Iran’s recent withdrawal from a deal to export its uranium has caused many to question what course of action will produce results. Sanctions? Another treaty? According to an editorial featured in the New York Times by Alan J. Kuperman, the answer is a targeted military strike. Kuperman cites Israel’s successful 1981 airstrike on the Osirak reactor in Iraq as an example of the use of military action to sever the legs of a nation’s nuclear program.

As the director of the National Proliferation Program at the University of Texas at Austin, Kuperman is a highly respected figure on the subject.

You can find his full piece, entitled “There’s Only One Way to Stop Iran,” by clicking here.

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Featured in the December 19th edition of the Albany Times Union, an editorial by Joel Lion explores the steps Israel is making to realize a two-state solution. Following the historic yet controversial settlement freeze, Lion looks at where the Israeli people are today, and how the Palestinians can meet them halfway to negotiate a peace.  Lion is Consul for Media Affairs and Spokesperson at the Consulate General of Israel in New York.

Check out his full piece in the Albany Times Union.

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In an editorial featured in the December 6th edition of the New York Daily News, Joel Lion, consul for media affairs at the Consulate General in New York,  argues for more collaboration and multilateralism in the peace process. In his piece, Lion explores the recent controversy surrounding the decision by the Palestinians to bypass Israel and move straight to the UN Security Council and the EU for an appeal for statehood.

For the full article, “It takes two to forge a lasting Mideast peace,” click here.

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An independent Palestinian state is quietly being built with Israeli assistance, according to Middle East analyst Tom Gross. In his latest editorial, he argues that the perception of the situation on the ground being all gloom and doom “couldn’t be further from the truth.” Gross looks at the town of Nablus, whose checkpoints to entry have been removed, to showcase a booming Palestinian economy.

The idea that Israelis and Palestinians would be best served without what he calls “meddling” by the U.S. and E.U.  is certainly a provocative argument.

For more, check out Tom Gross’ full piece in the Wall Street Journal, entitled, “Building Peace Without Obama’s Interference.”

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While the global economy has suffered a severe meltdown since 2008, Israel has been kept largely shielded. The result is that this year’s migration to Israel by North American Jews will be the highest since 1973, according to Nefesh B’Nefesh, an organization that supports immigration to Israel from North America. While Israel has not escaped the economic crisis unscathed, it currently sports a significantly lower unemployment rate than the United States and its economy continues to grow thanks to its place as a world leader in technology.

The downfall of the economies in the Persian Gulf has also encouraged immigration to the West Bank, whose economy is having a record year of growth. As the bubble appears to have burst for the Dubai market, Israel will not be negatively affected as the Arab League’s boycott of Israel forbids Israeli companies from investing in what is now being called “Dubai debt.” The irony of the Arab League boycott is that it was designed to harm Israel’s economy by disallowing foreign investment.

New immigrants to Israel are making a huge impact. According to a study by Deloitte Information Technologies Israel Ltd., U.S. immigrants who came between 2002 and 2008 have directly injected over a quarter billion dollars to the Israeli economy.

We thank The Wall Street Journal for this story.

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