Author page: Yoram Ettinger

*Contrary to conventional wisdom, US-Israel relations do not constitute a one-way-street, but a mutually-beneficial two-way-street. Israel is not a beneficiary of foreign aid, but a game-changing ally of the US, benefiting from an annual US investment, which has transformed Israel into a unique force and dollar multiplier for the US defense and aerospace industries…

*Hamas compliance? Hamas’ compliance with the Gaza Ceasefire, in adherence to President Trump’s 20 points, would require Hamas to abandon its core vision/ideology, forfeit its military and political powerbase; thus, desisting from being Hamas. But, Hamas’ compliance with the Gaza Ceasefire, in adherence to its own core vision and ideology, which transcends financial considerations,…

*Thanksgiving was initially celebrated in November 1621 by William Bradford, the leader of the “Mayflower” and the 1621-1657 Governor of the Plymouth Colony (Massachusetts), who played a key role in establishing the civic foundation of the first permanent colony in New England. Bradford compiled a first hand 580-page-manuscript of the Mayflower’s…

*Israel’s critical contribution to the deterrence, minimization and elimination of Iran’s nuclear, ballistic, conventional and terroristic capabilities – which poses a clear and present threat to all pro-US Arab regimes, as well as to the US national and homeland security – was demonstrated by the October 2024 and June 2025 Israel’s air force offensives,…

*Notwithstanding the reimposition of economic sanctions on Iran, the Ayatollah regime has prioritized the swift reconstruction of its conventional, ballistic and nuclear capabilities, where a substantial, unaccounted-for stockpile of highly enriched uranium remains a major concern.  Moreover, the IAEA’s most recent reports confirm Iran’s potential production of highly enriched uranium at an accelerated rate,…

Some influential US public opinion molders claim that foreign aid to Israel has been extended at the expense of the US taxpayer and US national security. Really? *Israel was compared by Admiral Elmo Zumwalt (a former US’ Chief of Naval Operations) and General Alexander Haig (a former NATO Supreme Commander…

*During June 13-21, 2025, Israel carried out a most complex and successful military offensive against Iran’s Ayatollah regime, which is the epicenter of anti-US global Islamic terrorism and drug trafficking, obliterating Iran’s air force and ground-to-air tracking, jamming and intercepting systems. This Israeli offensive facilitated the June 21, 2025 US bombing of…

Does the US extend to Israel an annual foreign aid of $3.8bn, or does the US make an annual $3.8bn investment in Israel, which yields to the US a Return-on-Investment that exceeds – exponentially – the annual investment? *The US’ power projection – in the Middle East and in the face of Russia and China – has been…

Does the US extend to Israel an annual military foreign aid, or does the US make an annual investment in Israel, which yields to the US taxpayer an annual Return-on-Investment (R-o-I) of a few hundred percent? *Israel was the first country to use the F-35 in combat in (and since) 2018, overcoming critical…

US negotiation vs. Iranian negotiation A self-destructive step undertaken by US negotiators has been the assumption that negotiation with the Ayatollah regime (and any other terroristic regime) can be based on Western negotiation tactics. Contrary to US negotiation tactics, which aim to advance reconciliation, the Ayatollah regime’s 1,400-year-old negotiation tactics are…

The China-Iran-Russia Axis *The 2025 Threat Assessments issued by the US Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the Director of National Intelligence state: “China, Russia and Iran will remain the most pressing foreign threats to our critical infrastructure…. We expect [non-nuclear] Iran to remain the primary sponsor of terrorism and continue its efforts to advance plots against individuals –…