Barukh Binah

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Sep 29, 2024, 4:37 PM

At the Hostages Families headquarters. One Year On

Hostages Square (Wikipedia)

I didn't want to write this column on the first anniversary of the massacre of the Round Gaza communities and at the beginning of the second year of the "Iron Swords" war (this very name alone awakens all kinds...

Nov 6, 2023, 10:46 AM

The Death of All Concepts

Ready for the Returning Hostages Dinner, Tel Aviv Museum. (courtesy)

In the Book of Judges, we read, "In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes." Indeed, there is no government in Israel but a bunch of...

Oct 3, 2023, 6:50 PM

A Regular Demonstration in Or-Akiva

Here are my remarks at the demonstration last Saturday in Or-Akiva - a not-so-large community that cares a lot about Israel and will not give up. -- Good evening, Or-Akiva! It's good to be here tonight and meet people who care....

Aug 14, 2023, 12:35 PM

When Jim Crow takes over Israel

Imagine a Macbeth-type pre-elections witch session where Messrs. Smotritch, Levin, and Ben-Gvir bend maliciously over a steaming cauldron even before the hurly-burly is done. They confer on going to the ballots without alerting the Israeli public to their true...

Jun 29, 2023, 2:34 PM

What shall we do with an intoxicated nation?

Once again, one should ponder what is happening in Israel, or is this country intoxicated by her political skirmishes? For a brief moment, we savored a glimpse of relief as the previous week had been relatively optimistic. Meeting with...

Jun 13, 2023, 7:29 PM

What is going on in Israel?

Last weekend we marked week 23 of our massive public outcries. About a quarter of a million Israelis have once again taken to the streets, the city squares, and major intersections to demonstrate against the regime coup, and so...

Apr 16, 2023, 1:25 PM

To US Jewish leaders: Don’t boycott Netanyahu – talk to him

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Richard V. Sandler, Chairman of The Jewish Federation of North America (JFNA) at the Jewish federation's annual General Assembly in Tel Aviv, October 24, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

From a longtime diplomat to my brothers and sisters coming to the GA: you have a role to play at this difficult time

Jan 10, 2023, 2:15 PM

Full Speed Ahead to the Lonely Island?

Great Britain is an island country. The British coast (excluding small islands) extends to about 8,000 miles. Britain's being an island has never bothered Britons and they consider this geographical fact a source of pride (in my bookcase there...

Jun 27, 2021, 1:31 PM

The Boring Cabinet

I have written political limericks for a number of years. Israeli politics provide me with many opportunities to express my disdain of the lowly level of party-political performance. Those beasts are born in Hebrew, but sometimes I answer a friendly...

Jun 14, 2021, 9:42 PM

Healing the rift: The road that must be taken

The new Israeli government should embrace Biden’s friendly approach and heal the Netanyahu-originated rift with the administration and the Jewish community

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About Me

Ambassador (ret.) Barukh Binah is a policy fellow at MITVIM, the Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign Policies. He is also a member of the Foreign Policy Forum and of Commanders for Israel's Security. He has served in a variety of diplomatic positions vis-à-vis the United States, including Spokesman in New York, Consul General in Chicago, Deputy Head of Mission in Washington DC and Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, heading the North American Division. He also served as Israel's ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark. in 2017 he published a poetry book, "it only seems like healing", and recently published his book, "Sonia McConnel and other Stories"

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