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Jacob Nagel

Jacob Nagel

Brig.-Gen. (res.) Jacob Nagel is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Such a treaty could curtail Israel’s freedom of action and signal that it cannot defend itself by itself.
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah must be disabused of the notion that he has managed to deter Israel.
An Iranian push to weapons grade uranium is preferable if it means billions of dollars not flowing to the regime and bursting the illusion that “freezing” enrichment at 60% is meaningful.
Israel must highlight the dangers of the provisions being formulated.
Normalization of relations with Saudi Arabia should not come at the expense of Israel’s top priority.
A partial nuclear agreement, even a broad one, will buy the world only a few weeks, or maybe months.
With his return to office, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confronts challenges with which he is intimately familiar, although some have taken new forms during his 18-month absence.
It is imperative to punish the Iranian regime for its blatant breaches of human rights in both Iran and Ukraine.
While Israel should avoid sending weapon systems, it could definitely provide Kyiv with good intelligence on Iran’s actions, drones and ballistic missiles.
Tehran wants to keep up the negotiations facade until such time as the IAEA convenes, but its leaders must be made to understand that the era of immunity is over.
The Europeans are again kowtowing to American pressure while the Russians and Chinese are wringing their hands gleefully.
Even the Russians and Syrians support Israeli action against Iran in Syria. However, the Biden administration is tying Israel’s hands when it comes to Iran’s nuclear program.