US president visiting Israel: A dream now commonplace - opinion

Although now seemingly a routine occurrence, it is easy to forget that for more than a quarter-century, consecutive American presidents refrained from visiting the Jewish state.

By MARK REGEV

AFTER ADDRESSING the Knesset, then-US president George W. Bush receives applause from Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres, and Dalia Itzik, who served as Knesset speaker, in 2008.     (photo credit: LIOR MIZRAHI/FLASH90)

Israelis were delighted to see US President Joe Biden touch down at Ben-Gurion Airport, his visit reminding them of Israel’s robust alliance with the world’s preeminent power. Although now seemingly a routine occurrence, it is easy to forget that for more than a quarter-century, consecutive American presidents refrained from visiting the Jewish state.

Bennett's diplomatic tsunami

Recent weeks have seen the government make major concessions on land, economics, the international Left, and Zionism itself.

By Caroline B. Glick

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, left, speaks with British Prime Minister Johnson on the sidelines of the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow on Nov. 2, 2021. Photo: AP/Alberto Pezzali Pool

Naftali Bennett's government's diplomatic policies came into full view in recent weeks and were put to the test at the UN climate conference in Glasgow this week. The results are unmistakable.

Under Bennett's government, Israel's foreign policy is predicated on making far-reaching concessions – first and foremost to the Palestinians, and second to the

Israel hoy

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Toward a Palestinian State? The US Confers Legitimacy on the Palestinian Authority and Hamas

Mahmoud Abbas with Joe Biden in 2009, Official White House Photo by Pete Souza via Wikipedia

BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,949, March 5, 2021

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Since taking office, the Biden administration has been in direct contact with Palestinian Authority leaders, encouraged and assisted by Israeli leftists who want to bring a Palestinian state into existence as quickly as possible. The Israeli government is not in the picture except in one regard: the administration is pressuring PM Netanyahu to enable Palestinian elections not only in the West Bank and Gaza but also in East Jerusalem, which would prove to the world that

La Guerra de los Seis Días - Narrada por Nadia Cattan

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Golda Meir’s Most Fateful Decision

Blamed for the 'blunder' of the 1973 war, the sole female prime minister of Israel, should be appreciated for her fortitude in preventing a preemptive attack on the country's enemies.

Yechiam Weitz

Golda Meir Credit: Max Nash / AP

All of Israel’s prime ministers have had to make fateful decisions during their terms of office. The grimmest of them have to do with wars – how to prevent one, whether to launch one, how to end one. These are life-and-death matters, for which the decision makers have always paid a high and intolerable psychological and political price.