I think it is incredibly important, it is worth repeating, what the new Secretary-General did this week, which is for the world to hear he said that the Jewish connection to the temple in Jerusalem is undeniable.

Don't expect to get money if you are going to deny the Jewish connection to Jerusalem because it doesn't serve your cause.

The result wasn't that Hamas was curtailed in its activity. The result wasn't that the violent ones within the PA were somehow marginalized.

But the worst thing we could do is handcuff a new Secretary-General by threatening to reduce our funding.

I think it is a close call. It is a justified American position in my humble opinion, a justified law but as it plays out, at times, it is a bit insane.

We need to assist the Palestinians and the Arab world with respect to their stubborn view of the right of return to move to a more helpful position.

Palestinians and their leadership have defrauded their own people for decades, for generations.

President Abbas deserves some credit... he said yes, but then he said, as a visitor.

The deal is, of course, a two-state outcome, one Jewish, one Arab.

There is an opportunity for greater involvement by the Arab States in helping move the peace process forward.

At no time in history of Jewish Americans or Jews had the opportunity to live as well as we have as we have in this country.