Strangling Iran: Will Trump’s endgame win out?

Will Washington tie its measures together so financial pressure becomes a noose that follows Iranian trade on the sea, in the air, through banks and possibly across land borders too? And makes the routes still left to Iran impossibly expensive?

Strangling Iran: Will Trump’s endgame win out?

September 10, 2001: the day we lost

“The day everything changed" became “the day everything went back to how it was before," only even crazier and more suicidal. That morning the Islamist terrorists planted a poisonous seed that continues to grow throughout the West. Opinion.

September 10, 2001: the day we lost

Two screens, one choice: ‘Naza’ lies vs. ‘Fauda’ truth

While a libelous Israeli film was rewarded in Venice with a jury prize and a standing ovation, the popular TV series confronts viewers with the truth about Oct. 7. Opinion.

Two screens, one choice:  ‘Naza’ lies vs. ‘Fauda’ truth

Rome and the West:

A slow demise and a horrific suicide

What ideas define the intellectual and spiritual state of the West today? Only one: Marxist mutations in their most repulsive and absurd forms. And the West opened its doors to fundamentalist Islam, represented by the Muslim Brotherhood and its patrons, most notably Qatar and Turkey. Opinion.

A slow demise and a horrific suicide

Never will I forget the jumpers of 9/11

Twenty-five years later, the most unbearable images of September 11 still demand that we remember not only the victims, but the ideology that murdered them. Opinion.

Never will I forget the jumpers of 9/11

The honey isn't a prediction. It's an aspiration.

I cannot promise my children a sweeter world in 5787, but I must promise them that we will not surrender our place in it. Jewish hope is not optimism, optimism says things will get better.Opinion.

The honey isn't a prediction. It's an aspiration.

The meaning of the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11

The 9/11 attack was meant to be a declaration of war on behalf of the Islamist agenda to conquer the world. Why is the West still ignoring it? Opinion.

The meaning of the attack on the World Trade Center on 9/11

A century of British hostility

Britain did not recognize Israel until 1950, two years after its founding, and was among the last Western democracies to do so. Part of a pattern. Opinion.

A century of British hostility

Melanie Phillips:

The ethnic cleansers of Whitehall

Britain’s “as-a-Jew" foreign secretary is a disgrace to his people. Opinion.

The ethnic cleansers of Whitehall

The Jewish Year art collection:

Inner Lights

An artistic interpretation of the annual Jewish Holidays.

Inner Lights

More Jews need to train in Michael Rapaport’s style of Jew Fu

Antisemitism is not a misunderstanding to be corrected. It is a functioning social technology that organizes identity, supplies a scapegoat and simplifies the moral universe for people who want it simplified. Rappaport knows how to deal with it. Opinion.

More Jews need to train in Michael Rapaport’s style of Jew Fu

Why boycott Jews in Judea?

Britain’s Jewish foreign secretary knows the Jewish story

Ed Miliband invoked his family’s refuge in Israel before announcing a policy that economically isolates Jewish communities in the land where Jewish history began.

Britain’s Jewish foreign secretary knows the Jewish story

The UK is accountable for Hebron - and for rewarding October 7

Britain should be tried at the international level and before an international court for its past and present misdeeds. Opinion.

The UK is accountable for Hebron - and for rewarding October 7

Giulio Meotti:

Is Britain going to boycott Israeli intelligence warnings too?

In recent years, Israel's Mossad has helped thwart some 50 attacks in twenty countries, not a few of them in Britain. Perhaps Israel should stop warning ingrates who sanction her to get Muslim votes. Opnion.

Is Britain going to boycott Israeli intelligence warnings too?

Netanyahu on Mount Hermon:

Israel holds the high ground, Iranian Axis severely weakened

From the Syrian summit overlooking Damascus, the Israeli prime minister asserts unprecedented control of the northern border and states that the regime in Tehran is “very close" to defeat, recasting the security balance in the Middle East. Is he correct? Opinion.

Israel holds the high ground, Iranian Axis severely weakened

Charlie Kirk stood with the Jews. We must stand for his legacy

The message that Charlie shared cannot be lost with him. Op-w ed.

Charlie Kirk stood with the Jews. We must stand for his legacy

Jonathan Pollard:

What Israel's response to Britain should have been

Why all the other signatories of Foreign Secretary Miliband’s antisemitic initiative weren’t also sanctioned by having their consulates in Jerusalem closed is totally beyond me.

What Israel's response to Britain should have been

Attempt to throw Netanyahu under the bus

An allegation from anonymous sources in a book released for maximum marketing sales is ugly stuff. Opinion.

Attempt to throw Netanyahu under the bus

To Britain:

Peace requires recognizing Jewish rights, not destroying them

If Jews do not have the right to live, then ipso facto, Palestinian Arabs have the right to kill them, and it is not murder to do so. Does that bring us closer to peace? Opinion.

Peace requires recognizing Jewish rights, not destroying them

Eleven at the threshold of Eternity

Rebbetzin Esther Jungreis, the sacred lessons of September 11, and a divine call to awaken. Op-ed.

Eleven at the threshold of Eternity

Danny Lewin HY"D: The very first victim of 9/11

On the morning of September 11, 2001, Danny Lewin boarded American Airlines Flight No. 11 in Boston, expecting to reach Los Angeles. In the course of a struggle that took place between Lewin, a graduate of Israel’s elite commando unit, Sayeret Matkal, and the four hijackers who were assaulting the cockpit, Lewin was murdered by armed Satam Al Suqami, a 25-year-old Saudi.

Danny Lewin HY"D: The very first victim of 9/11

The United Kingdom's colonialism - then and now

Real colonizers don’t pay retail. Opinion.

The United Kingdom's colonialism - then and now

Requiem for Charlie Kirk:

More than a memory.

It is the fate of many heroes who take up the quest to return society to its values, to find a path destined for martyrdom.

More than a memory.

Ken's Thought of the Week:

We remember 9/11 but ignore its lessons

US security agencies, until 1991, monitored the communist threat, but largely ignored the growing Islamist and globalist threats. The US still does not fight Islamit threat the way it should. Opinion.

We remember 9/11 but ignore its lessons

Warning:

Amb. Huckabee, watch out for the real trap

Pallywood media fests do not happen randomly. They are deliberately planned and timed to impel some sort of anti-Jewish policy, under the radar. Opinion.

Amb. Huckabee, watch out for the real trap

Giulio Meotti:

Mark my words: Europe’s Caliphate has arrived

It is above all from what you can no longer do that you understand that the Caliphate has arrived in Europe. Opinion.

Mark my words: Europe’s Caliphate has arrived

From Prayer to Action:

The High Holidays in Bavaria, 1945

Jewish chaplains who encountered Holocaust survivors in 1945 went from dealing in spiritual healing to much-needed relief work, with Chaplain Abraham Klausner at the helm. Op-ed.

The High Holidays in Bavaria, 1945

Remembering 1947:

When rioting British soldiers killed Jews in Tel Aviv

British soldiers rioted in Tel Aviv in 1947 following the hangings of two British soldiers by the Irgun, however, the deaths of the British resulted in an end to their hangings of Jews. There is a lesson there[. Op-ed.

When rioting British soldiers killed Jews in Tel Aviv

Jonathan Pollard’s next mission

Jonathan, you cannot be a kingmaker from outside the palace. A list at 0.6 percent is not a hinge on the door. It is a hole below the waterline, and the ship it sinks is ours. Please withdraw or merge before tonight's deadline. Opinion.

Jonathan Pollard’s next mission

Dangerous moral failure in the UK:

The threat to boycott Jewish communities

Once again, Britain’s political leaders have completely lost their moral compass when it comes to Jews and Israel.

The threat to boycott Jewish communities

Why is the Democratic Party condoning antisemitism?

How can the Democrat Party be so blatantly ant-Israel? Opinion.

Why is the Democratic Party condoning antisemitism?

What is Huckabee going to do now?

Mike Huckabee says bad behaviour should have consequences. But first you have to know what happened. Op-ed.

What is Huckabee going to do now?

Who wants them?

They want to leave, Israel wants them to leave, and only those who profess to care about them but just want to use them protest their leaving. So what are we waiting for? Opinion.

Who wants them?

The IDF caught with its hand in the cookie jar

Loving Israel does not require remaining silent when an Israeli institution gets something wrong. Opinion.

The IDF caught with its hand in the cookie jar

54 years since the Munich Olympics:

When Germany failed the Jews again

When it came to murdering Jews, the Germans were experts. In saving them, they turned out to be catastrophic incompetents. Opinion.

When Germany failed the Jews again

Zack Polanski wants to be an MP:

Don’t repeat the Corbyn mistake

Holborn and St Pancras is more than a by-election. It is a test of whether those who recognise what is happening in British politics are actually prepared to do something about it. Opinion.

Don’t repeat the Corbyn mistake

Giulio Meotti:

The English city where the West goes to die

Birmingham City Council decided to ban the English flag and the flag of St George. For "public safety." Opinion.

The English city where the West goes to die

Iran's new front:

America’s Persian Gulf bases are now in the crosshairs

By targeting U.S. military positions across the Persian Gulf, Tehran is transforming a contained confrontation into a regional test of deterrence, escalation, and American resolve. Opinion.

America’s Persian Gulf bases are now in the crosshairs

The new libel to destroy Israel

Anti-Israel libel of the month: Violence in the “West Bank" is being malevolently misrepresented. Opinion.

The new libel to destroy Israel

The immutable Esther Doctrine

Who could have imagined a politician cynically invoking the model of Esther to advocate for putting the Jewish people in danger in support of electing to power modern Haman-like enemies? Go out and vote to defeat those malign Jew-hating candidates. Opinion.

The immutable Esther Doctrine

Eisenkot’s brave delusions

He calls the ‘Two-State Solution’ delusional - and then guarantees its fruition. Opinion.

Eisenkot’s brave delusions

Alma Report: Hezbollah's transformation

From a large terror army to a decentralized guerilla threat

Hezbollah has sustained unprecedented damage, but it currently continues to invest in recovery and force buildup, while adapting its force structure and operational plans to the new reality that has emerged in Lebanon and the region. Opinion.

From a large terror army to a decentralized guerilla threat

25 years since Durban:

The Durban strategy and the campaign to isolate Israel

By hijacking an anti-racism agenda for its own antisemitic goals, the Durban summit sought to delegitimize a sovereign state and rationalize terrorist violence. Opinion.

The Durban strategy and the campaign to isolate Israel

Media Wars:

The Wizard and the Media

This current cycle of blood libels is not new to the Jewish nation, but it is unique because technology has allowed the poison to infiltrate the entire world at lightning speed. Opinion

The Wizard and the Media

Jews for Haman

The Jewish people are cursed to have “leaders" like Dana Nessel and Brad Lander in politics, cowards who throw their own people to the wolves, who lack the courage to stand up to true evil and who cheer as it triumphs. Opinion.

Jews for Haman

The front line is everywhere:

Why Europe must dismantle Tehran's hybrid terror network

IRGC-linked networks have exploited open borders, civil liberties, and gaps in counter-terrorism coordination to establish operational cells across the continent. Opinion.

Why Europe must dismantle Tehran's hybrid terror network

Were claims of ‘Famine’ in Gaza a Blood Libel?

It all depends. Did Israel weaponise food to starve adults and kids especially to death? Opinion.

Were claims of ‘Famine’ in Gaza a Blood Libel?

The Genocide Lobby

There exists a lobby that operates against the Jewish people, and its most powerful instrument is Jews. Opinion.

The Genocide Lobby

Expect a chaotic Fall 2026 semester in New York City

Unlike his predecessor Eric Adams, who was mayor during the Spring 2024 semester of encampments (the most confrontational semester in decades), Mamdani is on the side of the Student Intifada. Opinion.

Expect a chaotic Fall 2026 semester in New York City

Jewish Civic Engagement:

The 360° Approach

The Jewish community and its allies need to adopt a comprehensive 360° strategy to confront the challenges of modern Jew Hatred. Opinion.

The 360° Approach

‘Woke 2’ is Worse Than ‘Woke 1’

Wokes are only pretending to turn the page. They are no more mature and no less cruel than their old counterparts. Opinion.

‘Woke 2’ is Worse Than ‘Woke 1’

Europe has become Islam's playground

Is Europe so shortsighted that it does not realize that Islamic mega-gifts have strings attached? Or does it simply not care? Opinion.

Europe has become Islam's playground

Does Jewish existence conflict with human survival?

Unlike Dana Nessel, most Jews still consider the existence of the Jewish people, and the Jewish state, to be a Jewish value. They’re proud to be Jews-and they’re equally proud of the role Jews have played in human history. Opinion.

Does Jewish existence conflict with human survival?

Unaddressed violence in Judea and Samaria

They fled into their "sanctuary city", confident that no one would bother to search for them and not one of the local residents would turn them in. Op-ed.

Unaddressed violence in Judea and Samaria

The Illusion of Integration:

Why validating Ra'am threatens Israel's security realism

If Israel normalizes political Islamism within its own governing coalitions to satisfy immediate electoral math, it projects strategic incoherence to its regional partners. Opinion.

Why validating Ra'am threatens Israel's security realism

What the Mossad’s Ahmadinejad Bet got right -- and wrong

Where the creative plan of the Mossad stumbled and what the plan for overthrowing Iran's current regime needs to succeed. Opinion.

What the Mossad’s Ahmadinejad Bet got right -- and wrong