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Gideon Israel

Gideon Israel is the founder and president of the Jerusalem-Washington Center, which works to strengthen the relationship between the United States and Israel.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017. Credit: U.S. Embassy in Israel.

Second-class citizens no more

In retrospect, Israel was subjected to and accepted many norms from previous U.S. administrations, which made Trump’s treatment of the Jewish state particularly remarkable.

Gideon Israel

January 19, 2021

Former U.S. Vice President and current Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Credit: Flickr.

Don’t count on Joe Biden being a Clinton-era pro-Israel Democrat

It is of utmost important to note who would be surrounding him as he determines Middle East policy. Will his advisers be the same ones who forged former U.S. President Barack Obama’s Middle East policy?

Gideon Israel

September 29, 2020

U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt attends a press conference regarding the water agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Jason Greenblatt has done crucial work for the Trump administration

As U.S. special Middle East envoy, Greenblatt has helped lay the groundwork for a new paradigm in the Arab-Israel conflict.

Gideon Israel

September 16, 2019

Dr. Ronny Helman and his team work in a laboratory at the Medical Faculty at the Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital in Jerusalem on Aug. 12, 2013. Helman and his team are conducting research in the search for a cure for diabetes. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.

Is the FDA coming to Israel?

An FDA office in Israel would save Israeli companies valuable time and money, as well as minimizing risk to investors both in Israel and abroad.

Gideon Israel

May 19, 2019

Soldiers with the Israel Defense Forces' 906th battalion on a training exercise in the Negev Desert. Credit: IDF Spokesperson Unit.

The IDF soldier who influenced Foggy Bottom

Sometimes, the greatest impact is made by the person who doesn’t try to influence, but rather lives according to his ideals and values.

Gideon Israel

May 7, 2019

Israeli soldiers near the scene after a Palestinian assailant stabbed a reserve soldier at a bus stop near entrance to Shechem/Nablus, Oct. 11, 2018. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

The idea of a ‘lone wolf’ terrorist is a joke

Saying that a terrorist acted alone is no doubt convenient for the Israeli government. It allows it to shy away from the hard questions and the difficult conclusions that might be reached otherwise.

Gideon Israel

October 17, 2018

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