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David Wurmser

David Wurmser, Ph.D., an American foreign-policy specialist, is a Fellow at the Misgav Institute for National Security and Zionist Strategy. He served as Middle East adviser to former Vice President Dick Cheney.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at event for outstanding soldiers as part of Israel's 75th Independence Day celebrations, at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on April 26, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Despite invite, Biden and Netanyahu on collision course

Why now? Among other things, the U.S. administration is losing its domestic footing on Iran.

July 17, 2023

Iranians demand freedom, Oct. 10, 2022. Source: Twitter.

The Iranian protesters have a secret weapon

The cult of martyrdom and death fostered by the ayatollahs has backfired, and may well destroy them.

December 20, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One for Saudi Arabia after a farewell ceremony in his honor at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 15, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Situation Report: Joe Biden’s Middle East trip

While virtually no one was pleased by the outcome of the president’s trip, Israel, Saudi Arabia and the UAE came away the biggest losers.

July 19, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden on the phone with Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan about ongoing efforts to safely drawdown the civilian footprint in Afghanistan. Source: White House/Twitter.

The United States is faltering as the ‘strong horse’ of the Middle East

Israel must step up and show its neighbors that it is strong and self-confident.

July 10, 2022

Foreign ministers from the United States, Israel, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Egypt at the Negev Summit, March 28, 2022. Photo by Asi Efrati.

A tale of two summits

The Negev Summit was at once a spectacular success and one of the most flagrant displays of Israeli diplomatic incompetence in history.

March 29, 2022

Major tribes of Arabia at the dawn of Islam. Credit: Slackerlawstudent via Wikimedia Commons.

The bride of the JCPOA and America’s regional collapse

For the purpose of understanding what the Iran deal means in regional terms, one must consider first the dynamics of hostile relations among tribes.

March 20, 2022

A cedar forest in El-Arz, Bsharri, Lebanon, Dec. 1, 2006. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Lebanon and the geography of Arab change

As goes the Land of Cedars, so too will go the region. It is therefore critical that the outside world, including and especially the oblivious United States, stand with the Lebanese on their way to build anew.

August 12, 2021

Ra'am leader Mansour Abbas and party members at their headquarters in Tamra on election night, March 23, 2021. Photo by Flash90.

Will an Arab party entering Israel’s government lead the region toward peace or war?

The success of Mansour Abbas represents a catastrophe for powerful interests everywhere. It is to be expected that interested parties with the power to act will work to sabotage him at all costs.

June 7, 2021

People wave Hamas flags outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, May 7, 2021. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

Jerusalem and the trap Hamas laid for Jordan and the PA

The terrorist group has positioned itself in a win-win position over its enemies—ready to gut Judaism, and threaten both Amman and Ramallah.

May 23, 2021