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...
Mark Regev’s Articles
Read the Latest articles by our chairman, Amb. Mark Regev
- Nov 3
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 26
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 19
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 12
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 5
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 28
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 21
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
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 7
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...
- Aug 31
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 25
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 18
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 11
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
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
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 20
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 13
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 6
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 29
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 23
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...