If no ally will write the red lines of the Jewish state into a deal, then it has no choice but to become the guarantor of its own security, and, by extension, of the regional order that its security requires.
Iran
If you read the headlines these days, you might almost believe the Middle East is on the verge of a historic breakthrough.
Morton Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, told JNS that the memorandum of understanding is a “disaster” that “stabs Israel in the back.”
The U.S. president told reporters that he intends to read his agreement with the Iranian regime “word by word” publicly to set the record straight.
“Monitoring this agreement cannot be passive,” Daniel S. Mariaschin, CEO of B’nai B’rith International, told JNS.
An analysis of whether the emerging agreement between the United States and Iran is truly a defeat for Israel—or whether Israel’s strategic position has improved despite the disappointments.
The president also denied reports that Tehran would be receiving $300 billion for reconstruction.
The Islamic Republic remains dangerous, but danger should not be mistaken for strength.
As Trump strikes a deal with Tehran, Israel must continue to defend itself against Iran and its proxies.
“The Iranian regime, as always, is lying. Iran’s proxy, Hezbollah, is the one that attacked Israel again this morning, completely unprovoked,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted to X.
