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Aug 16, 2026, 12:00 PM

‘Free Palestine’? Let’s Talk About Freedom

A lone protester outside my embassy raised an obvious question: How would replacing the Middle East’s only free country with yet another authoritarian Arab state advance the cause of freedom? As I drove back to the embassy today, one man...

Aug 9, 2026, 1:42 AM

Two violins in Hiroshima

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I began my stint as Israel's ambassador to Japan with a solemn encounter between memories, reminding me that diplomacy is more than negotiations

Jun 28, 2026, 11:30 AM

The Middle East’s Real Choice

The Israel–Lebanon agreement exposes two opposing strategies: defeating Iran’s proxies to restore sovereignty, or appeasing them while pressuring Israel. The framework agreement signed in Washington between Israel and Lebanon is more than a bilateral security arrangement. It is a strategic...

Apr 30, 2026, 9:24 PM

Israel Did Not Choose War. It Chose to Win It

Speech delivered in Monaco on April 29, 2026, during the celebration of the 78th anniversary of Israel’s independence organized by the Monaco-Israel Friendship Association I would like to speak this evening about a war that is widely misunderstood—because it is...

Feb 19, 2026, 10:10 PM

When Equality Is Branded a Crime

Israel’s decision to resume land registration in Judea and Samaria is not annexation or a breach of international law, but a lawful administrative measure to restore equality, transparency, and order after years of Palestinian Authority violations ignored by the...

Dec 13, 2025, 11:44 PM

As Kabylia Declares Independence, Israel Should Not be Silent

Today (December 14, 2025), representatives of the Kabyle people are expected to proclaim the independence of Kabylia, a mountainous region in northern Algeria. Kabylia is home to around 3.5 million inhabitants, with its own language, culture, and historical identity....

Nov 18, 2025, 12:20 PM

How Israel must respond to the UN Gaza peace plan resolution

The resolution is a mixed blessing. Israel needs to insist every tunnel and every launcher is dismantled before reconstruction starts

Oct 13, 2025, 2:55 PM

Free at last, free at last

Two years after that day of horror, Israel rises like a lion: scarred but unbroken, wounded yet undefeated, victorious and vigilant. And to our last hostages, we can finally say: “Free at last, free at last, thank God Almighty,...

Sep 15, 2025, 12:04 AM

France’s Foreign Minister is the PLO’s Dupe

Jean-Noël Barrot claims that his country’s lead on the recognition of Palestine has isolated Hamas. He misunderstands that Hamas and the PLO share the same goal and only differ on strategy. This past Friday, the UN general assembly (UNGA)...

Aug 17, 2025, 2:16 PM

The prime minister of Denmark gets Israel all wrong

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen delivers her speech as Denmark holds the rotating presidency of the Council of Europe, July 8, 2025, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/ Pascal Bastien)

You rebuke Netanyahu, but he's the one standing between Iran's jihadist coalition and the rest of the free world - including Denmark

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Dr. Emmanuel Navon is ambassador-designate of Israel to Japan.

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