Taliban triumph in Afghanistan has Arab states and Israel hedging dependence on US By Ariel Ben Solomon The Taliban’s quick takeover of Afghanistan has Middle Eastern countries deeply concerned about their dependence on the U.S. security umbrella. Elliott Abrams, who…

With US credibility gashed by Kabul fiasco, Israel may be bruised by association By Lazar Berman People racing alongside taxiing transport planes, some clinging to the outside and then falling hundreds of feet to their deaths. Bullet-strewn bodies lying on…

What challenges and opportunities wait for Herzog in Washington? By OMRI NAHMIAS WASHINGTON – Prime Minister Naftali Bennett announced on August 6 that he was naming Michael Herzog ambassador to the US “in light of his rich, years-long experience in the…

Israeli and American militaries tighten air-defense cooperation By YAAKOV LAPPIN Representatives from the U.S. and Israeli Air Forces met last month to discuss a remarkable development: what the Israel Defense Forces described as “updated orders for the cooperation between the…