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Michael Oren
Michael Oren, formerly Israel’s ambassador to the United States, Knesset member, and deputy minister for diplomacy in the prime minister’s office, is the founder of the Israel Advocacy Group and the author of the Substack Clarity.
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Should Israel Pardon Netanyahu to Save Itself?
Ending Netanyahu’s corruption trial would mean an admission of guilt and could be the end of his political life.
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How Three Real-Estate Moguls Ended the War in Gaza
The expert class believed that peace depended on pressuring Israel and appeasing its enemies. Trump and his allies succeeded by rejecting that myth.
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Trump Has a 21-Point Peace Plan for Gaza. Can It Work?
International guarantees and humanitarian aid won’t matter if Hamas refuses to play by the rules.
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Michael Oren: The Wisdom of Yahya Sinwar
The leader of Hamas bet that the West’s oldest hatred would obscure Hamas’s atrocities. He was right.
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Is Peace Between Israel and Syria Really Possible?
With new leadership in Damascus, Trump wants a deal between the two countries. That will be a tall order.
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Michael Oren: Is Israel About to Strike Iran’s Nuclear Facilities?
In Tel Aviv, it sure feels like it. Meantime, the world watches anxiously to see if Netanyahu will defy Trump and act alone.
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Michael Oren: How Does Bibi Survive?
If I have learned one thing in my time in political life it is this: Never bet against Israel’s longest-serving prime minister.
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Michael Oren: What Zelensky Can Learn from Netanyahu
When Bibi collided with Obama in 2011, Rahm Emanuel pounded my chest and barked: ‘Your [expletive] prime minister cannot come into the [expletive] White…
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Michael Oren: Should Israel Strike First?
Is this period more like 1967, when Israel preemptively attacked its enemies? Or like 1973—when it failed to do so?
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Netanyahu’s Visit Is a Test for the Democrats
It’s a chance for Biden to prove he’s still compos mentis, and a chance for his VP to prove she’s a proper statesperson.
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Michael Oren: Is America Still Israel's Ally?
The White House apparently knows where Hamas leaders are hiding—but hasn't shared that intelligence.
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Michael Oren: How Did the War Begin? With Iran’s Appeasers in Washington
Historians will look back and wonder how the U.S. not only allowed Iran to repeatedly assault its citizens, soldiers, and allies—but rewarded it for…
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