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Israeli strikes on banks seek to cripple Hezbollah’s shadow state
The targeting of Hezbollah’s financial foundations signals a strategic blow to its Iranian-funded terror network's grip on Lebanon.
The targeting of Hezbollah’s financial foundations signals a strategic blow to its Iranian-funded terror network's grip on Lebanon.
What sort of god is Allah that requires his people to kill others, to kill themselves in his name and for him, and to kill their own children?
It is bigger than my own city, bigger than my own country, far bigger than a single continent. Op-ed.
Each chapter in this book tells the story of one inspirational Jewish woman (among dozens) and then suggests four different ways in which you can mark your bat mitzvah in her honor and make your own contribution to the world around you. Review.
Israel must take into account Russia’s escalating threats to deter Israeli preemptive strikes against Iran. Opinion.
Palestinian Arabs continue to destroy Jewish archaelogy as the war goes on in order to cleanse all evidence of Jewish history in the region - in most cases with money and equipment provided by the EU, which funds illegal building in Area C at the same time. Op-ed.
Obama’s equivalency between American notions of justice, tolerance and human dignity to that found in Muslim countries was quite simply shocking. And Harris is going down the same road. Opinion.
If it were within the power of the UN to create states, an Arab state would have arisen in 1948 alongside Israel, whether or not the Arabs agreed. Op-ed.
The evil he represented has not died with him. Opinion.
Like the Pharoah of the Exodus, Sinwar’s heart was hardened against any compromise and his hatred outweighed what would have been best for him and his people.
My fears about the US Presidential Election: What would a Biden-Harris Administration do in its waning days if defeated by Trump, or as a victory message should Harris win? Opinion.
Would the BBC have livestreamed a speech by Adolph Hitler? So why did it do so for Khamenei? Opinion.
I followed the columns of NYTimes columnist Thomas Friedman, usually with disgust, for decades and used to dream of a chance to confront him in person. It happened this year when he turned out to be the speaker at a synagogue I attended for the first time. Op-ed.
Let’s not take our foot off the gas. We the Jewish people are responsible one for the other and we must win over all our enemies. Op-ed.
Radical Islam, in the form of Hamas, Hezbollah, ISIS, the Muslim Brotherhood and their ilk, must be eradicated from Israeli borders and the democratic states of the free world, whether by means of a surrender agreement or by force, until elimination and annihilation.
Those Jews who seek Israel’s elimination aren’t “criticizing” Israel. They have joined forces with genocidal Islamists who justify Oct. 7 and the murder of Jews.
All we have to do is give the Palestinian Authority control of a state including Gaza and let UNIFIL inspect private property in Lebanon. What could go wrong? Op-ed.
Join UNIFIL, the place where no one is ever expected to do their job and no one ever does! Op-ed.
International law is not a suicide pact. In fact, Israel’s targeted killing of jihadist murderers like Sinwar is indispensable to justice. Opinion.
We are fighting them because we are determined to live safely and breath freely as the Jewish sovereign nation that we are — on our indigenous homeland. Opinion.
Let the BBC know what you think of them. Opinion.
The Jews have not survived for nearly 4,000 years just so the uneducated and cowardly appeasers leading the west will set the stage for the future destruction of Israel. Op-ed.
What motivates Jewish Voice for Peace's members, especially young women, to ignore the attacks against Jews and Israel by Arab terrorists? Opinion..
A.J. Caschetta starts with a tongue-in-cheek article by Arutz Sheva's Giulio Meotti and goes on to suggest a stellar academic career for Prof. Hamas. The sky's the limit but the craven terrorist boss will have to exit his tunnel to see it. Op-ed.
A look back from Simchat Torah 5784 to 5785 reveals a pattern of amazing truths.
Heads up, liberal Jews, Don't be one of the Jewish Democrats, those smart people who refuse to accept that their party is full of bigots who hate Jews and Israel.
The left has embraced Islamism and is bringing about its own downfall when the rifles will be turned against it. Western suicidal masochism” whose root causes “are to be found more in Freud than in Marx.”
Public figures who speak about other issues are safe in their positions. How can it be that those who support the Jewish people and Israel are threatened and shunned? Opinion.
Antisemitism, explained Sartre in his 1944 classic, “Anti-Semite and Jew” is not a bad opinion of Jews. It is a warped personality that sees nothing amiss in combining hatred for the living Jew with reverence for dead ones. Opinion.
Since October 7th not all is well in Judea and Samaria. Opinion.
Spare me information I don’t need at this time. And the journalistic terrorism at CBS should have all who run it hanging their heads in shame. Opinion.
This is war, and one of the most crucial strategic tools is the element of surprise. Be quiet and stop the constant irresponsible talks, diatribes, criticism and leaks! Stop helping and encouraging our enemies! Opinion.
Translated into Persian, the search for peace and regional stability—the oft-aired aspiration of the Biden-Harris administration—means giving Tehran the bomb. 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.
CBS, the network of Walter Cronkite, has revealed itself to be a propaganda outfit, Opinion.
Jews who voted for Obama, not only once but twice, have a greater allegiance to the DNC than they do to Israel, let alone to domestic problems and global concerns. Will it happen again?
My decision to vote for Trump is not an endorsement of everything he has done or will do because he is an imperfect man. In this election, we have only two viable choices. Of the two, I believe that Trump is by far the superior candidate despite his flaws and mistakes he has made in the past. Opinion.
They are to be found among radical Muslims as well as disloyal Jews.
Israel condemns the United Nations and Secretary-General Guterres who was actually nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in this mad, mad world. Opinion.
Yes, yes, I know you are not barbarians, but do you want to win against barbarians, or not? Go forth in audacious war, and hurt the Jihadist where it humiliates them.
It’s an unsafe time at the University of Michigan and many other places for American Jews. Where are the Jewish counter protests? Opinion.
America’s “both-sidesers” have been afforded the perfect opportunity to achieve moral clarity and choose to become a force for good. Opinion.
We live in a world in which morality has been sickeningly turned on its head. On Yom Kippur we remember the high standards of morality Judaism sets for mankind.
UNRWA nomination for a Nobel Peace Prize transforms ithe meaning of Terror and Peace, akin to how Pride contrasts with religious shame and Holocaust is degraded to an ordinary word.
The dark connections of Biden saying ‘Don’t!’ to Israel striking Iran’s nuclear works combined with his call to lay down arms against Hezbollah did not appear from nowhere. Opinion.
The infamous anti-Semitic protestors in Charlottesville… what did they chant? “The Jews will not replace us!” Why should they think we Jews are going to replace them?
The once prestigious university is not just a campus anymore, it has turned into a caliphate. Sinwar could make the Dean's List. Opinion
We don't beat our breasts over Hezbollah and Hamas losses nor do we gloatingly beat our chests. We must take care to be both humble and vigilant. Op-ed.
It’s best to prepare our starry-eyed, save the world/fight for the underdog, naive offspring before they fly the coop, if that's where they are headed. They won;t learn the truth about Israel by osmosis. Op-ed.
From failure to triumph, Bibi's Ben Gurion moment is a testament to Jewish resilience and determination.
We are at the end of the year of mourning for the October 7 victiims, a day which set Israel and world Jewry on a steep learning curve they are still charting. Opinion.
While Bob Woodward's quotations of Biden cursing Netanyahu are a source of glee for antisemites and Bibi-haters, they reveal disturbingly that Biden cannot bring himself to concede that the PM is correct. Op-ed.
In a stirring address, South Africa Chief Rabbi Goldstein pays tribute to the “unbreakable strength, awe-inspiring bravery and heroism of the Israeli people.”
Netanyahu has suggested renaming the Swords of Iron War the War of Renewal, but what do the Israel-hating media call it - and what will go down in history as its name? Opinion.
For Israel, the underlying existential threat is an adversary who identifies deliberate violence against Jews and the Jewish State as “sacred.”
What happened when a hostage's father turned to J Street for help. Op-ed.
Israel’s digital intelligence capabilities rely on the work of young women operating in arenas like Unit 8200. Op-ed.
To me, October 7 is not so much a one-time Arab event but a footnote to a continuing 2,000-year journey. And October 7 is not just a time for mourning but a time for Purim on Steroids. Opinion.
Every flag has a history. And the story of the Palestinian Arab flag holds some surprises which just might make its bearers think twice. Op-ed.
Despite the pain and tragedy of October 7th, Israel is now in a much better strategic position than it has ever been since its establishment in 1948. And that is due to heaven-sent miracles, including our brave soldiers and the tough decisions made by Netanyahu. Op-ed.