Search: Yoram Ettinger

The Mutually-Beneficial US-Israel Apache and Blackhawk Saga

*Israel’s unique challenges and brainpower have made it a critical platform for research & development centers of some 250 US commercial high tech giants (e.g., Google, John Deere, Nvidia, Microsoft, Facebook, Dell, Texas Instruments, Apple, Intel, Johnson & Johnson, Intuit, General Electric), which have leveraged Israel’s capabilities, in order to bolster their…

Passover’s Hidden Imprint on American Liberty

*Passover (April 1-8, 2026) is a Jewish national liberation holiday, which features Moses and the Exodus. The legacy of Passover deeply impacted the Early Pilgrims and the Founding Fathers, and was essential in shaping of the US culture, in general, and the structure of the US political discourse and political system (e.g., the 3 branches of government and the…

The Ayatollahs’ War on America: It Erupted In 1979!

Threat Assessment *The 2026 Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community determines: “…. Iran has proven capable of developing lethal operations against Americans at home and abroad, and probably will attempt to pursue such efforts again if the current [regime] remains in power, and is able to rebuild…. Iran poses a threat to U.S.…

The US Homeland Targeted by Iran’s Ayatollah Regime

*According to the West Point Center for Combatting Terrorism: “Iran sees terrorism as an extension of foreign policy…. The primary pathways available to Iran in the US include deploying Iranian agents, criminal surrogates, terrorist proxies, or actively seeking to inspire lone offenders to carry out attacks within the homeland…. Iran and its…

Israel: America’s Unique Economic and Defense-Multiplier

*The US makes an annual investment of $3.8bn in – not foreign aid to – Israel, which yields an outsized Return-on-Investment. *US Export and employment Multiplier. In 2018, Israel was the first to use the F-35 operationally, while US experts doomed the F-35 to failure. However, the Israeli battle-tested laboratory, jointly with Lockheed-Martin, overcame critical…

The US Treasury’s and Pentagon’s Israeli Jackpot

*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…

The US-engineered Gaza Ceasefire? Beware of Middle East Reality!

*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 reaffirms the unique US-Israel kinship

*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…

US’ Multi-Benefits from Israel’s Posture of Deterrence

*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,…

The Ayatollah regime on a war path

*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,…

© 2026 Citizens Commission on National Security

© 2026 Citizens Commission on National Security