Our leaders should stop mud-slinging and come together like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, who did not agree on everything either, to prepare Eretz Israel for the future. Opinion.
Judaism, not ancient Greece, is foundational to the moral greatness of the West. Opinion.
In the words of Soviet writer Sergei Dovlatov, “progressive humanity demands of Israel a noble suicide." Opinionl
The natural constituents of the Religious Zionist party should return home rather than chase the chimera of new politicians and new parties that will promise everything and deliver nothing. Opinion.
The message from Jerusalem must be unequivocal: the charade is over.
Shades of Noah, whose neighbors tried to destroy the Ark. In May 2018, Michael Ben Ari publicly warned that Gaza was a ticking time bomb. For that, he faces criminal charges for "incitement" that have not been dropped despite October 7 proving him right.
Our safety is not a favour, our acceptance is not a photo opportunity and another meeting is not an achievement. Opinion.
Israel should be Israel First. Israel does not need to go easy on terrorists, or adjust its foreign policy, or change how and when it fights its wars, to avoid offending young Republicans. Israel is in a fight for survival. Opinion.
Who truly changed after Oct. 7, and who demonstrated the ability to withstand enormous pressure when Jewish lives were on the line? Opinion.
This election is about far more than party affiliation; it is about the kind of New York we intend to leave to our children and grandchildren. Opinion.
Northern Israel and Southern Lebanon are littered with the remnants of war, shrapnel, rocket components, and unexploded ordnance (UXOs) from Hezbollah's attacks. Op-ed.
At this moment there is nothing more important in Europe, nothing more indicative of its future, than what is happening in France. Opinion.
This is after all, the age of Amalek.
Saudi Arabia has its own new defense partners, Pakistan and Turkey. Why should Israel risk its citizens, its economy and another war to defend a country that refuses to recognize it? Opinion.
Requiem for our national sanity. Every outpost we demolish is a gift to the people who dream of looking down on the coastal plain from these ridges. We are giving aid and comfort to the enemy, and we are doing it at our own mortal expense. Opinion.
While Evyatar David was being tortured, starved, and forced to dig his own grave, someone slandering his rescuers as "genocidal" is a barbarian. And if a months-old baby is murdered with bare hands by his captors, as Kfir Bibas was, someone slandering his rescuers is simply a monster. Opinion.
Ahead of the Oct 7 anniversary, Britain’s Green party shockers hitched their wagon to The Holocaust creed: Jews have forfeited the right to exist. Modern antisemitic movements have mastered the playbook (for manipulating human nature. Opinion.
From Agnon’s Forest to the Streets of Europe.
It’s impossible to be anti-Israel enough for an anti-Semitic movement. Opinion.
Had Ed Miliband attended Yom Kippur services late last month, he would have stood alongside millions of Jews worldwide and proclaimed the ancient prayer at the conclusion of Neilah: 'L'Shanah Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim'-'Next Year in Jerusalem!' One city.Opinion.
For “self-sacrificing" terrorist enemies, nothing could be more fulfilling than the publicity and eternal fame conferred by a US firing squad. Opinion.
Baghdad goes through the motions of pushing disarmament deadlines into the distant future, but Iranian officials have made it clear that their proxies are in Iraq to stay. Things can be done to make that a untenable for Iraq. Opinion.
What is happening in France concerns the entire West. These are extremely serious social-racial uprisings aimed at the destruction of our countries and our culture. Opinion.
Hatred has consequences, but sometimes, the young Jew they hoped to intimidate becomes the young Jew organising the next Shabbat dinner. Sometimes, the identity they hoped to weaken becomes the source of a person’s strength. Sometimes, our children lift a Torah above their heads and dance. Op-ed.
The humanity of animals and the barbarity of man. Opinion.
The dim view that both Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have of the EU appears to be affirmed by a procession of high-level corruption scandals that have erupted recently. Opinion.
The British boycott Israeli products for false claims of "settler violence, but their policies include the turning of a blind eye to PA glorification of real, proven Arab terrorism. Opinion.
The Jews are well and soundly surrounded by genocidal hatred, based on false Blood Libels, and Navi Pillay has helped to spread them. Opinion.
PTSD can be devastating, but recovery is possible, and nobody should have to pursue it alone. I know. I was there.
Acknowledging the reality of who the aggressors were, the scale and barbaric nature of the atrocities they committed, and the basic humanity of the victims, would put the war into a “context" Mamdani can never admit. Opinion.
For nearly 50 years Iran has told us they are coming to kill the Jews, so while there is still time let Israel move quickly to at last end the Iranian threat. Opinion.
Outrage over anti-Israel extremists shouldn’t obscure the bigotry of much mainstream thinking. Opinion.
If the conversation always begins with Israel justifying its existence or its actions, the other side has already won the opening move. Here's what to say. Opinion.
A weaker military actor can increase its political power by shaping how a conflict is perceived far beyond the battlefield. Opinion.
The cancellation of Jews is allowed and justified without question today. Opinion.
On the anniversary of Hamas's October 7 massacre, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani turned remembrance into an indictment of Israel. His moral inversion fails the victims, New York's Jewish community, and the next generation. Op-ed.
The pro-Hamas protests on the anniversary of October 7 prove why Jews still need a safe haven.
It is obvious that a Palestinian Arab state will be a terrorist state aligned with Iran and would be antithetical to all western interests. But more than that, the region was alloted to Israel by international law. Op-ed
There is a real problem here. It should not be denied or minimised by either side. Opinion.
The Flydubai event proved that ideological threat may seek access not from outside the security perimeter, but from within trusted institutions. This reality must be prepared for. Opinion.
Why on earth are we still allowing journalists from blatantly hostile, antisemitic networks to operate inside our borders? Opinion.
America has made the same dangerous mistake about Iran for nearly 50 years. Only Marco Rubio seems to get it. Opinion.
Dr. Izhak Lax urges European Jews to make aliyah amid rising antisemitism and calls on Israel to prepare for their absorption. Opinion.
A settler boy from Bethlehem, armed with a slingshot, has the media up in arms.
The West is so infiltrated by radical Muslims and terrorists that it cannot trust law enforcement - and it is Israel that saves the day. Opinion.
Israelis must realize they are a nation under siege. While they are bitterly divided over who should lead, the enemy primes its weapons and waits. Opinion.
The erasure of Jews and treating them as villains cannot be ignored. The post-Oct. 7 surge of antisemitism is not a misunderstanding that will fade whether Netanyahu wins the election or not. Opinion.
The world responds: The plane was trying to exercise its ancient rights of self-determination by creating facts on the ground. Satire.
"Graveyard for children" versus "paper sultan". Opinion.
Western policy makers’ infatuation with the proposed Palestinian Arab state has been driven by Western preoccupation with the moderate Palestinian Arab talk, which is aimed at Western target audiences. Middle East Arab rulers are not impressed. Opinion.
At 102, Walter Bingham danced with a child nearly a century younger during Simchat Torah in Jerusalem, recalling a childhood when Nazi persecution forced Jewish celebrations underground.
Tehran’s maritime squeeze, Washington’s midterm political clock, and the rejection of Iran’s ceasefire offer have pushed the Strait of Hormuz to the brink. Navigating this standoff requires clear-eyed analysis of real operational limits, Arab diplomatic realities, and exact intelligence options. Opinion.
The willingness, nay, the insistence on taking responsibility for oneself and for the Jewish People is the epitome of the Zionist dream. Opinion.
The rabid Jew-hater actually mixed up the words, “Muselmann" and "Muslim". Can she be the UN’s least literate antisemite? Opinion.
An averted catastrophe in the air shows how the Jewish state chooses life, while Britain and the West are embracing a culture of death.
Any policy proposal for Gaza that does not entail large-scale population removal is merely a variant of previously tried and failed formulas of autonomy and/or Oslo. Opinion.
The story of the flydubai attack is the story of our nation. Opinion.
Cable Street at 90: Jewish resistance is ours. It requires nobody’s permission. Cable Street’s allies faced down men seeking to intimidate Jews. Its self-appointed heirs think they can decide which Jews should be permitted to appear. Opinion.
Britain has been here before. Where is it headed now? Opinion.
