Israel’s ‘democracy’ protesters destroy their own platform
The disgraceful mob attack in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur has far wider resonance.Op-ed.
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The moral bankruptcy of the world
Raisi’s triumphalism at the U.N. is a result of the West’s surrender. Op-ed.
Abbas voices his monstrous antisemitism, again
The Palestinian leader’s bigotry is in lockstep with the West’s hypocritical outrage.Op-ed.
Musk vs. Greenblatt is the unspeakable vs. the uneatable
Taking sides in this contest reflects the deep moral confusion of the West. This is not a fight in which Jews can properly pick a side.Op-ed
Israelophobia is the newest form of the oldest hatred
The distinction between hating Jews and hating Israel is bogus.Op-ed.
Why compromise is unlikely in Israel’s crisis
The protesters won't stop because they think they can bring Netanyahu’s government down.Op-ed.
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Herzog’s lamentable performance
Israel needs to deliver an entirely different message to its two-faced U.S. ally. Op-ed.
The real crisis in the West
In obsessing over Israel's policies, the free world is looking the wrong way. Op-ed.
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The malevolent reporting on Israel’s Jenin operation
Much of the West believes the antisemitic lie that the Jews are responsible for their own destruction. Op-ed.
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It’s time to dismantle the United Nations
The moral corruption of this global body has knocked the free world off its compass. The world needs an alliance of democracies. Op-ed.
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Israel’s American ‘frenemy’
If Netanyahu won’t alert Americans to their government’s abandonment of Israel, U.S. politicians must step up to the plate. Op-ed.
'Pulse of Israel':
First conference on unmasking Jew-hatred
The first 'Pulse of Israel' conference on unmasking Jew-hatred within the Palestinian national movement will take place on June 25th
Challenging the BBC on Israel
Finally, people are pushing back publicly against the outlet’s lethal distortions. Op-ed.
The Jews’ lesson for the West
Conservatism and the nation need each other to survive.Op-ed.
The Biden administration’s anti-antisemitism travesty
The IHRA definition has led defenders of the Jewish people down a blind alley.Op-ed.
Jew-hatred struts the stage in Berlin
The obscene spectacle staged by musician Roger Waters exposes the moral vacuum in Holocaust memorializing. Op-ed.
The weaponization of antisemitism against conservatives
A conference on how to save the West has been smeared by those out to destroy it. Op-ed.
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As Gaza’s rockets are fired at Israel, so are media missiles
Behind Western hostility to Israel and indifference towards Iran lies a baleful explanation. Op-ed.
The coronation will be more than an amazing spectacle
The West needs to grasp what it says about nation and religion. Op-ed.
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The antisemitism that drives identity politics
For many in the West, Jew-hatred is invisible and grossly misunderstood.Op-ed.
Israel’s protests are now crossing sacred red lines
The battle is existential and reflects a similar struggle in the West.Op-ed.
The real lesson for Israel from Ireland’s Good Friday Agreement
U.S. Democrat administrations have continued to interfere in Ireland in deeply partisan ways, incentivizing terrorist violence Op-ed.
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The true agenda of Israel’s mass protests has been laid bare
That agenda includes America's outrageous attack on Netanyahu's right to govern. Op-ed.
Israel’s post-democracy moment
The massive protests rocking Israel are about far more than judicial reform. What is striking is the irrationality at their core Op-ed.
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Israel’s two-faced allies
The UK and US undermine Israel’s security by sanitizing, promoting and funding Palestinian Arabs, who wish to destroy the Jewish state.Op-ed
The urgent need for Israeli electoral reform
While the West is increasingly alienated from democracy, Israel’s internal convulsions present terrifying dangers.
The real threat to Israeli democracy
Universalism has undermined it from both inside and out. Op-ed.
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Biden’s less than ironclad commitment to Israel
The administration crosses two ominous red lines.Op-ed.
Can the whole world be wrong?
A new book is essential to understanding the lunacy over Israel and the global jihad.Op-ed.
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The UK has failed to prevent Islamist extremism and protect Jews
The U.K. government’s Prevent program fails to recognize the continuum between non-violent Islamist narratives and terrorist networks.Op-ed.
The entrenchment of Western Jew-hatred
As the culture hurtles towards the precipice, Diaspora Jews are like rabbits caught in the headlights. Op-ed.
Netanyahu at bay, but what about the facts?
Israel’s political upheaval reflects partisan tunnel vision on all sides. Op-ed.
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An ancient spoon stirs American mischief against Israel
The Department of Homeland Security has internalized the Palestinian Arab big lie. It is all utter garbage. Op-ed.
The Israeli canary in the West’s cultural coal mine
The attacks on Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount excursion defy reason. Op-ed.
The religious culture war comes to Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu and King Charles turn out to have something in common, Op-ed.
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The European Union’s subversion of Israel
Israel’s controversial Maccabean Three may be channeling Jewish history all over again. Op-ed.
How Biden's attempt to counter Jew-hatred undermines itself
Someone needs to teach the Biden administration just what antisemitism is. Op-ed.
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The Good Jew/Bad Jew demonization strategy
Hysteria over the new Israeli government will harm the wider Jewish world. Op-ed.
Diaspora Jews keep making the same mistake
Herzl would recognize all too well the tragic fantasy of assimilation. Op-ed.
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The humbug of the West over murdered Israelis
Through Palestinian propaganda, what was once confined to Nazi Germany has now poisoned much of the free world. Op-ed.
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Deep changes in American society are a security risk for Israel.
It’s time for Israel to untie the American apron strings. No need to cut them, however. Op-ed.
Dragons and dragon-slayers in Israel and America
Most Israeli Jews know which is which, most American Jews do not.Op-ed.
Israel joins the West’s culture wars
Those clutching their pearls over the “fascists” poised to join Israel’s new government should look in the mirror. Op-ed.
The unholy alliance between Republicans and Islamists
Conservative despair about the liberal erosion of the West is delivering it to its mortal foes. Op-ed.
The false distinction between anti-Semitism and Israel-bashing
Such lethal myopia now stretches from Australia to a London theater. Op-ed.
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Hysteria greets British PM Liz Truss’s embassy move proposal
Britain’s elites loathe Israel on a scale that just doesn’t exist in America. Op-ed.
Democracy’s watchdog has abandoned its role
American voters have been left ignorant of the peril posed by Biden's two-faced approach to both Israel and Iran. Op-ed.
Why social justice warriors can’t deal with anti-Semitism
The war against the Jews is also the war against Western civilization.Op-ed.
The real reason for the war against Israel and the West
Lapid’s support for a Palestinian state compounds a disastrous error.Op-ed.
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The momentous task facing King Charles III
The British fear that with the Queen’s death, a Britain of priceless values may also be passing. Op-ed.
Tearing up the rules of engagement between Israel and America
The deepening row over the killing of Shireen Abu Akleh has exposed the excruciating error of Israeli strategy towards the Biden administrat
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The BBC’s perfectly sealed thought system
Complaints about its bias against Israel and its indulgence of Islamist extremism get nowhere. Op-ed.
Al-Zawahiri’s assassination is Groundhog Day for America (again)
The US has returned to where it all started: the axis between the Taliban and Al-Qaeda that led to 9/11 and troops in Afghanistan. Op-ed.
Israeli TV’s shallow, irresponsible stunt
Gil Tamary made clear he knew exactly what he was doing by referring to the site as “a place forbidden to non-Muslims.” Op-ed.
The urgent need for proper Jewish leadership
Core Jewish principles involve putting others’ interests before yours, respecting every human being, moral codes on right and wrong. Op-ed.
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POTUS: warm words and empty gestures
Despite the president’s genuine affection for Israel, his itinerary sent out baleful signals.
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The fall of Boris Johnson
The question for voters in the UK, US and Israel is whether a leader’s gifts are more important than character flaws, or vice versa.
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Licking Ben & Jerry’s
It shows what can be achieved when there’s a backlash against anti-Israel bigotry. Op-ed.
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The moral clarity of Nikki Haley
With Republicans lacking a vision for America to counter the disastrous Biden administration, her recent speech was rain in a desert.Op-ed.
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The EU’s Jerusalem charm offensive
Despite all the warm words in Jerusalem, there’s no sign that the longtime hostility towards Israel is about to ease.Op-ed.