Prof. Phyllis Chesler

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.

"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.

My letter to President Trump

There are many better uses for the prime Manhattan real estate taken up by the United Nations than the useless, evil institution that stands there now. Op-ed.

The re-emergence of Jew-hate in Amsterdam

For the moment, I am thinking more about the Dutch non-Arabs who are celebrating the “Jew hunt” than I am about the Muslim attackers. Op-ed.

Thank God! Former President Obama will not enjoy a fourth term

The American citizens who voted for Trump are not ashamed of America--they are proud of it. Opinion.

I would never marry or date him. But that's not the issue is it?

The Democratic Party liberals harass, hector, bully, and try to shame me--ceaselessly, but the Kamala hard sell is not for freethinkers such as myself - or for anyone who thinks at all. Opinion.

The infamous/famous literary Jew haters

Group think among the Glitterati and their wannabees, Opinion.

Please answer my burning questions

Iran (good), Israel (bad), Trump (worse)--read all about it in NYT! Opinion.

There are no more safe spaces, nowhere to call home

It is bigger than my own city, bigger than my own country, far bigger than a single continent. Op-ed.

JVP protesters are living in an alternate world

What motivates Jewish Voice for Peace's members, especially young women, to ignore the attacks against Jews and Israel by Arab terrorists? Opinion..

Moral Clarity as we approach October 7

The sight of Jewish blood and Israeli vulnerability, has unleashed a frenzy for more dead Jews, more sadistic pogroms--and all in the name of 'liberation'. Opinion.

A modern pogrom through history’s lens

Never forget: These heavily indoctrinated Arabs are barbarians, and the Westerners who support them are not merely bystanders but collaborators. Opinion.

Review:

The Goldman Trial

It was not really comparable to the famed Dreyfus Trial, but viewers of the film on the Goldman Trial will be left wondering if this particular anti-hero was created by centuries of European antisemitism.

September 11, 2024

9/11 has continued for a long time; it is still happening; it is not over yet.

No one--absolutely no one--stops them

No one else does, so we must. We need to train and encourage young American Jews to turn out in really huge numbers prepared to stand their ground. Opinion.

Alone at the helm

PM Netanyahu is the sole world leader who is standing against radical Islam. Opinion.

The stakes for women in this election are enormous

Under a Harris administration that supports transgender ideology and Islamic fundamentalism women face immeasurable harm. Opinion.

Ceasefire? In exchange for what?

It is as empty a term as the “two-state solution,” which the Palestinians have rejected time and again, and it certainly should not be one that endangers Israel's future. Op-ed

Netanyahu’s historic speech

The prime minister spoke truth to the powers of evil and received an overwhelmingly enthusiastic reception. Opinion.

American Jews’ Oct. 7

How do Americans, especially but not only Jews, demilitarize the hate propaganda against Israel and against America? Op-ed.

The derangement of the university

Pro-terrorist “protesters” dare to demand that the university they have disrupted give them food and drink. Op-ed.

Someday, will the world admit it was wrong?

No matter how much Israel tries to do the right thing, it will never be credited for it. And I wonder about the kind of people who believe that Israel deserved Oct. 7. Opinion.

The world should be on trial - in Jerusalem

And Hamas terrorists, starting with their leader Yahya Sinwar, are not the only ones who should be on trial in Jerusalem and before history. Op-ed.

The New Hamas Times

It may well change its name, as the NYT brings Hamas' casualty figures unchecked, uses words as weapons to help Hamas, and prints fake news as long as it is anti-Israel. Op-ed.

The silence of the feminist lambs on Hamas horrors

Not loudly condemning the rapes of October 7 — or any rapes — is a massive step backward for the women — and men — of the world….Op-ed.

Letter to American "Rabbis for a Ceasefire"

In Israel, there are voices calling for a ceasefire out of concern for the hostages and even at the appalling price of freeing Hamas terrorists. In America, however, non-Orthodox clergy are concerned about Gazans who kidnapped them. Op-ed.

We underestimated the hatred

Jews and Israelis underestimated the profound effect that the anti-Jewish narrative, coupled with a half-century of funding intersectionality,critical race and ANTI-ISRAEL theories, etc. would have on the coming generations. Opinion.

Israeli soldiers don’t have the luxury of grief

Young Israelis today understand more about Jewish history than they ever had to before. Op-ed.

Weep for the young IDF heroes who fell defending humanity

Will the American government ever understand that Islamist Jihad is a religious war launched by barbarians against infidels? Opinion.

Destroying Western culture, one Islamist protest at a time

They are shutting speakers down, blocking entrances to trains, obstructing traffic by blocking roads and bridges all over N. America. Op-ed.

Haaretz, there is no ‘humiliated Israeli masculinity’

What the IDF is doing in Gaza has everything to do with Israel’s determination to rescue its hostages and to finally destroy Hamas. Op-ed.

A feminist group that betrays women

The National Women’s Studies Association now cares more about Palestinian suicide bombers than gender oppression and violence. Opinion.

The failure of Western Feminism when it’s most needed

The Clarity Coallition has stepped in to publicly condemn the Hamas’ massacre against Israel, defending Western civilization.Op-ed.

We are all hostages

When will the West wake up to the fact that we and our way of life are under siege? Op-ed.

Israel must try Hamas terrorists for crimes against humanity

Justice is required. Truth-telling is essential. The world must understand what happened. Like in Nuremnberg. Opiniion.

The world will never be the same again after October 7th.

Jewish victims, Jewish hostages and another falure by the UN. Opinion.

What Jews must do to fight back

Some suggestions for dealing with hatred unleashed.Op-ed.

End the media bombardment of Israel!

The NYT continues to push blood libels and do everything it can to defame Israeli self-defense. Op-ed.

Allies of Israel, toughen up

After a while, the hate stops being shocking and merely disgusts.Opinion.

My unanswered questions in the midst of war

Do Israel’s protesters any regret? Do we believe Biden will stand by Israel? Will Jewish organizations finally fight antisemitism? Opinion.

The Iran-funded Pogrom against Jewish Israel

The antisemitic anti-Israel propaganda is now a tsunami, a cognitive mushroom cloud of death.

Shouting down civility

Raucous protesters against Netanyahu in New York and against Jews praying in Tel Aviv made it clear that they have no desire to talk.Op-ed.

Binyamin Netanyahu, Gilad Erdan -c'est moi, ze ani, ze anachnu

Read Phyllis Chesler's words to the pro-Israel demonstrators in New York yesterday.

Jews, never give up!

In every generation, they rise against us, but in a generation where everyone seems to be rising against us, what must we do?

9/11 and the New Antisemitism

9/11 has continued, it is still happening; it is not over yet. And antisemitism has been rejuvenated. Who would have thought? Op-ed.

Our eternal battle for Zion

Jew-hatred is racist, irrational and homicidal.Jews neither provoke nor deserve.It is the only acceptable prejudice of anti-racists. Op-ed.

Women who fan the flames of hatred

Often it’s nothing but word salad—a stringing together of propagandized soundbites to elicit cheers, applause and return engagements.Op-ed.

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The beautiful people at Cannes

The people may be beautiful but the history they are glossing over is less so. Op-ed.

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I am still shocked by the New York Times

If anything, the Gray Lady’s coverage is even more skewed, blatant, committed to viewing Israeli self-defense as heinous aggression. Op-ed

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Lawsuits are key to fighting Antisemitism

The push to get antisemitism/anti-Zionism under the concepts of national origin or ethnicity, both protected classes, is crucial. Op-ed..

How a Holocaust happens

Remembering the Holocaust may allow us the consolation of assuming that the "worst" has already happened. Alas, this may not be true.Op-ed.

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Cognitive War in Israel

The story of anti-Zionism is filled with Israelis who thought that hasbara—propaganda—was unimportant. Have they learned? Op-ed.

Questions without answers

Do Israel’s protesters understand the damage they have done to the state? Op-ed.

Israeli protesters, I can no longer keep silent

Do you not see that you are tearing the country apart? Or do you not care? Op-ed.

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No one wants to hear this

Propaganda, has now succeeded in turning what seems to be the entire world against the Jews and Jewish Israel. Warnings were ignored. Op-ed.

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'The carriage held but just ourselves — and immortality'.

Natural disaster in Turkey, diminishing number of friends as one ages - our personal world's losses are paralleled by the world's. Op-ed.

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The New York Times’ Orwellian obsession with Israel

The Jewish state and Judaism received disproportionate negative coverage throughout 2022. Op-ed.

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An American college student: Problems, real and Imagined

An American college classroom opens a window through which we can see what is happening to American youth. Op-ed.

The history of the media intifada against Israel

How a war of lies and language endangers not only the Jewish state, but the West itself, in a new book by historian Richard Landes. Op-ed.

Staying or leaving: A matter of life and death

Can we learn from Freud about why Jews overstay our welcome or believe that if assimilated enough we will be spared antisemitism? Op-ed.