What is the damage done to Israel by the U.S. abstaining from voting on passage of a Security Council resolutions that condemns Israel over its settlements? Charles Krauthammer argues, “(F)or 35 years, every administration, including a reelection-seeking Obama himself in 2011, has protected Israel with the U.S. veto because such a Security Council resolution gives […]
Dateline Israel: The Two State Solution is Almost Surely Dead
Are Israeli settlements on the West Bank and in East Jerusalem illegal? Pat Buchanan explains how the United States now finds itself in a tough position. “President-elect Trump, thank you for your warm friendship and your clear-cut support of Israel,” gushed Bibi Netanyahu, after he berated John Kerry in a fashion that would once have […]
Here’s a Real Bad Idea
In Foreign Policy, James Stavridis outlines his support for a formal alliance with Israel. He writes: There is certainly broad consensus on the need to assuage Israeli insecurities. A wide variety of observers have opined on the need to do so, including most recently Michèle Flournoy and Richard Fontaine, both well-regarded defense analysts at the […]
No Formal Alliance With Israel
The American Conservative’s Daniel Larison explains to readers, “The U.S.- Israel relationship is already a net liability for America.” Larison writes: There are a few obvious reasons why the U.S. shouldn’t do this. First, the U.S. already has far too many formal security commitments around the world, and adding another would needlessly add to U.S. […]
Treason in Congress?
Michael Scheuer, a 20-year CIA veteran and chief of the CIA’s bin Laden unit, spent his entire career developing strategies to keep America safe. It was Dr. Scheuer’s job to take available intelligence, by any means deemed necessary, and devise plans to protect Americans without considering bias, position, or even existing alliances. In “Congress, Israel, […]
Israel: A Harder Sell to Americans
Here in the American Conservative, TAC founding editor Scott McConnell looks at the lunacy of Mark Kirk’s (Republican, Illinois) comment about “a mushroom cloud near Tehran” and John McCain’s equally quack comment about Israel going rogue and attacking Iran. Americans are better served by taking a good look at Aaron Stein’s article in War on […]
James Baker vs. Jeb Bush
James Baker appeared before J Street (Washington anti-AIPAC lobby) Monday evening, as Jacob Heilbrunn writes here, to chide Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu for opposing Iran talks and disdaining a two-state solution with the Palestinians. For his efforts, Baker, Mr. Heilbrunn notes, has been repudiated by Jeb Bush in an effort to “shore up his support […]
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