For Israel, Rubio’s message is clear: the United States prefers strong, sovereign partners. A self-reliant Israel that deters its enemies advances both its own interests and those of Washington.
Israel-US Relations, Security Policy from a Historical Perspective, Israeli Leadership in Times of Crisis
A member of the research staff at the Institute for National Security Studies and a Prof. Emeritus at Ben Gurion University. He has published extensively on various facets of Israel's defense policy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the role of the superpowers in the Middle East, and Israel's struggle against Islamic terror. His work has also focused on the study of Israel's nuclear option, both in historical and contemporary perspectives.
He is the author of numerous articles and several books, including Israel's Nuclear Option: behind the Scenes Diplomacy between Dimona and Washington (Sussex Academic Press and Jaffee Center for Strategic Studies, 2005), and Ben-Gurion's Political Struggles, 1963-1967: A Lion in Winter (Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2006). In 2007 he was awarded the prime minister's prestigious David Ben-Gurion memorial prize for his book Fire in His Bones, which deals with Ben-Gurion's activities following his resignation as prime minister and until his death.
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