Abraham Accords Archives - David M. Weinberg

Don’t be an overeager beaver

September 29, 2023

Israel needs to approach the emerging peace arrangements with Saudi Arabia and accompanying understandings with the US – with enthusiasm but also caution. Too much zeal for a deal in Jerusalem will boomerang in Israel’s disfavor.

What to pray for on Yom Kippur 5784

September 22, 2023

Pray for judicial compromise, government and opposition restraint, Jewish continuity and peoplehood, the integrity and strength of the IDF, real peace with Saudi Arabia, regime change in Iran, political sanity in America, emphatic Israeli government action against terrorism and lawlessness, and more. Pray for prayer on the Temple Mount instead of Islamic violence.

Israel’s grand diplomatic opportunities and escalating dangers must outweigh partisan political considerations

September 1, 2023

Self-restraint and maturity are required from the Israeli left and right alike, to allow wise navigation through the next tantalizing and threatening year.

Give Saudi peace a chance

August 4, 2023

Chances for a Saudi-Israeli deal are high, the risks manageable, and the value overwhelming. The doubters and naysayers, as well as those who actively are trying to sabotage such an agreement, are wrong.

Sabotaging Saudi-Israeli Peace

June 9, 2023

The hard left prefers shafting Netanyahu and promoting Palestinian statehood to breakthrough diplomacy that would transform the Mideast.

Beware another US sellout to Tehran

June 2, 2023

Coming soon to a theater near us: More American goodies in exchange for more pious Iranian pledges.

Best books of the past year

March 24, 2023

My fifth annual list (for 2022-2023) of favorite books on Israeli, Jewish and other matters, ranging from diplomacy to Torah commentary.

Zionist Strategy for Israel

March 17, 2023

Israel needs creative maneuvering to ensure its security, alongside devotion to Zionist and Jewish goals. Announcing the new Institute for Zionist Strategy and National Security (Misgav), led by Meir Ben Shabbat. (I am involved too.)

A dicey diplomatic situation with Israel’s Gulf allies

November 25, 2022

I told interlocuters in the Arabian Gulf last weekend that Israel firmly will assert its sovereignty and governance in the face of Israeli Arab and Palestinian lawlessness. That is what most Israelis expect of their new government! At the same time, I assured Israel's Emirati and Bahraini allies that Israel will do so without racist incitement and delegitimizing rhetoric, and without crude demonstrations of its power, but rather with finely calibrated tools and from an approach of maximum willingness to dialogue. (I hope that I am right....)

Israel as a role model for Arab countries, imagine that!

September 16, 2022

On their second anniversary, it can be said that the Abraham Accords constitute an ideological breakthrough of Biblical magnitude.

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