Category Archives: US-Israel Relations

A Long Collection of Short Topics

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

I don’t want to be one of those writers who keeps writing long past the point at which he should have stopped. This piece will be my last regular blog. It may be the outline for a book. In any … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, American society, Iran, Islam, Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Israeli Arabs, Israeli or Jewish History, Jew Hatred, Terrorism, The Diaspora, The Future, The Jewish people, US-Israel Relations, War, Zionism | 5 Comments

Israel Must Become an Unaligned Nation

Posted on April 10, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

Israel needs to change course, or she will lose the War of Independence she has been fighting since 1948. It’s not possible for Israel to endure as a satellite of a country whose regime opposes our survival as a Jewish … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, China, Iran, Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Terrorism, US-Israel Relations, War | 10 Comments

Israel Isn’t Switzerland

Posted on April 3, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

As Ramadan begins and Passover draws near, Israel faces pressure on almost all fronts. Last night in a firefight near the Palestinian Authority city of Tulkarem, three terrorists associated with Fatah were killed. Four members of Israel’s Yamam counterterrorism unit … Continue reading →

Posted in Europe and Israel, Israel and Palestinian Arabs, Israeli Arabs, Israeli Society, Jew Hatred, Terrorism, US-Israel Relations | 4 Comments

Israel and America, Far Apart

Posted on March 27, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

Today and tomorrow, the foreign ministers of Israel, the US, Egypt, UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco are meeting at Kibbutz Sde Boker in Israel’s Negev desert. The topic is said to be the soon-to-be-signed nuclear deal with Iran. According to Israel’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, Middle East politics, US-Israel Relations | 1 Comment

The Ambassador from Obamastan

Posted on March 20, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

It was profoundly depressing to listen to the new American ambassador to Israel, Thomas Nides, speak on a webinar produced by Americans for Peace Now. Both the tone and the substance of his remarks were discouraging. The tone expressed the … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Peace' Process, Israel and Palestinian Arabs, US-Israel Relations | 4 Comments

The Czechoslovakian Option

Posted on March 17, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

The negotiations between Iran and the West are free to continue after the hiccup caused by a Russian demand for a “right to free and full trade, economic and investment cooperation and military-technical cooperation.” Either the Russians got what they … Continue reading →

Posted in Iran, US-Israel Relations, War | 2 Comments

Obama’s Third Term

Posted on March 3, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

While our attention here in Israel is on Ukraine, the US and Iran are preparing to come to some kind of nuclear agreement. Or not. I’ve been wrong about a number of things lately – I never thought Putin would … Continue reading →

Posted in American politics, Iran, US-Israel Relations | 4 Comments

The Bullies of Liberal Judaism

Posted on February 6, 2022 by Victor Rosenthal

Surprise!  Liberal American Jewry feels “betrayed” by the Bennett-Lapid government. Here they had such high hopes that if Israel would just get rid of “hard-line right-winger” Netanyahu, then the Jewish state would behave herself. After all, not only is Netanyahu … Continue reading →

Posted in American Jews, US-Israel Relations | 4 Comments