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Michael Oren
Historian, Former Israeli Ambassador to the U.S., Former MK and Deputy Minister for Diplomacy, New York Times bestselling author, writer of the Substack 'Clarity,' and founder of the Israel Advocacy Group
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What Does the Ceasefire Mean in Israel?
Israelis largely see the ceasefire deal as extinguishing their most tangible hope for lasting peace.
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Michael Oren: Defending Israel in an Age of Madness
America’s national derangement poses almost insurmountable challenges to supporters of the Jewish state.
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How This War Ends
Critics think the war with Iran is like Afghanistan. It’s much more like the Cold War.
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From October 7 to Killing Khamenei
How a single attack launched across Gaza’s border mushroomed into a 28-month-long conflict entangling at least 18 countries while claiming tens of…
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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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