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Ron Prosor

Ron Prosor is head of the Abba Eban Chair of International Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya and Israel's former ambassador to the United Nations.

The U.S. government approved the sale of the Israeli Arrow 3 anti-ballistic missile defense system to Germany. Credit: Israeli Defense Ministry.

Unsung diplomats secured landmark deal with Germany

For years, the members of Israel's diplomatic services worked diligently in diplomatic missions abroad so that this deal could materialize, to the benefit of all Israelis.

August 21, 2023

Israeli President Isaac Herzog with Prince Charles at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire, England, Nov. 22, 2021. Photo by Koby Gideon/GPO.

Will King Charles III change course on Israel?

Many Israelis share the sense of grief over the death of Queen Elizabeth, despite the late royal never visiting Israel and only meeting one Israeli head of state.

September 11, 2022

A view of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

For UNRWA, the party is over

Donor countries could live with 70 years of fostering hatred and incitement against Israel, but cannot stand for the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees to be tainted by corruption allegations.

November 7, 2019

British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in London in 2017. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

A great friend to Israel

Boris Johnson’s election is good news for Israel and British Jews.

July 24, 2019

Flag of the Hezbollah terrorist group. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

What about the diplomatic angle against Hezbollah?

If Israel genuinely wants to weaken Hezbollah in the long-term, it must consolidate a three-pronged strategy that relies on intelligence, military efforts and diplomacy.

December 5, 2018

British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, May 12, 2017. Photo by Chatham House, London/Wikimedia Commons.

You cannot fool everyone all the time …

According to Jeremy Corbyn, the Jews are in control of the British media. Jews, and hence the Israeli ambassador, force the prime minister and other legislators to do their bidding on the public airwaves.

August 29, 2018

Masked Palestinians demonstrate in the Balata refugee camp in protest against the policy of Scott Anderson, director of UNRWA in the West Bank, on Sept. 17, 2017. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.

UNRWA is not the solution

America’s reported plan for dealing with UNRWA is proof that Washington sometimes see things more clearly than Tel Aviv.

August 27, 2018

The flag of Hezbollah flies in Syria, where Hezbollah has become an active element in a civil war that has claimed the lives of 80,000 people. Credit: Hezbollah Flag/Wikimedia Commons.

UNIFIL has another opportunity to do its job

Currently, UNIFIL troops are too scared to operate after sundown and refuse to enter Hezbollah-held areas.

August 7, 2018

A view of the U.S. Consulate in Jerusalem's Arnona neighborhood on May 13, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The day Jerusalem won

The American step lets the Palestinians know that time is not necessarily on their side, and their ongoing refusal to hold real negotiations with Israel could hurt them.

May 14, 2018