Abraham Accords Archives - David M. Weinberg

Plenty to give thanks for. Dayenu!

April 15, 2022

A Passover eve celebration of Israel’s blessings. In grand perspective, see how many benefits and blessings the Heavens have showered upon Israel! It enjoys a strong economy, coronavirus and political stability (at least for the past year), diplomatic and security heft, renewed Aliyah, national resilience that stems from faith, and global Jewish support.

Embrace the Abraham Accords Already!

April 12, 2022

Western progressives are dissing rather than embracing the Abraham Accords. This is a tragedy. Time to rebrand the Accords and get the Biden administration to adopt a more enthusiastic approach to expanding Arab/Islamic peace with Israel.

Israel and the world: A tale of two parallel universes

March 25, 2022

Israel seems to exist in two parallel, contradictory worlds: a false one, where recalcitrant Palestinian leaders are venerated, and forward-looking one, where Israeli leadership is valued.

Who is afraid of the Abraham Accords?

February 18, 2022

Only Iran and a motley assortment of “progressives,” because Israel is becoming the lynchpin of a new regional alliance that advances peace and security.

There is no diplomatic tsunami

January 7, 2022

The specter of Israel’s sequestration and boycott by the world is exaggerated, often purposefully so by the Israeli Left. This includes FM Yair Lapid, who this week warned that Israel had better open a diplomatic dialogue with the Palestinians, otherwise the threat of Israel being designated an “apartheid state” will grow severe. You would think that BDS and lawfare are greater “threats” than, say, the Biden administration’s capitulation to Iran on the nuclear issue!

A tale of two cities

November 19, 2021

The discourse about Israel in Dubai and Ramallah couldn’t be more different: cooperation versus confrontation, celebration versus demonization.

The Abraham Accords are solid

August 22, 2021

On the first anniversary of the Accords, don’t be begrudging or doubtful about their future.

A salute to Netanyahu’s strategic leadership

June 18, 2021

Netanyahu was no saint, and he failed to adequately address several explosive Israeli identity issues. But the former prime minister had a grand strategy for Israel and successfully implemented it, tuning Israel into a regional powerhouse.

Ten Commandments for the Bennett-Lapid government

June 11, 2021

Show that there is principled continuity in Israeli foreign and defense policy, impose more obligations on and invest in this country’s minority populations, and retake the Temple Mount.

Six Perspectives on Peace between Israel and the Gulf States

January 6, 2021

A collection of six optimistic op-ed columns I have published since the “Abraham Accords” were signed, including three articles based on extensive conversations with Emirati intellectuals and community leaders during a week-long visit to Dubai.

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