Friends of Israel Initiative

Israel appeared as a light in a world emerging from deep darkness. Against all odds, that light has not been extinguished. It burns bright, upheld by the universal principles of all civilized nations - freedom democracy, justice.

— Stephen Harper

OPINION ARTICLES

  • The Hill, September 8, 2015

    Congress must demand a better deal

    http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/foreign-policy/252735-congress-must-demand-a-better-deal The JCPOA postpones the nuclear menace, boosts Iran?s malignant activities, damages the security and interests of the pro-western countries in the Middle East, fails to bring stability to the region, and strengthens the ayatollah?s regime ? among the worst violators of human rights in the world.

    2015-09-09 by Jose María Aznar and Lord David Trimble

  • World Needs a Better Deal

    New York Times, September 8

    World Needs a Better Deal

    Statement of the Friends of Israel Initiative asking U.S. Congress to reach better nuclear deal with Iran.

    2015-09-08 by Friends of Israel Initiative

  • The battle of perceptions

    If Iran develops nuclear weapons, it’s got everything. It already has enough rockets to destroy Israel in a surprise attack. It would not be dissuaded by the fact that about 1.5 million Israeli Arabs would also die. Islam provides heaven’s glorious consolation for Muslim martyrs

    2015-08-31 by Carlos Alberto Montaner

  • The Wall Street Journal, August 5, 2015

    Confrontation With Iran Is Inevitable

    http://www.wsj.com/articles/confrontation-with-iran-is-inevitable-1438813370

    Assuming, as this agreement does, that Iran will moderate its policies, renounce its hegemonic aspirations, reject its terrorist proxies and become a “normal” country is a dangerous gambit. The more likely outcome is an empowered regime, better equipped to pursue its regional interests and perfectly capable of building a nuclear bomb.

    2015-08-05 by Jose Maria Aznar

  • Operation Safe Havens

    Letter to Lord Weidenfeld

    FOII’s Chairman, Jose María Aznar, thanks and congratulates Lord Weidenfeld for setting up and funding the Operation Safe Havens, a mission aimed to rescue up to 2,000 Christian families in Iraq and Syria suffering the terror of the Islamic State. Aznar remarks that Lord Wiedenfeld’s commitment is an outstanding moral example for the Western civilization.

    2015-07-28 by Jose María Aznar

  • Los Angeles Times, July 26, 2015

    The consequences of a bad deal with Iran

    http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-bolton-iran-military-option-20150726-story.html

    So the real choice we are faced with is dealing with the consequences of military action or the consequences of a nuclear Iran. Neither is palatable, but the latter is far worse. If the real objective is stopping Iran from getting nuclear weapons, preemptive military action is now inescapable.

    2015-07-27 by Ambassador John Bolton

  • Report of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into the Gaza Conflict 2014

    Speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council Geneva

    IDF made efforts, unprecedented in any other army, and exceeding the requirements of the laws of war, to save Palestinian civilian lives, including warning them to leave target zones, Hamas forced them to remain in those areas.
     

    2015-06-30 by Richard Kemp

  • The New York Times, June 25 2015

    The U.N.’s Gaza Report Is Flawed and Dangerous

    As a British officer who had more than his share of fighting in Afghanistan, Iraq and the Balkans, it pains me greatly to see words and actions from the United Nations that can only provoke further violence and loss of life.

    2015-06-26 by Richard Kemp