JERUSALEM POST
by Eric R. Mandel
February 14, 2015

…..Israel lives in a tough neighborhood, and the seminars are serious, as we analyze Israel’s daunting challenges. After studying these topics, you would expect Israelis to be pessimistic about their future. …Whether we interviewed national security advisors, leading academics, generals, soldiers in the field, journalists, ordinary citizens or government leaders, the pervasive sentiment was optimism. There is a disconnect between the perpetual naysayers in America and what the people of Israel expressed to us. It seems that many Americans seem to want to support only an Israel that is a reflection of their America, which sits safely between Canada and Mexico, with two great oceans on either side...“Yes, we have problems, big problems, but we’re going to be fine, because your imposed solutions are more of a danger than waiting for a more opportune time to act.” READ MORE