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The Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) is a strictly non-partisan forum for the study and debate of foreign policy. Established in 1989 by the late Dr. David Kimche and a group of prominent practitioners and scholars of international affairs, the Council is a favored platform for distinguished foreign visitors who wish to present their views in a non-governmental setting. The Council, whic
19/06/2026
David Horowitz in Times of Israel on US - Iranian MoU
Trump’s deal is a catastrophic capitulation to Iran’s aggressors, leaves Israel vulnerable and constrained In the US president's reality-challenged view, Israel is an ingrate and a warmonger, while Iran's mass-murdering leaders are 'very rational.' They are indeed all too rational, and he, clearly, is not
06/06/2026
Latest results of Pew survey on attitudes to Israel
Most people across 36 countries have negative views of Israel and little confidence in Netanyahu Majorities in most of the countries we surveyed express an unfavorable view of Israel and little or no confidence in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
03/06/2026
Limited time open (no paywall) access to Simon Geissbühler's text in the latest issue of the IJFA
Against Collective Ecstasy: Jewish Writers as Outlaws in the Struggle for Individual Freedom–Imre Kertész, Norman Manea, Jean Améry Published in Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2026)
31/05/2026
Opinion | Ruth Wisse, the Iron Lady of the American Jewish Right At Harvard, she fought for ROTC and against racial preferences. She warns now of ‘the organization of politics against the Jews.’
21/05/2026
David Horowitz in Times of Israel of Israel on the impasse with Iran
With Trump conflicted and Iran emboldened, vital bid to end regime’s nuclear drive is being botched The Islamic Republic retains its highly enriched uranium stockpile, has 10 tons of lower-enriched uranium that nobody's even asking for, and is holding the world to ransom at the Strait of Hormuz
Bret Stephens in the NYT on the malaise sweeping the western world
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/opinion/israel-netanyahu-criticism-power.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
19/05/2026
Jonathan Freedland interview in The Guardian with Hungarian Jewish filmmaker Laszlo.Nemes on the hatred convulsing and consuming western society
ps://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/18/antisemitism-west-son-of-saul-laszlo-nemes-orphan-moulin
‘An o**y of antisemitism is overtaking the west’: Son of Saul’s László Nemes on Hollywood hypocrisy His extraordinary Auschwitz film won every award going. Now the Hungarian director is back with new drama Orphan, as well as a Jean Moulin biopic at Cannes. He talks about resurgent global prejudice – and refusing to be lectured by the film industry ‘overclass’
16/05/2026
Bill Maher addresses the villificatuon of Israel
New Rule: No Jews, No News | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO) People say the left and the right can’t agree on anything these days? Well, there is this one thing they agree on: hating Israel.
01/05/2026
Limited time open (no paywall).access to Amb. Dimitar Mihaylov's text on Iran in the spring issue of tje IJFA
Iran’s Autumn of the Patriarch Published in Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2026)
01/05/2026
Limited time open (no paywall) access to ICFR Board Member Prof. Chuck Frelich's article on the war on Iran as published in the spring issue of the IJFA
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23739770.2026.2657065
The War on Iran: Sometimes You Get What You Wish for Published in Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs (Ahead of Print, 2026)