鮑爾長期以來一直批評以色列對其阿拉伯鄰國的政策。1977 年，他“在一篇著名的外交事務文章中呼籲重新調整美國的以色列政策” [9] ，並在 1992 年與兒子道格拉斯·鮑爾 (Douglas Ball ) 合著了《激情依戀》( The Passionate Attachment )。該書認為，美國對以色列的援助在道義、政治和經濟上都付出了高昂的代價。[10]在書中的其他地方，鮑爾提到以色列對自由號航空母艦的襲擊時斷言，“……自由號的最終教訓襲擊對以色列政策的影響遠大於美國。以色列領導人得出結論，他們可能做的任何事情都不會冒犯美國人，以至於遭到報復。如果美國領導人沒有勇氣因以色列公然殺害美國公民而懲罰以色列，那麼很明顯，他們的美國朋友幾乎會讓他們逍遙法外。” [11]
他經常使用格言（也許最初是由伊恩·弗萊明在小說《鑽石恆久遠》中發明的）“沒有什麼比鄰近更重要的了”，後來被稱為權力球法則。[12]這意味著一個人與總統的直接接觸越多，無論頭銜如何，他的權力就越大。
Foreign Affairs essay" during 1977[9] and, during 1992, co-authored The Passionate Attachment with his son, Douglas Ball. The book argued that American aid to Israel has been morally, politically and financially costly.[10] Elsewhere in the book, referring to the Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, Ball asserted, "... the ultimate lesson of the Liberty attack had far more effect on policy in Israel than in America. Israel's leaders concluded that nothing they might do would offend the Americans to the point of reprisal. If America's leaders did not have the courage to punish Israel for the blatant murder of American citizens, it seemed clear that their American friends would let them get away with almost anything."[11]
He often used the aphorism (perhaps originally invented by Ian Fleming in the novel Diamonds Are Forever) "Nothing propinks like propinquity," later dubbed the Ball Rule of Power.[12] It means that the more direct access one has to the president, the greater one's power regardless of title.
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