Lenny Ben-David Archives

Lenny Ben-David

Illustration from a polling station in Kiryat Arba, as Israelis go to vote in the general election, Nov. 1, 2022. Credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

The reasons the right-religious bloc won the Israeli election

American Jewish liberals should stop saying that the sky is falling.

Lenny Ben-David

November 3, 2022

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). Credit: Flickr.

The secret history of Ilhan Omar

Do her voters know about her slavish collaboration with countries where abortion is banned, women are tortured and terrorism is supported?

Lenny Ben-David

October 25, 2022

Mahmoud Abbas, the leader of the Palestinian Authority, welcomes J Street’s President Jeremy Ben-Ami. Source: Office of the Palestinian President

J Street’s leader prefers a failed Palestinian state to the Abraham Accords

Jeremy Ben-Ami is entranced by the mirage of the two-state solution while ignoring the Iranian threat.

Lenny Ben-David

July 13, 2022

U.S. lawmakers pose with an Iron Dome battery while touring Israel. February 2022. Credit: AIPAC/Twitter.

US economic ‘aid’ to Israel no longer exists

The “patron-client” relationship between Israel and the U.S. is now a “partnership.”

Lenny Ben-David

May 17, 2022

Arlington National Cemetery. Credit: Pixabay.

Will Memorial Day always be observed in the United States and Israel?

Just ask the ancient Jewish sage Rabbi Akiva.

Lenny Ben-David

May 8, 2022

“The New York Times” building in Midtown Manhattan. Credit: Ajay Suresh via Wikimedia Commons.

Libeling Israel: ‘The New York Times’ is at it again

While the “Gray Lady” may have hired a new Jerusalem correspondent to cover Palestinian affairs, the paper continues to pump out the same old anti-Israel narrative.

Lenny Ben-David

April 24, 2022

Missiles of the armed forces of Iran, Sept. 9, 2019. Credit: Saeediex/Shutterstock.

The spread of Iran’s malign activities

Unlike empires of old, the Islamic Republic exercises its rule indirectly through proxy forces, equipping and empowering them to take over countries ravaged by instability in Tehran’s name, all while maintaining a guise of plausible deniability to evade accountability.

Lenny Ben-David and Wade Ze’ev Gittleson

November 25, 2021

The U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. Credit: Andrew Bossi via Wikimedia Commons.

The battle for Washington’s foreign policy has begun

Progressive organizations have embarked on a well-funded and organized campaign to turn the U.S. ship of state toward Iran and the Palestinians and away from Israel and Arab states that seek to normalize relations with it.

Lenny Ben-David

December 23, 2020

The coordinates of the Saviz in the Red Sea. Source: Google Earth.

Is Iran threatening oil shipping ahead of the new US administration?

Attacks on Red Sea shipping are attributed to the Houthis. The so-called civilian “Savitz” may be the “mother-ship” providing intelligence and arms to the Iranian proxy group, but is likely being replaced by a new warship.

Lenny Ben-David

December 17, 2020

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