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Yoram Ettinger

Yoram Ettinger is a former ambassador and head of Second Thought: A U.S.-Israel Initiative.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on March 9, 2016. Credit: Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Biden will pressure Netanyahu

Principled rejection of American pressure has benefited both Israel and the United States.

September 18, 2023

Lockheed Martin F-35, 3D illustration. Credit: Mike Mareen/Shutterstock.

Israel’s use of the F-35 benefits the US

Israel is a mega-billion-dollar battle-tested laboratory for the U.S. military.

August 23, 2023

The flags of Israel, Saudi Arabia and the United States. Credit: OnePixelStudio/Shutterstock.

An Israeli-Saudi accord requires US realism

Four realities the U.S. State Department must recognize for such an agreement to be achieved.

August 16, 2023

A protest against the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on July 29, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Israel’s economic growth in defiance of grave odds

Despite domestic political unrest over its government's judicial reform push, the data predict growth for Israel's economy.

August 3, 2023

Iranian Intelligence Minister Mahmoud Alevi (right) sits next to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Source: Khamenei.ir.

Iran’s ayatollahs poke the US in the eye

The ayatollahs' track record in Latin America proves the self-destructive nature of the U.S. diplomatic option regarding Iran

July 30, 2023

Israeli founding father and first prime minister David Ben-Gurion declares the Independence of the State of Israel on May 14, 1948. Source: Knesset.

Israel’s defiance of US pressure

American officials might not like strong Israeli leaders, but they do respect them.

July 13, 2023

The special plagues given to diplomats from the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Jordan and Egypt at the second anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords at the Israeli embassy in Washington on Sept. 15, 2022. Courtesy of the Israeli Embassy in Washington D.C.

Is a Palestinian state consistent with US interests?

While Western conventional wisdom is based heavily on the pro-Palestinian Arab talk, Middle East reality is shaped by the Arab walk.

July 11, 2023

The flags of Israel and the United States wave above a camp for U.S. service members supporting exercise Juniper Cobra at an Israeli Defense Forces site on Feb. 23, 2018. Credit: Sgt. Matthew Plew/U.S. Air Force.

The US-Israel nexus transcends politics and geo-strategy

The roots of American attitudes to Israel are deeper than the political beltway of Washington, D.C., and precede both the 1948 establishment of the Jewish state and the 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence.

May 8, 2023

Israeli forces operate in Judea and Samaria, March 5, 2023. Credit: IDF.

The war on terror: Offense or defense?

Seeking to avoid a multi-front war, Israel pursues a policy of containment that erodes its deterrence, bringing such a war closer but under much worse conditions.

April 13, 2023