(((Michael Koplow)))

@IsraelPolicy4m chief policy officer, Israel and Turkey observer, Red Sox obsessive, and father of three adorable kids. All opinions solely my own.

[(((Michael Koplow))) @mkoplow]

Israel's supporters often look at U.S. security assistance as the core of the strategic relationship. Israel's detractors often look at it as effective leverage. Neither is right, which is why everyone should start moving beyond the question of aid https://t.co/xPOYcuD0BI

[(((Michael Koplow))) @mkoplow]

Much has changed over the last decade since the last U.S.-Israel MOU was signed, and a new agreement should reflect those changes while maintaining the critical strategic partnership that benefits both countries. This means focusing less on assistance, more on cooperation and the next generation of threats, and ensuring that the U.S. pushes to maintain shared democratic values while not letting real disagreements over those values doom the strategic relationship. Check out our full report and recommendations 👇

[Israel Policy Forum @IsraelPolicy4m]

The time has come to chart the next phase of the U.S.-Israel security relationship.

Our new report by @RCBrandenburg, @GabrielEpsteinX, @elisaewers44, and @mkoplow lays out a vision for the next MOU: moving from a provider-recipient framework to a greater partnership.

[David A. Halperin @dhalperin]

1/ Today, @IsraelPolicy4m released a new report: Partnership Recalibrated: The Next Era of U.S.-Israel Security Cooperation. As the U.S. and Israel begin discussing a new memorandum of understanding (MOU), the authors @mkoplow @RCBrandenburg @elisaewers44 @GabrielEpsteinX argue it's time to prep the security partnership for a new era. 🧵

[Israel Policy Forum @IsraelPolicy4m]

The time has come to chart the next phase of the U.S.-Israel security relationship.

Our new report by @RCBrandenburg, @GabrielEpsteinX, @elisaewers44, and @mkoplow lays out a vision for the next MOU: moving from a provider-recipient framework to a greater partnership.

[Israel Policy Forum @IsraelPolicy4m]

On this #IsraelPolicyPod, @NeriZilber, @mkoplow, and @ShiraEfron discuss the looming deal between the U.S. and Iran, what the agreement likely includes and critically omits, what impact it could have on the ongoing fighting in Lebanon, and more. https://t.co/tEXqDgmMqc

[(((Michael Koplow))) @mkoplow]

Whether or not Trump's mandatory request that countries join the Abraham Accords as part of ending the Iran war goes anywhere, the notion behind it will leave Israel worse off in the region and with the U.S., and flies in the face of Accords themselves https://t.co/sWjxQp6r6c

[(((Michael Koplow))) @mkoplow]

I have lost count of how many times in the past few months I have spoken to a Jewish audience and someone asks me why Netanyahu doesn't understand the impact of what he's doing on American Jews. The answer is that he absolutely understands; he just doesn't care even one iota.

[Daphna Liel @daphnaliel1]

Breaking: Netanyahu appointment for Israel’s Consul General in New York is his adviser Caroline Glick.
For years, Glick has promoted a highly confrontational line against the Reform and Conservative movements, which make up the majority of New York’s Jewish community.

[Dan Rothem @drothem]

1/8 Hamas hasn't agreed to disarm. Israel hasn't agreed to withdraw. @nmladenov's new 15-point Roadmap is serious and worth reading — but it's built on assumptions that don't yet hold. 🧵

[(((Michael Koplow))) @mkoplow]

Israelis are focused on whether or not fighting will resume with Iran, what will transpire in Lebanon, and the coming elections. Gaza is on the back burner, but it won't be for long, as events are pushing a resumption of full-scale military operations https://t.co/pLF7RY1j3t

[(((Michael Koplow))) @mkoplow]

Making Ben Gvir a minister was a choice. Making him the minister in charge of the police specifically was yet another choice. His conduct and views have not changed from then until now, and yet he has remained in place for 3 1/2 years. That makes Bibi’s disavowals meaningless.

[Israel Policy Forum @IsraelPolicy4m]

In this Inside Israeli Politics, @xlederman assesses whether Netanyahu's coalition is collapsing and unpacks current dynamics in the relationship between Netanyahu and the Haredi parties. Read here: https://t.co/WY1WVvfqiP

[(((Michael Koplow))) @mkoplow]

European sanctions targeting groups and people in the West Bank are not about settler violence, but settlements. There is a straight line between Trump and Smotrich's upending of the status quo with Europe and on the ground, and what the EU is pursuing https://t.co/icnOSibG5S

[(((Michael Koplow))) @mkoplow]

Enjoyed returning to @Hartman_Inst Identity/Crisis with Yehuda Kurtzer to talk about the Iran war, its impact on U.S. and Israeli politics, and the consequences of all this for American Jews https://t.co/xY7V4qXVGN

[Israel Policy Forum @IsraelPolicy4m]

On @Hartman_Inst's Identity/Crisis podcast, @mkoplow discusses the current moment in U.S.–Iran–Israel relations and conflicting logics and interests driving American, Israeli, and Iranian decision-making.

Listen here: https://t.co/TvLunMNmVC

[David A. Halperin @dhalperin]

We at @israelpolicy4m mourn the passing of Abe Foxman, a towering voice against antisemitism and hatred whose moral clarity and lifelong advocacy shaped generations of Jewish communal leadership. His legacy of courage, vigilance, and commitment to democratic values will endure. May his memory be a blessing.

[(((Michael Koplow))) @mkoplow]

The standoff between the U.S. and Iran can go in any number of directions, but in some ways it is starting to resemble the long-term stalemate between Israel and Hamas from 2007 through October 7. There are lessons from that period for the U.S. to learn https://t.co/U9VUqXfDph

[Kerry Boyd Anderson @KBAresearch]

As always, a great conversation with @mkoplow about Israel's multiple fronts (for War on the Rocks members): https://t.co/fb5lywHz74

[Gabriel Epstein @GabrielEpsteinX]

The Secretary of State’s recent report on the status of the PA’s prisoner and martyr payments program (i.e. “pay-to-slay”), unusually made public, raises more questions than answers and underscores the case for an independent and rigorous U.S. audit of the PA’s claimed reform. 🧵

[(((Michael Koplow))) @mkoplow]

The Bennett-Lapid merger isn't necessarily going to increase the size of the opposition bloc, but it will spark a number of moves from others that have the potential to swing the election one way or another https://t.co/dvCRlAcPyW

[Israel Policy Forum @IsraelPolicy4m]

The Bennett-Lapid merger won’t decide the next Israeli elections, but it may influence those floating between the blocs or under the electoral threshold and shows just how upside-down Israeli politics are today, argues @mkoplow in this Koplow Column. https://t.co/LhTIlxShuF