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Yoram Ettinger

Yoram Ettinger

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

On a rainy day, the U.S. prefers a principle-driven ally that does not back down and that refuses to sacrifice its own independent national security on the altar of diplomatic and economic convenience.
The annual $3.8 billion U.S. investment in Israel saves U.S. lives, strengthens U.S. security and yields an annual rate of return of several hundred percent.
Iran’s ayatollahs have been energized by the apparent U.S. shift of paradigm from military to diplomacy, rejection of regime change and tendency to accommodate and appease.
The “Festival of Lights” highlights the centrality of the Land of Israel in the formation of Jewish history, religion and culture.
To assume that the threats posed by the rogue regime in Tehran are limited to the Persian Gulf and the larger Middle East is to ignore reality.
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett should heed Israel’s Founding Father, David Ben-Gurion, who stated: “Jerusalem is equal to the whole of the Land of Israel.”
Genuine leaders are ready to forgo frivolous popularity, while enhancing durable respect.
Western democracies, in general, and the United States, in particular, must enhance their military posture of deterrence and pursue peace through strength, rather than through concessions and retreat.
The U.S. Congress is the most powerful legislature in the world and has demonstrated its muscle in foreign and defense policy on many occasions.
Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, is a national Jewish liberation holiday and emphasizes humility and the yearning for peace.
Ten facts about the Day of Atonement.
The Jewish New Year constitutes an annual reminder of the need to pursue enhanced behavior. It is conducted by a repeated study of moral values, while learning from experience by avoiding past errors.