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Analysis:

Emerging India-Israel alliance the heart of a changed world order

“Our shared ideals are the deep foundations that give strength to our modern partnership. We are democracies shaped by history and focused on the future," Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in Jerusalem. Analysis.

3-part series: The Big Lie as Blood Libel:

Part 2: The weaponization of “International Law"

“Before mass leaders seize the power to fit reality to their lies, their propaganda is marked by its extreme contempt for facts as such, for in their opinion fact depends entirely on the power of man who can fabricate it." Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951). Op-ed.

A hard look at the state of black-Jewish relations in America

Leaders should examine why so many young African-Americans have aggressively embraced the Palestinian cause, and its resulting antisemitism and anti-Zionism. Opinion.

Melanie Phillips:

The crumbling wall of Hamas propaganda

It seems, though, that nothing can be allowed to challenge the narrative of heartless Israelis and wretched Palestinian Arabs. Opinion.

The Great Jihadist Jailbreak:

How the West’s "Compassion Fatigue" reanimated the ISIS Caliphate

After closing the Al-Hol camp, we are witnessing the birth of a "Ghost Caliphate," where radicalized operatives with no identifiable paper trail are migrating toward the world’s most vulnerable security rifts. Opinion.

Enough, Maspik, Dayenu!

We are done constantly explaining ourselves. We are done trying to make people like us. We are done pretending that one more perfect argument will change hearts poisoned by hate.

3 Part Series: The Big Lie as Blood Libel

Part 1: “The Palestinian People" is neither

“Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Questions sur les miracles, Voltaire (1765). The pattern is constant: invent a lie, claim fear, commit atrocities.

From endless wars to endless spin:

Dismantling the case against Kari Lake

To succeed in Iran, military and political warfare must be accompanied by information aimed to overcome the regime’s ability to keep people in the dark. A crtique that is really aimed at President Trump is not the way to do it. Opinion.

The Rape Gang Crisis:

Modern-day slavery on British soil

Why did British Elites tolerate the social death of women they were obligated to protect? How should we relate to a Western country where law enforcement horriifically betrays its citizens so as not to be called Islamophobic? Opinion.

The survivor brand Is no longer enough

Why British Jews must redefine themselves in a post-October 7th World. Opinion.

The three causes of the West's crisis:

Demography, demography and demography

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Jack Engelhard:

Jack Hughes wins Olympics gold for USA. He is Jewish.

Even if he never scores another goal, Hughes has already achieved greatness, as one moment is all it takes, by the grace of G-d. Opinion.

Is there no fact checking anymore?

Tucker Carlson's falsity-filled attack on Jonathan Pollard

Can anyone say whatever they wish in an interview, with no repercussions? The audience seems to lap up the lies, perhaps because it is what they want to hear. The truth, however, is below. Opinion.

Qatar’s school curriculum - anti-“infidel" and pro-Jihad

Textbooks praise the upbringing of children ‘to love jihad,’ and students are taught that God rewards those who fight and die for Islam by granting them entry into Paradise. Op-ed.

Faustian Bargain:

Democrats think they weren’t antisemitic enough in 2024

Given that the candidate who won the election was widely known as the most pro-Israel president of all time, what is the logic behind the idea that opposing Israel was the key to success? Opinion.

The spirit of Émile Zola stills cries J’Accuse

What happens when Gentiles with no personal stake are angered by anti-Israel agendas they perceive as antisemitic, and what happens when they belong to unions that use organizational resources to support political causes irrelevant to or opposed by rank and file. Opinion.

A deal with Iran?

The turmoil is coming

The war against the first bomb of the Shi‘ite Caliphate in Iran. Opinion.

When headlines fade:

The emerging Great Power Equation

U.S. engagement in the South Caucasus must find a consistent path between corridors, capitals and competing models of engagement. China is watching closely. Opinion.

The Death of the 1967 Illusion:

"Greater Israel" rhetoric is the key to peace

Killing the illusion of 1967 can start the only peace process that has a chance of succeeding. Opinion.

The greater evil that is Iran under the Ayatollahs

Understanding the real evil: The Ayatollahs and their henchmen do not follow external laws, but create their own new set of ethics. It is the act of looking at the world without the "lens" of morality, seeing only Will to Power and raw existence. Opinion.

Sheltering killers and making excuses

The United States has turned a blind eye to the PA's blatant ignoring of the Oslo Accords - and murderers are still free because of that. Will Trump change that? Opinion.

Half-war is the most dangerous war:

Why a limited strike on Iran could be the worst possible choice

Germany and Japan did not surrender because they were warned or nudged toward moderation. They surrendered when they were strategically broken.Opinion.

AI cooperation between Israel and Azerbaijan should worry Iran

Israel and Azerbaijan intend to deepen their ongoing alliance through artificial intelligence. The resulting possibilities are limitless. Opiinion.

Islam in 1000 words

This concise summary of Islam is intended to convey the integral nature of Islam as a totalitarian social order based on a plunder economy fronted by a religion. It is aimed at Western leaders, policy-makers and military planners who may currently be under pressure to respond to an Islamic onslaught that is rapidly getting out of control. Opinion.

Tucker unhinged

Carlson has been forced to apologize for several wild statements, including his declared hatred for Christian Zionists but also for accusing President Herzog for befriending Jeffrey Epstein and visiting the infamous island. Why do we listen to his ranting? Opinion.

Twenty thousand gone

How the collapse of ISIS containment at al-Hol could reshape regional security - and deepen Syria's crisis of impunity. Opinion.

Why 2026 is the year Israel finally stopped fearing Ramadan

When Israel retreated from its holiest site during Ramadan, it fueled the hope that the Jewish state can eventually be pushed out of Jerusalem entirely. No more. Op-ed.

How a funeral led me to write history’s greatest comeback

Jewish history is not something we study from a distance. It is unfolding around us, in real time. The stories are not just ancient narratives. They are patterns. And those patterns keep repeating. Opinion.

Forget critics, censoring the media in Gaza won’t harm democracy

Censorship should continue in Gaza since international news reporters no longer act as journalists who present unbiased facts to their readers….instead, they are an anti-Jewish echo chamber who guarantee to bring continued death and destruction to the Jewish people. Opinion,

Giulio Meotti

Vienna’s fall: Islam wins Europe's war of the generations

It is not a conspiracy; it is biology applied to sociology. Childless Europe has only a glorious past and a twilight present. Opinion.

Iran’s Regime Hanging By A Thread

President Trump would do well to end the nightmare. He may not win a Nobel Prize, but more importantly, he will save the world.

Phase 2 of Trump's Peace Plan:

Gaza Peace without disarmament is a countdown to the next Oct. 7

The 60-day window given by the Israeli cabinet is not an "ultimatum" to be negotiated; it is a reality check for the international community. Opinion.

Don’t strike a deal with the Ayatollahs, strike their regime

It is possible to have an accommodation with certain types of odious regimes. The problem for the world with the ayatollah regime is that it claims global jurisdiction. Opinion.

Positivity:

Shabbat Shalom to The Mighty Few

On courage, clarity and recognising those who refuse to bend. Op-ed.

The eternal law

Nations gripped by antisemitism self-destruct. The eternal law took a pivotal turn when South Africa and Israel sent their diplomats packing. Opinion.

I fear for the future of Holocaust memory

Who will be the voices of the Holocaust when we, the children of Holocaust survivors, are also gone? Who will tell the truth? Who will prevent a recurrence?

The Western Wall ruling:

Defending Jewish identity against Reformism

Heritage Minister Rabbi Amichai Eliyahu issues strong critique of the Reform movement’s stance on Israel and the Supreme Court's recent ruling, highlighting the ongoing battle to protect Jewish identity and the sanctity of the Western Wall. Op-ed.

Qatar undermines US interests

Qatar has seemingly unlimited wealth and uses it to shape American minds and amass power in high places. Can it be that money is all that counts in the USA?. Opinion.

Melanie Phillips:

Fight! Fight! Fight!

Jewish victimization should not be dismissed as unbeatable. It must be fought harder and better. Op-ed.

INTO THE FRAY:

The deradicalization of Gaza and other myths

The recipe of deradicalization for Gaza is likely to prove a dangerous and unrealistic pipe dream. Opinion.

Iran Is playing for time - History will judge this moment

Every adversary calculating the limits of Western resolve is watching. Russia and China are watching for fractures. The Middle East is watching for deterrence. And Tehran is watching for the blink. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

The multicultural destruction of the West is not pre-determined

The multicultural destruction we are experiencing in the West is brought on by an elite unafeected by it, because it spends its time between Davos, the UN and Epstein's island. Opinion.

The invisible, invincible event

If you are a Likud voter, do not miss the chance to vote in the primaries and don't wait till election day to have your voice heard. Here's why. Op-ed.

Ken’s Thought of the Week

The Islamic Republic of Iran's calamitous hatred

The calamitous hatred of the corrupt regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran will lead to its demise and send a strong message to other dictators. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Sometimes, one chance is all you get

There are no second acts in American lives. Opinion.

How to fight the antisemites:

Wonderful, wonderful feminists in Sheffield, UK

That's the way to go- showing the antisemites that civilized people fight back. Opinion.

Parenting, prayer and AI

Parenting and Prayer are the best ways of retaining our sense of humanness- our 'image of G-d' - in the AI Age. Op-ed.

The Sovereignty Shift:

Land Registration in Judea and Samaria is the key to stability

By removing these territories from the "negotiating table" of the failed Oslo framework, Israel is forcing a shift in Palestinian Arab psychology. Opinion.

Rubio’s Munich Speech: A reawakening of the West

Rubio named what many have sensed but few have articulated with such economy: that the West, in mistaking the end of one ideological contest, the fall of Communism, for the end of history itself, disarmed its own civilizational defenses. Opinion.

Jews are not a monolith:

The dangerous erasure of Jewish diversity

Jews, in all our magnificent diversity, have the right to define ourselves. Or is that a right denied us? Opinion.

Telling it like it is:

How Musliim immigration to the US impacts America's Jews

Antisemitic incidents in the United States increased roughly tenfold between 2019 and 2024, from under 1,000 annually to over 9,000. Is it a coincidence that this coincides with the increase in Muslim immigration in those years? Opinion.

Pro-Hamas hypocrisy:

Hamas supporters target Blacks in Harlem

A black-run cafe in Harlem has become the newest victim of the ongoing economic warfare waged by Hamas supporters. Op-ed.

The Warlord’s Peace:

Why Gaza’s clans are the missing piece of the victory puzzle

A choice is being forced upon the Gazan street: side with the ideology that brought ruin, or side with the local strongmen who can provide security, trade, and survival. Opinion.

Jesse Jackson and the Jews

The man who had carelessly demeaned Jews in 1984 became the man who interceded for Syrian and Soviet and Iranian Jews, who praised Zionism as a liberation movement before a global Jewish audience. In memoriam.

Antisemitism: Melanie Phillips

Bret Stephens is wrong. Jews can’t just ignore antisemitism

We have a moral obligation to fight for our survival. We should be saying that Zionism is an inseparable part of Judaism, and so antizionism is an attempt to destroy not just Israel but Judaism itself

Antisemitism: Bret Stephens

We Jews have the honor of being hated

Jews must cease hoping to solve antisemitism and make their own way forward.

The silent genocide of Syria’s minorities:

The betrayal of the Kurds

The assault that culminated in the surrender of Kurdish sovereignty was not solely Syrian. It was engineered regionally, with Turkey as a dominant architect and beneficiary. And US Amb. to Turkey, Tom Barack, facilitated the tragic sell-out.

Nazi ideology in UN trappings:

“The common enemy of humanity"

The desire to purify the world of Jews was bequeathed by the Nazis to Hamas terrorists and their Pro-Palestinian Arab supporters. That a UN employee felt free to express them is an historic low. Opinion.

The Oxfam Exodus:

When the ‘Genocide’ narrative becomes too heavy to carry

Major international NGOs like Oxfam, once dedicated to the impartial relief of suffering, have been transformed into narrative laundries. Opinion.

Why does nobody care about these hostages?

Re Eli Cohen, Ron Arad and Yehuda Katz. Their families are still waiting, and nobody seems to remember… or care. Opinion.

Racist presidential humor, then and now

Racist humor among presidents is not a new phenomenon; it dates back to at least a century ago. So what changed? Opinion.

The political orphaning of British Jews

Labour’s drift, Palestine Action’s reprieve and the quiet recalculation already underway. Opinion.

When Yizhak Rabin urged moving Gaza’s Arabs to Jordan

PM Yizhak Rabin's words on Gazans while an ambassador, before he became a Nobel Peace Prize winner, seem to have been echoed by US President Donald Trump, a would-be Nobel Prize winner. Opinion.

Europe and China: Rereading Trump’s strategic posture

Europe's welfare states depend on American largesse, but Trump has his own ideas about what America should spend its money on. Opinion.

The paper tiger

We do not need more "interfaith dialogue" with a regime that hangs its own people from cranes. We need a fight-back, a return to the muscular resolve that understands that evil must be confronted, not managed. Opinion.

Defeating Iran

When will we all know Khomenei is defeated? Opinion.

From caviar to Qatar:

The European left that aged badly and ended worse

The only positive aspect of the Epstein scandal is the fall of a monarchy of leftist nepotists and opportunists who helped destroy Europe - and whose 'gauche caviar' hypocrisy was exposed. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Ingrates at the 2026 Olympics

Four American ingrates at these winter Olympics is not so bad compared to the number we had in Tokyo 2020. Opinion.

The PA’s Draft Constitution:

A document built on a lie that demands an Israeli legal response

The Legal Response Israel should be making must show this sham document for what it is - the legalese language version of "from the river to the sea." This is not a document about building a state. It is a document about erasing a people. Opinion.

A Democracy in Procedural Captivity:

The case for granting Netanyahu a pardon

Democracies depend on the belief that courts adjudicate discrete wrongs, not that they preside over permanent plebiscites on leadership. Opinion.

Melanie Philliips

The deepening madness against the Jews

Jew-haters think their time has come. The proper response to this war against the Jewsh people is not to deflect it, but to fight it better. Opinion

Oslo abandons the Oslo Accords

The UN Women agency’s “Palestine" branch gave Norwegian funds to a PA women’s center that was named after mass murderer Dalal Mughrabi. So much for the Oslo Accords. Opinion.

Children of Hamelin: The end of the story

Cultural totalitarianism turned people into sterile zombies, brainwashed them, perverted the minds of men and women, and subdued intellectuals responsible for the future of their people. The entrane to the cave is closing.

Israel's legal option:

Sunset the 'Refugee' myth by equating Gaza with Baghdad

The Palestinian Arab 'refugee' issue is not a humanitarian tragedy; it is a manufactured industry designed to facilitate the destruction of the Jewish state. We must stop asking "How do we reform UNRWA?" and start asking "How do we sunset it?" Opinion.

Iran’s nuclear problem is really a succession problem

The Iran debate has been framed as a choice between a deal and a military attack. That is the wrong choice. Opinon.

Extradite or Maduroize Meshaal-don’t allow him to escape justice

It is shocking that Qatar has not voluntarily turned over Meshaal to US custody. He was indicted by the US Justice Department (DOJ) for, among other things, terrorism and murder conspiracy. Opinion.

Analysis:

Why Trump’s ‘preference’ is for negotiations with Iran

It’s hard to know whether the three-hour meeting, which went much longer than planned, was filled with consensus. Yet with Netanyahu and Trump, public appearances may be intentional projections designed to camouflage future intentions.

The eternal internal enemy:

The fighting may have ended, but now the real challenge begins

We Jews can no longer allow ourselves the luxury of a house divided. We've already seen that the enemies will kill us as one. Now we need to find the strength to live as one.

Goebbels then, Social Media now:

Why Holocaust language Is a propaganda weapon

Words don’t merely describe reality. In the wrong hands, they manufacture it. Opinion.

Administrative Sovereignty:

Reforming Judea and Samaria governance as a security imperative

As Israel navigates the regional landscape, the transition from military administration to civilian "Administrative Sovereignty" is no longer an ideological luxury; it is a fundamental security requirement. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

From equality to Epstein: Chomsky's fantastic epilogue

Chomsky liked Epstein. But he liked Epstein's private plane even more, while devoting every breath to proclaiming his own moral purity. Opinion.

Anti-Zionism is the ultimate ‘get out of jail free’ card

Hitler himself would be welcomed at the modern United Nations in the name of “anti-Zionism."

Jack Engelhard:

Streets paved with garbage

Mamdani has changed the old immigrants' dream and his streets are paved with garbage. Opinion.

A leftist anti-ICE fantasy

How I tried to act on my yearning to be a liberal and join the anti-ICE peaceful protest in Minneapolis. And how I woke (no pun intended) up. Opinion.

The Jewish People: Myth or reality? A lie with a purpose

While the Prime Minister is in Washington fighting for Israel's survival, it is crucial to remember that the Jewish people's attachment to its tiny land was continuous, documented, and unmatched by any competing national claim. It was also legally recognized. Opinion.

Israeli Sovereignty:

The only path to stability in the Middle East

A misunderstanding of the Middle East has led President Trump to criticize steps toward Israeli sovereignty. We must be clear: sovereignty is what will bring stability. Opinion.

Trump, Iran and Israel:

The perils of a narrow nuclear deal

The challenge for the United States and Israel alike is ensuring that the display of American power near Iran does not become a substitute for strategic rigor. Opinion.

Blue-square politics will not save Jewish children

The truth many are afraid to say out loud is that the blue-square antisemitism campaign is not helping young Jews. It is actively harming them. I am a Jew, I am a Zionist, and I walk in that name in freedom because Israel exists. It is this that our children need to hear Opinion.

The Quintessential Antisemite:

Francesca Albanese-Goebbels speaks for the United Nations

For the U.N. as an institution, Albanese’s hatred of Jews is a feature, not a defect. Opinion.

Israel must act now to keep Indonesian soldiers out of Gaza

Embedding soldiers from a country that refuses to recognize Israel, has no diplomatic ties with Israel, and consistently backs resolutions targeting Israel’s legitimacy introduces serious risks. Opinion.

A Collapsing Iran:

Khamenei’s desperate call amidst crisis

In a move that exposes his growing insecurity, Khamenei has publicly called for participation in the February 11 anniversary rallies. What lies in store? Opinion.

Mamdani turns NYC into a wasteland of corpses and trash

New York City would smell worse than it does if it weren’t so cold.

Analysis: Perception vs. Reality in Israel:

The US withdrawal from Syria reshaped Israel’s threat environment

January 2026 exposed, with measurable clarity, how deeply the Israeli public's perception has diverged from strategic reality. Analysis

Post Holocaust financial reckoning

This week’s findings, revealed through an independent investigation and testimony before the United States Senate Judiciary Committee, allegedly expose a far deeper web of complicity than Credit Suisse ever admitted. Opinion.

The Araghchi Doctrine:

A 'Good Atmosphere' in Oman is a death warrant for Israel

As Netanyahu tries to convince Trump of the 'Muscat Trap' in an agreement with Iran, Israelis must be made clearly aware that ballistic missiles left intact are a death warrant. Opinion.

Iran’s weapon-ferrying sinking ships

An item not reported on the BBC or other world media, just another of those major stories, like real genocide in Africa as opposed to non-existent genocide in Gaza, left unreported because mainstream media consider them unworthy of exposure.

Clues about an imminent attack on the Islamic Republic

Israelis pored over U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee’s latest interviews to see if anything new or encouraging could be gleaned from them. Opinion.

Jeffrey Epstein - or the decadence of the Western élite

Epstein was not a solitary monster. He was a facilitator. A maître d’hôtel of nothingness. He organized the banquet for elites who no longer hungered for anything except confirmation that the rules do not apply to them. Opinion.

The choice we're not making

The real tragedy isn’t what happens to us. It’s what happens to our children, and their children. Opinion.

Call It What It Is:

Judea, Samaria, and Gaza - not “the West Bank"

There was a good article recently in the Wall Street Journal about the need to start using Judea and Samaria instead of the 'West Bank'. Since, however, it lacks much needed historical background, a respected historian filled inthe gap for Arutz Sheva readers. Op-ed.

Welcome to my nightmare:

An interview with Google AI

Peering behind the AI curtain.

The “Bristol Precedent"

When a UK Jury excused vandalism against an Israeli target

When jurors choose to acquit not because the accused are innocent, but because they sympathize with their motives, the law has no meaning. Opinion.

Trump's strategic mistake in his otherwise strong presidency

Trump seems to assume Muslim leaders behave like rational cost-benefit actors. That assumption is his central mistake. He seems to have made that mistake with Iran and al-Jolani, tragically sacrificing the Iranian protestors and the Kurds. Opinion.

February 14: A nation speaks across borders

The regime has survived by waiting for attention to fade. A coordinated global mobilization on February 14, urging Iranians to gather in Los Angeles, Toronto, and Munich, aims to keep the memory of the atrocities alive. Opinion.

A Chilling Crossroads:

How Spain became a flashpoint in Europe’s reborn antisemitism

Perhaps most disquieting was the emergence of an anonymous online project, Barcelonaz, which published a map identifying Jewish-owned businesses across Catalonia. Shades of earlier Spanish history. Opinion.

Chamberlain’s “Peace for our Time":

Is that failure resurrected in President Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan?

Regarding stage two of Trump’s undoable plan, the President must have known all along that Hamas would never give up its arms or make any real concessions for peace with Israel. Opinion.

A warning from Zev Jabotinsky

History repeats itself - and Jewish history is rife with tragedy after tragedy. The warning signs are once again unmistakable. Opinion.

Why the Super Bowl antisemitism ad misses the mark

Never Again does not mean never hurt again. It means never helpless again. Opinion..

Melanie Phillips:

The West’s pragmatic fallacy

Qatar represents the Jeffrey Epstein of world politics. Opinion.

The Mavi Vatan Doctrine:

Beware the Saudi-Turkish naval axis

How the Saudi-Turkish naval axis is dismantling the Abraham Accords architecture as the synergy between Saudi financial weight and Turkish expeditionary power creates a multi-theater security challenge. Analysis.

At Woolrich Crown Court:

The jury looked away. Society will pay the price

This verdict will be remembered not as an act of mercy, but as a moment of moral abdication. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Toothless Mullahs

They have nothing left but to act tough. Opinion.

Salt of the Earth Series: Major Tal Cohen HY"D

'It is the fighter, not the commander, who raises the standard'

Major Tal Cohen HY"D of Sayeret Matkal constantly asked himself: 'How well do I live up to my obligations, my responsibility, and how strongly am I dedicated to my mission and to our people?' On October 7, 2023, he answered that question with actions, not words.

The Ben-Gvir Saga:

When the Supreme Court tries to fire a minister

Since when do courts have the right to decide who can be a minister in a democracy? If Ben Gvir deserves to be removed, the public will do so at the ballot box. Opinion.

Who do we protest against today?

The names change, but the root remains the same

It's not really about Palestinian Arabs, police, migrants or human rights as recent hypocrisy in the face of Iran's wholesale slaughter of its citizens has proven. Opinion.

A Shot Heard Across Europe:

90 years since David Frankfurter killed Nazi Wilhelm Gustloff

Frankfurter’s act announced, with tragic clarity, that the menace incubating in Germany could no longer be regarded as a domestic aberration. Op-ed.

The European left's plan:

The left wants to replace the white working class with migrants

Granting citizenship to hordes of illegal immigrants coming from Africa and the Middle East is a threat to the whole of Europe, but it makes the left happy. Opinion..

Washington’s endgame for the Iranian threat

The most dangerous shift has not been the rising level of rhetoric or the pace of military maneuvers. It lies in the nature of the targets that Tehran has chosen to bring into the theater of threats - and that the US cannot allow. Opinion.

The Silent Genocide of Syria's Minorities:

Part 3: Diplomatic treachery and media malpractice

Read a damning expose of how US Envoy Tom Barrack aligned himself with Al-Jolani's murderous attacks on Kurds, Christians and Jews, and how the media followed suit. Only Israel came to the aid of the Druze - and was criticized for doing so even as the Druze thanked the Jewish state.

Israel’s looming crisis with young Republicans

In a recent Pew survey, half of Republicans under the age 50 expressed an unfavorable view of Israel. Opinion.

The End of Diplomacy:

Tehran just declared war on every soldier in Europe

The U.S. and its European allies must fight fire with fire, recalling ambassadors, triggering the full return of all United Nations sanctions, and more. Opinion.

The week that shouldn’t be historic

What’s most unsettling about this moment isn’t the milestone itself. It’s that it qualifies as one at all. Opinion.

Who speaks for Washington in Iran’s Information War?

Why U.S. silence has allowed others to shape Iranian perceptions of American policy-with catastrophic consequences for Iranian people and strategic costs for Washington. Opinion.

Netanyahu Is correct:

Gaza cannot be rebuilt until Hamas Is disarmed

Plain talk about Gaza, where Hamas has demonstrated a consistent ability to transform civilian goods into weapons, turning humanitarian aid into a force multiplier for violence against Israel. It keeps promising more of the same. Is no one listening? Op-ed.

Part I: Must watch documentary:

The Silent Jihad against Syria's minorities: a call to act

When he finishes annihilating Syria's minorities, Al-Julani will turn his eyes to Israel as his terrorist soldiers say openly at the end of this film. So when will he get his next invitation to the White House, Tom Barack?

The Silent Genocide of Syria's Minorities:

Part 2: A country being emptied

Syria's religious minorities - Christians, Druze, Yazidis, and Alawites -are being subjected to a systematic campaign of intimidation, siege, kidnapping, violence and murder with one goal - erasure.

The latest dumb idea out of Washington

The idea of paying Hamas to disarm angers me so much that I am incandescent. And there is more. Opinion.

NATO under strain

How History, Geography, Energy, and the Middle East deepen internal divisions, and why disunity endangers liberal democracy. Opinion.

The BBC’s crisis isn’t bias, it’s cowardice

Holocaust erasure, cultural capture, and the slow collapse of institutions that no longer believe they should lead. Opinion.

To US Vice Pres. Vance:

The Holocaust: ‘A Primordial Act' whose primary victims were Jews

When JD Vance spoke of “millions of lives lost" in the Holocaust without saying Jews or Nazis, that wasn’t nuance. That was historical erasure. Six million Jews were murdered by Nazi Germany because of antisemitism. If you can’t say that sentence cleanly, you’re not being careful. You’re being dishonest. You're sayiing that Jewish specificity is inconvenient. Op-ed.

The Silent Genocide of Syria's Minorities:

Part 1: The betrayal of the Kurds

Real genocide isn't silent, but the world is. No Jews, no news. A horror story authored by U.S. Ambassador Tom Barrack, Opinion.

Islam's Trojan Horse strategy:

How Sharia quietly conquered "Minnesota Nice"

Sharia began to take over the once "nice" state with Target cashiers refusing to touch bacon, taxi drivers dumping ladies with Bordeaux bottles as if they were radioactive, nighttime patrols patrolling sidewalks to prevent men and women from looking at each other too long. Op-ed.

Gal Hirsch should be hailed, not villified

Israel’s dedicated coordinator for hostages and missing persons was treated abominably by the protest movement whose real goal was to topple the government. That they called him a “murderer" must have made Hamas happy. Opinion.

Hochstein and McGurk's denials are hollow:

Biden's partial embargo that cost Israeli lives

Israel was indeed desperate and he Trump Administration quickly and decisively ended Biden's partial arms embargo and supplied Israel with all the weapons they needed to fight. Opinion.

Beyond the Last Hostage:

Israel risks losing the strategic endgame in Gaza

Peace is not a product of conferences or signatures; it is the result of the enemy accepting that they have lost. Only once the foundational concept of Israeli victory is accepted can any discussion about the future relationship begin. Opinion.

Iran Primed for a Fall

The head of the snake that has brought so much destruction to the world will finally be decapitated. Only President Trump can make this happen.

Jack Engelhard:

Thoughts on Minneapolis

How much longer will the media play us for fools? So long as we are willing to take it, I suppose. Opinion.

Decrying Holocaust inversion:

Over 100 Holocaust scholars protest misuse of the word “Genocide"

The protest is a meticulously worded declaration of intellectual resistance against what these scholars describe as the weaponization of language. Opinion.

A State of War:

Trump’s belabored Iran Policy and Tehran’s Dictator

What kind of policy is this insistence on diplomacy with the “savage mullah"? What benefit does it serve? Opinion

The next Israel-Iran war will not look like the last one

Iran and Israel learned much from their 2025 war, meaning the next conflict may be more ferocious and dangerous. Opinion.

The moment we refuse to forget:

Without the ribbon. Without the bracelet. Not without the fight

The hostages are home. The symbols have come off. The responsibility has not. As he drove off to fight, Ran Gvili said just one thing to his father: “I have no choice. I won’t leave my friends to fight alone." That is the whole story. Opinion

Burying Ran Gvili, but not the Israeli spirit

The more the opposition accuses Netanyahu of preventing the return of the hostages, the less success it will have at replacing him. Opinion.

Melanie Phillips:

The emergence of Holocaust erasure

The world is missing the key point-that it was a uniquely monstrous crime aimed specifically at the extermination of the Jewish people. Opinion.

Amine Ayoub:

The "Board of Peace" Gaza Plan is a recipe for Hamas’s revival

Real peace is never made with active enemies who believe they can wait out their opponents; it is made only with former enemies who have been unequivocally defeated. Opinion.

Analysis:

Greenland, NATO, Trump, and the return of great-power geography

Greenland’s importance to the US is not symbolic or speculative. It is structural. From a U.S. strategic perspective, Greenland is not a luxury. It is a keystone. Analysis.

CAIR-Austin Day:

Islamists don’t need guns when they have proclamations

Terror-supporting organizations do not need explosives when they can secure endorsements, proclamations, and civic honors from Western governments so as to receive legitimacy step by step. Opinion.

How Israel did the impossible - and brought all the hostages home

History offers no guarantees, but it does record moments when nations - bound by pain, pressure, and purpose - achieved what seemed implausible or even impossible. Opinion.

A year without antisemitism, a Holocaust Day without Jews

It is beginning to look as though Jews are being erased from history, including their own. Op-ed.

Misconceptions about the Wannsee Conference (January 20, 1942)

Wannsee remains historically significant for a chilling reason: it reveals how a modern state can coordinate mass murder through routine administration. Opinion.

Fighting post-Holocaust antisemitism

After the horrors of WWII, we thought it was over, but it had just gone underground. Opinion.

Significant world transformations underway

Donald Trump appears to be the only world leader actively opposing the trend to abandon Western values. Opinion.

On the death of Renée Nicole Good:

When did safety go out of style?

Is the Far Left suffering a mental health crisis? Opinion.

Abusing Anne Frank's memory:

Tim Walz, Palestine Action and outrageous misuse of her name

What' the use of International Holocaust Day events and Holocaust Museums if the murder of 6 million can be wantonly trivialized? Opinion.

To President Trump:

Why a limited strike on Iran Is the wrong tool - replace it

Regime change must be the objective. Military success without political dismantling produces cycles, not solutions.Opinion.

Seeds of failure

President Trump is a showman, an entertainer, whose blustery rhetoric often has little connection to reality. The odds of the Board of Peace succeeding are less than the odds of Greenland becoming the 52nd state of the United States (after Canada becomes the 51st). Opinion.

Ye Is a Nazi. His apology Is garbage

Until he undoes the antisemitic incitement, we reject him entirely. Opinion.

Int. Holocaust Remebrance Day:

Return of the last hostage is ‘Never Again’ in action

81 years after the world refused to lift a finger to save Jews, and the Nazis reduced them to numbers tattooed on their forearms, the army of the Jewish State showed that every Jew matters and brought home one of its own. Opinion.

Albanese must reverse his recognition of the 'State of Palestine'

Those who demonstrate for another Holocaust and murder innocents in cold blood do not deserve recognition, let alone a terrorist Arab state Opinion.

Int'l Holocaust Remembrance Day

Anne Frank's despair and the spectre of another Holocaust

"They are taking people away, and there is nothing we can do about it," wrote the 14-year-old girl in her diary in April 1944. “I wish I could do something to stop it, but all I can do is cry and pray." Is that where the rise of antisemitism is leading us? Opinion.

Is there a doctor on call? Ye’s antisemitism Is not entertainment

Ye is free to speak irrationally, to contradict himself, and to buy as many ads as he wants. The question is whether the media is obligated to follow every turn of that spiral when it should ignore him. Opinion.

Dollar or Drones:

Trump moves to cut off Iran’s Iraqi lifeline

Washington is making the cost of Iraqi Iranian alignment unavoidable. Opinion.

Europe's Geopolitical Harakiri:

Resisting Trump, welcoming China.

While Trump is portrayed as the bully who “threatens the liberal order," Europe yields symbolic and strategic ground to its number one systemic rival, China. Opinion.

Cool runnings, cold reality

Bobsleighs, boycotts, and the quiet defiance of Jewish sport. Opinion.

Feminists Against Antisemitism

A brave new group in the UK

FAA writes of its mission: 'We’re confronting antisemitism in our own movement, uncovering how it shows up in feminist spaces, and exploring what can be done to challenge and end it.' More power to them! Opinion.

When Israel disrupts world order

When the Jew is dominated and defenseless, the world weeps. When he rises, defends himself, and prevails, the world grits its teeth. And tries to make sure he does not achieve total victory. Opinion.

JVP or SJP?

Jewiish Voice for Peace (JVP), wiith its membershiip of useful idiots, is the self-hating Jewish wing of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP). The proof is in the article below. Opinion.

The Blue Nile Showdown:

Why Israel cannot ignore Egypt’s water crisis

A water-starved Egypt risks becoming a source of radicalization and even military escalation. Sisi's appearance at Davos reflects that Egypt is seeking an external lifeline to stabilize a system weakened by years of strategic miscalculation tht led to that shortage. Opinion.

Deborah Lipstadt is right…about Mississippi and Intifadas

There is a long and sordid history of extremists from one end of the political spectrum making common cause with those at the other end-when the cause is hatred of Jews and the Jewish state. Opinion.

It is not enough for Hamas to disarm their weapons

President Trump’s peace plan requires Hamas to disarm-but lasting peace also depends on dismantling the culture of violence taught in Gaza and PA classrooms. Without reforming education, demilitarization alone will fail.

Lessons from Bondi:

I’m tired of the world’s pity. Jews must project strength

Solidarity is vital - but strength is better. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Does Trump own Gaza?

Usually we like Trump's American swagger. But not when it comes to Israel, our most loyal ally in the Middle East. Opinion.

Canada is learning what Israel learned a long time ago.

"Middle powers" like Canada and others are waking up to a world Israel encountered beginning decades ago. Israel might be blamed for collapsing the old order, but it simply outlived it. Opinion.

Is Trump that gullible?

UN official who financed Rina Schnerb HY"D murder on Gaza Board

How can the U.S. be elevating a leftist Dutch globalist who hates Trump and Geert Wilders? What is Witkoff's motivation for doing so? Opinion.

The UN’s Jihadi Time Bomb:

Why Israel must not trust the new Islamist order in Syria

The situation demands that the West and the United Nations stop being fooled by Syrian political theater and humanitarian platitudes, all part of Turkey's plan for control of the area. The Kurds plight is the proof. Opinion.

The future of Greenland is America

Europe cannot be trusted to keep out Russia and China from Greenland. Opinion.

Emergency Press Conference

The Board of Piece (No. This is not a spelling error)

Summary" Thanks to the international community, social media, and mainstream media for ensuring that truth remains absent, responsibility remains optional, and the elephant (aka Hamas rearmament) remains unseen. For the undiluted protocol, read below.

'Born wiith rifles in their hands'

They may hold rifles from the time they can crawl, but Hamas terrorists obtained their weapons due to a world that also allowed them the cement for tunnels. Will that change? Opinion.

Where our anger lies

The daycare tragedy and its attendant scandal show that our priorities are misguided in more ways than one. Opinion.

Can Netanyahu stop and reject Trump's Gaza Board of Peace plan?

Netanyahu is made of far sterner stuff than the political leaders who have bent to Trump's will, and he knows that Israel's survival is at stake. Opinion.

Melanie Phillips:

A Caesar in the White House

The old world order is dead because Western universalists destroyed it. Opinion.

When diplomacy becomes complicity

How the world keeps sacrificing Gaza, Israel, and Iran’s people to avoid the truth. Opinion.

A missed opporttunity:

What could have toppled the mullahs and saved 20,000 lives

Read the real reason the US allowed thousnds of Iranian protesters to be slaughtered. Everything else you have read is a smokescreen. Opinion.

Op-ed:

Shut up, Jew!

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s new memoir about his questioning by staff of the then-Democratic Presidential candidate Kamala Harris and by Harris herself show clearly that classic antisemitic tropes are back. Appalling. Opinion.

To Presidentt Trump:

Turkey and Qatar will fuel Forever War against Israel

Qatar, like Turkey, calls for the destruction of Israel and Jews. Qatar, like Turkey, also continues praise the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel. Qatar, like Turkey, also propagates libels against Jews. Opinion.

Analysis:

Will Trump order a military strike to overthrow Khamenei?

The indicators are there, though military action takes foresight, timing and precision because success must be the result-once the definition of success is made by governments and their armed forces.

Knock, knock

An example of Israeli black humor opens the door to a frank discussion of what keeps Jews fighting for the Jewish homeland. Op-ed.

"Blue Homeland" at risk:

Israel has caused the collapse of Turkey's Indian Ocean monopoly

Israel changed the geopolitical situation in the Horn of Africa when it recognized Somaliland. Read about the "Blue Homeland" (Mavi Vatan) doctrine and its goal, stymied by Israel, and why Turkey has to stay on the good side of the UAE despite that setback. Opinion.

The NYS Asisted Suicide Bill:

An Open Letter to NY State legislators

The assisted suicide bill is contrary to Jewish law - but the points raised against it are universal in nature and valid for everyone.

‘Palestine,’ Kurdistan, and Free Iran - the nauseating hypocrisy

Don’t encourage people to risk their lives, hoping that America will actually intervene bigtime if you’re not serious about the promise. Opinion.

Analysis:

Why America must secure Greenland

The US needs Greenland for the survival of Its strategic future. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Trump - no more Mr. Nice Guy

Trump wants Greenland, and since I am a betting man, my money says he is going to get it one way or another. Opinion.

Is it better to identify as Democratic, Republican, or Jewish?

Our Sages could have been talking about today's abandonment of Jews and principles to gain the Muslim vote when they wrote: “Be cautious with the government, for they only bring a person close to them for their own needs."

The Mandate Period, Redux

Today's Jewish predicament parallels the Mandate period in its players - the enemy, the governing power and ourselves - but there are crucial differences that make it clear that things will get worse, not better for diaspora Jewry. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

The courage of Iranians and the cowardice of Westerners

Cowardice is an effective survival strategy for effete westerners, but courage emerges in Iran where fear no longer has any power. Opinion.

Gaza’s Phase II Illusion:

Why it will never work

Enforcement, the single factor that determines whether Phase II exists at all, is treated as an afterthought, but naming Phase II without defining its mechanics is not leadership. And it will lead to war. Opinion.

Antisemitism today:

When baseline decency feels like progress

Antisemitism, institutional failure and the quiet shame of being grateful for what should be automatic. Opinion.

The Death of the Kurdish Buffer:

How the Syria-SDF Deal hands Turkey a strategic victory

Israel must now navigate a dangerous northern front where the "Victory Doctrine" of its neighbors-specifically Turkey-has succeeded in replacing a pluralistic buffer with a centralized Islamist-aligned cage. Opinion.

Wake Up, Israel!!

Despite all that Josh did for Israel, its Defense Ministry abandoned him and his loved ones after he died. Oped.

Iran’s Cry for Help:

Ignored by the Muslim World - Acknowledged by Israel

Israel has emerged as the most vocal advocate for the Iranian people, while the much-touted Islamic "Ummah" watches the slaughter from the sidelines. An upside-down situation that can lead to a better future for Israel and Iran. Opinion.

Zubin Mehta’s tone-deaf chutzpah

Canceling his performances in Israel over Netanyahu’s treatment of the “whole Palestinian issue," the venerated conductor hypocritically asserts that music can’t be separated from politics. Opinion.

America is considering asylum for British Jews!

Jews do not belong in Britain, but they do not belong in America either. Opinion.

Heil Hitler in Miami Beach:

America’s vacation capital becomes an antisemitic haven

Miami Beach now stands where many cities have stood before it-often too late. Will it be a place where antisemitism is confronted early, honestly, and forcefully? Opinion.

Gaza Board:

Why Israel Is right to oppose Trump’s plan to include Turkey

The decision by the White House to include an anti-Israel Turkish extremist in a key position on the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza is outrageous. Opinion.

Martin Luther King Jr. stood with the Jews-and with Israel

MLK Jr.'s strong partnership with Jews and support for Israel was grounded in mutual responsibility and moral discipline, not ideological conformity. Attempts to minimize his pro-Jewish stance are ignorant at best, lies at worst. Opinion.

Moshe Feiglin:

Sydney massacre was a warning for the world

It is time to stop apologizing, to stop pleading for understanding. It is time to return to the language of justice. Opinion.

The missing cry not heard around the world: Free, free Iran

There is a kind of unspoken pact in which leftists and Muslims living in Western countries do not criticize fellow Muslims even if they are massacring other Muslims. Opinion.

Northern Syria Is burning-and Washington is losing control

Julani has shown exactly who he is. The videos, the prisoner releases, the ideological fingerprints-they are not echoes of ISIS. They are continuity. Ameriica must stop it now. Israel must help. Opiinion.

Democracy’s flaw

Presidencies come and go but Israel’s interests transcend any particular presidency and the vagaries of who holds the office during any particular four-year term. Discontinuity is democracy’s flaw. Op-ed.

Towards an unapologetically Jewish state:

Why Israel Is right to abandon the UN’s ‘Bureaucratic Jihad’

Disengaging from these bodies is not isolationism. It is an act of strategic hygiene. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Gaza, déjà vu all over again?

Generally, in Trump we trust, but in this instance his instincts may be a touch unreliable. Opinion.

From Slogan to Industry:

The invention of “Anti-Palestinian Racism"

APR is a dangerous term that suggests that trying to combat antisemitism is itself racist against Palestinian Arabs. A full report is linked below. Op-ed.

Fighting Fire With Fire

These are dark times for the Jewish People, but we are not without hope. And our fire will not be consumed.

Op-ed:

A sea of blood between a nation and its dictator

Does the world understand that a nation of ninety million people is being held hostage by wild clerics who rule through fear, bullets, and graves? Opinion.

Iran is bleeding:

The slaughter of a nation under Khamenei

Iran bleeds and the world talks. History will not judge who issued the most carefully worded statements, but who stood on the right side when a nation demanded freedom. Opinion.

The use of mixed cities as war by other means

What Hezbollah and our local Islamists are up to is what’s called hybrid or unconventional warfare. Opinion.

The Silence of the Sands:

Sisi’s FTO-backed crackdown could Ignite the Southern frontier

At a cost exceeding sixty billion dollars and located forty-five kilometers deep into the desert, the new capital was designed not for governance but for insulation. Will it work? Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

London: How you can conquer a country with demography

“When the eco-citizen claims to ask the most disturbing question-‘What world will we leave to our children?’-he avoids asking the truly unsettling one: ‘To which children will we leave the world?’".

When Cynicism Masquerades as Analysis:

Candace Owens and the sabotage of Iran’s struggle for freedom

To attribute this revolt to Israel is to deny Iranians their humanity and their courage. How paternalistic. Shame on Candace Owens. Opinion.

Melanie Phillips:

The high stakes in Iran

Ending the Islamic regime in Tehran would help reset the West’s moral compass. Opinion.

Trump doesn’t get played - he plays the players

There is a master plan behind Trump's behavior towards Iran and Hamas - and it gets results. Opinion.

Iran’s violence is not new - and it is not accidental

This is not a government losing control. It is a regime behaving exactly as it always has. Opiniion.

The Prime Minister’s blocking of the Sovereignty Law

An historic missed opportunity that will cost at the ballot box. Op-ed.

No Jews, no news:

Why do they march for Gaza, but not Iran?

The movement that turned out en masse to demonize the State of Israel for defending itself is uninterested in the slaughter of Iranians. Maybe it’s because they can’t blame it on the Jews. Opinion.

Tucker’s new house in Qatar

More Christians in the Qatar than in Israel, as Tucker claims? Yes, but they live under a system that international labor experts identify as meeting the criteria for forced labor and modern slavery. Opinion.

Selective Justice in the Empire State:

How Letitia James found her courage only when Jews fought back

In New York City, synagogues require police barricades and families hide Stars of David under their coats due to violent anti-Israel protestors, but NY's attorney general acted only against Betar, the group which fought back. Opinion.

India and Israel: A strategic partnership designed for the future

India and Israel, though vastly different in terms of size, geography, and population, have a uniquely strong partnership based on many common strengths and challenges. Opinion.

INTO THE FRAY:

Much to worry about

For decades leading up to the atrocities of October 7, the top echelons of the Israeli leadership wildly misjudged the realities that prevailed in Gaza. Opinion.

Amine Ayoub:

Israel cannot afford a Hamas ‘Victory Picture’ during Ramadan

To allow a weakened, cornered Hamas to project an image of dominance in the heart of Jerusalem by alowing its flag to fly on the Temple Mount would be to grant them a strategic lifeline precisely when they must face the reality that their war aims have failed. Opinion.

Review:

Why Islam is not an Abrahamic faith

The Islamic Forever War against Israel is a continuation of Islamic history and not an aberration. Peace with Israel in this view, is not only impossible-it is heretical. Review.

Alma Research Center:

Don't fall for Khomenei's fall - the entire regime must go

Khamenei leaving the scene is not the same as the regime falling. Opinion.

Reform in the Palestinian Authority curriculum? What reform?

Textbooks most clearly reflect the way in which a society seeks to instill its principles in the minds of its youth. PA textbooks clearly contradict its commitments under the Oslo Accords. Op-ed.

Jack Engelhard:

Is Tucker Carlson the most dangerous antisemitic radical of all?

He is dangerous bcause he is effective. He is a good salesman. The Jews are his merchandise. Opinion.

Tending the flame:

Children's Jewish identity in Europe and North America today

Many Jewish educators the world over describe a growing sense of strain as they wrestle with the same underlying questions of identity facing their students, even as their realities differ. Op-ed.

Jihad is nothing new:

Who were the Barbary pirates?

Weaponizing religion as a political tool is an immoral tool - look at the hadiths that promote jihad. Opinion.

Beyond the Technocratic Shell Game:

Why organizational finality is the only solution for Gaza

The organizational infrastructure of Hamas must be pulverized beyond the point of reconstitution. Nothing short of that can work. Certaiinly not a repeat of Arafat's move to Tunis. Opinion.

The West and Iran:

Silence is the final lie

The people who haven’t stopped shouting about injustice since Oct 7th 2023 suddenly cannot find their voices on Iran. But from Moses to Joseph, From Iran to Britain, the price of refusing to speak never changes. Opinion.

Why you cannot reason with anti-Israel protesters

How group-psychology status seeking and quasi-religious fervor make anti-Israel activism resistant to logic, evidence, and dialogue. Opinion.

The mullah's defeat will not be like toppling a communist regime

The fact that in Western squares no one demonstrates for the heroic Iranians, but only for the cutthroats, does not bode well. Opinion

Syria after Assad:

A first report card on Ahmed al-Sharaa

Revolutions are judged by what they overthrow; governments are judged by what they protect. And here, the record grows troubling. Opinion.

The American Revolution was doomed without Jewish finance

Jews funded the American Revolution-and why that truth matters now. Reminder that religious freedom in America was not invented in theory. It was earned in battle-and paid for in Jewish coin. Op-ed.

Turkey:

The ‘New Iran’ and the global export of radicalism

Ankara’s foreign policy relies on a "double game" that exploits its membership in NATO while subverting the security of its allies. Opinion.

Unraveling the Narrative:

Iran's revolution is exposing the lies about the Middle East

Jihadi Islam is the fundamental evil driving violence and oppression in the Middle East and beyond. The Jewish people and the Jewish state of Israel are the answer. Op-ed.

Iran's protesters:

Heroes of the human spirit

Their Iranian civilians' courage and resolve should be a wake-up call for freedom loving people everywhere. Opiinion.

5 Israeli habits that will change your life

This isn’t a list of banal, cliché habits you’ll read in an “Introduction to Israel" pamphlet. These are the invisible instincts you only absorb by living here. Opinion.

G-d helps those who help themselves

The template for organizing self defense already exists. Just look at Hatzalah. Violence is coming to us whether we like it or not. It’s up to us to choose how we respond to it. Opinion,

More than a fight for liberty:

An assessment of the Iranian missile industry

Iran's race to rebuild is the real danger to Israel, writes the Alma Research Center in this report.

It won't end if Iran's regime falls:

Globalizing the War on Terror - now is the time

The war the West won’t name - or fight -- is coming to everyone's doorstep. Iran's regime, the major sponsor of terror, may fall, but there are others waiting to take over. Opinion.

Iran’s silent massacre: A nation in crisis

Exactly forty-seven years after the civilized departure of the late Shah from Iran, the Crown Prince is prepared to return. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

How Hamas-Wokeism killed Western universities

The great Harold Bloom knew he had lost: “For fifty years I have fought the death of the humanities, but we have lost the war, and all I can do now is a kind of guerrilla action. The barbarians have taken over the academy."

A "Permit to Hate:"

Spain has forgotten its history

Spain’s "Permit to Hate" is a result of govt rhetoric that birthed the 'Barcelonaz' terror map. Will there be another Jewish exodus? Op-ed.

Iran: The final battle

An anti-Islam revolution, before anything else

The Arabs have as much to learn from the Iranians as they do from the Israelis. Opinion.

Melanie Phillips:

How international law has been weaponized against Israel

The rules-based global order has expired in disgrace. Opinion.

Somaliland’s need for water:

A problem both Israel and the UAE will have to solve

If a solution to Somaliland’s lack of water is not found soon, and it can be found if the money to execute it is provided, the country’s largely pastoral economy may completely collapse. Opinion.

Remembering Rabbi Uri Lupolianski z"l

Fortunate is the man who leaves this world after a life filled with observing commandments and doing acts of kindness . Rabbi Uri z"l was such a man.

The Maduro hypocrisy:

Kidnapping is only wrong when the victims are not Jewish babies

Remember: It is unacceptable to demand the release of babies, such as the Bibas brothers, as long as those babies are Jewish. You can even deface the posters asking for their release. But is it perfectly acceptable to demand the release of mass murderers who are not Jewish. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

When journalism was alive in New York City

Columnists like…Breslin, Talese, Mailer et al, they pounded, they hammered their prose. Op-ed.

Israelis and the Syrian Crisis:

Between hope for America and fear of Turkey

Stability in Syria will depend not on a single hegemon, but on a delicate balance among several power centers. Israelis have yet to realize that and mistakenly bank only on the US. Opinion.

Ken’s Thought of the Week:

Predictions and hopes at the start of 2026

2025 saw widespread chaos worldwide, as those defending Judeo-Christian norms and Western Civilization found themselves under attack, but 2026 can see us victorious if we act resolutely to win. Opinion.

The curious case of Alaa Abd El-Fattah

The problem isn’t a different opinion about Zionism or the politics of modern-day Britain. It’s that he has advocated for extreme violence against Jews, institutions and white people.

VP Vance’s splinter problem

“What the Jews need from JD Vance is not perfection," Bellos writes. What is it?

Review:

“MeToo, unless you’re a Jew," adapted for trombone

The intricacy of the slogan lies in its fusion of the three elements that have gained world attention: misogyny, Jew-hatred and Islam.

Venezuela tests the moral credibility of Western democracies

The problem is not decisive American action. It is Western abdication and evasion in the face of tyranny. Opinion.

Survival isn’t our problem. Identity is.

Our nation knows how to defend itself but hesitates to define itself. Opinion.

As one Socialist leader rises, another falls

Within days, Mamdani and Maduro found themselves conjoined in New York City. Opinion.

In remembrance:

Norman Podhoretz was a voice for Israel and a voice for America

As the month since the legendary Commentary Magazine editor draws to a close, a look at the 40th anniversary issue of that magazine is an eye opener.

A shield for antisemites:

“Judaism Without Zionism"

Don’t be misled: it’s time for us to all put our heads above the parapet and be vocally proud of the world’s only Jewish state. Opinion.

Venezuela Analysis:

The fall of the tropical Caliphate

Why the end of Maduro is a strategic nightmare for Iran and Turkey. Opinion.

Somaliland and Venezuela

We must continue to be proactive after recognizing Somaliland and use Trump's Venezuela exploit as a guide. Opinion.

The US-Israel alliance is not fracturing, it's stronger than ever

The Trump-Netanyahu relationship is not symbolic. It is strategic. It is personal. And most importantly, it is effective. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

When sanctuaries change hands, civilizations speak

Churches turned into mosques are the proof of the Western takeover by Islam. No clangor, no titanic clash. Just doors that close for one community and open for another. Opinion.

A rare congruence of policy fostered by VIPs

The confluence of shared values and interests with congruent policies is an exceedingly rare phenomenon among leaders in modern times and the effect is electrifying. Opinion.

The Maduro Regime will not be missed

In the most oil-rich nation in the world, by 2017, almost 75% of the population had lost an average of over 19 lbs through hunger. And there was no hope of elections to bring about change. Opinion.

The Bazaari revolution:

Iran’s mullahs chose ideology over people - now the bill is due

Tehran’s leadership made the same calculation throughout: maintain ideological posture abroad, invest everythiing in war, absorb the economic pain at home. The result was predictable. Opinion.

Letter to American Jews

A former Prisoner of Zion who spent years in a Russian prison turns to US Jewry with a request - before it is too late.

Antisemitism in Australia

It starts with words, it ends in death

“As a survivor of Bergen Belsen, I did not think I would live to see history repeating itself." Op-ed.

Spielberg uses Schindler’s List money for anti-Israel protests

Spielberg has gone from funding Holocaust survivors to funding those accusing Israel of a new Holocaust while enabling Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran to perpetrate a new one. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

What to look for in 2026, as if I know

Dear God…keep us safe. Op-ed.

Analysis: From Narco-State to Courtroom:

Trump’s thunderclap ends impunity for American hemisphere tyrants

This was law enforcement on a continental scale. Prsident Trump revived a doctrine that Washington has used before when criminal regimes become operational cartels.Analysis.

Hamas' worries:

'Deep concern for the fate of a Palestinian State and Jerusalem'

Hamas bemoans what it calls Israel's "grand plan [to] isolate and strangle Jerusalem [and] undermine any possibility of a geographically contiguous and viable Palestinian state." And we say, kudos to Smotrich. Opinion.

New Yorkers:

Be afraid, be vigilant, but gird your loins for battle

This is a fight we cannot afford to lose. When the mayor fails to deliver on his pie-in-the-sky promises, he has two ready-made scapegoats to feed to the rage of the masses: The millionaires, the billionaires--and the Jews.Opinion.

The victims no one mourns:

Why the "New Syria" is slaughtering minorities

The "New Syria" is indeed stable, but it is the stability of a graveyard. Opinion.

Nothing to see here, folks

Excepting the USA and Israel, the Western world’s deliberate avoidance of the Iranian uprising speaks volumes. Opinion.

Trump’s welcome warpath to peace

Critics of the Venezuela operation are regurgitating platitudes about “escalation" and the fragility of international order.

Freedom:

More valued in the dictatorial East than in the relativistic West

Those who have never lived in freedom desire it with visceral passion. Those who inherited it consider it obvious, boring, perhaps even oppressive. It will not end well, at least for us. Opiinion.

How Jew-hatred divides friends from frenemies

If a public persona chooses not to denounce an antisemite for speaking falsehoods and spreading hate speech, they themselves can be guilty of amplifying it. Opinion.

Berbera: A bastion too far?

If we want any chance of keeping the Turks and their Somali allies away from Berbera, we have to ensure that there is a mobile, heavily armed Somaliland force. And more. Opinion.

The future of Iran:

Why democracy serves Western interests in Iran

For Western and regional policymakers, the central issue is not whether the current Iranian regime will survive-it will not, and its eventual demise is only a matter of time-but whether change will produce a stable partner or another permanent crisis.Opinion.

The safest place on Earth, If you don’t count the murders

There are murders and murders. Opinion.

Red Flags on the Steps of City Hall:

Mamdani’s Socialist spectacle signals a perilous turn for NYC

For many Jewish New Yorkers, the inauguration spectacle raised an uncomfortable question: when socialist leaders speak of predatory elites exploiting the masses, who do their followers imagine? Opinion.

The Walls Come Down:

How Cairo is quietly building the "Sinai Option"

Reports indicate that the Netanyahu government, emboldened by the Trump administration, is preparing to unilaterally facilitate the exit of Gazans. Egypt is preparing for the overflow. Opinion.

Melanie Phillips:

The downplaying of momentous events in Iran

The terrible fact is that conscience in the West has become harnessed to absolute evil. There have been no demonstrations in Western streets chanting “Free, free Iran!” or “Death, death to the IRGC!” Opinion.

Voting with Babka:

New Yorkers who value Jewish life must rally around Breads Bakery

A Jewish-owned NY bakery is being told that its very cultural expressions-baking cookies with Israeli flags, participating in Jewish food festivals-are illegitimate. Opinion.

Jonathan S. Tobin:

Who has the right to judge Netanyahu for the events of Oct. 7?

The government can’t be trusted to investigate itself, but neither can institutions that are biased against it. History will render its verdict; in the meantime, it should be left to Israel’s voters. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

This is the just the trailer of Europe’s islamization

What do we think will happen when they become the majority in Europe? The real movie will soon arrive in theaters. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard

Anatomy of a Pogrom

From now on, according to Tucker and the anti-Zionist wing of the Party, America is a Christian country, Period. Opinion.

The deep state in Israel; how it works

The "deep state" is not deep at all. It is glaringly obvious. Opinion.

Qatargate:

Allegations, moral clarity, and Israel's security

Qatar’s alleged use of figures in the Prime Minister’s most innermost sanctum directly affects the very security of the citizens of Israel. The truth must out. Opinion.

Sovereignty and citizenship

Israel faces dilemmas and dangers at every turn. It must formalize the love of the Land of Israel into the sovereignty of the State of Israel. Opinion.

Iran’s currency collapse amid the collapse of a lie

Did Israel and America auction off Iran’s national wealth to finance Islamist militias, proxy wars, and regional chaos across the Middle East? Opinion.

Analysis:

Deciphering the Trump-Netanyahu meeting at Mar-a-Lago

The relationship between the Trump and Netanyahu is very strong. There is complete alignment on Hamas, Hezbollah, Syria and Iran. And Trump’s fondness toward Israel remains unshakable. Opinion.

The Billion-Dollar Bluff:

Why Egypt is playing the "Debt-for-Displacement" card right now

Egypt is losing the battle for the Red Sea as Israel's recognition of Somaaliland proves a diplomatic coup that puts Cairo in the shade. Opinion.

Are American Conservatives still pro-Israel?

The claim of the rise of antisemitism on the right presupposes that those making the antisemitic comments represent the part of the right wing Maga viewpoint, Do they?

The mouse is really roaring

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland is generating headlines for sound reasons. Opinion.

Saying Kaddish for Holocaust victims

The first day at the Auchwittz death camp.

Indispensable? UNRWA after the Gaza conflict

The Palestinian Arab clients of UNRWA gradually took over the organisation and, with UN compliicity, undermined what was originally an international relief effort, created in naïve good faith. UNRWA should have died decades ago. Opinion.

Tucker Carlson has become Lord Haw-Haw

To Tucker, and all Jew-haters: if the Jews controlled the world, as we are accused, don’t you think with our intelligence and abilities we would do a far better job? Opinion.

Starving but Surveying:

Dangerous implications of Egypt’s Chinese-backed space program

This is classic scientific cover for military capability. Independent sensors will allow the Egyptian military to keep a watchful eye on the Negev and monitor IDF movements without relying on intelligence sharing that might be withheld during a crisis. There is more. Opinion.

The Diaspora jig is up

American Jews should take action now to protect their lives, fortunes and honor. Now that conservatives are collecting Qatari bribes too, expect a further corruption of institutions meant to protect you, perhaps including the next administration’s FBI. Opinion.

Report:

UN Watch's Top 10 Moments of 2025

From reporting on UNRWA's real actions to influence its funders to encouraging a Yemeni journalist to slam the UN for ignoring Arab massacres of Arabs, UN Watch makes a real difference. Report.

Hatem Bazian Is The Jewish Voice For Peace

"The Fake Jewish Voice for Palestine." is a better name for JVP. Opinion.

The Jordan-Syria "Drug Front":

Why the Monarchy is re-evaluating Damascus

Trump's normalizing relations with an Islamist government that tolerates-or profits from-a narco-economy is strategic suicide. The United States must stop viewing the drug war in the Levant as a secondary issue. Jordan has emphatically done so. Opinion.

From the Emirates:

Tom Barrack’s remarks: A close reading of their connotations

Preventing the Arab-Israel conflict from sliding into a religious war is the greatest challenge facing the Middle East today. Opinon.

Jewish Defense Network:

A global safety net for Jews everywhere

What is provocative is the world’s growing comfort with Jews being hunted in plain sight. If a Jew cannot walk freely in a modern city, then ‘Never Again’ is just an empty slogan and a lie. Join us to change that. Opinion.

We must not forget their names

Looking back at 2025's terror victims, and those who came before, we realize that we must make a concerted effort to keep their names alive. Opinion.

America’s Pro-Israel community: Defining priorities for 2026

Let's consider what Jewish activists in the U.S. can focus attention on, where they can make real difference. A suggested list is below. Opinion.

Remembering Rabbi Professor Dov Fischer z"l

Reflections on a friend and happy warrior sorely missed.

Enough with the Blood Libels - there Is no “Settler Violence”

They are trying to manipulate your consciousness through the blood libel known as “settler violence.” Do not be dragged into this false discourse. Before you condemn, stop and think for a moment. Opinion.

Trump-Netanyahu Summit:

Rendezvous with Reality!

President Trump, leopards don’t change spots, only tactics! Iran has leveraged negotiation - as a time stalling tactic - to expedite the restoration and upgrading of its military capabilities. Opinion.

Trump and Netanyahu meeting:

Gaza - The little ewe

Sometimes it takes an iconic biblical story to restore clarity, as Trump prepares to meet Netanyahu. Opinion.

Arnold Roth’s long journey for justice

In an interview, Roth demands the extradition from Jordan to the U.S. of the terrorist behind the 2001 attack in Jerusalem in which his daughter, Malki, and 15 others were murdered.

History repeats itself:

A tale of two errors

Trump has done many good things so far, but he made two grave errors, one of which is stopping the war in Gaza before Hamas was destroyed. Opinion.

The Red Sea Divorce:

How Erdogan just outflanked the UAE in Sudan

Ankara and Abu Dhabi are actively reshaping the security architecture of one of the world’s most vital waterways. Why is the US silent? Opnion.

Deploying Turks in Gaza risks catastrophic conflict

President Trump is not on the same page as we are when it comes to Turkey in general and Erdoğan in particular. Opinion.

The "two-state solution":

A secular fantasy with dangerous consequences

The "two-state solution" is politically naïve. ideologically flawed, strategically disastrous, and spiritually blind. Opinion.

The Triple Aliiance vs. Turkey:

The next war for control of the Eastern Mediterranean

The idea of a triple alliance consisting of Greece, Cyprus and Israel is a good one. However, given the nature of the Turkish threat it’s facing, significant improvements to both the IDF and Greek Army are needed. Opinion.

American conservatism and ‘the Jewish Question’

The silence of mainstream conservatives over the antisemitism in their midst is lethal for the Republicans and America. Opinion.

Analysis: Netanyahu trial

Case 4000 unravels as witness claims exculpatory evidence hidden

This is no longer merely a trial of a prime minister. It has become a trial and exposure of the system that brought him to the dock.

To preserve the US and Islam, we must root out radical Islamists

Classic Islam does not demean a person’s individual path of submission to divine will. Quran 3:113-4 requires that we must respect the religious choices of Christians and Jews, who it refers to as the Ahi al Kitab (People of the Book).

The Bondi massacre of Jews and da’wah damage-control

Da'wah is jihad-of-the-tongue. Read how Muslim reactions to Bondi show a whole psychological attack on the Australian people, so you can recognize it in other places. Opinion.

Our love is greater than their hate

In the West, peace means “live and let live.” In Islam, peace means the world has bent the knee to Allah. What does love have to do with it? Opiniion.

The vacuum

There is a strategic and political vacuum in Gaza. We should fill it now, before it is too late once again and we revert to the same failed policies of the last seventy years. Opinion.

Shani Louk HY"D's father:

They didn't check the calendar

A New York Landmark Building tried to erase my daughter’s memory. A simple calendar check would have told us if the building is available on the date we asked for, bu we were ignored. Opinion.

COGAT’s Response to the IPC Report:

Gaza. The facts are in. The media lied.

In the IPC report, the authors at last acknowledge that there is and was no famine in the Gaza Strip, but claim a situation of acute food insecurity; COGAT rejects that claim as well.

Like the left:

The conservative big tent won’t exclude antisemites

Vice President JD Vance had an opportunity to establish some boundaries at the Turning Point USA AmericaFest. He specifically chose not to. Opinion.

Erdoğan’s Turkey has declared war on Israel

Turkey's Jews are paying the price

Human rights monitors have documented what Turkey’s Jews already feel daily: discrimination against religious minorities is no longer episodic but systemic. Opinion.

How many times do we need to learn the same lesson?

The essential factor in the Dreyfus affair was that it was a story of Jews who felt that something like that could never happen in the modern world, until it did. Opinion.

Where is the Vatican?

While Israel protects Christmas, Jenin burns It

The burning of the Christmas tree at a church in Jenin is ignored by the Vatican which cannot process Palestinian Arab oppression of Christians. The West ignores it at its peril. Opinion.

Ben-Zion Netanyahu:

'The Holocaust never ended: It continues all the time'

The reality for Jewish people living in increasingly hostile nations is no longer theoretical, and no longer distant. Reciprocity is vital. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Out in the cold with Ben Shapiro

Did I miss the part where he calls himself an American patriot plus a proud Zionist? Opinion.

Im Tirtzu:

How the West blocks hostile media

The pending legislation in the Knesset to block media channels that harm national security is surprisingly consistent with the actions of other Western governments. It is simply "defensive democracy". Opinion.

October 7 must not be rewarded with a terrorist state

Anti-Semitic hate speech and terrorism must be punished. When world leaders call for immediate Palestinian Arab statehood in the aftermath of October 7, they send a chilling message: that terrorism works. Opinion.

To those mourning in Australia:

Hands across the ocean - from Israel's bereaved children

A message of love and faith from 400 bereaved children in Israel to the bereaved and injured children and families of the Bondi Beach masssacre.

The Palmyra Betrayal:

Why Washington must stop subsidizing Syria Islamist infiltration

The Islamic State and its ideological sympathizers have not vanished; they have simply moved into the Syrian army barracks. Opinion.

Analysis:

The real purpose of Israel’s gas deal with Egypt

Jerusalem traded energy for leverage, tying Cairo to its fuel supplies while securing strategic calm despite ongoing violations in Sinai.

Art in the service of Antisemitism

Madalyn Drewno, commissioned to paint a portrait of Denver’s Vietnamese immigrant community decided, instead, to paint a mural with anti-Israel and anti-Jewish themes, and a few Vietnamese-Americans thrown in. Why should taxpayers fund that? Opinion.

Does right cancel left when it comes to Antisemitism in the USA?

What distinguishes Antisemitism's growth on the right from its proliferation on the left is the refusal of Jewish conservatives to rationalize or validate it or make excuses fellow conservatives who spew antisemitic venom. Opinion.

Project Sunrise: A fantasy built on the refusal to face reality

The real immorality is pretending that Gaza can be rebuilt while its society remains committed to jihad. Opinion.

When CodePink’s rainbow flag turns against the Jews

Their current favorite line claims Israel is an enemy of LGBTQ people - that the Jewish state hides its “crimes” behind rainbow flags and Tel Aviv pride parades.

The Israeli Left has hijacked our understanding of Democracy

A democracy is defined by its decision-making process, and not the ideology of its adopted social policies. Over the last twenty years, the Israeli Left has deceived the Israeli public by claiming that its particular ideology of 'secular liberalism' is sole definition of democracy. Opinion.

Jewish antisemitism amnesia syndrome:

The forseeable catastrophe

The greatest shame belongs to the leaders of religious institutions and the organized Jewish community for not safeguarding their own interests for at least two generations, but also to all those Jews who thought antisemitism was over. Opinion.

The handwriting is on the wall in New York City

Going after the inciters, the attackers, the supporters who enable an atmosphere of intimidation and fear directed against Jews is the only solution that can begin to change the direction towards which American society is heading. And the time is now. Op-ed.

To Prime Minister Albanese:

It's not the guns, it's the people aiming them

By calling for stronger gun control instead of owning up to his incitement and failure, Australia’s Prime Minister made a mockery of himself and exposed his disconnect on the global stage. Opinion.

Canadian Prime Minister Carney bows down to terrorism

Does promoting a Palestinian Arab terror state constitute support for Israel or is it exactly bowing down to terrorism? Op-ed.

The architecture of true peace:

The sovereign path forward

The Bar Lev Line was easily washed away into the sea; will the Prime Minister and his Security Cabinet put millions of Jewsh lives in danger by relying on a Yellow Line in the sand? Opinion.

No Safe Haven:

Iran’s regime panics

As Argentina files charges, Iran’s regime panics at home. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

We are not all brothers

We choose life, lechaim, they choose Allahu Akhbar.

Australia's antisemitic timeline:

A relentless drumbeat of hatred

A record of Australia’s alarming descent into open Antisemitism. What began as chants metastasized into arson, threats, and ultimately mass murder. Op-ed.

Melanie Phillips:

The global intifada

The time for platitudes is over. What’s needed is zero tolerance of Islamic extremism and anti-Zionism. Opinion.

Hanukkah 1967 and today: The rise and decline of Spain

It was only in 1967 that living and praying openly as Jews as a community was finally officially permitted in Spain. Now, barely a half century later, we are back to the dark days of Spanish antisemitism. Op-ed.

The friend of my enemy

Qatar, our enemy, has infiltrated the highest levels of the American government and it should be sobering for us to realize the outsized influence Qatar now has on American foreign policy, including Trump’s pronouncements.

The Israel Democracy Institute abandons both Israel and democracy

The think tank has veered far from its original mission and namesake not because of its funders, but in spite of them. Opinion.

A third term for Trump?

US Jews must be the loud voices saying: The Constitution matters

Trump says “I’m not allowed,” and Johnson says “there’s no path,” so why did a Jewish donor broach the idea of bypassing constitutional limits and allowing a third term for the president? The statement and resulting backlash could not have come at a worse time. Opinion.

Morton A. Klein:

The problem with the policy of ‘diverse viewpoints’

If all assessments and opinions in the broad Zionist tent should be taken seriously, then that’s what it means: all views, on both the left and right. Opinion.

Israel and nuclear war:

The need for disciplined theory

Reduced to its essentials, a worst case scenario for Israel would commence with progressively explicit warnings from Moscow or China about new Israeli preemptions against Iran. Opinion.

White House

A Hanukkah celebration without the fine print

From Israel, I don’t look to America for reassurance. I look for clarity.

The first Hanukkah, the Sukkot that wasn’t - and Bondi

As we reflect on the origin of Hanukkah, we can better understand the Jewish response to the devastating Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre of Jews by terrorists in Australia. Opinion.

Should Jews leave America now?

A tragically timely response to a recent podcast debate that took place before the Sydney massacre, between two American Rabbis who discussed whether frum Jews in America should be making aliyah now. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

The trojan horse of Islamist immigration

Islam has taken over. They did it to themselves, over there in Europe and Australia. Is America doing the same? Opinion.

It's not a children's story

Hanukkah does not celebrate violence. It rejects illusion. It reminds us that light does not survive on intention alone. The light survives because someone is willing to protect it. There is no automatic happy end. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

The West surrendered to barbarians and now war is in the streets

This madness is only the appetizer before the entree of a suburban caliphate under whiich Sydney will become Sidnei al-Islam. Opinion.

Aliyah as a response to Bondi Beach?

Diaspora Jewry should at least be talking about aliyah. They should be discussing the positive reasons for moving to Israel, the problems and their solutions. Now, while it is not the only choice. Opinion.

A message to all Jews:

We must fight like warriors to defeat Israel-hating news media

The newsrooms of the unfriendly foreign media operate with an anti-Israel religious fervor, and it is no longer possible to expect reporting from them that will be anything except biased and untrue. While we might not be able to convince the leftist media to listen to us, Israel certainly does not have to assist them when they seek to harm us. Opinion.

Globalize the Maccabee's mission!

It's now season on Jews of all stripes, anywhere, any time. Active self help can begin to blunt the wave of attacks. Opinion.

The Bondi Beach Massacre must be a turning point for Australia

Antisemitism is no longer a fringe problem in Australia. It has moved from the margins to the mainstream. This is the moment for clarity. Opinion.

The AI hazard:

Inoculate now against murderous deepfakes!

Misinformation and disinformation are among the most severe near-term global risks, and synthetic content accelerates the problem. Within hours, that tool was used against Ahmed al-Ahmed, the hero at Bondi Beach. Opinion.

Jonathan Pollard:

What is the future of the IDF's long range strike force?

What could have happened had we had a large number of YKJ-1000 HGVs (see below) at our disposal during the Iran 12 Day War? I ran a simulation and the results were astounding. Opinion.

VP Vance--Your character is showing!

Is there some kind of malevolent cabal going on--a rightwing Deep State--that is working overtime to sabotage and ultimately topple President Trump, the better to implant their toxic, racist, anti-Semitic agenda at the pinnacle of the American government? Op-ed.

Europe is over:

Agony in the mouth of a boa constrictor

The indigenous population is aging and leaving, while the barbarians are young and passionate. Opinion.

Khamenei's tentacles have reached Australia

The ideological fingerprints of Islamist terror anti-Jewish hatred sanctified by dogma are unmistakable at Bondi Beach. Op-ed.

Gary Willig:

Sydney: From ‘where’s the Jews’ to dead Jews

There is a clear line from the chants of “where’s the Jews” in October 2023 to the slaughter of Jews just a few miles away in December 2025. Opinion.

How to prevent the next attack:

More restrictive gun laws won't stop terror

Australia can respond by tightening screws on people already following the rules. Or it can respond by dismantling the networks and ideologies that produce terrorists. Opinion.

BDS 1939:

The disappeared assets of gassed Jews

The Holocaust did not begin with murder. It began with accountants. Jews were first destroyed economically, banks cooperated, and no one else interfered. Today's BDS is a macabre echo. Op-ed.

The Bondi Betrayal:

While the West slept, the wolves gathered

This wasn't just a tragedy; it was a receipt. It was the bill coming due for years of Western complacency, bureaucratic cowardice, and a suicidal tolerance for the intolerant. Here's an example: Why is the Iranian ambassador still in Canberra? Op-ed.

Far beyond from "The River to the Sea"

Let's tell it like it is: It's from the Atlantic to the Medirerranean to the Pacific to the Tasman Sea. Op-ed.

Hanukkah after Bondi:

A flame the killers couldn’t put out

A message to the Jewish Community and others who care: The miracle of Hanukkah was never really about oil. It was the refusal to let the light go out.

Giulio Meotti:

The Australian Pogrom: a wake-up call for the entire West

People weep, but multicultural tears do not wash away the blood shed by radical Islam which is taking advantage of the political cowardice of those who are too innocent to recognize evil when it does not wear the uniform of a cartoon villain. Opinion.

Terror in Australia:

Who is to blame?

Is it just a coincidence that there has been so much antisemitism in Australia during the same period that the Australian government has been turning against Israel and tolerating local pro-Hamas activity? Opinion.

The Australian Massacre & Shani Louk:

Shani Louk was murdered on October 7, let us respect her memory

The Australian Massacre makes it even more shocking that a New York building is suing Rabbi Shmuley Boteach for honoring my murdered daughter Shani. Opinion.

Hamas assets overseas:

Voluntary liquidation of Hamas' assets in Turkey can rebuild Gaza

The clean, fast, and practically politically viable path if there is a genuine transformation in Gaza.

The Cognitive Trojan Horse:

Why Trump’s vetting shift is the West’s only defense

You cannot vet an idea, and you cannot fingerprint a theology. This is precisely why the Trump administration’s overhaul of the vetting apparatus is not merely a policy shift, but an existential necessity. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

Welcome to the West's self-cannibalization

"Decolonized" Xmas is one where the Nativity is a Eurocentric narrative that hides the “real” Jesus who, if he were here today, would join a “from the river to the sea” demonstration. Opinion.

Melanie Phillips:

The humanitarian front against Israel

Mass murder has been branded as conscience to mess with people’s minds. Regarding UNRWA, a U.S. State Department official called it a “corrupt organization with a proven track record of aiding and abetting terrorists.” Not so the UK. Opinion.

INTO THE FRAY:

Strange bedfellows in hate: From Carlson to the Caucasus

One of the issues causing grave concern for the future of the GOP is the troubling rise of antisemitism within certain sectors of its constituency. This story is a wild flight of hateful imagination. Opinion.

"The beautiful six":

The light they carried into the darkest place on earth

There is only a single, unbroken truth: This is a battle between light and darkness and the line between them is absolute.

Jack Engelhard:

Is antisemitism humanity’s default position?

Once, long ago, journalism was an honorable profession - which it is no more, especially in terms of antisemitism. Opinion.

A mere two years after Oct 7:

The chutzpah and hypocrisy of Ronen Bar

The former Israel Security Agency director is last person who has the right to sermonize about accountability and leadership. Op-ed.

The West’s skin in the game

Israel must launch a campaign to expose the dangers of Palestinian state recognition-not only for itself, but for Western nations promoting it. Opinion.

NYC and Miami Send a Warning:

Trump’s Outreach Op. dysfunction Is costing Republicans elections

A whistleblower alert: President Trump must order a full review of outreach operations, liaison performance, communication failures, gatekeeping abuses, and community engagement strategy. Opinion.

From Cairo to Texas:

The Muslim Brotherhood’s war on Israel comes into focus

Texas and Florida have realized that the Muslim Brotherhood is not a misunderstood “social movement.” It is the ideological mothership of some of the most dangerous anti-Jewish and anti-Western groups on earth. Opinion.

An open letter to Paul Simon:

From one Queens kid to another-you got this one wrong

This isn’t about left or right, hawk or dove. It’s about the basic decency your music always seemed to champion. Opinion.

Cory Booker’s 2015 vote to fund Iran and Hamas is now personal

Now that Cory Booker is married to a Jew, it is time he realizes he owes us an apology for blindly following the Obama party line and voting for the Iran deal. Opinion.

Tucker Carlson nominated for the ‘Antisemite of the Year’ award

Nick Fuentes who was not, feels insulted. Do the judges realize that both Jew-baiting and witch hunting are where the money is? Opinion.

J Street has its own "moral stain..."

J Street denounced what it termed "the West Bank settlement movement" as "a moral stain on the Jewish people and a threat to Israel’s future." Perhaps the shoe is on the other foot. Opinion.

Dejudaizing the infant in the manger - the plot thickens!

A satirical look at the PA's yearly attempt to remake Jesus as a Palestinian, not a Jew. Opinion.

All's well in Europe, the Caliph's famiy lives near Charles III

Trump may have abandoned Europe, but Europe abandoned itself first. Opinion.

The "Storage" Doctrine:

Hamas’s proposal is a blueprint for Lebanonization, not peace

The United States and its partners must reject the "storage" framework entirely. A ceasefire that leaves the enemy’s order of battle intact is a strategic failure. Opinion.

Dr Moshe Glick and the Face Act

A law that can change the situation at American synagogues - dramatically. And you can help. Opinion.

The Vermont Hate Crime fantasy sweeping the USA

Investigative journalist David Collier and anti-Semitism researcher Rachel Feldman show how politicians and activists manipulated the narrative around a violent crime to ensure Jews-who played no part in the incident whatsoever-would be scapegoated. In sum, if the truth doesn't fit, ignore it.

Festival of Lights:

The real Hanukkah lessons Israel’s leaders should internalize

Amazingly, the Maccabees were able to defeat the major world power of their day. We should be looking more carefully at the details of that victory to see what we can learn from it.

South Africa’s proposed Apartheid Bill:

A bill that targets Zionists, Jewish S. Africans, and Israelis

The proposed legislation document outlines concerns that a proposed Apartheid Bill in South Africa could disproportionately target and criminalize Zionist Jewish South Africans and their activities related to Israel. Opinion.

The Jihadis’ ally:

Look what won the 2025 U.S. National Book Award for non-fiction

A Review of Omar El Akkad’s "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This" (Alfred A. Knopf, 2025). Don't boost its sales.

The preemptive strangulation of Trump’s Gaza peace plan

Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt are trying to undermine US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan. Sadly, it is all true to form. Opinion.

The Gala of Delusion:

Al Jazeera sponsors press freedom event- irony at its best

A celebration of press freedom that honours its true enemies. Opinion.

The Canary in the Coalition:

Spain’s anti-Israel law fractures the Maghreb Security Consensus

Spain’s anti-Isrrael embargo is not a symbolic slap on the wrist; it is an attack on the logistical and technological integrity of the southern security front. Opinion.

Same teachers, same ttextbooks:

Let's get real about Gaza stabilization

UNICEF is allowing the Jihadi curriculum to continue. We have learned from Our Gaza crew that the children n Gaza will be taught by the same teachers as before. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

Trump is right: Europe is collapsing

While China and the US have built muscle - nuclear plants, production lines, aircraft carriers - Europe has cultivated the illusion of living off soft power and ever-more intricate regulations about everything, serving only to employ legions of lawyers and Brussels consultants. Opinion.

The changing of the guard:

Crossroads

The Israeli is still trying to overcome the Jew, and if this means siding with the enemy, including on the world stage, so be it. But we are witnessing an historic changing of the guard. Opinion.

“Free Marwan Barghouti,”?

If that's what your moral compass points to, time to recalibrate

In the strange universe of Western celebrity culture, elevating a man with his record is easier and more fashionable than demanding the release of 251 innocent people who were kidnapped for the crime of being Israeli, which these celebs did not find reason to do. Opinion.

The ’I don’t support Israel’ conversation needs to stop

The real problem isn’t Israel or Zionism. It’s whether Western civilization still matters. Opinion.

A legal appraisal:

Jihad enemies and Israeli self-protection

Unlike Israel, which expressly laments the collateral damage of its self-defense operations in Gaza and elsewhere, jihadi rocket fire and terror attacks are the relentless product of “criminal intent.” Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Taking out the garbage in Minnesota

Somalis out there in Minneapolis number at around 100,000, and do nothing “but complain", ssaid Trump. Seems like it may be murkier than that. Opinion.

Two-faced Ukraine

Ukraine compares itself to Israel, then votes against it at UN

Global solidarity? Kyiv cannot seek global compassion for its own suffering while consistently aligning with forces that undermine Israel’s right to defend itself. Opinion.

What’s in a Name:

Beyond Anti-Anti-Zionism and Anti-Antizionism

Exposing the ultimate and overarching goal of anti-Zionism is essential if we wish to discredit and defeat its proponents. Opinion.

The Regionalization of Ruin:

How Ankara and Riyadh are engineering Sudan’s collapse

Alternate title: Don't trust the Saudis and Turks as far as you can throw them. Opinion.

Why my fight against antisemitism is deeply personal

The antisemitism surge in Australia is a failure of collective leadership. Opinion.

In defense of Trump’s Iran policy

Trump’s presence in the White House is an exceptional opportunity a pillar of strength for global stability, a more secure Middle East, a peaceful Persian Gulf, and an empowered Israel. Opinion.

Pardon me

The interminable investigation against the PM was more than a fishing expedition; it was corroboration of the Communist police chief Lavrentiy Beria’s boast to Stalin, “give me the man, and I will find the crime.” Opinion.

The CCA:

A force multiplier the IAF should build

Unmanned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) are going to be essential for air superiority. Turkey has already built them but Israel has not even begun. Someone in the IAF should get on with it.Opinion.

SJP's hunger strike tactics

When the "derecognized" SJP chapter at the University of Rochester began a hunger strike protest on campus in October, I had to get a closer look. Opinion.

Gary Willig:

Denying Jews freedoms is the natural result of anti-Zionism

Anti-Zionism declares that there is one people who are not equal, who do not have basic human rights. Opinion.

The canonization of Marwan Barghouti

For “progressives,” including celebrities across the board, the Palestinian cause is their badge of conscience. Opinion.

Jews have earned the right to safety wherever they choose to live

Loyal citizens all, Jews have always chosen to serve their countries of residence well. What do their antagonist immigrrants have to show for the West's kindness to them? Opinion.

Analysis:

The "truth" problem cuts across all social science disciplines

There is no epistemological difference between academic Israel studies and conspiracy theories.

The Pope asks Europe to follow Lebanon. Good luck!

Pope Leo XIV urged Catholics concerned about the West to be “less afraid” of Islam. How did that work out in Lebanon? Beirut, once known as the Paris of the Middle East, is a terrorist stronghold - and today, Paris is the Beirut of Europe. Opinion.

New Jersey-watch:

Jews attacked, Jews arrested, Jews on trial

When a Jewish man is violently attacked at a synagogue and the rescuer is prosecuted while the attacker walks free, the message is unmistakable: Jews are not safe in New Jersey. Opinion.

Netanyahu trial:

Israel needs an end to lawfare, not a presidential pardon

There are reasons to oppose the push to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that originated with President Donald Trump. But his farcical 'trial' should still end. Opinion.

Israel’s survival instinct has become the world’s shield

What began as Israel’s survival instinct has become a global security asset, with nations far from the Middle East now safer because of technologies born in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem. Opinion.

The Lebanese Army:

An institution on Life Support

The basic assumption of its central supporters in the US (as well as in France and Britain), whereby the Lebanese Army can serve as a counterweight to Hezbollah, is fundamentally flawed. It is incapable and unwilling to disarm Hezbollah. Report.

Why I also left the Left

When antisemite Jimmy Carter became president, it was easy to leave the Left, but as time went on, it became even easier. Opinion.

The rise and fall of misconceptions from the River and the Sea

The October 7 massacre did not merely kill Israelis; it killed the Oslo paradigm and a host of long-held illusions such as the belief that global "marketing" of harsh and unwarranted legal action against Israeli soldiers - see Sde Teman - will earn us international favor. Opinion.

Dec 2, 1947:

The day the British gave the ok for Arabs to kill Jews

As Arabs rioted in Jerusalem on December 2, 1947, British policemen and soldiers were ordered to stand silently and watch as screaming Arab mobs attacked and killed Jews, and while Jewish stores and homes were looted and set afire. And the only arrests the British made during the December 2 Arab riots were of 16 Jews.

American Jewry:

Avoiding a fatalistic Doom Loop about the future

Over the test of time truth does win out over lies, it's not a question of if, but when. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

Taqiya: barbarians are inside the gates and there are no gates

My greatest fear is that taqiya, the Islamic art of dissimulation, has made incredible and chilling progress in the West. A look at who is carrying out the terror attacks in the West. Opinion.

Answering your request:

An Open Letter to President Isaac Herzog

It is time this ugly chapter in Israeli politics comes to an end.

Ken's Thought of the Week:

The grave implications of Mamdani's election

Born in Uganda and raised in South Africa by Indian Muslim Marxist parents, the 34-year-old Mamdani arrived in the US at the age of 7. It took him an additional 20 years to apply for and receive his U.S. citizenship. On January 1, 2026, with no prior management experience, he will oversee New York City’s $116 billion budget. Opinion.

The danger of Islamization:

The West's weakness and the importance of Sovereignty in Israel

The strengthening of Israel’s national security, the enhancement of its independence, and reduction of dependence on foreign actors to a minimum will occur when, as a first step, Israel secures and defines its borders by applying Israeli sovereignty over Judea, Samaria and Gaza.

Jack Engelhard:

The unease among America Jews is truly remarkable

Antisemitism will always be with us, but the intensity of it comes and goes in waves. Indeed, the best of times and the worst of times. To flee or not to flee? Opinion.

The NATO Ally in America’s backyard:

Why the Venezuela-Turkey connection is a ticking time bomb

The most dangerous lifeline for the Venezuelan dictatorship today isn't Havana or Moscow. It is Ankara. Opinion.

Peace Education now!

Bottom line: Today, the entire PA curriculum is tuned to war. The moto is liberation from "occupation", and the liberation struggle is violent and terror-involved. Israel is not on the map.

Better earlier than later:

Israel needs to build cities for Olim

Israel’s Ministry of Aliyah and Integration and the National Emergency Authority recently ran a full-scale drill in Ramla simulating a sudden influx of tens of thousands of Jews fleeing exploding antisemitism and security crises abroad. But where would they go? Opinion.

The Hamas nexus-

Untangling the web of deceit

The danger is real, as demonstrated by the horrible murderous terrorist attacks on US soil, including the most recent one on the National Guard soldiers this Thanksgiving. The US gov't has legal grounds to stop it - now. Opinion

Is the Pro-Palestine banner the cover for modern antisemitism?

Dublin’s attempt to erase Jewish history shows the movement is no longer about 'justice'-but about hate. Opinion.

The Mossad’s promise and Iran’s regime

The Mossad’s active presence inside Iran and throughout Tehran has served as a barely concealed warning to the regime, yet the clerical establishment remains lost in its delusions and the destructive ideology of Khomeinism. Opinion.

The Greatest Fallacy of All:

The Silent Majority will save us

The righteous were remembered because they were few, the rest were silent. Now history is doing what history does, it's repeating itself. Opinion.

Why is US justice for its victims of terror still thwarted?

Accountability and justice must be prioritised over expediency, but they are not.

The Double Threat:

US policy must reject Islamism and autocratic chaos in N. Africa

US policy must signal that Washington supports the ideological quarantine of Islamism, but will not reward replacing it with the descent into strongman rule. Opinion.

Thanksgiving terror and the lessons of October 7

American divisiveness has reached the point of 6 Democrat legislators advising soldiers to consider refusing orders. Israel had reached that point when it learned the hard way that when the enemy attacks, there are no political points to gain. Opinion.

When Israeli voices become Hamas’s sharpest weapons

Israelis know that externalizing internal dissent during war creates a strategic threat to the state. That lesson seems to be forgotten by those who should know it best. Ehud Olmert is the prime example. Opinion.

Analysis:

The non-existent truce between Hezbollah and Israel

Ongoing Israeli infiltrations have severely damaged Hezbollah's self-confidence and have caused paralysis in the Iranian proxy's operations. Opinion.

The master plan of Genocide accusations

It is high time we look into this claim of “the Israeli government committing genocide.” Opinion.

Just because...

just because people criticize Israel does not mean that they are not anti-Semites. Those who claim to love Jews but hate Israel should prove it. Opinion.

Bias thicker than Christianity:

What Tucker Carlson shares with popes, archbishops and priests

They all protect persecutors of Christians and pillory a benevolent Jewish state and lobby. Opinion.

The Goldene Medine died on November 4th, 2025

The real reason to worry about Mamdani’s victory is that surveys indicate that around 30% of New Yorkers self-identifying as Jewish cast their ballots for an avowed anti-Zionist and Hamas apologist. Opinion.

The Islamists’ Trojan horse

The twin causes of Arab Palestinianism and human rights have destroyed the West’s moral compass. Opinion.

For Thanksgiving:

The holiday that reaffirms the unique US-Israel kinship

Pilgrim leader Governor Bradford announced the celebration of Thanksgiving - proclaiming appreciation for the first harvest in “the New Israel” - by citing Psalm 107. The Pilgrims saw themselves as repeating the Exodus story.

The Alaska Plan:

A Thanksgiving plan to save Europe’s Jews

A plan broached by then US Sec. of State Ickles on Thanksgiving in 1938 offered a chance at life for Europe’s Jews by allowing them to emigrate to Alaska. FDR buried it.

The world celebrates “peace” while Hamas plans Its next massacre

Let’s drop the pretense: Peace is not being built. Peace is being sabotaged by the decision to allow a genocidal terrorist organization to continue to exist in Gaza instead of disarming and dismantling it. Now. Opinion.

Beware the Houthi Paradox:

Iran's silent surrender makes its last proxy more dangerous

The Houthis understand that they are now the primary engine for Iran's anti-Israel and anti-US posturing. This gives them immense leverage. Opinion.

Review:

"The Palestinian Lie: Shattering The Myths"

One example: According to the 1922 British census, Jews were the majority of residents of Jerusalem, outnumbering Moslems with 33,971 Jews to 13, 413 Moslems.

Giulio Meotti:

Pope Leo, murdering Jews and Christians is not due to the economy

This week, another Christian school was attacked, 300 children kidnapped. The reaction of the media and the world is indifference, while Pope Leo is in denial. Opinion.

Trump met Zohran Mamdani-should American Jews be worried?

The American Jewish community has just watched a rising political figure who targets Israel and mainstream Jewish institutions receive credibility at the highest level of government-without a single concession to moderation. What now? Opinion.

John Cleese, That’s No Excuse

John Cleese recently canceled his upcoming Israel performances despite the sold-out crowds that awaited him. The question is: why the sudden change?

Trump's conflict of interest:

Can’t fight the Muslim Brotherhood while groveling to Qatar

The Trump administration’s move toward designating the Islamist group as terrorists is long overdue. But it makes no sense to treat the Brotherhood’s sponsor as an ally. Opinion.

What PA children learn at school:

The textbooks of hate

When you read what the Palestinian Authority is teaching the next generation, one thing becomes impossible to deny: They hate my children more than they love their own - and the West, with its selective silence, has become their enabler.Opinion.

Israel's path to strategic self sufficiency

if Israel's desire to become militarily self sufficient represents more than just aspirational rhetoric, the Ministry of Defense is simply going to have to reprioritize its weapons projects. Opinion.

The lie of Syria’s new army:

Built with Gulf money, staffed by Jihadis

The greatest threat to regional stability is no longer Syria’s collapse, but its successful institutionalization. Opinion.

Between two blades:

The global squeeze on World Jewry

Peace might be a geopolitical strategy that could disarm both extremes - or a geopolitical mirage that could harm Israel. Should we pursue it? Opinion.

Was Trump's restraint the proper strategy with Mamdani?

Trump’s silence was strategic. He did not challenge Mamdani because he understands that if Mamdani is going to collapse under the weight of his own ideology, he must have no one else to blame. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard

Bill Maher, a stand-up guy for Israel

How many viewers see Israel in a different light after watching his show last week? How many no longer trust the mainstream media? Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

Western welfare finances Jihad

The welfare state is based on an implicit assumption: the beneficiary belongs to the community and contributes to its well-being. Here, social assistance finances terrorists and is experienced as a tax paid by a society guilty of existing. Opinion.

Wake up Israel:

In 38 months Trump will go and US support might end

Israeli policy must always be grounded in brutal reality, as we recognize that the current support from America is based largely upon the mercurial personality of President Donald Trump, and might well end once he leaves office. Opinion.

Ankara’s two-faced realism:

Erdoğan sent an ambassador and his army to Syria on the same day

Turkey used military dominance to dictate the terms of diplomacy, achieving a military presence on the ground while simultaneously securing diplomatic channels for economic gain and refugee management. Opinion.

Will blood libels never cease?

Is there any difference between medieval blood libels inspired by the Church and fabricated claims of Israeli genocide disseminated by today’s useful idiots in the west? Not really.

How Iran learned to survive sanctions

Sanctions punished Iran economically, but paradoxically boosted its sovereignty score: it became harder to pressure because it had already adjusted to living outside the global economic mainstream. Opinion.

Diaspora Jews: what’s your Plan B?

Aliya now has to be a central point for every Zionist organization. Those who don’t make aliya, are making a choice to stay. And if they choose to stay, then Jews need to learn to fight. Opinion.

Mamdani has already declared Jews to be 2nd-class citizens

Under Mamdani’s warped interpretation of international law, Jews have even fewer rights than actual illegal immigrants who violated US federal law by entering the country illegally and who Mamdani seeks to protect from federal authorities! Opinion.

From clinics to command centers:

When doctors and professors lead terror

They heal patients and teach students to gain legitimacy - then send other people’s children to die. They are the ultimate professional hypocrites. They do not need welfare, they need defeat. Like the Nazi doctors. Opinion.

Mamdani and the big lie:

The true realities in the Welfare State

The mayor-elect is spinning his wheels as he gaslights New Yorkers while pretending to recreate the wheel. Opinion.

Trump’s Saudi and Qatari gambles:

High-stakes bets with uncertain consequences

Why is President Donald Trump signaling willingness to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia and may be to Qatar too? The answer may lie in a broader strategic attempt to redefine the Middle East map. Opinion

Mischaracterizing how Americans view Israel

It’s wrong to assume that most Americans will look at the behavior of a tiny number of Jewish youth, blame the entire State of Israel for their actions, and then proceed to “abandon” the Jewish State. Opinion.

Killing them with kindness

President Trump has such a strong and deep relationship with the Jewish People and Israel. It is “Peace through Strength” in action. Opinion.

Time for the UN to salvage its credibility - if it wants to

The process starts with removing Reem Alsalem, its special rapporteur on violence against women and girls. Opinion.

Trump's peace for Israel is like his peace for Ukraine

By his recent agreements with Qatar and Turkey and his expanding financial relations with Saudi Arabia, Trump makes it clear that maintaining Israel’s “qualitative edge” will no longer be Washington’s top regional priority. Opinion.

A new wave of Israeli legislation

The ghost of terrorism will not recede without penalties that have maximum impact, decisive punishments that can finally end the cycle of impunity. And there are other issues that demand similar moves.

Bamako besieged:

Mali fuel blockade: Regional time bomb and threat to US interests

Kidnapping, ransom, extortion, violence rip across the Sahel, perpetrated by an Al-Qaeda linked terrorist network. Mali may be just the beginning. Is North Africa next? Opinion.

Hadrian’s Curse returns - Palestine is Judea

Hadrian rebranded Judea to annihilate Jewish identity; modern pan-Arabists rebranded themselves to appropriate that identity. Opinion.

Observation:

Saudi timeline to Pal. State could undermine what we already have

There is no reason to agree to a timeline with the Saudis. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

Christian mothers beheaded while nursing babies? The West yawns

The Western silence weighs more than the stones covering the nameless graves of the innocent. Opinion.

UNSC debunks International Law myths

The Resolution is effectively a restatement of International Law that exonerates Israel and casts Hamas and its cohorts as the wrongdoers. And there is more. Opinion.

Gary Willig:

F-35 sales put the lie to Zionist-AIPAC conspiracies

The conspiracy theory of Israeli control of America is a myth and has always been a myth, but this sale clinches it. Opinion.

Dr. Avi Perry:

The downgraded F-35 going to the Saudis is still a threat

Israel is right to be wary of the Saudi F-35 deal for many reasons - read them below. Opinion.

ANALYSIS: What Really Happened in Jaba?

Behind the narrative and before the investigation

A recurring pattern shapes reports of "West Bank" violence: accusation first, facts later. Especially since the perpetrators seem to be mostly a roaming group of extremists, not residents. Analysis.

The muddled morass of ‘settler violence’

Israel has allowed its enemies to defame victims of attack as perpetrators. Opinion.

The Security Rationale:

Why Israel must view MBS's demands with extreme caution

The Crown Prince has brilliantly fused his strategic goals, treating the "Palestinian" Arab issue not as a foundation for genuine peace, but as a political key to unlock maximum national security and economic demands from the global community-demands that could fundamentally threaten Israeli defense posture.

God’s Opinion on Israel:

The defining issue of our time

How a Christian Zionist looks at America's relations with the State of Israel in our turbulent times.

INTO THE FRAY:

From lords to lemmings - Israel’s legal “elites on the brink

A chronicle of calumny, collapse, and the plunge from the pinnacle of power to the depths of depravity-which provides a lens through which the Netanyahu trial should be viewed. Opinion.

How dry Iran?

Whereas its neighbors have long planned for the absence of rainy days, investing in the infrastructure to provide water for its subjects, the Islamic Republic has wasted all its resources foolishly pursuing nuclear weapons. Opinion.

South Africa:

Trump's unfinished business

Trump built a thriving business of making antisemites pay, but he’s got unfinished business to make South Africa’s antisemitic government pay. Opinion.

How UNSC Resolution 2803 can be turned against Israel

There are flaws at the heart of the Resolution that could cost us dearly in the near future. Opinion.

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Mamdani Wolf? Not me!

Actually, no one should be shocked by this election. But it won't take long for people to wake up. Opinion.

The $100 Billion Gambit:

How the Saudi F35 Deal rewrites global security rules

Washington is offering Riyadh more than hardware; it is dangling access to the very technology that has kept Israel’s skies unchallenged for decades. It has to come with strings attached. Opinion.

Trump’s new wardrobe

It is important to realize that Trump is the US President, not Israel’s prime minister, and he rightly acts in what he perceives to be the interests of the United States, not the interests of Israel. HIs wealth-oriented thinking misses the real conflict. Opinion.

Oslo 2.0:

The new Gaza “Peace Plan” risks repeating a historic disaster

Oslo did not fail because of bad intentions. It failed because it misunderstood the nature of the leadership it empowered. The new Gaza plan is on track to make the same mistake. Hamas must be eliminated. Opinion.

New York's mayor-elect:

The polite Jihadist

To understand what’s in store for New York City, and for New York’s Jews, all we have to do is take a glimpse into what’s happening in London, England, a city run by a Muslim mayor since 2006. Opinion.

The dangerous “Pathway” the US opened toward a Palestinian State

The “pathway” to a Palestinian Arab state is not a “gesture,” but a proven security risk, a diplomatic trap, and an opening to a real threat against Israel’s heartland. Opihioh,

Giulio Meotti:

The spiritual war between Jihadists and Jews in the tunnels

The tunnels have no windows, no wind, no sky. Only stale air, stagnant water, and silence heavy as iron. And yet, in that abyss, something happened that the world above cannot fully grasp: Jewish faith did not die. It was kindled. Opinion

Mordechai David and Hadar Muchtar, thank you!

Meet two people who refuse to hand over public streets to the mobs who claim they "defend democracy." Opinion.

Peacekeeping or Political Evasion?

Why Arab allies are sabotaging Gaza’s security

The path to long-term stability demands that regional powers assume ownership of the security environment, but their current policy is evasion. Opinion

From survival to destiny:

The Jewish People need to be done playing small

We built a state, but the instinct to explain ourselves, to ask permission from the nations of the world, still lingers. It's time to embrace our destiny and stop apologizing. Opinion.

President Trump:

Partnership, yes - guardianship, no

America can stand With Israel - but it must not stand inside Israel. Opinion.

Israel rejects US-backed call for ‘pathway’ to Palestinian state

The Palestinian Arab state was created in Jordan, and Jordan is, to this day, the Palestinian Arab state. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Epstein, the media’s flavor of the month

Trump has revitalized America. In the midst of eight wars, Netanyahu retains Israel as the house on the hill. But the media wants blood. Opinion.

Mamdani's hidden history:

80,000 Asians, one his father, were expelled from Uganda in 1972

Why does Zohran Mamdani hide the fact that 80,000 Asians, including his father, were expelled from Uganda in 1972? Opinion.

A Seat at the Table:

An insider’s account of Trump’s global economic revolution

A book by a hassid who was the first to be confirmed by the US Senate for a senior administrative position. Review.

A not-so-hidden goal?

Why Mamdani calls for Starbucks boycott

The mayor-elect says it is to ‘Stand With Workers,’ but his real goal Is rewarding a union that backed Hamas, and that is a dangerous abuse of office. Opinion.

In tribute:

The People held the line

We all get caught up in the headlines and sometimes we forget the big picture. I will never stop thanking, thinking of and shining a light on Hashem and ...the people who held the line.

Beware the Islamism of Mamdani

Have American not learned anything from the spoutings, attitudes and behavior of Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, amongst others? Do they not look at Britain, France, Sweden and Belgium and not see the dangers? Opinion.

Time to ‘Circle the Wagons’‏

It is time to regroup. We have many friends in America and we must ask all of them to help us now. Opinion.

A call for victory in Judaea and Samaria

The acts of Jewish vigilantism, which General Bluth decries and which I do not support, are, however, the result of the failure to conduct an effective enough proactive anti terror policy. Opinion.

Trump and al-Sharaa:

The great game and the greater danger

Trump’s Syria strategy is brilliant, but al-Sharaa remains untrustworthy. Opinion.

Instead of Turkey and Qatar:

For security's sake, Israel is trying to alter Trump’s Guidelines

Inserting Turkey and Qatar into Gaza will play into the hands of Hamas. Israel prefers that the United States turn to local clans that oppose Hamas rule as being a far more effective way of sidelining Hamas, Opinion.

The Netanyahu trial:

Israel’s 'Deep State' witch hunt

The years-long legal campaign against Israel’s longest-serving and most consequential leader has descended into a grotesque political spectacle-a weaponization of the judiciary by the “Deep State.” Opinion.

The Rightist Case against a Death Penalty for Islamic terrorists

The core argument is simple: capital punishment would convert Arab terrorists into international heroes. Opinion.

Famine lies exposed:

UN Report shows Gazan Palestinian Arabs fatter than Israelis

What some are calling the ‘Fatocide’ reflects the reality that there was never a famine in Gaza, but there was a very real obesity problem. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

Ten years later, the Bataclan terrorists are winning

They haven’t won in a war, but they’ve changed the battlefield: no longer the streets, but our minds. Opinion.

The NATO Compromise:

How Turkey’s latest defiance undermines American security

The actions of the past week confirm that Turkey views its relationship with the West as a transaction to be leveraged, not a commitment to be honored. Opinion.

The story of Dr. Max Naumann:

Is history repeating tself?

Assimilated German Jews insisted that Jews had nothing to fear if they behaved correctly, shed their national identity, rejected Zionism, and embedded themselves wholly within German society. Sound familiar? Opinion.

Melanie Phillips:

The mainstreaming of Jew-hatred

Fragmentation threatens to empower extremes on both the left and right of the political spectrum. Opinion.

Iran is drying up:

A superstitious regime, indifferent to drought

This regime serves neither the people nor the land; its only mission is to preserve power, even if Iran itself dies of thirst. Opinion.

President Trump: The anwer Is no

The building of an American army base on the Gazan border would be nigh irreversible. Why we must not let it happen. Opinion.

A former hostage says:

No concessions to the 200 trapped Hamas terrorists

A hostage of the 1970 PFLP hijacking insists that Israel stick to its guns in implementing Trump's plan. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

In Tucker, they trust

Something is rotten in the state of American Conservatives. Just ask Ben Shapiro. Opinion.

Saudi Arabia’s Political Ransom:

The cost of MBS conditionalism- why America must reject the stall

MBS saying he will only normalize relations with Israel if it provides the dates for establishing a Palestinian Arab state is holding peace for ransom. Washington must reject the Saudi political extortion. Opinion.

Swarming Jihadi and Antifa Mobs:

Don't let them get away with it

They are bullies--and are therefore cowards who never act alone, and, in masking, refuse to be held accountable for their actions. Opinion.

We will never forgive, and we will never forget

Israel cannot turn a blind eye to the past. Opinion.

Nick Fuentes is not an authentic Holocaust denier

The bombastic taboo-breaker isn’t worth the fallout between the ZOA, Heritage Foundation and Tucker Carlson at a time when antisemitic idols are on the ascendant. Opinion.

Humanity, where are you?

The mission of the Muslim Brotherhood in America was never co-existence; nor was it organic. It was and is strategic. Their long-term quest is to destroy the United States from within. Opinion.

The false messianism of Mamdani's Democratic Socialism

Socialist and Communist "messiah"-figures have long paved the way to political and everyday hell. Opinion.

The Night We Stopped Sleeping:

A family’s NYC ordeal and the sentence that finally came

Hate has no sanctuary in America. Op-ed.

Raining on the al-Sharaa White House parade

Ahmed al-Sharaa's well-tailored suit is for Washington. The message about Israel is for his jihadist base. Opinion.

Urmia: The Azerbaijani heart of Iran’s northwest

Tensions between the Azerbaijani and Kurdish residents of Urmia spiral sporadically in this northwestern city, now part of Iran. Which is the dominant culture of the city? Opinion.

The BBC:

The Biased Broadcasting Corporation

The key point is that though supporters of the BBC speak of “mistakes”, these cases of falsification are not random errors. There are too many of them and they take too many form, crucially, in the BBC’s shockingly biased coverage of Israel, Opinion.

A $500 Million Mistake:

Why a U.S. Military Base inside Israel is bad for both countries

One of the most effective responses to critics of American military aid to Israel has always been simple: the U.S. does not fight Israel’s wars. A US military base in Israel is a bad idea for many reasons. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

When Israel defends itself, the West wakes up

When Muslims massacre, the West sleeps....

The American Jewish left:

Will they ever learn?

Who is really responsible for October 7? Despite supporting one catastrophic decision after another, the American Jewish left has yet to conduct the most basic introspection into the long and short term results of its policies. Op-ed.

Prof. Phyllis Chesler:

What I think must be done - now, not a moment later

American Jews should no longer contribute a penny to all the very large Jewish organizations that have served us so poorly and whose major priorities are their own pension plans, inflated salaries, and travel perks. Instead, they should focus asap on the actions described below. Opinion.

Sovereignty and Security First:

Why Israel must veto foreign forces in Gaza

A weakly mandated international force that cannot or will not act decisively would simply become a fixed obstacle between Israeli forces and the very militants an operation claims to neutralize. The UN has a long history of such failed forces. For Israel it is life or death. Opinion.

An Eyewitness Account Exposes:

When 'Protective Presence' becomes propaganda

How an NGO and CNN packaged claims as established fact. Op-ed.

Gary Willig:

Don’t call Tucker Carlson an antisemite - call him a coward

There is a safety in blaming the Jews that makes antisemitism attractive to cowards who are afraid to oppose people who murder their opponents. Opinion.

Jonathan Pollard:

Ignorance of the Law is no excuse

Do you know that President Trump actually broke American law when he arbitrarily threatened to punish us if we dared to annex the "West Bank"? Here is why. Opinion.

George Santayana:

"Only the dead have seen the end of war."

What good was remembering the past if you did not act upon its lessons? Santayana wrote. And we realize that the potential for a modern version of Kristallnacht exists wherever there is unchallenged hatred and a willingness to let it go unchecked. Opinion.

Learning from America:

Israel must stop all negotiations with Hamas

Until Hamas honors every part of the ceasefire agreement, Israel should allow no rebuilding in Gaza, no resettlement, no schools to reopen. Opinion.

Kristallnacht:

Not as far off as you think

Once one could ask, how could the entire world stand by and allow such a disaster to occur? Not anymore. Opinion.

Israel’s own Charlie Kirk

For the last 30+ years, Israel has had its own Charlie Kirk - a man who has written - in Hebrew - 5 books, over 1,000 articles, 10,000 social media posts and has recorded hundreds of videos. Opinion.

An Open Letter:

Response to Senator Lindsey Graham

There is no room in Israel’s tiny territory for partition - not with a friendly polity and certainly not with an enemy entity sworn to bring about Israel’s destruction and to rise upon its ruins.

A Time to Dance, a Time to Refrain:

When Jewish success meets rising envy

As the Jewish people take center stage in the eyes of the world, King Solomon’s wisdom reminds us that even moments of joy demand humility, vigilance, and restraint. Opinion.

Mandanitis:

The city that never sleeps has gone into a stupor

There was always an implicit understanding that New York worked according to its own user’s manual, its own rule book. Never the easiest, and not always the most sympathetic, but a place of dynamism and opportunity. Opinion.

A New Dawn of Peace:

Kazakhstan's stand against the politics of violence

Kazakhstan has chosen prosperity, pragmatism, and partnership over the destructive, zero-sum game dictated by terror groups. Hamas's predictable and furious reaction is simply an acknowledgment that their influence is waning. Opinion.

Mamdani’s Victory:

A boomerang waiting to strike the Democrats

The economic and political history of the twentieth century is a graveyard of movements that promised justice through equality and delivered only scarcity through control.

Historical antisemitism is here to stay, and in a big way

What is it about the historical, Jewish "Being" (our existential state) that brings about an almost never-ending rage of antisemitism?' Opinion.

Confronting the Generation Gap among Jews towards Israel

What is that Zionism idea all about? A primer for Jewish students.

Giulio Meotti:

Mamdani is a tragedy for those who love Western freedoms

To understand who New York’s new mayor is, one must read a Wall Street Journal profile. Opinion.

The Heritage Foundation's black hole:

When fighting Antisemitism requires moral clarity

Pro-Israel groups are abandoning the Heritage Foundation because no antisemitism initiative can defend people who platform antisemites-and expect Jews to stay. Opinion.

Can the Abraham Accords be this century’s Magna Carta?

While the very signing of the Abraham Accords is an unprecedented step towards regional and worldwide peace, there is not one unique agreement that all parties signed onto and the glaring lacunas should be addressed.

Turkey’s “Pro American” energy gambit is a geopolitical hazard

Ankara is using energy deals to expand its influence in contested waters and to entrench patronage inside a fragile, divided Libya. The hazard is real. Opinion.

The lie Is over

The Prescott Report proves what we’ve always known - and I’m done hiding from your myths. Opinion.

The Islamist capture of New York

America must wake up. This is about more than one upstart revolutionary. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Mamdani plays NYC like a fiddle

Bob Dylan sang "the times they are a-changing", but he did not know how right he was. You did it to yourselves, New Yorkers. Opinion.

The Mamdani Effect

The two inexorable rules of Jewish history are that every exile comes to an end, and that Jews are always too late to realize that. And now, the Jewish moment in America is over. Opinion.

About Mamdani:

He is a radical Socialist but he is also an antisemitic Islamist

Say hello to the new Radical Socialist Islamist New York Mayor. Opinion.

NYC Mayoral Elections:

The Postmortem

As New Yorkers, we have to take the theoretical lessons from this election and practically apply them for our own protection. That means using all means possible - legal, organizational, financial, political, educational - to hold the mayor “accountable” to all his constituents. Opinion.

Book Review:

A world of yesteryear with values we need today

A book on the life of Hermann Schwab portrays a man of many talents who was a model of the kind of upright men of principles we need in public positions today. It is also the history of a bygone era. Review.

Tucker Carlson’s moral depravity:

The Right’s duty is to reject his platforming of hate

Every time someone like Tucker Carlson dignifies the likes of Nick Fuentes, they gift the left a propaganda victory, alienate Jewish voters, disgust mainstream conservatives, and fracture the moral core of the Republican coalition. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

Mamdani is the future of an Islamized West

They’re not here to reform. They’re here to replace. And in the end, what matters is demography. Opinion.

Spain’s Gaza decree is a strategic mistake

Forget Sanchez. Morocco Is the partner Israel and the U.S. can actually rely on. Opinion.

The legal scandal roiling Israel’s unelected oligarchy

Israel's former military advocate general, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, deceived the Supreme Court as she pretended to oversee a bogus investigation. Were others involved? Is the Deep State finally going to be exposed - or will it stay buried? Opinion.

The genocide lie:

What is really happening in Gaza

Repeating a falsehood again and again may cause people to believe it, but it doesn’t make it true. Opinion.

NYC Mayoral Elections:

What worries me most about Mamdani

The New York City mayoral candidate and his followers treat hostility to Israel as a badge of moral enlightenment. Karl Lueger did the same in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century - and we know how that turned out. Opinion.

Iran’s strategic obsession-and how to stop Its comeback

Israel and its allies can ensure that Iran’s ambitions remain just that: ambitions. Opinion.

The Autonomy Precedent:

How Morocco’s model can secure Israel’s future and US interests

The same pragmatic diplomacy that secured Morocco’s Sahara should now be used to secure Israel’s heartland. Opinion.

Alma Research Center Special Report:

Hezbollah’s rehabilitation composite in Lebanon

Hezbollah, under the direct sponsorship and assistance of Iran, is managing a broad military and civilian rehabilitation process in Lebanon, aimed at restoring its capabilities after the severe damage it suffered during the last war. Report.

The Temple Mount and Al Aksa:

The Peace Plan turns a blind eye to the real, real estate issue

Since Hamas named the Gaza war the “Al Aqsa Flood,” at some point, doesn’t Israel need to respond? Opinion.

Iran’s military capabilities restored by North Korea

North Korean cooperation (through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard) has been crucial to Iran’s reconstituting and safeguarding its ballistic and nuclear capabilities, in particular, and military infrastructure, in general.

Ken's Thought of the Week:

End endless wars

How can we defeat our enemies as we fight World War III, which, I claim, began on October 7, 2023? Opinion.

Clashing credos will determine Gaza’s future

Trump and his Real Estate moguls insist that the war is over. For Hamas that would be heresy. Opinion.

How anti-Zionist are you?

The unholy alliance between the progressive Left and Islamist fundamentalists - and the ancient hatred that binds them. Together, they’ve built a movement whose foundations are the rubble of reason. Opinion.