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:
Will US policy makers avoid the trap of: “Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me."
Iran’s Intensified Penetration of Latin America and the Caribbean
February 26, 2025
The only way to end the Ayatollahs’ rogue conduct, and thus minimize the level of wars and terrorism, is through an irreversible regime-change
President Trump, Beware of Middle East Reality
January 30, 2025
President Trump is surely aware that Leopards don’t change their spots; only their tactics!
Iran’s Ayatollahs and Hezbollah assault on the US homeland
August 1, 2024
The intensifying Ayatollahs threat to all US’ Arab allies
Israel's unique role as the only effective, reliable, unconditional, democratic and stable ally of the USA
Palestinian claim of continuity
August 30, 2020
Contrary to Palestinian claims, Arab residents west of the Jordan River (Judea, Samaria and pre-1967 Israel) are not descendants of the Canaanites, but of recent Arab migrants.
Islamic renewal? Western challenge!
February 24, 2020
Islamic traditionalists vs. Islamic reformers
“The Deal of the Century” – a Middle East perspective
January 30, 2020
A unilateral application of Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley, and additional parts of the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria, would reinforce Israel's posture of deterrence
Israel’s Brain Power (Hightech) Features a Grand Decade
December 26, 2019
Israel in Judea and Samaria (West Bank) advances US interest
November 21, 2019
Israel’s control of the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria highlights the synergy between the national security of the US and Israel, emphasizing Israel’s military and commercial contribution as the most effective US force-multiplier in the Middle
Palestinian education mirrors Palestinian vision
August 25, 2019
Harsh reality of Palestinian hate-education
The Saudi-Palestinian Labyrinth
August 1, 2019
The pro-Palestinian Saudi talk has diminished, increasingly replaced by an adversarial Saudi walk
Israel’s economic surge
July 21, 2019
Ambassador Friedman is aware that Israel's control of the mountain ridges of Judea and Samaria is a prerequisite for Israel's effective posture of deterrence
Welcome to Middle East reality
April 8, 2019
The notion that all of the [intra-Arab, intra-Muslim] problems can be waved away by 'solving' the Arab-Israeli conflict is, at best, a delusion….
Has Israel advanced US interests?
August 23, 2018
Israel: “Largest US aircraft carrier, deployed in a most critical region, with no Americans on board”
The Palestinian polygraph—hate education and incitement
July 27, 2018
P.S. The Palestinian education system was instituted in 1993 by Mahmoud Abbas and Yasser Arafat--the "moderate" wing of the Palestinians....
Israel ranks 11th in UN Happiness Report
July 1, 2018
The US Embassy in Jerusalem enhances US interests
May 15, 2018
The relocation of the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem is consistent with the US ethos from the 17th century Early Pilgrims and the 18th century Founding Fathers
At 70 – Israel’s economy exceeds expectations
April 25, 2018
Straight from the Jerusalem Boardroom
Jewish-Arab demography defies conventional wisdom
April 13, 2018
Anyone ignoring Israel's unprecedented demographic tailwind, who suggests that an Arab demographic time bomb is haunting the Jewish State, is either dramatically mistaken or outrageously misleading
US Embassy in Jerusalem enhances US Interest
February 26, 2018
Moreover, it challenges the political correctness of the UN, the Department of State and the “elite” media, which have been serial blunderers on Middle East issues
US Palestinian policy – water or gasoline?
February 8, 2018
Persisting in the commitment to a two-state-solution would cause President Trump to repeat, rather than avoid, the cardinal error of recent Presidents, who – unknowingly - attempted to extinguish fire with gasoline, not water
Israel’s sustained economic growth
January 21, 2018
Robust performance of Israel’s economy
No foreign aid to Palestinians—a US interest!
January 7, 2018
President Trump’s security strategy: the impact on Israel
December 21, 2017
Will President Trump’s realistic national security talk be matched by effective walk?
Relocating US Embassy to Jerusalem – US interest!
December 7, 2017
Relocating the US Embassy to Jerusalem reflects a determination to avoid repeated errors, thus bolstering the US posture of deterrence, while complying with the US law of the land, and embracing the state-of-mind of most Americans
Critical lessons of the 1947 Partition Plan
December 1, 2017
Policy-makers and public opinion-molders, who sacrifice the lessons of the past on the altar of oversimplification and wishful-thinking, are doomed to repeat past mistakes and suffer their dire consequences.
Wake up America, Islamic terrorism targets you!
November 5, 2017
To defeat Islamic terrorism, Western societies must rid counter-terrorism of the "lone wolf" mentality; acknowledge the inherently non-compromising nature of Islamic terrorism and confront Islamic rogue regimes militarily, not diplomatically
Concessions to Palestinians: choking or inflaming terrorism?
October 3, 2017
Will Western policy-makers and peace negotiators finally learn from precedents by repeating, or avoiding, past critical and costly errors?