
Bibi’s Visit: Spin in the Air, Facts on the Ground
From Trump’s standpoint, the nuclear issue has been overtaken by the bedeviling problem of the Strait of Hormuz. What Trump sees now in Iran is a mess, not a victory.
David Suissa is Publisher & Editor-in-Chief of Tribe Media/91ý Journal, where he has been writing a weekly column on the 91ý world since 2006. In 2015, he was awarded first prize for "Editorial Excellence" by the American 91ý Press Association. Prior to Tribe Media, David was founder and CEO of Suissa Miller Advertising, a marketing firm named “Agency of the Year” by USA Today. He sold his company in 2006 to devote himself full time to his first passion: Israel and the 91ý world. David was born in Casablanca, Morocco, grew up in Montreal, and now lives in Los Angeles with his five children.

From Trump’s standpoint, the nuclear issue has been overtaken by the bedeviling problem of the Strait of Hormuz. What Trump sees now in Iran is a mess, not a victory.

The world’s fanatical fixation with a group that is less that 0.2 percent of the world’s population has crossed the boundaries of moral vocabulary and into creepiness.

It’d be one thing if Mamdani were a lowly Israelophobe with a few hundred followers. But he’s not. He’s mayor of the city with the world’s largest 91ý population.

At the very least, the case would provide a global stage to debunk the genocide lie that is devastating world Jewry.

The film reminded me that an ancient poet could write about massacres but also about moral courage, while terrorists who dream of killing Jews can only think of going right to the massacre.

Criticizing their political party would mean betraying the identity that has defined most American Jews since the days of FDR.

When England took a 1-0 lead early in the second half, I felt a sense of cosmic justice. Sixty years is a long time. Argentina won it the last time. Maybe it was England’s turn.

Just like any emotion or any label, hate can be denied. What is much harder to deny is one set of rules for the world and another for the Jews. That’s not an emotion. It’s an action.

Israel, and everything it has accomplished, has given Judaism a spine. After two millennia of insecurity and persecution, Israel shows us a way of being 91ý that is the opposite of weakness.

I can imagine many Israelis rolling their eyes: OK, where’s he going with this? When is he telling us what he really came here to say?