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David M. Weinberg

David M. Weinberg is senior fellow at the Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy, in Jerusalem. His personal website is davidmweinberg.com.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (second from left) at a meeting with French President Emanuel Macron in Paris, June 16, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Give Saudi peace a chance

Chances for a Saudi-Israeli deal are high, the risks manageable and the value overwhelming.

David M. Weinberg

August 6, 2023

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at a protest in Tel Aviv against the government's planned judicial reforms, Feb. 25, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90.

Ehud Barak’s poisonous pyromania

Whatever you think of the Netanyahu government or its judicial reform proposals, Ehud Barak's warmongering is the true threat to Israeli democracy.

David M. Weinberg

July 30, 2023

Israeli soldiers patrol the Lebanese border, April 26, 2021. Credit: IDF Spokesperson via TPS.

The refusal-to-serve festival

Mainstream Israeli media have pointedly failed to report on the majority consensus in Israeli society.

David M. Weinberg

July 26, 2023

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the G20 meeting in Buenos Aires. Nov. 20, 2018. Photo by Matias Lynch/Shutterstock.

Sabotaging Saudi-Israeli peace

The left prefers shafting Netanyahu and promoting Palestinian statehood over breakthrough diplomacy that would transform the Mideast.

David M. Weinberg

June 11, 2023

Henry Kissinger discusses the Vietnam War at the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, April 26, 2016. Photo by Marsha Miller/Flickr via Wikimedia Commons.

Honoring Henry Kissinger at 100

While he was very tough with Israeli leaders, Kissinger never ran roughshod over Israel's core interests.

David M. Weinberg

May 29, 2023

U.S. President Joe Biden at a NATO summit in Brussels, March 24, 2022. Credit: Gints Ivuskans/Shutterstock.

Biden spares Iran and scolds Israel

The president is neighing about Israeli democracy and stiffing Netanyahu to counter Israel’s insistence on acting against Iran.

David M. Weinberg

April 3, 2023

A view of Efrat's Dagan (foreground) and Tamar (background) neighborhoods, near Bethlehem in Judea and Samaria, Nov. 10, 2020. Credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Building in Judea and Samaria is the best response to terrorism

Israel should lay stakes on more land each time they fire a shot.

David M. Weinberg

February 19, 2023

Jordan’s King Abdullah II address to the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 20, 2022. Source: Youtube.

Where is King Abdullah’s moderation on the Temple Mount?

One would think that Jordan’s “special role” means it has a responsibility to maintain the site as a place of prayer, brotherhood and tolerance.

David M. Weinberg

February 12, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Jan. 3, 2023. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Netanyahu, now is the best time to act

Israel should implement policy change in a concentrated fashion and plow through the chorus of international criticism.

David M. Weinberg

January 8, 2023