Most of what has appeared are excerpts from Oren’s new book, Ally, in which he recounts his time in Washington. He has had opeds in the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Foreign, and gave a two part interview to Shmuel Rosner, the political editor of the Jewish Journal. Oren, has been all over the papers, online magazines, and blogs in the last week. But, above all, this memoir is a testament to an alliance that was and will remain vital for Americans, Israelis, and the world.Israel’s former ambassador to the United States, Michael B. And it is a story about love-about someone fortunate enough to love two countries and to represent one to the other. In the pages of this fast-paced book, Oren interweaves the story of his personal journey with behind-the-scenes accounts of fateful meetings between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu, high-stakes summits with the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, and diplomatic crises that intensified the controversy surrounding the world’s most contested strip of land.Ī quintessentially American story of a young man who refused to relinquish a dream-irrespective of the obstacles-and an inherently Israeli story about assuming onerous responsibilities, Ally is at once a record, a chronicle, and a confession. No one could have been better suited to strengthen bridges between the United States and Israel than Michael Oren-a man equally at home jumping out of a plane as an Israeli paratrooper and discussing Middle East history on TV’s Sunday morning political shows. On more than one occasion, the friendship’s very fabric seemed close to unraveling.Īlly is the story of that enduring alliance-and of its divides-written from the perspective of a man who treasures his American identity while proudly serving the Jewish State he has come to call home. Forged in the Truman administration, America’s alliance with Israel was subjected to enormous strains, and its future was questioned by commentators in both countries. During Oren’s tenure in office, Israel and America grappled with the Palestinian peace process, the Arab Spring, and existential threats to Israel posed by international terrorism and the Iranian nuclear program. An American by birth and a historian by training, Oren arrived at his diplomatic post just as Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton assumed office. Michael Oren served as the Israeli ambassador to the United States from 2009 to 2013. Oren’s memoir of his time as Israel’s ambassador to the United States-a period of transformative change for America and a time of violent upheaval throughout the Middle East-provides a frank, fascinating look inside the special relationship between America and its closest ally in the region. Includes a new afterword about the Iran nuclear agreement, the 2016 presidential race, and the future of the U.S.-Israel alliance.
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