Category Archives: US-Israel Relations

One Choice: Fight to Win

Posted on August 26, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

Yesterday Israel preempted a potentially disastrous attack by Hezbollah on the center of the country. Thirty minutes before launch time, our aircraft destroyed literally thousands of launchers, rockets, and drones that were aimed at various targets including IDF headquarters in … Continue reading →

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Israel Waits on the Edge of War

Posted on August 18, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

Israel has been in crisis mode for two weeks, waiting for a promised attack from Iran. At the same time, the Biden-Harris administration is trying to force Israel to accept a cease-fire agreement with Hamas. How are these things related? … Continue reading →

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Do We Have an Ally in America? Or Something Else?

Posted on August 13, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. And what I mean by that is an opportunity to do things that you think you could not do before.” – Rahm Emanuel Emanuel was Chief of Staff for Barack … Continue reading →

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How to End the New War of Attrition

Posted on July 30, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

Welcome to that familiar location, the one between a rock and a hard place. Since the day after the invasion and massacre on 7 October, Hezbollah has been waging a successful war of attrition against Israel. More than 80,000 Israelis … Continue reading →

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Do We Have What it Takes to Live in the Middle East?

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

The struggle to establish and maintain a Jewish sovereign state in Eretz Yisrael has lasted more than one hundred years. Since 1948, the existence of the state has hung in the balance several times. This is one of them. Our … Continue reading →

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Confrontation with Iran: Who Won?

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

The West likes its Jews passive, dependent, and weak. When American officials say “Israel has a right to defend [herself]” they mean that they will allow her, and even assist her, to ward off the blows of her enemies. But … Continue reading →

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America Takes the Side of Hamas

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

It is with great sorrow – and trepidation – that I observe America taking the side of Hamas in what is nothing less than the first phase of a war against the existence of the Jewish state. Despite the declarations … Continue reading →

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What We Must Tell Blinken

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Victor Rosenthal

With the resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip, American Secretary of State Blinken has informed Israel of the restrictions under which the US will permit her to operate. No displacement of the civilian population, and fewer civilian casualties (although … Continue reading →

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