Lior Weintraub

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Dec 15, 2017, 2:23 PM

An alternative schedule for VP Pence

We hear you’re coming to Israel, Mr. Vice President -- and we’re looking forward to welcoming you back. We know your visit, which continues the longstanding tradition of vice presidents coming to Israel, will be brief and that your itinerary...

Nov 1, 2017, 5:13 PM

The Balfour Declaration and the Palestinian Leadership Crisis

On November 2, 1917, a century ago, British foreign secretary Arthur James Balfour conveyed the following message in a public letter to Lord Walter Rothschild: “His Majesty’s Government view with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home...

Mar 9, 2015, 4:24 PM

The promise of Israeli Judaism in the next Knesset

In response to the recent Islamic terrorist attacks against Jewish communities in Europe, various political leaders reached out and told them, come immigrate to Israel! However, in an election campaign season paying little attention to issues big or small,...

Jun 11, 2014, 5:32 PM

Israel’s next big start-up: Judaism

U.S.-style Jewish Renewal can enable non-Orthodox Israelis to bridge social gaps and reaffirm their Zionism

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About Me

Lior Weintraub is Vice President of The Israel Project, a lecturer on Diplomacy and Communications at the IDC and the former Chief of Staff at the Israeli Embassy in Washington.