David Rubin

Israeli military intelligence has revealed its assessment that Iran will have sufficient enriched uranium to produce one nuclear bomb by the end of the year. Furthermore, it has been determined that Iran will have the missile capability to deliver such a bomb within two years. Meanwhile in the Democrats’ latest debate, candidate Bernie Sanders warned that President Trump “is lying and dragging the United States to war” with the Islamic Republic. What do these latest … Read more

Iranian threats are flying after Qassem Soleimani, the powerful head of Iran’s Quds Force, was killed in a daring American airstrike at Baghdad International Airport. As pointed out by the US State Department, Soleimani was responsible for the death of hundreds, and wounding of thousands of Americans, as well as planning future attacks. Just who was Qassem Soleimani? The Washington Examiner described him as the man who waged “an explosive campaign that killed hundreds of … Read more

Israel launched multiple air strikes on Hamas and Islamic Jihad terror targets in Gaza after rocket attacks from Islamic Jihad forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to a bomb shelter during a campaign speech in the city of Ashkelon. After returning to the stage on this, the eve of his Likud party’s primary election, Netanyahu threatened to assassinate Khalil Batanai, the new leader of Islamic Jihad. The previous leader of Islamic Jihad was assassinated by Israel … Read more

After the attack by Muslim mobs on the American Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, President Trump accused Iran of masterminding the attack, in which fires were set and serious damage was done to security equipment surrounding the embassy building. The Iranian-backed Kataib Hezbollah terrorist organization claimed responsibility for the attack. What kind of Trump response can we expect after this latest provocation from the self-defined Islamic Republic? Speaking to us from Jerusalem is Middle East expert … Read more

A machete-wielding man attacked a Hanukkah party in a rabbi’s home in suburban New York City Saturday night, sending five Hasidic Jews to the hospital to be treated for stab wounds, according to CBS channel 2 reporter Tony Aiello. New York Governor Cuomo has directed his Hate Crimes Task Force to investigate the attack that left two in critical condition. This is no isolated incident. Anti-Semitism has been increasingly rearing its ugly head in a … Read more

In a controversial move sure to stoke the flames of tension in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), Israeli Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has given his approval for a new Jewish neighborhood in the old Arab marketplace in Hebron. The restoring of the marketplace to Israeli control has Palestinian authorities enraged, with senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat complaining that the new project is a result of “the U.S. decision to legitimize colonization”, referring to the … Read more

In Washington and Jerusalem, the contrast and comparison is unavoidable. We see the convergence of the two investigations of Trump and Netanyahu, with guilty verdicts boldly predicted in advance by elite politicians of the left. We also hear the self-righteous condemnations of the alleged corruption, loudly proclaimed by the left-dominated media on both sides of the ocean. Is the similarity merely coincidental, or is it a case of two simultaneous witch hunts? Suggested Q&A: Are … Read more

Now that it’s official, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon be tried for corruption charges including bribery, what is next for an Israel that has a gridlocked political system and may soon be facing the third round of elections in less than a year? Can Netanyahu continue to lead while under indictment, and if not him, then whom? Here to answer these and other questions, is David Rubin, former Mayor of Shiloh (in … Read more

The results of the September 17, 2019 elections in Israel were a statistical tie, throwing the decision of who would be the new Prime Minister to Israel President Reuven Rivlin who gave first dibs to Benjamin Netanyahu. Try as he may, try as he might, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed. Next President Rivlin handed the mantle to Benny Gantz who also failed to form a government by the November 20 deadline. Now Israel faces the … Read more

Intro:  As reported by the BBC, Israel says it has hit dozens of targets in Syria belonging to the government and allied Iranian forces. The Israeli military says the “wide-scale strikes” responded to rockets fired by an Iranian unit into Israel. Syria says two civilians died and that Syrian air defenses shot down most of the missiles over Damascus. Other reports say the death toll was higher. Local reports said loud explosions were heard in … Read more