… Two Middle East analysts questioned Erdogan’s motives and the ability of the Turkish military to carry out the plan. “There’s a lot of reticence to test the proposition that the Turkish military is capable of carrying this out,” said…
Former United States Ambassador to Turkey Eric Edelman criticized the Trump administration’s pending withdrawal from Syria as likely “creating a vacuum” that will be filled by bad actors in an Oct. 8 Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA)…
Don’t Dismiss Trump’s U.S.-Israel Pact Tweet As A ‘Political Stunt’ Erielle Davidson, The Federalist Given the complexity and intensity of the existing U.S.-Israel alliance, it seems unlikely that a pact of this nature would alter the dynamic tremendously. It may,…
“Israel-US defense pact will not limit the IDF” By Arutz Sheva Staff, Arutz Sheva One of the key proponents of an Israel-US defense pact, Dr. Michael Makovsky, Chairman of the JINSA institute, addressed concerns over the pact in an interview with Israel Hayom,…
Aid to Israel: a two-way street Toby F. Block Atlanta: Re “Don backs a Bibi priority ahead of Israeli election,” (Sept. 15): I was struck by two items toward the end of this article. One was the statement on how…
“ברית ההגנה לא תגביל את צה”ל” בלעדי: ד”ר מייקל מקובסקי, יוזם חוזה ההגנה ההדדית, חושף מה יכלול המסמך • “מי שירצה להתעמת עם ישראל יידע שהוא מתגרה בארה”ב” אריאל כהנא ברית ההגנה הצפויה להיחתם בין ארה“ב לישראל לא תגביל את…
In face of growing Iran threat, debate resurfaces over US-Israel mutual defense pact By Yaakov Lappin and Jackson Richman, JNS Although proposals for a U.S.-Israel mutual defense pact are not new, the concept has recently gained momentum and attracted growing…
TRUMP TWEETS — Trump gave Netanyahu another potential boost in the remaining days before the Israeli elections. In a Saturday morning tweet, Trump said that he told Netanyahu during a phone conversation that he will support a U.S.-Israel mutual defense treaty “that…
Trump ‘locked and loaded’ to strike Iran but waiting for smoking gun Jamie McIntyre, The Washington Examiner IN DEFENSE OF ISRAEL: President Trump tweeted on Saturday that he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by phone about a potential…
“I know for a fact that from our dealings with the Israeli government, they’ve been interested in this for over a year,” Michael Makovsky, president of the Jewish Institute for National Security of America, told POLITICO’s Daniel Lippman. “With the…