The steps suggested by Israel and other critics to improve the efficacy of the nuclear deal with Iran will have little effect. The deal is basically dangerous in nature, and needs to be rejected outright.
Last weekโs failed ceasefire proposal by John Kerry highlights the clash between the Obama administrationโs approach to the Middle East, and the strategy preferred by Israel and other American allies in the region.
A collapse in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks will not lead to an international boycott of Israel. Jerusalem's robust trade relations with many countries will not freeze over an impasse in negotiations.
Israel must resist pressure and retain the Jordan Valley, its only available defensible border to the east, in a future peace deal. Israel must also build in Area E-1, which would link the valley to an undivided Jerusalem.
Mahmoud Abbas views recognition of Israel as the Jewish state as a red line. It is high time the Palestinians recognize the Jewish peopleโs right to their ancient homeland.
The interim accord reached in Geneva regarding Iranโs nuclear program is a bad deal that enshrines Iranโs status as a nuclear threshold state and paves Tehranโs path towards a nuclear bomb.