Glick appointed as adviser to Netanyahu

(JNS) — Prominent Israeli-American columnist and JNS senior contributing editor Caroline B. Glick is returning to the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem to serve as International Affairs Adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Glick, who worked with Netanyahu over a quarter century ago before becoming a widely read columnist, took up her new position on Sunday.

“Life takes you in different directions, and I am going back to the office where I worked nearly three decades ago as the prime minister leads Israel through the most difficult period in the history of the Jewish state,” Glick told JNS on Wednesday. “I take it as a profound compliment that at this critical juncture in our history, Prime Minister Netanyahu has asked me to join him as he continues his historic fight to secure the future of the Jewish state and people.”

Glick, who has been a critic of the ceasefire agreement with Hamas, said that the war has been especially hard because of the difficulty in getting the 251 hostages seized by the terror group during its Oct. 7, 2023, massacre out of Gaza alive via a military operation.

Netanyahu is still committed to both annihilating Hamas and ensuring that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel, she said, two of Jerusalem’s three declared war goals which, she added, have not been met yet.

Glick warmly endorsed U.S. President Donald J. Trump’s plan to resettle some of Gaza’s residents in Egypt or Jordan, calling it a “brilliant and feasible” idea which Israel should actively pursue despite public opposition to the move by the two neighboring Arab countries.

She noted that Egypt has in the past transferred two islands to Saudi Arabia, and said the proposal could help Israel achieve its war aims. 

The coming year offers historic opportunities for change in the Middle East in the wake of the 15-month Israel-Hamas war and Trump’s reelection, she said, including a peace deal with Saudi Arabia and preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

“The strategic landscape of the Middle East has been transformed by Israel’s accomplishments in the war, and [this] affords us the opportunity both to expand our circle of ties and prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear capability, which is a requirement for Israel’s survival,” she said.

On a personal note, Glick, 55, who was born in Houston and raised in Chicago, said her family will also have to get used to her new role starting next week.

“My family is going to have to eat a lot of TV dinners or learn how to cook,” she said.