A 'Two-State Solution' would be urging nothing less than the creation of a criminal aggressor state, one for whom the barbarism of October 7 represents a template for future actions against Israel. It would not be bound by pre-state compacts. And there is more. Op-ed.
Why doesn't Israel adopt the same policy as every other sovereign country, not negotiating with terrorists? Op-ed.
Netanyahu response to Trump’s demands almost mirrors the failure of the Yom Kippur War. Trump and his advisors also have an agenda, a planned diplomatic and media event before he takes office, on his way to winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Opinion.
I badly want to believe that with this deal, there is more than meets the eye and it will end well. Op-ed.
A Columbia U. professor says Netanyahu is a warmonger, ignores the threat of Islamic Jihad. Opinion.
If the plan to hit Hamas with all our might after the ceasefire does not happen, we should look back at October 7th and remember that there is no one to blame for that day and every day thereafter except the Israeli Left. Opinion.
Pro-Israel figures denigrated both Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President-elect Donald Trump for agreeing to and participating in what they see as one of history’s worst deals. Is it? Opinion.
Conflicted Jewish groups, confronting hate speech, want censorship back. Opinion.
Both are examples of moral degradation that, if left unchecked, threaten the fabric of civilized society. Opinion.
The deal offers the world a sobering reflection on how life is valued differently by each side. Opinion.
Trump’s desire to seal a pre-inauguration deal forced Israel’s acquiescence. Op-ed.
Remember: About 12,000 terrorists, released by previous governments of Israel, murdered about 2,750 Israelis. That is evidence enough to predict what is going to happen, G-d forbid. Opinion.
The world does not want us to win! Not our enemies, nor our “friends”. Op-ed.
The hostage-ceasefire deal does not change the distance from Nir Oz to Khan Yunis. What it does show is that we are out of the Blinken frying pan and into the Trump fire. And that Yahya Sinwar was a psychopathic murderer, but also a perceptive psychologist. Opinion.
'Palestinianism', not Iran, is the greatest threat to Israel. The answer is not geopolitics of regional accords, it's the defense of the land and its borders against an enemy that lies within them. Opinion.
We dery this deal, but if we do not continue to fight and defend the State of Israel, who will? We are not Kaplanists who break the rules when they don't like something.
We can only hope that Trump’s pressure is part of a larger plan to secure Israel’s total victory, not its surrender. Opinion.
Israel must act now! It cannot wait for Trump to do the job because he may not want to. Delaying action will place Israel in a precarious position, constrained by shifting American foreign policy priorities. Opinion.
Defeating Hamas and freeing all our hostages are both worthy objectives but they are incompatible. Have we learned nothing? Opinion.
The goal of both Israel and the US should have always been the unconditional surrender of Hamas. Now, Hamas will learn that hostage-taking is the most effective strategy to use against Israel. Op-ed.
Is there no choice but to let go hundreds of terrorists for some of the hostages? Did Israel give in to please Trump? Opinion.
American Zionists need to start implementing a new agenda to guide their activism after over a year in which Israel is fighting an existential war. Op-ed
Dealing Palestinian Arab terrorists for Israeli hostages might seem a moral thing to do, but it also may be the most disastrous. Opinion.
The immediate danger we face due to the surrender in the hostage deal is the establishment of a Palestinian state. It doesn't seem to matter to the incoming US administration that the majority of the people oppose it; in their eyes the Israeli leadership and the people in Zion are irrelevant.
Providing financial support and political power to terror-related groups without changing their nefarious messaging will not advance normalization. Opinion.
No matter who is in the White House and the Knesset, no matter how much they disappoint us, the Jewish people only have one Leader. Op-ed.
To save 33 tragically kidnaped hostages (and they won't all be alive), Israel will be consigning thousands of Jews to their future deaths. This is not "maybe." This is guaranteed. It happens every time.
Crown Heights Women for the Safety and Integrity of Israel calls on the Israeli Government to reject the terms being forced on Israel for a cease fire agreement with Hamas!
From support for the BDS movement, to hosting terrorists to accepting terrorist tainted funding, some of the nation's top universities have become too comfortable with connections that they would have shunned not long ago.
We have had one hundred years of conciliatory policies that do not work. It is time to try something different. Will we? If a hostage deal goes through, we will have a better idea of where we are going with this. Review.
Rape has becone a political issue: If the rapist is white, he will be condemned by all, if he is Muslim, authorities and feminists will worry about votes and being called racists and try not to mention his ethnicity. How the scales of justice have broken apart. Opinion.
The problem of antisemitism is not going away. Public expressions of that antisemitism are on the rise and we can expect violence from jihadis, in Milwaukee as well. Should we do nothing? Opinion.
Today Qatar wants to take over Europe with money and propaganda. And they certainly don't hide it. Opinion.
The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) created, in conjunction with the Chief Rabbinate of Israel, uniform Conversion Policies and Standards (“GPS”) for conversion to Judaism and a nationwide network of GPS conversion courts. Here is why. Opinion.
Whatever differences emerge between Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) and its predecessors, whether suddenly or incrementally, all jihadi groups will continue to embrace terrorism as a redemptive expression of religious sacrifice. Opinion.
By a vote of 428 to 88, members of the American Historical Association last week adopted a resolution accusing Israel of committing “scholasticide”- do you wonder what that could possibly mean? See below.
From their support for the BDS movement to hosting terrorists to accepting terrorist tainted funding, some of the nation's top universities have become comfortable with connections they would have shunned not long ago. There is a critical need to investigate these connections and hold the universities accountable in their legitimation of the views of Islamist terrorist groups. Opinion.
The lesson? Never trust the media…as you wave goodbye to the worst president in our history. Opinion.
A recent IDF exhibition serves as a deeply sobering reminder of the dangers Israel confronts. Opinion.
Ahmed Al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammadal-Julani, boasted about his organization's ability to provide him necessary protection. One must question what abilities Al-Sharaa relies upon. Opinion
The US Supreme Court determined that engaging in political advocacy on behalf of a FTO or in furtherance of its goals, as well as training members in how to use the law or engage in other activities to further the goals of the FTO is covered by the Act. Enforcement is all that is necessay. Opinion.
The IDF's miraculous achievements in this war should be the basis of movies that can join the list in this article, so why have Hollywood's Jewish producers remained largely silent? Opinion.
The owner of the X social-media platform shows what Israel’s defenders could achieve if they came off the back foot. Opinion.
Determining the value of life is a question of moral relativism on the left. Whether life is sanctified or not depends, horrifically, on whose life it is. January 20 can't come soon enough. Opinion.
Slanting the news to promote a political position may be effective propaganda, but it is bad journalism and puts the lie to AP's pledge for fact-based reporting. It can't get the most basic facts right when it comes to Israel and the PA. Opinion.
The pressing need to reform the army’s High Command has widespread public support and this reform must include clearly defined principles which effectively ensure that another slaughter of our people does not occur. Opinion.
At woke universities, the capitulation of the cultural establishment to woke progressivism appears complete. They are offended by the literary rapes in Ovid, but hail the real rapes of Hamas. Opinion.
Despite intense efforts by international mediators and mounting pressure on all sides, the question remains: is it worth it for Israel to negotiate with Hamas over the release of hostages? Opinion
Thank goodness there are many other Christians, including Roman Catholics, who reject, what so much corroborating evidence shows to be an ingrained animus towards Jews and their lonely, continuously targeted, tiny beleaguered nation in its tiny nation-state. Op-ed.
Part 1 of 2. Welcome to the experiences of a rav of 43 years who has served in “kiruv”/outreach settings as well as in major cities. What may sound funny to Judaic Insiders can be tragic to Outsiders trying to find a portal in.
Does it make any sense for American Jews to go against the leadership and agenda most Americans want? Opinion.
Instead of putting pressure on Hamas to release all of the hostages immediately, the American government doomed 100 people to continued captivity and torture, and in some cases, death, through idiotic statements and misguided pressure on Israel. Opinion.
An analysis of the Lebanese Army’s activity during the first month of the ceasefire does not predict a rosy future for its continuation.
Pakistani rape gangs in the UK, Israeli hostages in Gaza--and beyond. Opinion.
Syria's al-Jolani is a Muslim Brotherhood follower. And the West has not internalized the chasm yawning in front of it. Opinion.
So what is behind that stubborn Religious Zionist desire to defeat the enemy in battle? What is behind Religious Zionist soldiers' (and others') willingness to sacrifice their lives in this existential war? (From the Hebrew press.)
Your father z”l's 40th Yahrzeit is coming up soon. And although I’ve never seen any movement when passing by, I would imagine your father must be turning over in his grave.
Too bad he didn’t take a hike long ago, when he first revealed his real fealty and true khaki-green colors. Opinion.
The initiative will spearhead development of Israel's military AI systems and is expected to boost Israel's status as a strategic U.S. partner.
