Israel, what are you good for?

Israel’s strategic relevance to American peace, prosperity and security reaches far beyond the friendship between two democracies.. In Israel, America has an ally that functions as an unsinkable aircraft carrier, a laboratory that never sleeps and an intelligence partner living inside the world’s most dangerous neighborhood.Opinion.

Israel, what are you good for?

Is Israel too democratic to govern?

The problem isn't representing the voters. it's the ability to govern effectively. Opinion.

Is Israel too democratic to govern?

Bezalel Smotrich on his merits

Why accomplishments and a realistic understanding of political power must be the main factors behind the votes of Israel’s identity-politicized Religious Zionists. Opinion.

Bezalel Smotrich on his merits

Mr. President, Iran Is not Venezuela: Think twice!

if you insist on applying the Venezuelan model to Iran, Mr. President, history may remember you not for completing the struggle against Islamic terrorism, but for leaving that struggle unfinished. Opinion.

Mr. President, Iran Is not Venezuela: Think twice!

To Anglos - be involved in Israeli politics:

I spent years on the sidelines of Israeli politics

You don't need perfect Hebrew or political connections to have a voice in this country. Opinion.

I spent years on the sidelines of Israeli politics

Lessons from the past to guide your hand on election day

Israel’s enemies are waiting for there to be just one government which is “temporarily focussed on the Hareidi issue," on fighting internally instead of fighting them. Remember the days of Oslo and the "peace camp"? Opinion.

Lessons from the past to guide your hand on election day

There is always an idiot in the room

A timely, thoughtful discussion about anti-Jewish hatred and the forms it takes today in the UK is disturbed by an antizionist activist who does not know what he is talking about. Opinion.

There is always an idiot in the room

Israeli elections explained

A brief, clear guide to Israeli elections.

Israeli elections explained

Abdulrahman El-Sayed is no John F. Kennedy

El-Sayed’s issues are manifold. The problem is not his faith; it’s his policy positions and record. Opinion.

Abdulrahman El-Sayed is no John F. Kennedy

Benjamin Netanyahu and the weight of leadership

Three decades at the center of Israel’s history. Opinion.

Benjamin Netanyahu and the weight of leadership

Why Paris Rioters wave the ‘Palestinian’ flag

It’s not a ‘Palestinian’ flag, it’s a historic flag of the Islamic conquest of Christians. Opinion.

Why Paris Rioters wave the ‘Palestinian’ flag

Is Tom Barrack fit to represent America in the Middle East?

When an American envoy says antisemitism “didn’t exist," suggests Zionism became a problem in 1948 and repeatedly gives Israel's adversaries the benefit of the doubt, the question is no longer one unfortunate choice of words. It is one of judgment. Opinion.

Is Tom Barrack fit to represent America in the Middle East?

The Nobel Peace Prize turned inside out

The committee cited Pillay for ensuring that genocide is prosecuted, yet the most prominent genocide charge of her career was a despicable libel. Opinion.

The Nobel Peace Prize turned inside out

On Hatzibur Hachareidi:

Something unexpected is happening in haredi politics

This new party is picking up the gauntlet of staying haredi but accepting national responsibilities, and they are climbing in popularity but still need our support to make it a reality. GO OUT AND VOTE. Op-ed.

Something unexpected is happening in haredi politics

Into the fray:

A voter’s guide to Israel’s perplexing “polito-sphere"

The decision of whom not to vote for is no less consequential than that of whom to vote for.Opinion.

A voter’s guide to Israel’s perplexing “polito-sphere"

“EVIL": A slogan that describes our enemies

Israel and the Jews must win the slogan war. Opinion.

“EVIL": A slogan that describes our enemies

Melanie Phillips:

The war against the Jews in Judea and Samaria

“Settler violence" is a malevolently distorted canard. Opinion.

The war against the Jews in Judea and Samaria

There are more Kalashnikovs in Marseille than in Kabul

We are not facing “disturbances," but an act of war that distinguishes between “us" and “them." Opinion.

There are more Kalashnikovs in Marseille than in Kabul

Which leader has the vision and courage to apply sovereignty?

Zionism knew how to move from dream to action, from exile to return, and from settlement to the establishment of the state. Now it is time for sovereignty over all parts of that state. Opinion.

Which leader has the vision and courage to apply sovereignty?

Who will bear the cost of confronting Iran?

Tehran’s nuclear activities and military network are Israeli security concerns regardless of who occupies the White House. Opinion.

Who will bear the cost of confronting Iran?

Britain should be paying Israel reparations

Britain has no standing to judge Israel, but absolutely should be paying us reparations. Reparations should begin with a formal acknowledgment that the White Paper violated the Mandate and cost Jewish lives. And there is more. Opinion.

Britain should be paying Israel reparations

You can't make this stuff up:

Nick Fuentes calls Tucker Carlson antisemitic

And why does Vice President JD Vance continue standing by Carlson? Opinion.

Nick Fuentes calls Tucker Carlson antisemitic

Jews against themselves: Israel's elections

Israel’s progressive politicians would be unable to survive the current election cycle without the financial and organizational assistance of progressive American Jews and organizations that actively support an anti-Jewish, anti-Semitic, and anti-Israel political agenda. Opinion.

Jews against themselves: Israel's elections

Civilization and barbarism

Reevaluating ideas of civilization, barbarism, and Israel’s place in the world, in light of events in France. Opinion.

Civilization and barbarism

It was never about territory

Review of Yehuda Yemini’s book: It Was Never About Territory: Israel, Islam and What Really Stands in the Way of Peace in the Middle East.

It was never about territory

The Ronen Bar boomerang

Why Netanyahu does not deserve the lion's share of the blame for Oct. 7. Opinion.

The Ronen Bar boomerang

How to end the conflict:

All Palestinian Arab hope of defeating Israel must be dashed

What is needed is a military result so unequivocal that it changes how the enemy thinks. Opinion.

All Palestinian Arab hope of defeating Israel must be dashed

Is antisemitism on the ballot in the US midterm elections?

The philosophical dilemma for liberals is the belief that progressivism is an intrinsic Jewish value, and that surging leftist antisemitism must therefore be a reaction to bad Jewish behavior. Have they lost their minds as well as their memory? Opinion.

Is antisemitism on the ballot in the US midterm elections?

Chronicle of a suicide

Western Europe has administered a lethal dose of poison to itself and is now writhing in convulsions. Opinion.

Chronicle of a suicide

HaTzibbur HaChareidi Party's goal:

A Torah that makes us a blessing

When Haredi Torah life is met with contempt or anger rather than admiration, we must ask what impression our actions are making, and what we can do to change it. Opinion.

A Torah that makes us a blessing

Was Israel warned before the October 7 attacks?

The real story behind the media lies. Opinion.

Was Israel warned before the October 7 attacks?

Jack Engelhard:

Afternoon of a writer-part 2

During the 1950s, you would not become mayor of New York City IF YOU WERE A COMMUNIST. You would be in JAIL. Op-ed.

Afternoon of a writer-part 2

The Price of Paralysis:

Israel’s hesitation in Judea and Samaria undermines security

The status quo is not neutral. It carries risks of its own, and those risks must be confronted honestly and thoroughly - and dealt with. Opinion.

Israel’s hesitation in Judea and Samaria undermines security

Israel’s foes influence its elections more than its friends

Trump’s endorsement of Netanyahu, like Clinton, Obama and Biden’s efforts to defeat him, is less important than the role of the Palestinian Arabs and Iran in keeping him in office. Opinion.

Israel’s foes influence its elections more than its friends

Yes, there’s a Genocide being waged in Gaza!

The genocide that is being waged in the Middle East is from the Arabs to the Arabs. Opinion.

Yes, there’s a Genocide being waged in Gaza!

Macron lectures Israel while France burns

A president so confident about criticizing another democracy should bring the same urgency to protecting his own citizens. Opinion.

Macron lectures Israel while France burns

Israel’s Social Conservatives are still looking for a home

We need to rebuild the walls around the traditional family, like Nechemya’s rebuilding of the Old City of Jerusalem.

Israel’s Social Conservatives are still looking for a home

There is a 'Palestinian State' already - in the Rive Gauche

This is the first time in the history of humanity that countries voluntarily let foreign armies enter their territory, fed them, provided lodging, and financed them. When these begin to wage wars against the population, they barely react. Opinion.

There is a 'Palestinian State' already - in the Rive Gauche

Judicial Reform:

The tragedy of the "goats" Netanyahu was not allowed to remove

The Attorney General, who later also refused to accept the fact that she was fired by the Cabinet for her allegedly political decisions, was a major factor in causing the anti judicial reform riots that rocked Israel before October 7. Opinion.

The tragedy of the "goats" Netanyahu was not allowed to remove

Subverting the truth:

How Obama’s warped, insidious narrative distorts historical fact

In Belfast, Obama repeated a dishonest, mendacious, and vile charge while concealing the evidence needed to judge it - because that evidence would refute it. Opinion.

How Obama’s warped, insidious narrative distorts historical fact

Letter to Israel's haredi community:

Are we a wise and discerning people?

There are wise and discerning haredim are willing to say out loud: "We want to join our brothers and sisters in defending and contributing to our state! Give us ways to do so that respect our principles, and we will be there, with you and for you." Opinion.

Are we a wise and discerning people?

From Magic Carpet to Missiles:

Israel’s neighborhood Is getting rougher

What Yemen should teach the West about Israel’s enemies. Opinion.

Israel’s neighborhood Is getting rougher

The UN and the hatred of the Jewish State

Almost no one foresaw that hatred of the Jew as a person would be transferred, as condemnation, to the Jewish State. Opinion.

The UN and the hatred of the Jewish State

These are the most misunderstood teenagers in Israel

The world calls them extremists. But who are Israel’s Hilltop Youth, really? Opinion.

These are the most misunderstood teenagers in Israel

Why Israelis should choose to stick with Netanyahu

Binyamin Netanyahu and parties affiliated with him are the reliable leaders. The alternatives are like swimmers who sincerely and absurdly believe they can negotiate with sharks. Op-ed.

Why Israelis should choose to stick with Netanyahu

Shabbat Shalom: To those who give us reason to sing

In this difficult week, you gave Jews somewhere to put down the weight for a few hours. You reminded us how good it feels to belong to this extraordinary people.

Shabbat Shalom: To those who give us reason to sing

The true loyalties of the Jews of Privilege

Anti-Zionist Jews will do anything to try to preserve their position in society but they are playing a losing game with the non-Jewish world. And their abysmal response to October 7 showed their fellow Jews all their cards. Opinion.

The true loyalties of the Jews of Privilege

To our leaders -- please get out of the mud

Our leaders should stop mud-slinging and come together like Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and Benjamin Franklin, who did not agree on everything either, to prepare Eretz Israel for the future. Opinion.

To our leaders -- please get out of the mud

Rubio’s flawed masterpiece

Judaism, not ancient Greece, is foundational to the moral greatness of the West. Opinion.

Rubio’s flawed masterpiece

NAZA, the perfect anti-Israel propaganda

In the words of Soviet writer Sergei Dovlatov, “progressive humanity demands of Israel a noble suicide." Opinionl

NAZA, the perfect anti-Israel propaganda

The Religious Zionist Paradox

The natural constituents of the Religious Zionist party should return home rather than chase the chimera of new politicians and new parties that will promise everything and deliver nothing. Opinion.

The Religious Zionist Paradox

Diplomatic subversion in Jerusalem:

Expel the French Envoy and shut down the rogue Consulates

The message from Jerusalem must be unequivocal: the charade is over.

Expel the French Envoy and shut down the rogue Consulates

The Al-Aqsa Flood:

They outlawed the Ark: From Noah to October 7

Shades of Noah, whose neighbors tried to destroy the Ark. In May 2018, Michael Ben Ari publicly warned that Gaza was a ticking time bomb. For that, he faces criminal charges for "incitement" that have not been dropped despite October 7 proving him right.

They outlawed the Ark: From Noah to October 7

Stop giving antisemitism’s enablers a seat at our table

Our safety is not a favour, our acceptance is not a photo opportunity and another meeting is not an achievement. Opinion.

Stop giving antisemitism’s enablers a seat at our table

What Israel should learn:

Notes after the National Conservatism Conference

Israel should be Israel First. Israel does not need to go easy on terrorists, or adjust its foreign policy, or change how and when it fights its wars, to avoid offending young Republicans. Israel is in a fight for survival. Opinion.

Notes after the National Conservatism Conference

Which leaders actually learned from Oct. 7?

Who truly changed after Oct. 7, and who demonstrated the ability to withstand enormous pressure when Jewish lives were on the line? Opinion.

Which leaders actually learned from Oct. 7?