of Second Thought: A U.S.-Israel Initiative.

From the devastation of the Soviet-aligned Egypt in 1967 to the toppling of Hezbollah, Israel’s action in the Middle East have also benefitted the United States.
Without Israel, the United States would have to invest between $15 billion to $20 billion annually for the manufacturing of aircraft carriers needed in the Mediterranean.
The proven edge of the fighter jet has resulted in billions of dollars in savings for U.S. research and development, enhancing the country’s competitiveness in the global market.
Reversible economic sanctions or irreversible regime-change?
Once again, Israel performs as the battle-tested research and development center of the U.S. defense and aerospace industry, as well as of the U.S. Armed Forces.
A focus on the 2024 Congressional elections is advisable in light of the power vested in Congress by the U.S. Constitution.
FBI Director Christopher Wray is driven by Middle East reality, not by alternative, less frustrating but self-destructive fantasy.
Some advice for U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan.
In many respects, Hamas benefits from more popular support than that enjoyed by Iraq’s Saddam Hussein, Syria’s Bashar Assad and Iran’s ayatollahs.
Iran’s ayatollahs, who have been courted and appeased by the West, are committed to bringing the West—and especially “the Great American Satan”—into submission.
In order to defeat Islamic terrorism, Western democracies—led by the United States—must acknowledge its inherently apocalyptic, uncompromising vision.
Israeli, U.S. and Western policy makers have been in denial regarding the nature of Palestinian terrorism, just as the Western establishment has, since 1979, been in denial regarding the nature of Iran’s regime.