DAVID FRIEDMAN

The writer advises Donald Trump on US-Israel relations.

 POLICE AT the crime scene where a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in Lod, earlier this month. The victims of this failure have names and faces, and their numbers are only increasing, the writers assert.

American university students, it's time to take a stand - opinion

 A timed exposure shot of Columbia University's main academic library (and the largest building on campus), Butler Library, at dusk.

Columbia students, stand with humanity and against barbarity - opinion

(L-R): Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are seen ahead of the presidential debate (illustrative)

On fighting antisemitism and supporting Israel, Trump beats Harris by a mile - opinion


Trump-Harris debate: Carefully prepped talking points crashing on the shoals of reality - opinion

Many of Trump's statements were repeatedly challenged at the moment, while Harris's appeared to slip under the radar.

 Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump reacts in the spin room, on the day of his debate with Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, September 10, 2024.

Biden's first debate self-destruction proves Trump is the only candidate for Israel - opinion

Former US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman reflects on the ups and downs of the latest presidential debate between two candidates - both of whom believe they are the best candidates for Israel.

 Democratic Party presidential candidate US President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former US President Donald Trump speak during a presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia, US, June 27, 2024 in a combination photo.

The battle for Israel’s soul: If either side wins, everyone loses - opinion

The judicial reforms are triggering strongly held views over a larger and more fundamental issue – what it means to be a Jewish state.

 THE JUDICIAL reforms are just a trigger of a larger issue – what it means to be a Jewish state, says the writer.

Israel, it's time for a grand bargain on judicial reforms - opinion

The Israeli Supreme Court has arrogated to itself all of the powers of the US Supreme Court with none of the corresponding limitations, restrictions or burdens.

 US SUPREME Court justices pose for a formal group photograph, in October. The Israeli Supreme Court has arrogated to itself all of the powers of the US Supreme Court with none of the corresponding limitations, restrictions or burdens, says the writer.

Is Zionism distinct from Judaism?

To be a Jew is to be a Zionist – the two have always been inseparable, now more than ever.

 DAVID FRIEDMAN at the Kotel: ‘Israel is the only nation where Judaism can be fully actualized.’

The differences between Trump's, Biden's visits to Israel - opinion

Biden does not recognize Israeli sovereignty over all of Jerusalem, something Israel has asserted for more than fifty years in conformity with American law.

 THEN-US president Donald Trump poses with other leaders at the Arab-Islamic-American Summit in Riyadh, in 2017.

Why this year’s Independence Day was special for Israel - opinion

Being in existence 74 years gave modern Israel the record for the longest period that Jews have governed this land from a capital in Jerusalem since Biblical times.

 People watch the military airshow during Israel's 74th Independence Day celebrations in Jerusalem, May 5, 2022.

Ambassador Friedman: on America’s biblical roots - speech

An abridged version of the Distinguished Rennert Lecture delivered by Ambassador David Friedman upon receipt of the Guardian of Zion Award from Bar-Ilan University

David Friedman

Israel will always be a Jewish state

Israel’s greatest security risk is a binational state from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea.

A WORKER at Ashdod port coordinates a crane to hang a giant Israeli national flag.

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman asks: Why a virus?

Under these extraordinary circumstances, anyone, and certainly a believer and amateur theologian like me, could be excused for searching for an underlying divine message.

US Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman