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Tal Zelinger

Mar 24, 2026, 7:54 PM

For nearly five decades, the Islamic Republic of Iran ran a sophisticated terror franchise. It armed militias, financed massacres, and strangled its neighbors, all while hiding behind proxies and plausible deniability. Israel warned loudly, and for years. Some listened....

Jun 30, 2025, 10:13 PM

Accountability at Last: Confronting Iran at Its Core

The Israeli Air Force above Tehran (AI Made)

For decades, the West treated Iran like a misunderstood regime, a country that just threatens, but can be contained, only if they negotiate one more deal, we will add more sanctions, and eventually they will come to their senses....

May 26, 2025, 7:13 AM

Red Carpets in the Gulf: Trump’s Map of Influence

Donald Trump’s decision to visit Gulf capitals while skipping Jerusalem was not a demotion of Israel but a recalibration of priorities. He remains committed to the Abraham Accords and supportive of Israel. However, his second-term strategy recognizes that regional...

May 17, 2025, 3:24 PM

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The day after Gaza: Israel must not inherit the ruins

We are a nation that has already learned, too many times, what happens when we inherit what we never intended to own

May 15, 2024, 10:53 PM

The Public Negotiations Table

7 months after the barbaric terrorist attack by Hamas, Israel is still dashing within Gaza, with no clear goals, with international credibility at the lowest point ever, and with a deal to free hostages seemingly still far out of...

Jul 14, 2022, 12:16 AM

Biden’s Visit in a Changing Middle East

For decades, the geopolitics in the Middle East have been the same, just with the peace deals with Egypt and Jordan, as Israel struggled to get recognition by its neighbors. On his first trip to the Middle East as...

May 28, 2022, 9:26 PM

The West is Coming Together

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, I have been silent, not sure what to write, I think I was in shock, because I didn't think a war in this scale will happen again in Europe, and even...

About Me

Tal Zelinger is the Founder and President of The International Diplomacy Initiative. He holds a Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) and a Bachelor of Arts in Government, specializing in Counter-Terrorism and Homeland Security, from Reichman University. His expertise lies in public diplomacy, contemporary foreign affairs, and politics, drawing from his experience working with the U.S. Congress, Israel's Knesset, the European Parliament, and NATO.