Israel must win this war
The Palestinian Arab war against Israel is a zero-sum game—either Israel wins, ensuring its survival, and the Palestinian Arabs are defeated; or they win and Israel’s countdown to destruction begins. Opinion.
Award-winning columnist, author of “The Israeli Solution"
The Palestinian Arab war against Israel is a zero-sum game—either Israel wins, ensuring its survival, and the Palestinian Arabs are defeated; or they win and Israel’s countdown to destruction begins. Opinion.
Whenever there has been public daylight between the U.S. and Israel, Hamas has pulled back from a ceasefire and release of hostages, the secretary said. And he said much more. Op-ed.
Every single leader—from Yasser Arafat to Mahmoud Abbas to the last of the minor P.A. officials and terrorists—have said and continue to say that they are fighting for Jerusalem. Opinion.
By defying the Biden administration to secure Israeli victory, Israel showed the American people that the “plucky little Israel” they had long admired was back in business. Opinion,
Many fingers are pointed in the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But the evidence says otherwise. Opinion.
The Soviets were convinced that by laundering Palestinian Arab terrorist propaganda through the U.N. system,, they would weaken and divide the Western alliance. Today, Israel is on trial for the crimes Hamas and its supporters carried out against the State of Israel. Opinion.
How Donald Trump’s victory and Israeli Defense Minister Gallant’s firing pave the way for a strategic realignment in the Middle East that will serve as the foundation of regional peace and stability. By removing Gallant from office, Netanyahu removed the major political obstacle to pursuing victory on all fronts. Opinion.
The Biden administration’s determination to see Hamas survive and so win the war is driven by its top officials’ desire to “balance Israel” with Iran. Opinion.
To a large degree, the international narrative regarding the prime minister is shaped by media coverage in Israel. But the Israeli public isn’t buying it.
The United Nations and its diplomatic lynch mob are testing the mettle of the Jewish state, which has no choice in the current battles it must wage against Hamas and Hezbollah. Opinion.
The problem with politics of hate is that hate is a hard habit to break. Op-ed.
The Defense Minister,the generals, the left’s political leaders, the military prosecutors and the rioters in the streets are all playing the roles the Hamas chief assigned them. The entire domestic debate is taking place while Hamas isn’t even participating in the negotiations. Opinion.
Both the Obama-Biden and the Biden-Harris administrations have hindered Jerusalem’s efforts to block Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Opinion.
They are becoming increasingly aware of the central role it is playing in the effort to demonize and criminalize the nation, its leaders and its soldiers. Op-ed.
The Jewish state’s need to act against Iran largely alone won’t disappear, even if Trump becomes president again in November. Op-ed.
Given the strategic significance of corridors, the imperative for Israel of maintaining these lines is self-evident. Opinion.
The 2024 presidential race has always hinged on who it’s about. Opinion.
By acting slowly and deliberately, Israel can learn as it goes, adapting its operations to the conditions it discovers on the ground. Op-ed.
He has used his presence in the war cabinet not to give a boost to Israel’s war effort but to serve as a drag on it. The government will be more stable without him. Opinion.
The administration’s effort to stymie military action, coupled with its continued criticism as to how Israel is conducting a just war against a terror group, puts the Jewish state at risk in the region and the world. Opinion.
It has become clear that Egyptian President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi has been playing Israel for a fool. One point to ponder: Israel’s takeover of the border zone from Hamas will necessarily involve the loss of massive profits for the Organi Group and its stakeholders—Sheikh al-Organi and General el-Sisi. Op-ed.
If permitted to proceed unpunished for its actions on the global stage, the court will gain in power and stature.
Since the failed peace process began in 1993, the General Staff became a stakeholder in the success of its “partner,” the Palestinian Authority. It is the same kind of naive conception that believed Hamas was "deterred" and wants to ive a good liife. Op-ed.
So far, administration sychophants have not succeeded in turning the American people against either the Jewish state or the Jewish people. Hamas and the U.S. positions are in complete alignment.
The White House and its supporters are using Muslims in Michigan to justify a slew of deeply hostile policies against Israel. Will that matter come fall? Op-ed.
“What is important now is for all of us, all of us who … cherish our values and our civilization to stand up together and to say: Enough is enough,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The U.S. posture in this war has rattled Israel and the U.S.’s Sunni allies to their core. There is a sense that for the Biden administration, everything that is happening here is a game. It isn’t a war. At best, it’s a playground fight, or a video game. Opinion.
Before Oct. 7, rioters demanded the overthrow of Netanyahu’s coalition due to its “anti-democratic” policies and “corruption.” The new rallying cry is to free the hostages. Op-eds.
We’re seeing lots and lots of it these days. It’s worth recalling what a blood libel really is. Op-ed.
One of the many distressing aspects of the campaign to criminalize Israeli civilians is that it’s apparently the first target. The next one? The IDF. Op-ed.
Why is the United States continuing to hamper the ability of the Israel Defense Forces in Gaza? Op-ed.
The Israeli public has made clear that it opposes cutting a deal for the hostages that will enable Hamas to survive the war. Its leaders should listen.
The U.S. secretary of state has tried to compel the Israeli prime minister to agree to a plan that would see the Palestinian Authority, which nominally controls Palestinian autonomous areas in Judea and Samaria, take over Gaza. The anti-Bibi forces in Israel are helping him. Op-ed.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his ministers must remember that Israel is not an American vassal state. Op-ed.
The outgoing Supreme Court President, like her dwindling camp of post-Zionist elitists, are most concerned with keeping their power.Op-ed.
It will take years to correct the damage the generals wrought by reducing the size of the IDF and inducing its total dependence on the US.
An intelligence chief whose poor judgment led to catastrophe and who has a history of insubordination cannot be trusted. Op-ed.
Polling shows that the overwhelming majority of Americans and lawmakers support Israel in this war and want it to destroy Hamas; Op-ed.
We need to think about what the Oct. 7 attack represents within the Iranian blueprint for the annihilation of the Jewish state.Op-ed.
If the Jews are the villains, then it is moral to hate them. and stand with Hamas. And it is immoral to support the Jews and Israel. Op-ed.