Yoram Ettinger
Ambassador (Retired) Yoram Ettinger is an insider on US-Israel relations, Mideast politics and overseas investments in Israel's high tech. He is a consultant to members of the Israeli Cabinet and Knesset, and regularly briefs US legislators and their staff. A graduate of UCLA and undergraduate at UTEP, he served amongst other things, as Minister for Congressional Affairs at Israel's Embassy in Washington. He is the editor of "Straight from the Jerusalem Cloakroom and Boardroom" newsletters on issues of national security and overseas investments in Israel's high-tech.
Most Recent Articles by Yoram Ettinger:
The 820,000 Jewish refugees from Arab lands
June 17, 2016
The persecution and expulsion of 820,000 Jewish refugees from Arab lands exceeded the scope of the Palestinian Arab refugees,
Israel’s Odysseus vs the seductive Sirens
June 11, 2016
The Sirens wish to afflict Israel with the suspension of disbelief, defining the Arab Tsunami of the last five years as an Arab Spring, transitioning toward democracy and peaceful-coexistence.
Who were the 1948 Arab refugees?
June 4, 2016
Arabs have not been in the Land of Israel from time immemorial; no Palestinian people was ever robbed of its land
Palestinian refugees - whose responsibility?
May 29, 2016
The UN has highlighted/twisted the story of the 320,000 1948/49 Palestinian Arab refugees - singling them out for perpetuity unlike all other refugees - as a means to de-legitimize Israel.
Palestinian Arab refugees – whose responsibility?
May 13, 2016
The campaign to delegitimize, dehumanize and eventually eradicate the "infidel" Jewish state
At 68 - is Israel isolated?
May 8, 2016
Defiance of global pressure to evacuate the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria
US investment in – not foreign aid to – Israel
April 28, 2016
Israel’s role as a special strategic partner of the USA
The Israel-Passover-USA linkage
April 20, 2016
The deeply rooted linkage between Passover, the US and Israel is accurately described by King Solomon’s momentous lesson (Ecclesiastes, 4:12)
Protected Christians in Muslim lands
April 17, 2016
A Muslim warning to Christian minorities throughout the Arab World: Muslims will do away with Christians after they have dealt with the Jews!
Islam and 820,000 forgotten Jewish refugees
April 8, 2016
The Nazi propaganda machine was introduced into school curricula, intensifying Islamic anti-Semitism.
Palestinian terror - Lone wolves/institutional
March 24, 2016
Hate education attests that Palestinian terrorists are institutional – not lone wolves - and are concerned with the existence – not the size – of the “infidel” Jewish State.
A 6 minute video: America, be wary of a Palestinian state
March 18, 2016
Video: The precariousness of Israel’s narrow waistline
March 10, 2016
The withdrawal from the Sinai Peninsula was a calculated risk; a withdrawal from the mountain ridges of Judea & Samaria would be a lethal gamble.
What makes Donald run?
March 6, 2016
Donald Trump’s campaign reflects the eagerness of many Americans to initiate a drastic change of direction
Erroneous assumption that the Arab-Israeli conflict was triggered by the Palestinian issue has led to erroneous policies. It’s time for Western policy-makers to disengage from over-simplification and reengage with the complex reality
The Palestinian issue erroneously perceived
February 19, 2016
Arabs have systematically and traditionally shed rhetoric, but no blood and minimal financial resources, for the Palestinians
America, be wary of a Palestinian state
February 14, 2016
“Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative”
French appeasement déjà vu
February 5, 2016
In 1978, France provided Khomeini with a unique organizational and operational platform in West Europe, which served as vital recruiting ground for Islamic terrorists, but became a key target for Islamic terrorism.
Global confidence in Israel’s economy
January 29, 2016
Straight from the Jerusalem Boardroom # 210, January 29, 2016
Land for peace in the Middle East?
January 22, 2016
Contrary to conventional wisdom, ground barriers are critical in the era of sophisticated missiles.
High return on US investment in Israel
January 15, 2016
The ability of the US Air Force in particular, and the Army in general, to defend whatever position it has in NATO, owes more to the Israeli intelligence input than it does to any other single source of intelligence
The volcano of Islamic terrorism
January 10, 2016
Contrary to political-correctness - and as demonstrated by the 1,400 year old track record of Islamic violence and terrorism and the lack of intra-Muslim peaceful coexistence - Islam has never considered itself to be “a religion of peace”
Overseas investors attracted to Israel
January 1, 2016
Israel’s hightech export increased in 2015 ($37.5bn), as was the overall export to Asia ($11.4bn) and the USA ($10.8bn).
The demographic bottom line
December 18, 2015
Yoram Ettinger Audited Arab, Israeli and international records
The demographic scaremongering fraternity
December 11, 2015
Theodor Herzl’s motto, “if you will it, it is no dream,” has been vindicated resoundingly.
Is Secretary Kerry Reinventing the Middle East?
November 28, 2015
Legitimizes and rewards Mahmoud Abbas' hate-education and incitement - which must be uprooted as a prerequisite to real, durable peace--and therefore indirectly fuels Palestinian terrorism
Palestinian terrorism: institutional or random?
October 24, 2015
In order to defeat Palestinian terrorism, it is necessary to defy political correctness, shifting gears from chasing individual terroristic mosquitoes to draining the terroristic swamp
Foreign investors demonstrate confidence in Israel
October 16, 2015
From a Startup Nation to an Exit Nation
Reality-based vs. Palestinian-based Demography
October 12, 2015
Second Thought: a US-Israel initiative