The most comprehensive study of Israel's national security to date, this book presents the first public proposal for a comprehensive Israeli national security strategy and prescribes an actionable course forward.

While the Netanyahus drink champagne and Trump tweets, the Russians changed the Mideast’s nuclear calculus — and this time, Israel has no feasible military option. But can Jerusalem really depend on the White House to avert a nuclear arms race?

It could secure the Zionist project by helping to sell Israelis on a peace deal with the Palestinians, and it could help to cement Israel's long-term relationship with America.

Fifty years of efforts have failed to convince the international community of the merits of the settlement policy, which it considers counterproductive, first and foremost, to Israel’s own interest in maintaining its Jewish and democratic character and in achieving peace. No matter how much Israel invests in the battle against BDS and delegitimization, it will not be able to change the international image that Israel has come to bear the primary responsibility for the diplomatic impasse.

Cracks are increasingly discernible in the famous "special relationship." Can they be repaired? If not, could Israel's national security survive the loss of American military aid?

The contours of a two-state solution, conversely, have been clear for years: Israel withdraws from over 90% of the West Bank, with land swaps for the remainder; Jerusalem is divided along its ethnic lines, with a special regime for the Old City and holy sites; Palestinian refugees are allowed to return to the Palestinian state, but not Israel; the Palestinians recognize Israel as the Jewish state.

The author's recent op-ed in Haaretz takes the form of a fictitious letter to President Trump's Special Envoy to the Middle East, Jason Greenblatt, who is reportedly preparing to submit an American peace proposal, and he has provided an English-language translation.

"...[T]he Iranian and Hezbollah effort to broaden their foothold in Syria has taken a turn for the worse lately. Iran is reportedly interested in establishing air and naval bases in Syria, deploying ground forces, over and above Hezbollah's, and in building rocket manufacturing facilities in both Syria and Lebanon. Iran and Syria also recently signed a military and strategic cooperation agreement. The danger of the next conflict in the north becoming a confrontation between Israel and Iran is growing. To deal effectively with the Iranian-Hezbollah-Syrian axis, now under Russian aegis, Israel must formulate a comprehensive strategy, rather than the current policy of repeated tactical responses."

"At the present time, efforts should be focused on ensuring the future of the nuclear deal with Iran, which remains the best way to prevent it from going nuclear. The next stage would be to try and redress the agreement's flaws, first and foremost, its expected expiration at the end of its 10–15 year lifetime."