Golda Meir

On the Pitfalls of Israeli Cunning

Following its many intelligence and special operations successes, Israel has grown over-reliant on special-operations tools in ways counter-productive to achieving an enduring strategic victory

Uri Kaufman’s “Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East” 

A review of Uri Kaufman’s “Eighteen Days in October: The Yom Kippur War and How It Created the Modern Middle East” 

“Golda,” Nixon & Russia

Perhaps Meir, who supposedly believed Russia never changes, would also note that Russia never learns.

Golda Meir: Israel’s Matriarch

Who was Golda Meir, Israel’s first and only female leader?

The Little-known History of Israel and the Kurds

In the fallout of President Trump decision to essentially abandon our Kurdish allies in Syria, one seemingly unlikely country offered…

Israel at 70: Independence and the Eleventh Commandment
Israel at 70: Independence and the Eleventh Commandment

David Ben-Gurion, who declared the establishment of the State of Israel 70 years ago this week, once mused that “God left one commandment out of the Bible. Perhaps the Almighty delivered this commandment to Moses, but Moses forgot to bring it down from the mountain. That commandment is No. 11: ‘Be strong.'”