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Michael Oren: Develop the Golan or Lose It
Michael Oren: Develop the Golan or Lose It Clarity with Michael Oren President Trump’s decision to lift U.S. sanctions on Syria and recognize the regime of Ahmed al-Sharaa (Abu Mohammad al-Julani) poses serious short- and long-term challenges to Israel.
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Michael Oren: From the Archives: Is U.S. Aid a Threat to Israel
Michael Oren: From the Archives: Is U.S. Aid a Threat to Israel Michael Oren The Prime Minister’s recent statement that Israel “will have to wean itself off American military aid, just as we weaned ourselves from U.S. economic aid” was, for me, a vi
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Michael Oren: So Much for No Surprises
Michael Oren: So Much for No Surprises As a pillar of our alliance with America wobbles, what is Israel to do? Clarity with Michael Oren Along with “no daylight,” one of the longstanding principles of the U.S.-Israel alliance was “no surprises.” T
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Michael Oren: We Can Only Rely on Ourselves
Michael Oren: We Can Only Rely on Ourselves The state created in 1948 to ensure that the Jewish people would never again have to rely on anybody else for our security has repeatedly outsourced its security to others. The results have always been disastrou
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Michael Oren: A Memorial Day Plea
Michael Oren: A Memorial Day Plea Whether on the ground, or in the air, the Israeli people must unite In the midst of a desperate war and on the eve of Memorial Day, a deep schism has opened within the IDF. According to press reports, the Israeli Air Forc
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Michael Oren: Israel’s Second War of Independence
Michael Oren: Israel’s Second War of Independence https://substack.com/@michaeloren The generation fighting in Gaza and Lebanon is tempered, steeled, anything but fragile, and intensely patriotic. During the summer of 2024—because I could no longer be
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Michael Oren: Do Not Reward Refusal and Terrorism
Michael Oren: Do Not Reward Refusal and Terrorism Fifteen years ago, the Obama administration pressured Israel to agree to a ten-month settlement freeze. The goal, the Americans told us, was to incentivize the Palestinian Authority to join peace talks. Ou
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Michael Oren: What Now Is the Goal of This War?
Michael Oren: What Now Is the Goal of This War? Thanks to Clarity with Michael Oren While the objectives of the United States and Israel have repeatedly changed, only one remains constant. After the Casablanca Conference in 1943, the Allies—the United S
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Michael Oren: Game-ender or game-changer?
Michael Oren: Game-ender or game-changer? Thanks to Clarity with Michael Oren Israel’s retaliation against Iran leaves open the question of whether the mission secured its fundamental objective of deterring the Islamic Republic In strictly military term
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Michael Oren: The View from Israel’s Universe
Michael Oren: The View from Israel’s Universe Thanks to Clarity with Michael Oren Predictably, in response to Iran’s massive missile attack on Israel, Washington and other Western capitals are calling on Israel’s government to show restraint. They f
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Michael Oren: Holywood: The Birth and Death of a Vision
Michael Oren: Holywood: The Birth and Death of a Vision Thanks to Clarity with Michael Oren The following essay was written in the late summer of 2023, pre-October 7, in the period we in Israel now regard nostalgically. What a luxury it was, in retrospect
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Michael Oren: Iron Dome: Israel’s Double-Edged Sword (Part I)
Michael Oren: Iron Dome: Israel’s Double-Edged Sword (Part I) The Almost Impenetrable Dome Clarity with Michael Oren At 6:28 in the morning of October 7, 2023, the coral sky over the Nova dance festival was streaked with rockets. The largest single barr
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Michael Oren – On the Loneliness of the Jews
Michael Oren – On the Loneliness of the Jews A shorter version of this article appeared in the Forward. “Outside the rain begins and it may never end.” So opens the Boz Scaggs hit of 1976, later recorded by Rita Coolidge and Frankie Valli. It co
