Why the IDF cannot treat the Lebanese Army as independent. It is important to read the last sentence of this article.
If we want a resolution to the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Arabs then the first step must be to take the so-called "right of return" off the table. Opinion.
You are the Jewish leader in Poland, where the Jewish people know better than anywhere else what happens when the world turns on the Jews. And as rabbis, we have to stand firmly with our people.
Jews are hated- the world has made that clear - so let them hate us even more, if that’s possible. Opinion.
Europe prolongs the very conflict it claims to oppose. Opinion.
Fifty reasons to move to the Holy Land - and there are many more. Opinion.
Under international law, terrorists are hostes humani generis or "common enemies of humankind." This category of criminals invites punishment wherever the wrongdoers can be found. Opinion.
What will the future bring? Either the caravans of development will cross the corridor in broad daylight, or the winds of conflict will blow over it in the darkness of politics. Opinion.
China has emerged as Iran’s most valuable partner — not out of ideological solidarity, but as a calculated move to expand leverage in the Middle East. Israel and the US can use China's risk-aversion to advantage. Opinion.
Remember:“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others?” How's that turning out for Jews today? Opinion.
The AAUP has humiliated itself. Its president calls Israel’s self-defense “genocide,” while cozying up to fringe anti-Zionist groups. Opinion.
Given the stakes, we still don't know why the IDF was not placed on high alert near Gaza and Lebanon to deter a possible disruption of the Saudi peace process. And there is more. Opinion.
Which of their “deepest Jewish values” are the "rabbis" in the Moral Clarity letter accessing in calling for nourishing our enemy? None, and that is the problem. It is not a Jewish value,
The world is blackmailing Israel to choose between 'legitimacy' and survival. They like it when the Jewish state is humble and vulnerable. Israel must choose survival. Opinion.
The countries threatening to recognize "Palestine" are appealing to the Islamic voters overwhelming their countries for votes and the Islamists are using them and their parties to take over Britain and France. Good luck with that. Opinion.
The Day After Discussion must wait until the day after when we have conclusive results to the many variables involved. And Israel should concede nothing to a belligerent enemy. Opinion.
As the Israeli Foreign Minister just told the Dutch government, "good luck with radical Islam”.
I've been calling for an Iron Dome against the filthy propaganda for a long time now. The lies are the major reason for the physical attacks against Jews globally, as well as the boycotts, sanctions, the rise of Islamist candidates around the world, and the subsequent increasing isolation of Israel. Opinion.
A country’s government’s revenue stream can come from a variety of sources other than taxation. Here is why "Munis" are aa good option. Opinion.
At the upcoming World Zionist Congress, Betar USA and the ZOA Coalition will proudly stand for a Zionism that is unapologetically pro-Israel, pro-security, pro-Judea/Samaria—and in complete alignment with Israel’s elected government. Opinion.
Every generation has faced those who sought to erase us, and every generation has answered with the same stubborn declaration: Am Yisrael Chai. Opinion.
Another example of how the left liberal Jews in America are notable contributors to anti-Semitism in the U.S.
Israeli improvements have enhanced the capabilities of the F-15 and F-16, as well as several hundred of other US military systems, which have been supplied to the Israeli Battle-Tested-Laboratory. Op-ed.
Wherever radical Islam meets weak governance and an unarmed minority, the result is always the same: slaughter, rape, and religious cleansing. It cannot be denied anymore.
What better weapon against the forces working to delegitimize Israel than a force that unequivocally expresses love of Israel?
In 2018, Israeli intelligence tipped off Australia that there was a bomb about to be smuggled onto a Airlines plane taking off from Sydney. What if it stops doing that? Opinion.
Initiating the “Call for Moral Clarity” letter echoing Hamas propaganda is nothing other than a shonda - and it hits home for me, who once worked with the letter's initiator. Opinion.
The Russians, as Trump realizes, want Ukraine as a demilitarized, deradicalized neutral state with no connection to NATO. They can only get that on the battlefield and they will continue until they do. Opinion.
Defending or protecting American Jews isn’t one of them. Opinion.
We are far past the time for mincing words or clouding intentions. Europeans have agreed to provide moral cover for the Arab war of extermination against Israel. Opinion.
Jordan is filled with unrest, their attitude to Israel is hostile and we owe them nothing. Perhaps it is time for a big change in the area.
I have warned many times that 'Open Orthodoxy' is venomous. And it only gets worse. A look at the letter signed by 80 'Orthodox Rabbis', shows that fully half of them are well known as standing outside the pale of normative Orthodoxy. Opinion.
With the Gaza war, all the old accusations and blood legends against the people of Israel have returned. Opinion.
Jewish evangelism is an affront to the memory of all who were martyred in the name of Christianity - from the days of Constantine to the Holocaust and beyond. Opinion.
Rabbi Blau’s letter is well intentioned. He and the signing rabbis all want a better future for the region. But this is war, and with it come harsh realities. The letter ignores Hamas’s role in Gaza’s crisis and risks fueling anti-Israel narratives.
The moral dilemma is more complex than a battle between emotion and reason. With passionately held competing views, is there any sound basis for evaluating the ethical choices?
This was not immigration that I saw this morning at the airport when 225 olim arrived. This was covenant.
Pope Pius XII, the wartime pope who signed Hitler’s first international treaty, remained silent while the Jews of Europe were gassed, and presided over a Church that refused to return Jewish children to their surviving families after the Holocaust, has been whitewashed by the Daily Wire. Why? Opinion.
If your neighbors raped and slaughtered your family and livestreamed it, would you let them move back next door? And remember: Not a single Gazan has offered information on the whereabouts of Israeli hostages. That says it all. Opinion.
Israel isn't depriving Gazans of food, water, and medical supplies. The crooked United Nations, in bed with Hamas for years, is the actual culprit. Opinion.
The world delights in the libels against Israel because its enmity against Jews is largely latent but chronic. It loves believing the worst about us. And for Hamas, it is a good substitute for winning on the battle field. But how explain Jews who promote the lies? Opinion.
Children march in military formation, wear uniforms, and are taught to handle weapons. Op-ed.
To block an Israeli leader from entering Jewish spaces abroad is to tell Diaspora Jews that their identity must be policed by the state. Opinion.
Focusing on "hatred-inspiring and genocide-justifying fabrications" repeatedly and uniformly across different organizations fighting anti-Zionism and antisemitism will ensure that this most strategic set of responses will be expressed repeatedly. Opinion.
International law is not a suicide pact. Even amid long-enduring world-system anarchy, such law offers a binding body of rules and procedures that permits a beleaguered state to express an "inherent right of self-defense." Opinion.
No one has ever heard of Western flotillas headed to Nigeria, Congo, or Syria, where Christians and Druze are slaughtered like chickens. Opinion.
Now, as in 2005, empty words tout failed solutions. Peace was not achieved by giving the Palestinian Arabs Gush Katif, nor will it be achieved by givng them a state. Opinion.
Exposing the falsehoods in Australia’s Prime Minister Albanese and Foreign Minister Wong's announcement that Australia will recognise the 'State of Palestine' at the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly in September. Opinion.
An ongoing religious, cultural, historical, military struggle and rivalry.
The entire West, apart from the US & few Eastern European countries such as Hungary, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria - these modern righteous gentiles - has launched an open crusade against the state that became the victim of a massacre unheard of in modern history. Opinion.
Who stands to gain and who to lose? The Zangezur Corridor links Europe and Central Asia, bypassing China-built routes, Russia and Iran, showing that contemporary geopolitics has to do with roads, pipelines, and communication networks rather than just territorial boundaries. Opinion.
Some argue Jews would be safer dispersed or that Israel’s location is a strategic mistake. History proves otherwise. Israel may sit on a 'hornet’s nest,' but for the first time in 2,000 years, Jews can defend themselves together.
Making Gaza Great Again: Two plans that deserve widespread attention.
The new version of the Munich betrayal (Munich Betrayal 2.0) is eerily similar to the original one. It is also promoted by the original principal players, France and the UK. Opinion.
Everyday, it gets harder and tougher to understand how anyone could vote blue down the ballot, especially in 2024.
Cinema, publishing houses, newspapers, universities. And we are talking about the country that still has - or had -the most solid culture of freedom. Opinion.
I must learn to be subtler…more diplomatic. Until then, beginning with Macron, those are a collection of dirty rotten scoundrels. Opinion.
Perhaps Israel with its high-minded approach to life has been able to see Iran as its neighbor and not only as its neighbor-enemy. But the Iranians true to form won’t be moved. Opinion.
Israel is in a trap where either it gives up militarily in order to free the hostages or fights on to destroy Hamas and loses them. Total victory is not one of the choices. Opinion.
