David M. Weinberg

David M. Weinberg is a senior fellow at Misgav: The Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy, and Habithonistim: Israel’s Defense and Security Forum. He also is Israel office director of Canada’s Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). He has held a series of public positions, including senior advisor to deputy prime minister Natan Sharansky and coordinator of the Global Forum Against Anti-Semitism in the Prime Minister's Office. The views expressed here are his own.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz attend a meeting of the Knesset plenum earlier this month. Now is not the time to rush headlong into a ceasefire with Hamas, the writer argues.

Israel had a decisive victory in the war against Iran, now it's time for one in Gaza – opinion

Now is not the time to rush headlong into a ceasefire with Hamas that will bring neither immediate hostage release nor long-term security to Israel, nor real relief to Palestinians.

JUNE 27, 2025

SPEAKING AT the G7 Summit this week in Kananaskis, Alberta, are (L-R) French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and hosting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. The G7 leaders should have said thank you to Israel, the writer states.

Israel is this generation’s great source of moral purpose and strategy - opinion

Israel’s principled leadership should be celebrated and lauded, not dismissed with mealy-mouthed mutterings about its “right” to defend “itself” and feeble murmurs about de-escalation.

JUNE 21, 2025

THE SANCTIONS imposed on Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (right) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir are galling, and the accusation of ‘settler violence’ is false, the writer argues.

How the West distorts Israel's reality with false narratives of settler violence - opinion

The global campaign to demonize Israel through "settler violence" is not just a lie—it’s a political weapon used to justify actions against Israel’s government.

JUNE 19, 2025

With Trump in charge, the world must prepare for long wars - opinion

Trump thinks that the weighty economic power of America and the force of his HUGE personality will bend adversaries to his will.

JUNE 7, 2025

IRAN’S SUPREME leader Ali Khamenei and United States President Donald Trump.

Macron's 'recognition' of a Palestinian state is a way to punish Israel - opinion

Instead of pushback against the increasingly genocidal Palestinian national movement, we get more perilous pablum about the “urgency” of Palestinian statehood.

MAY 30, 2025

FRENCH PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron visits Vietnam this week. The scent coming from Macron and his ilk is antipathy toward Israel; they simply cannot stomach a strong Israel, the writer charges.

The best books of 2024: Top picks on Judaism, Israel, and global issues – opinion

The author's annual list of the best books on Israel, Judaism, and strategic matters across the globe.

MAY 24, 2025

THE WRITER displays some of his favorite books from the past year.

Trump’s Middle East tour poses a strategic opportunity for Israel - opinion

Trump’s Gulf tour seemed to sideline Israel, raising alarm. But he’s daring Israel to lead—and will back it if it does.

MAY 15, 2025

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump holds a soccer ball as he attends an event with Qatar’s Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, also with the participation of FIFA president Gianni Infantino (not pictured), in Lusail, Qatar, on Wednesday. More than any other country, Israel was hit this week by Trumpian whiplash,

The 10 commandments for fighting antisemitism Jews need to embrace - opinion

KNOW COMMENT: Jews everywhere are despised and vulnerable when Israel is weak. That is when enemies pounce.

MAY 10, 2025

MUSLIM PROTESTERS pray outside Columbia University’s main campus in March as they denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City. The writer asks: Should Khalil, a radical leader, be protected because of ‘free speech?’

Depression or determination? Choosing between two clashing narratives about Israel - opinion

KNOW COMMENT: Israelis are determined to withstand ugly narratives of delegitimization that are crashing like tidal waves, and the resultant international dictates meant to weaken the Jewish state.

MAY 2, 2025

CAPTION: PAYING TRIBUTE through music at a graveside at Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on Remembrance Day this week: Israelis prefer to mark this complex time in appreciation of Israel’s survival and achievements, and with the prayer that brotherhood will see the country through, the wri

Israel's twilight zone: Jewish State needs decisive action, from Gaza to Iran - opinion

KNOW COMMENT | The State of Israel finds itself in such a strategic moment: In a murky twilight zone with critical security clocks ticking on all fronts.

APRIL 26, 2025

US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House last month.

The Western world wants to keep Israel weak - opinion

President Emmanuel Macron of France said so most succinctly this week by averring that Israel “has the right to defend itself, but within proportion.”

APRIL 19, 2025

ISRAEL MUST not be allowed to win so much, Western diplomatic discourse says, according to the writer, because this would be bad for American and Western interests. President Macron of France said that Israel ‘has the right to defend itself, but within proportion.’

When Trump’s ego meets Khamenei’s tenacity - opinion

KNOW COMMENT: What is the threshold for a deal on Iran’s nuclear ambitions?

APRIL 12, 2025

YOU HAVE to wonder which will prevail: Trump’s ego or Khamenei’s tenacity?

Iran is nervous about the Trump administration, but also defiant - opinion

President Trump will have to act soon on his threat to end Iran’s nuclear bomb program.

APRIL 5, 2025

A PAINTER repaints an anti-US mural in Tehran last week.