David M. Weinberg

David M. Weinberg is a senior fellow at Misgav: The Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy, and Habithonistim: Israel’s Defense and Security Forum. He also is Israel office director of Canada’s Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). He has held a series of public positions, including senior advisor to deputy prime minister Natan Sharansky and coordinator of the Global Forum Against Anti-Semitism in the Prime Minister's Office. The views expressed here are his own.

IRANIAN PRO-GOVERNMENT supporters burn pictures of US President Donald Trump, last month. If Trump’s bluster against Iran just leads to another soft deal that kicks the Iranian nuclear can down the road, then Trump’s presidency is finished, the writer says.

Burn the kitchen down: A transformational Trump must strike at Iran now - opinion

A HAMAS terrorist is seen alongside guns in Gaza. Nobody but the Israeli military can prevent Hamas from rearming or reimposing its reign of terror on Palestinians in Gaza, the writer says.

Only the IDF can truly defang Hamas - opinion

View of the Temple Mount (Al Aqsa mosque) in Jerusalem's Old City, November 19, 2025.

Re-liberating Jerusalem: Why Israel must assert sovereignty over its capital, now - opinion


Drunk on Jew-hatred, Iran’s horrors go unmentioned - opinion

Western outrage over Israel contrasts sharply with silence on Iran’s mass killings, exposing ideological bias and moral blindness.

People attend an anti-Israeli protest after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, June 20, 2025

Israel’s 'Wild West' of weapons is a growing national security threat - opinion

The vast smuggling effort and widespread availability of weapons is no longer a marginal criminal phenomenon but an ongoing strategic threat that urgently demands a national response.

IDF Military Drone Unit train with their drones near the Syrian border, northern Golan Heights, June 26, 2025.

Tis the season to flog Israel - opinion

Western media blame Israel for the decline in Christianity, ignoring the real threat, which is radical Islamic persecution.

People attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the New Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, on December 14, 2025.

J’accuse: Australia’s recognition of Palestinian statehood led to Bondi Beach - opinion

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's enthusiasm for promoting Palestinian statehood led to the Bondi Beach slaughter.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, December 14, 2025

UNRWA is beyond repair, so it's time to move on - opinion

Evidence mounts of UNRWA’s terror ties; the agency must be closed. It is the first step to rebuilding Palestinian society.

POLICE ARE on the scene as they carry out a raid at UNRWA headquarters in Jerusalem on Monday. UNRWA is rotten to its core, the writer argues.

Trump’s ideology vacuum is hurting Israel - opinion

KNOW COMMENT: Trump’s non-ideological approach to global affairs is creating new risks for Israel at an important moment.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani meet in the Oval Office last month. ‘The buddy-buddy-like meeting upsets me terribly,’ says the writer.

Israel must stop pretending there is a workable haredi draft fix - opinion

Despite October 7, despite the near-existential threat situation Israel finds itself in across seven fronts, haredi leaders remain adamant that “yeshiva boys” cannot be drafted in any minimal way.

‘THE PHONY draft law about to be introduced by the new chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, Boaz Bismuth, certainly won’t do the job,’ the writer argues.

Israel's success undercut by unstable US politicians, rising terror, Iran nuclearization - opinion

Israel's victories face doubt as Trump reshapes Middle East diplomacy without finesse, Israel's borders are constantly penetrated, and terrorism rises.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks at the Civil-Military Coordination Center in Kiryat Gat last month. US troops headquartered there essentially are overseeing the free flow of humanitarian aid straight into the hands of Hamas, the writer argues.

Never again: Executing Hamas terrorists best way for Israel to prevent future kidnappings - opinion

KNOW COMMENT: It is time to have a public debate on the issue of hostage and prisoner exchanges before Hamas can seize any more.

Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel in a swap for hostages and a ceasefire last month. The release of over 2,000 terrorists, including hardened and experienced Palestinian mass murderers, will incentivize future kidnappings, the writer argues.

The Jewish people need the unifying potential in God’s great gift of Shabbat - opinion

South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein's "Shabbat Project" aims to bring together millions of Jews from across the world to embrace the unifying potential embedded in the gift of Shabbat.

LAUNCHED BY South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein and now in its twelfth year, the ‘Shabbat Project’ encourages Jews worldwide to experience Shabbat together, states the writer.