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Ten critical questions post-Assad Syria collapse

The DF is deployed along the border and on the Syrian side of Mt. Hermon in order to protect Israel, but there is much uncertainty about how the situation eastward will play out.

Jewish liberals must combat the woke-progressive Democrats

Jewish liberals have been AWOL for four years. Now that the results are in, they must actively combat the ideological woke-progressivism of their beloved Democratic Party. Op-ed.

Taking responsibility, applying Sovereignty

After 57 years of wavering and hesitation that have harmed Israel security-wise, morally, politically, and historically, the time has come to take the reins, apply sovereignty, and take responsibility for our future and the future of the entire region. Opinion.

Assad is gone. The “inclusive” Caliph rises

Yesterday it was called Al Nusra, today it is called Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), an offshoot of Al Qaeda. Opinion.

The UnitedHealthcare CEO Death:Celebrating death Is not an answer

Mocking tragedy not only erodes one's humanity, but risks making those celebrating death no different than those they condemn. Opinion.

Pete Hegseth - Renaissance Man

Pete Hegseth has devoted his every breath to helping America. He is truly a Renaissance Man and will go down in history as one of the greatest Secretaries of Defense ever. Oped.

The Art of the Deal: A cautionary sequel

What was that story about King Solomon and the baby…? Ask any seven-year old. But the only ones, it seems, who learn the lessons of history, are the bad guys. Israel’s adversaries. Opinion.

Western humanitarians: the Islamist avatar

Khan has transformed the Court into an Islamist instrument used to wage a judicial war against non-Muslims on behalf of the Umma. And now Amnesty International charges Israel, the people who survived Auschwitz and Treblinka, of “genocide” in Gaza. Opinion.

A coup attempt in the shadow of Oct. 7

Many fingers are pointed in the direction of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. But the evidence says otherwise. Opinion.

Massachusetts, where self defense Is illegal

We now know that if you are attacked at antisemitic schools like Harvard and Boston University and defend yourself, you may lose your livelihood, have painful surgery and face years in jail. Opinion.

Become an Emissary for the Jewish people

We need a long-term, comprehensive engagement strategy that involves each and every ally committing themselves to this effort to combat antisemitism. Opinion.

How to tell the difference between ‘pro-Palestine’ and pro-Hamas

Reports of ‘pro-Palestinian’ protests are invariably false reports. There is no excuse when ‘pro-Hamas’ can be distinguished with ease. Opinion.

Antisemitism’s psychological toll: It's getting to us

It's as if the vast majority of humanity is—at least when it comes to the Jews—more or less completely insane. Worst, perhaps, is the general sense of the endlessness of it, generation after generation. Opinion

Why not a State Commission of Inquiry for October 7th?

It is absolutely necessary to investigate what led to the enormous failure in which so many of the citizens of the State of Israel were tortured, murdered and taken hostage. But who should investigate and when? Opinion.

Whitewashing Leftist and Islamist Jew-hatred

Two professors take to the New York Times to blur the connection between DEI and the Left's response to Oct.7th. Take note: When a criminal's identity is omitted, it usually means that we are talking about a Muslim or an African American perpetrator. Opinion.

The infernal Qatari strategy

While Donald Trump threatens the enemies of Israel and civilization, Britain licks their sandals. Opinion.

Hamas: A pure, incorruptible form of evil

Pure evil exists. Its name is Hamas. And it must be utterly destroyed. Opinion.

“J Street” has moved outside the pale

What kind of Jew would go to non-Jewish legislators and lobby them to embargo arms intended for Israel? Opinion.

Should we be celebrating Ben Gurion Day?

He stepped up to the plate and declared independence as well as many other historic and illustrious deeds, but he also was the cause of much injustice. How do we look at Israel's first Prime Minister? Opinion.

Freedom House protects journalists who moonlight as terrorists

Freedom House's biased coverage of Israel is exposed when you find out what the journalists they are protecting do in their spare time. Opinion.

We were never Arabs: A response to Israel-hating Jews

There is only one Jewish people, and we will never be divided. In the face of so much history contradicting them, Jew-haters are inventing their own alternative history. Opinion.

A shared battle

The US and Israel: A shared need to drain the swamps

The US and Israel share the need for exposing the Deep State. It is a wake-up call for freedom. Opinon.

Listening to Douglas Murray

The first and most important job of a journalist is and should be to tell the truth. Today, that seems to have been forgotten. Opinion.

Why I’m suing the Palestinian Authority

If 1,000 families of terror victims in Israel were to sue the PA, we could collectively bankrupt the Palestinian Authority government and end their pay-for-slay terror funding scheme once and for all. Opinion.

The rise of antisemitism in the arts

What is happening in the UK world of arts and academia is shocking. Is it a foretaste of worse things to come? Opinion.

What Donald Trump gained from adversity

'You intended harm against me, [but] God designed it for good'- (Genesis Chapter 50 Verse 20)

Iran’s terror militia era draws to a close

Israel’s current strategy appears to have been highly effective. It combines targeting both leadership and infrastructure of Iranian-backed militias. Opinion.

Meet the (potential) new boss. just like the old boss

Who is Rawhi Fattouh?

The Umm al Hiran story: Facts Matter

Just because it’s an anti-Israel narrative doesn’t mean you have to believe it. Opinion.

The gentle art of negotiating with terrorists

We have been losing the war on terror because we do not know the enemy. But worse still, we have forgotten who we are. And unless we remember, we will lose.

ICC fails Afghan women. Filmmakers step in

While the ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel’s Netanyahu, it has no time for Afghan women. A new film indicts the Taliban’s murderous treatment of these brave women. Opinion.

Syria: Islamic barbarians against Islamic barbarians

Distinguishing the right Syrian rebels from the wrong ones is a bit complicated. Opinion.

Ya'alon: Forewarned, but not forearmed

Tragically, the number of high command security types who enter the political arena, thereafter to transmorph into enemies within, is nothing new. The signs may be there from the start. Opinion.

The servant, the king, the fish, and the ICC

Let Saudi Arabia and Qatar send food and water, and take in emigrants and refugees. Egypt, too.Opinion.

Students boycott Israel at their own peril

I would love for just one anti-Israel, BDS, boycotting/divesting protester to refrain from anything derived from Israeli ingenuity and let me know about it. He will have to use pencil and paper because his smartphone is full of Israeli tech. Opinion.

One hundred years of Arab warfare against Jewish civilians

No one wants to say that some Arabs are so soaked in hatred of Jews that they will commit any atrocity and tell any lie to excuse it. Review of a fact-filled book which shows the vicious similarities between the Arab massacres of Jews in Mandate Palestine in the 1920s and on October 7, 2023.

In defense of fellow gentiles

Many misguided Jews have helped legitimize and fuel gentile envy and resentment, which can have tragic consequences for millions of Jews. You need only look at "Bougie" Ya'alon, let along Jewish American progressives. Opinion.

Navigating the strategic earthquake in the fertile crescent

Reflections on the outlandish - it is strategically wise to consider now how one handles the disintegration of Syria. Opinion.

The mainstreaming of Islamic extremism

Progressives rationalize tenets that justify atrocities against Jews and destroying a sovereign democratic state, while they cheer Hamas for resisting an “occupation” that only exists in the minds of leftists, terrorists, and Palestinian Arab revisionists. Opinion.

Trump's tariffs will secure American borders

China, Mexico and Canada will all comply. They have no choice. Opinion.

"We Will Rise":

Jewish resistance in WWII: A desperate cry for future generations

Ben Shapiro's musical 'We Will Rise' on the Warsaw Ghetto and October 7th is set to open in Israel this week. A historian's prelude, below, shows Jewish resistance in WWII in tragic perspective. Never again. Op-ed.

Will the Church ever learn?

Will a future generation look back and curse the antisemitism of today’s Church worldwide? Opinion.

We never lose them, even to death

A story of persisitence in the face of a tragedy that deserved a memorial - and now has one. If you go to Aroma on Jaffa St, look for it and remember the 7 young victims in the picture accompanying this article.

Bibi’s latest challenge

With Israelis divided over the ceasefire, Netanyahu needs to persuade the public that he’s not capitulating to Hezbollah—or the Biden administration. He tried to do that in a recent interview, part of which is brought here in translation. Opinion.

Who loves us? Trump's dream team seems to

And let us not forget the Evangelicals who have been pro-Israel since the time of the Balfour Declaration. Opinion.

"Palestine" disruptions at the Macy's Day Thanksgiving Parade

Who are these people who interrupt/disrupt every public event with their demand that a country that does not exist, that has never existed, for a 'Palestinian people' that don't exist, be free? Opinion.

A challenge to the Shluchim

We must address pressing problems in our midst.

Urgently needed: Post-Biden blackmail strategy

The challenge Prime Minister Netanyahu faces is to prepare a "package" for President Trump. Opinion.

The Heroes of October 7th - a different narrative for all of us

While Hamas barbarians initiated the October 7th massacre and the price we paid is incalculable, still, Israeli courage, initiative and selfless ingenuity prevailed, so why should Hamas dominate the narrative our children hear? Review.

It’s safer to wear a kippah in Abu Dhabi than in much of Europe

The combination of religious tolerance and strict laws against violence created the feeling that it was safer to walk with a kippah in Abu Dhabi than in Paris, Amsterdam or other European cities where Jews have recently been harassed and attacked. We must restore that feeling. Opinion.

Mixed outcomes for embattled democracies

European leaders have had neutral-to-negative stances on Israel and shown overwhelming support for Ukraine, where the Trump White House is likely to take the opposite stance on both issues. Opinion.

Historic Thanksgiving Proclamations:

A message for Thanksgiving 2024 from two great US Presidents

George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789 and Abraham Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1863, send powerful and timely messages to the people of the USA and Israel today.

Let My People Win:

End the ceaseless ceasefires in Israeli-Arab Wars

Some opine that total victory with Hamas and Hezbollah is an illusory dream, but the conditions to transform the dream into reality are explicit in the traditional criteria of military victory. Otherwise, another war will be fought within a decade. Opinion.

Dismantle the United Nations

The malice of the world body against Israel has twisted the Western mind. It has made the world sick. Opinion.

Day of Shame for Britain

Dithering does not excuse us. In our case, it amounts to betrayal.

Hague: the countries who attack Israel and those who defend it

The free world is collapsing. Opinion.