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Aug 11, 2024, 10:06 AM

Benjamin Netanyahu

I have never seen a situation so complex, so daunting, and so difficult, as the one Israel currently finds herself in. Iran is the latest Nazi Germany, with its dictators bent on control over the Middle East. Domination over Saudi...

Nov 12, 2023, 1:01 AM

Israel is an idea

While we are engaged in destroying Hamas, Muslim leaders are busy telling us that this is impossible. Why? Because Hamas, they explain, is not just a terrorist organization. It’s an idea. And you can’t destroy an idea. Now it’s true that...

Jul 28, 2021, 12:04 AM

Covid and our selfish behavior

I ventured out to Jerusalem's hip train station last night, and observed the crowds, restaurants, and Israeli dancing in full swing. It's totally obvious that within a few weeks we will have many thousands of new Covid cases daily, and...

May 11, 2020, 11:53 PM

Gratitude during Coronavirus

The difference in the Coronavirus death rate between Israel and Europe is astonishing. Out of every million Israelis, about 30 are dead. Out of every million Europeans in the major Western European nations, on average close to 600 are dead. Twenty...

Jan 1, 2017, 9:48 PM

Trump and King Cyrus

IF (it's a big IF) American President-elect Donald Trump decides to be guided by the mentality of his closest Jewish confidants, and IF Israel's coalition government decides to be guided by the mentality of MK Naftali Bennett (a potentially historic figure), annexation of two thirds...

Oct 20, 2015, 2:59 PM

Should you be afraid?

Once again, we are undergoing another round of terrorism. People are afraid to send their kids to school. To go places. To sit in a cafe. Should you be afraid? Every day, one and a half million Israeli Arabs go...

Aug 24, 2015, 8:29 AM

Here’s the point everyone’s missing on the Iran deal

There is so much controversy surrounding the recent Iran nuclear deal that one would think there is nothing left to say about it. The arguments appear complex, with both sides, for and against it, seemingly sincere. In many cases each...

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About Me

David Margolese is the co-founder and former CEO of Sirius XM, the world’s largest radio company. Nominated by Harvard Business School as Entrepreneur of the Year, inducted into NASA's Space Technology Hall of Fame, he and his wife Michal and their six children live in Israel.