HARLEY LIPPMAN

Harley Lippman is a businessman and politically active philanthropist who was appointed by President George W. Bush to the US Commission for the Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad and has been reappointed by every president since. More information about him is available on his website, harleylippman.com. 

An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video.

Bondi attack: Antisemitism is terrorism. It’s time the world sees it as such - opinion

Antisemitism is no longer confined to the margins; it no longer limits itself to just words. Antisemites have adopted the tools of terror, and our response must be equally serious.

DECEMBER 16, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to international media on the Gaza war, in Jerusalem, August 10, 2025

To win the next war, Israel must master the media battlefield - opinion

If Israel is to be ready for the next confrontation, it must treat information warfare as seriously as kinetic warfare.

OCTOBER 23, 2025
AN IDF APC enters Syria at the ceasefire line (illustrative).

Israel faces a once-in-a-lifetime chance in Syria - it would be a shame to miss it - opinion

The actions taken by the IDF in recent days show that Jerusalem is determined to safeguard that border and its people from any spillover of internal fighting in Syria.

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine is antisemitic - opinion

Putin manipulates the memory of the Holocaust to justify committing ethnic cleansing and genocide to advance his imperialistic ambitions in Ukraine.

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023
A person holds a banner with the joined faces of a portrait of Vladimir Putin and Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during an anti-war protest, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised a massive military operation against Ukraine, in Barcelona, Spain, February 24, 2022

The White House must end its hostile policies toward Saudi Arabia - opinion

Such policies are traveling a dangerous path.

OCTOBER 24, 2022
SAUDI CROWN Prince Mohammed bin Salman receives US President Joe Biden at Al Salman Palace in Jeddah, in July. Although Biden visited Saudi Arabia this summer, the relationship between the two nations has continued to deteriorate, says the writer.

It's time for the US to re-embrace Saudi Arabia - opinion

Unfortunately, the partisan nature of American domestic politics has spilled over into our foreign policy.

JULY 12, 2022
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi hosts Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman on a visit to the Suez Canal, Ismailia, 2018. ‘We rely on Riyadh to partner with us to maintain the flow of international trade,’ says the writer.

New York City's pro-Israel parade this year was different - opinion

This year, there was a new and powerful reason to celebrate the Jewish state: for the first time in several decades, Israel has new peace partners in the Middle East. 

MAY 25, 2022
PARTICIPANTS AT the Celebrate Israel Parade include the author, the grand marshal of the event, at the front and center flanked by the governor of the State of New York Kathy Hochul to the immediate right and state Attorney-General Letitia James to the immediate left.