Mark Regev’s Articles

Read the Latest articles by our chairman, Amb. Mark Regev

Jan 19

David Levy and Israel's incomplete Mizrahi revolution

If Golda Meir broke gender glass ceilings – as, more recently, Amir Ohana has done for gays – in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, Levy was a...

Jan 12

Israel and Jordan: A troubled peace

Despite the early optimism, Israel-Jordan relations deteriorated into a cold peace and now are seemingly condemned to the back burner. By...

Jan 5

Yizhak Tabenkin: The Israeli socialist opposed to territorial compromise

The simplistic hawk-dove divide is not reflective of Zionist history, as is clearly demonstrated through the politics of kibbutz movement...

Dec 29, 2022

Netanyahu-Biden relationship is the one to watch in 2023

There is no reason to ask whether Biden and Netanyahu will develop good personal chemistry – the two have been calling each other by...

Dec 22, 2022

Ukraine-Russia War: Misconceptions about Israel's neutrality

Jerusalem stands accused of breaking with its Western partners and not living up to the democratic values it espouses.Since Russia’s...

Dec 15, 2022

Israel and Indonesia? Expanding Abraham Accords to Asia

Can Israel and Indonesia normalize diplomatic relations? It would be an Asian game-changer. By MARK REGEV Published: DECEMBER 15, 2022...

Dec 8, 2022

Are Israeli-Australian ties in danger?

Building on these foundations, today’s Israel-Australia partnership encompasses robust economic ties, as well as cooperation in vital...

Dec 1, 2022

75 years since UN partition vote: A self-inflicted Palestinian tragedy

Ultimately, had the Palestinian position been more pragmatic and moderate, they too could have been celebrating a diamond jubilee...

Nov 24, 2022

Looking back at Egypt's Anwar Sadat's historic Jerusalem visit, 45 years ago

Anwar Sadat's visit was a game-changer: A harbinger of what Shimon Peres would later call “the new Middle East.” By MARK REGEV ...

Nov 17, 2022

Did Israel's famed diplomat Abba Eban lack clout back home?

The Eban paradox is that he never succeeded in translating his immense international stature into commensurate domestic political...

Nov 10, 2022

Moshe Sneh: The communist who defended Israel

Maki, for decades the Middle East’s only legal communist party, competed for votes in consecutive Knesset elections, though it never...

Nov 3, 2022

Yitzhak Rabin: Israeli security realist or idealist peacemaker?

Rabin’s assassination at the hands of an ultra-right Jewish fanatic, occurring immediately following a Tel Aviv peace rally, begat the...

Oct 27, 2022

Israel, the Suez Crisis and accusations of colonialist collusion

Israel was born in a struggle against British colonialism. However, seven decades on from 1956, some still depict Israel as a colonialist...

Oct 20, 2022

Giorgia Meloni and the Jews: Should we worry about Italy's far Right?

Meloni’s predecessor as FdI leader, Ignazio La Russa, declared that: “We are all heirs of Il Duce,” referring to fascist leader Benito...

Oct 13, 2022

The life of Israel's forgotten prime minister, Moshe Sharett

October 15 is the birthday of Moshe Sharett, Israel's second prime minister, who served as premier for 21 months from 1954-55. By MARK...

Oct 6, 2022

How the Yom Kippur War changed Israel to the core

The Yom Kippur War had cost Israel 2,656 dead soldiers and 7,251 injured. 294 prisoners of war had been captured by the enemy By MARK...

Sep 29, 2022

How can we reform Israel's electoral system?

Once, it was Italy that was famed for multiple ever-changing governments. But since 2019, it is Israel that leads the democratic world in...

Sep 22, 2022

Generals in Israeli politics are no longer hot commodities

Perhaps voters appreciate that despite Israel’s pervasive security challenges, bravery and proficiency in battle do not in themselves...

Sep 18, 2022

Israel can engage with Mahmoud Abbas despite Holocaust revisionism

Abbas may parrot antisemitic myths and deliberately trivialize the Holocaust, but realpolitik dictates that Israel’s government engage...

Sep 8, 2022

Flying from Israel to Australia: The geopolitics of visiting family

If there were once two prerequisite stops, and more recently a single transit point, flying to Melbourne may soon involve a zero-stopover...

Sep 1, 2022

Boris Johnson: UK PM who washed dishes in Israel to exit Downing Street

Accordingly, the good news is that irrespective of who wins this week’s Tory leadership contest, Israel will continue to have a...

Aug 26, 2022

Menachem Begin's legacy and today's Likud party

Begin was representative of a generation of Jews for whom the Holocaust and the struggle for independence were formative experiences. By...

Aug 19, 2022

This is the story behind the Abraham Accords

This week marks two years since the Abraham Accords began with Israel and the United Arab Emirates beginning normalization. By MARK REGEV...

Aug 12, 2022

Middle East peace will come despite US policy

It remains unclear as to whether the current US president will be making any meaningful contribution to Middle East peace. By MARK REGEV ...

Aug 4, 2022

Marxist Zionism: Israel's often forgotten socialist past - opinion

Not only is a synthesis between Marxism and Zionism possible, but the practitioners of such a fusion played a noteworthy role in shaping...

Jul 28, 2022

The evolution of Israel-Greece ties, from enemies to allies - opinion

All this demonstrates the remarkable resilience of the new Hellenic-Israel partnership. Perhaps next time the Hanukkah candles are lit,...

Jul 21, 2022

Will France's National Assembly perpetuate antisemitism? - opinion

In the National Assembly, 131 now represent the hard-left bloc of Jean-Luc Mélenchon, and a further 89 are from Marine Le Pen’s far-right...

Jul 14, 2022

US president visiting Israel: A dream now commonplace - opinion

Although now seemingly a routine occurrence, it is easy to forget that for more than a quarter-century, consecutive American presidents...

Jul 7, 2022

Entebbe raid: A global counterterrorism game changer - opinion

The Israeli Defense Force's 1976 Entebbe raid has become the gold standard for rescue operations. By MARK REGEV Published: JULY 7, 2022...

Jun 30, 2022

The Red Army: Liberators only in the Jewish perspective - opinion

The occupations by Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia are often looked upon as identical twin evils, with neither considered preferable to...

Jun 24, 2022

81 years since the Farhud: Iraqi families have not forgotten

My in-laws were lucky to have gotten out when they did. In December 1947, a Farhud-type pogrom swept Aleppo, leaving the community...