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Dec 23, 2018, 9:44 PM

Like Obama, Trump is eroding American credibility

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, right, listens to President Donald Trump speak during a cabinet meeting at the White House on January 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

The US pullout from Syria is both a strategic and a moral mistake

Dec 10, 2018, 9:13 PM

Snubbing Matteo Salvini makes no sense

Italy's Interior Minister and Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini attends a news conference after meeting Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in Milan, Italy, August 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

No country in the world would sacrifice its national interest for the sake of moral values. Expecting Israel to do so is absurd

Nov 15, 2018, 8:54 PM

The dichotomy between UNHCR and UNRWA is no myth

I recently explained to European parliamentarians that most so-called “Palestinian refugees” are not refugees under the standard international law definition of refugee that is used around the world. When the parliamentarians brought up the issue with the ambassador of...

Jul 17, 2018, 9:44 PM

Hosting Viktor Orban is in Israel’s best interest

Some Israeli politicians (such as Yair Lapid and Tamar Zanberg) have called for the boycott of Viktor Orbán's visit to Israel because of his contentious declarations (he has praised Miklós Horthy, the Hungarian leader who colluded with Hitler during...

Jul 4, 2018, 10:33 AM

How my Grandfather Befriended a Nazi

Claude Blum (1910-2002) was my grandfather from my mother's side. He was an officer in the French army. Though Alfred Dreyfus was acquitted in 1906, I dare to assume that Jewish officers in the French army never fully felt...

Apr 25, 2018, 7:34 PM

When Israel’s Supreme Court approved of the override clause

The justices applied an override to save Yitzhak Rabin's government, why not consider it for Netanyahu?

Feb 1, 2018, 1:02 PM

Israel is not deporting refugees

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with residents of south Tel Aviv during a tour in the neighborhood, August 31, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

The policy is legal and justified: citizens' well-being must come before that of illegal immigrants

Dec 6, 2017, 12:11 PM

Jerusalem is the test of US leadership in the Middle East

Jews visit the Temple Mount during the holiday of Sukkot, October 8, 2017. (Yaakov Lederman/Flash90)

It's time for America to recognize Israel's capital and reward its record of religious freedom for all

Nov 29, 2017, 11:02 AM

70 Years to the UN vote on Partition: Looking back, looking ahead

The 70th anniversary of the UN resolution on the partition of British Palestine is an opportunity to debunk a myth about this resolution, and to rethink Israel's policy toward the United Nations. The General Assembly (GA) vote on 29 November 1947...

Sep 13, 2017, 2:44 PM

Israel and Latin America: It’s Complicated

Prime Minister Netanyahu's visit to Latin America is welcome and long-overdue. Indeed, it is astonishing that no Israeli prime minister before him ever paid an official visit there. As Israel is trying to counter Iran's global reach and to...

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Dr. Emmanuel Navon is an international relations expert who teaches at Tel-Aviv University and at the Herzliya Interdisciplinary Center. He is a Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies and at the Kohelet Policy Forum, and a Senior Analyst for I24News.

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