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This Is Not A Call For Vengeance. It Is A Call For Clarity.
On September 2, 1945, aboard the USS Missouri, Japan signed an instrument of unconditional surrender. There were no negotiations, no concessions, no “confidence-building measures.” The message was clear: the war was over, and Japan had lost – completely. That moment marked the beginning of a transformation that turned a militaristic empire into a peaceful democracy. It happened because the Allies understood that evil ideologies cannot be managed; they must be eradicated. Fast
Ari Sacher


Support or Overstep? Trump's Call for a Netanyahu Pardon
Donald Trump has never been the kind of leader who tiptoes around sensitive issues. Anyone who has been following his presidency knows that subtlety is not his chosen instrument. He speaks directly, he speaks boldly, and he speaks from conviction. So when he sent a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog urging a pardon for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, it felt entirely in character. To President Trump, Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is on trial for political corruption,
Ari Sacher


When the Hostages Came Home, We All Did
On October 7, 2023, the world changed for Israel. In one brutal morning, 251 Israelis were abducted and dragged into the terror tunnels of Gaza. It wasn’t just a military failure, it was a national trauma. Over the next two years, 168 hostages were released alive. The rest were either murdered during the massacre or died in captivity. The final 20 hostages were freed on October 13, 2025 in a deal brokered by the United States. In the days and weeks following the massacre, the
Ari Sacher


Military Service
Israel Update – Week of August 27, 2023 Military Service: After last week’s emotional update, I wanted to shift into a lower gear. I...
USIEA Team
Sep 5, 20235 min read


Terrorism
Israel Update – Week of August 20, 2023 While Israel has known terror attacks since its inception, 2023 has been the bloodiest year since...
USIEA Team
Aug 28, 20233 min read


Military Assistance
Israel Update – Week of August 6, 2023 Military Assistance: In 2016, the U.S. and Israel signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)....
USIEA Team
Aug 14, 20237 min read


Outreach - Judicial Reform
Israel Update – Week of July 23, 2023 Outreach: As expected, on Monday, July 24, the first phase of the judicial reform forwarded by the...
USIEA Team
Aug 8, 20234 min read


Arab Sector Violence
Israel Update – Week of July 30, 2023 Arab Sector Violence: My son-in-law works for the Israeli Police Force in Crime Scene Investigation...
USIEA Team
Aug 8, 20235 min read


Refusenik
Israel Update – Week of July 16, 2023 Refusenik: According to Dictionary.com, a “refusenik” is “a person in the former Soviet Union who...
USIEA Team
Jul 25, 20235 min read


Reasonableness Standard in Israeli Government
Israel Update – Week of July 9, 2023 Reasonableness: For the past six months, Israel has been undergoing nothing less than an upheaval....
USIEA Team
Jul 18, 20235 min read


Military System Collaboration
Israel Update – Week of June 25, 2023 Military System Collaboration: While the U.S. provides military assistance to many nations around...
USIEA Team
Jul 17, 20236 min read


Collateral Damage
Israel Update – Week of May 28, 2023 Collateral Damage: The New York Times (NYT) is one of the world’s most-read newspapers but because...
USIEA Team
Jun 13, 20237 min read


Gaza Strip and Israeli Settlement Homesh
Israel Update – Week of May 21, 2023 Homesh: In August of 2005, Israel evacuated all twenty-one of its settlements in the Gaza Strip...
USIEA Team
May 31, 20234 min read


U.S.-Israel Collaboration to Counter Iran
Israel Update – Week of May 14, 2023 U.S.-Israel Collaboration to counter Iran: In my report of April 23, 2023, less than a month ago, I...
USIEA Team
May 31, 20234 min read


David's Sling
Israel Update – Week of May 7, 2023 David’s Sling: This past week saw both the initiation and the conclusion of Operation Shield and...
USIEA Team
May 15, 20234 min read


Defense Collaboration
Israel Update – Week of April 23, 2023 Defense Collaboration: Last week, Reuters published the following headline: “Israel in advanced...
USIEA Team
May 3, 20233 min read


Israel's 75 Years of Independence
Israel Update – Week of April 16, 2023 Israel at 75 years: On Wednesday, April 26, 2023, corresponding to the 5th day of Iyyar, 5783, the...
USIEA Team
Apr 25, 20234 min read


Megiddo
Israel Update – Week of April 9, 2023 Megiddo : Last week, Jews around the world celebrated the holiday of Passover (Pesach),...
USIEA Team
Apr 19, 20236 min read


Judicial Reform
Israel Update - Week of March 26, 2023 Judicial Reform: For the past three months, the State of Israel has been in a period of great...
USIEA Team
Apr 4, 20236 min read


New Sympathy for Israel
On March 16, Gallup published the results of a new poll that had a striking outcome. The poll was called “Net Sympathy for Israel in the...
USIEA Team
Mar 20, 20232 min read


Open Skies - Oman
On Sunday, February 26, an El Al flight made history by flying from Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv to Bangkok, Thailand, in 7 hours and...
USIEA Team
Mar 20, 20234 min read


Iran
One of the Israeli leaders that we met over the recent Congressional Tour was Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer. The Minister of...
USIEA Team
Mar 20, 20234 min read


Artificial Intelligence Pt. 2
Israel Update – Week of February 5, 2023 Artificial Intelligence (continued): A few weeks ago, we discussed the “United States–Israel...
USIEA Team
Feb 16, 20233 min read
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