The manipulated campaign against the 'Hilltop Youth'

These young pioneers are not violent criminals. They are the front line of Jewish resilience. Opinion.

The manipulated campaign against the 'Hilltop Youth'

Jonathan S. Tobin:

Israel owes Trump, but that can’t mean Hamas’s survival

The president wants an end to the war in Gaza so he can make more deals in the region. As much as Jerusalem must defer to him, there must be limits to that gratitude. Opinion.

Israel owes Trump, but that can’t mean Hamas’s survival

Rise of Fascism:

Elite American school teaches children to love Hitler, hate Jews

Across the nation, radical teachers are “educating’ students that Jews are colonial interlopers in the Middle East and that Hamas’s genocidal ambitions are completely justified. Some are glorifying Hitler. Opinion.

Elite American school teaches children to love Hitler, hate Jews

"Redemptive Antisemitism" aims to rid the world of all Jews

There is no Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world, but there is a widespread global anti-Jewish conspiracy based on the principles of “Redemptive Antisemitism”.

"Redemptive Antisemitism" aims to rid the world of all Jews

When silence betrays

A call to American Jewish leadership about the urgency of courage in facing antisemitism. Opinion.

When silence betrays

Two Music Festivals, one lesson about antisemitism

Tucker Carlson does not fit the bill. Opinion.

Two Music Festivals, one lesson about antisemitism

Judgment and misjudgment

In Iran the Foreign Minster, Kamal Karrazi, told Arafat, “No Muslim can allow holy Jerusalem to remain under occupation, and the Organization of the Islamic Conference will never let any deal be made over Jerusalem.” Opinion.

Judgment and misjudgment

Jack Engelhard:

Operation Rising Lion…the movie

I say a movie, indeed a blockbuster, to tell the story of Israel as it is today, a nation of warriors desirous of peace. Opinion.

Operation Rising Lion…the movie

The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Antisemitism

We must demand recourse

We cannot be silent. Silence has rarely ended well for us. Opinion.

We must demand recourse

Salt of the earth series:

Sgt. Neriya Belete Hy”d:'Life is a road on which we must advance'

The Belete family's legacy is a path of sacrifice, leading from the desert roads of Sudan to the sands of the Gaza Strip.

Sgt. Neriya Belete Hy”d:'Life is a road on which we must advance'

Yeah…let’s talk about “Proportionality”

Of course, I knew that neither facts nor statistics would change my friend's hermetically sealed mind, but there was pleasure in this brief moment anyway. Opinion.

Yeah…let’s talk about “Proportionality”

The Eisenkot-Kahana-Gantz triangle:

Divorce - Israel style

I got divorced once myself. But I have never gained a full intellectual grasp of Israeli political divorces. They are quite a thing, aren’t they? Opinion.

Divorce - Israel style

From a ‘Ring of Fire’ to a ‘Ring of Hope’

Israel’s military triumphs now may pave the way for a historic opportunity to shift from defense to dialogue. Opinion.

From a ‘Ring of Fire’ to a ‘Ring of Hope’

Stimulating revolt in the Iranian crazy state

Making a deal means trusting Iran, and trusting a crazy state to adhere to any agreement is itself a kind of craziness. The only thing to do is stimulate a revolt. Opinion.

Stimulating revolt in the Iranian crazy state

Welcome to Europe's pro-Iranian madhouse

When gays and trans people want to ally with those who hang “infidels,” history laughs at them with tears in its eyes. Opinion.

Welcome to Europe's pro-Iranian madhouse

The Netanyahu trial:

A strategic liability for the State of Israel

The most appropriate and necessary course of action is to immediately suspend all court proceedings in Netanyahu’s trial until the end of the war. Op-ed.

A strategic liability for the State of Israel

The Netanyahu trial:

I am My Brother’s Keeper, not his Prosecutor!

We must join Trump in demanding an end to the witch hunt against Netanyahu in the light of the war against Iran. The height of absurdity was when he was questioned on a Bugs Bunny stuffed animal his son received decades ago. Opinion.

I am My Brother’s Keeper, not his Prosecutor!

HIAS squanders a beautiful mitzvah

A beautiful opportunity to counter anti-Semitism is squandered behind the sterile, opaque name “HIAS.” Opinion.

HIAS squanders a beautiful mitzvah

As the West dies, Israel’s future lies with rising Asia

Israel shares increasingly fewer values with the leftist West, which in its bid to destroy itself has abandoned its history, culture, uniqueness and belief in itself. Opinion.

As the West dies, Israel’s future lies with rising Asia

An unnoticed moment of divine intervention at the United Nations

A small country they keep on condemning again and again simply for fighting for its existence was able to achieve in three days what world powers failed to accomplish in fifty years .

An unnoticed moment of divine intervention at the United Nations

From ‘Peace through Strength’ to ‘Peace through Victory’

Trump deserves the nearly universal accolades for the courageous military strike on Iran. But his reversal from pursuing his stated goal of ‘unconditional surrender’ squandered the historic opportunity not just to ‘obliterate’ the Fordow site but to defeat the weakened Iran completely. Opinion.

From ‘Peace through Strength’ to ‘Peace through Victory’

The decline and fall of Islamic regimes over the last 100 years

Modern Muslim tyrannies always lose. A one-by-one survey of five of the Muslim nations whose commonality is hating Israel: Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Pakistan. Part 2 (link to part I below).

The decline and fall of Islamic regimes over the last 100 years

Analysis:

Israel’s offensive on Iran upgrades US economy and defense

Israel’s strategic posture vis a vis the US is that of the largest US aircraft carrier, which does not require a single American on board, cannot be sunk, and is deployed in a most critical area. And there is much more. Analysis.

Israel’s offensive on Iran upgrades US economy and defense

Two sides of Israel's existential war

Yes, war brings out the best and the worst in people; and the worst of Western anti-Israel people plummeted to hitherto-unseen depths this week in the UK. Add to that the saga of my being in Israel as a tourist during the war, its worst and its best. Opinion.

Two sides of Israel's existential war

Only 5% of New Yorkers voted for Mamdani

After Zohran Mamdani secured the Democrat nomination for mayor, millions of people around the country are wondering how the city that lived through 9/11 could have done this? The answer is it didn’t. Opinion.

Only 5% of New Yorkers voted for Mamdani

Ken's thought of the week:

Regime change needed in numerous countries/entities

The prospects of regime or entity changes for the top 10 list of existential threats to America. Opinion.

Regime change needed in numerous countries/entities

A doozy of an anti-Netanyahu/Trump two-fer

The claim that the Israeli prime minister crafted the U.S. president’s Truth Social post about dropping his trial is as laughable as it is a shameless lie. Opinion.

A doozy of an anti-Netanyahu/Trump two-fer

Why the Iranians targeted Qatar and not Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan contributes to regional stability by remaining neutral and avoiding conflict. Opinion.

Why the Iranians targeted Qatar and not Azerbaijan

Arab terrorism on trial in the American courts

The United States Supreme Court upholds the right of American victims of Arab terror to sue in American courts. Opinion.

Arab terrorism on trial in the American courts

Is antisemitism worse on the right or left?

The radical-right has no influence on college campuses, where anti-Jewish violence is rampant; and it is Democrats who have failed to expel antisemitic, pro-Hamas elements from their party. Opinion.

Is antisemitism worse on the right or left?

Alma Research Center:

After the strikes, what’s next for the Iranian threat?

As Israelis, we need to know what comes next so we can sleep better at night. How can we ensure we won’t have to undertake such an operation again in a few years? Opinion.

After the strikes, what’s next for the Iranian threat?

Out of the frying pan into the fire

Suddenly, the intifada has moved from the Middle East to New York, as self-hating Jews and self-loathing Americans voted for a rabid antisemite for Democrat mayoral candidate. Opinion.

Out of the frying pan into the fire

Melanie Phillips:

The new populism of the Judeocidal left

The radical candidate poised to become New York’s mayor embodies an alliance between reactionary Islamism and left- wing progressivism. Opinion.

The new populism of the Judeocidal left

Trump, Pharaoh, and the God who writes the story

Leadership is not always linear. And Divine Providence rarely unfolds in straight lines. Imagine if you had lived in Egypt in Moses' time. Opinion.

Trump, Pharaoh, and the God who writes the story

Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer:

The illusory notion that NYC exile could defy Jewish history

The city that was so Jewish that anti-Semites would call it “Jew York” just gave its Democrat primary choice to an outright Jew hater, overt, in your face, Opinion.

The illusory notion that NYC exile could defy Jewish history

Jack Engelhard:

The Ayatollah has no clothes

Trump is a mighty world leader, and a true friend of Israel, but never can he fully understand what it means being a Jew, and the anguish of being tormented by one tyrant to the next. Opinion.

The Ayatollah has no clothes

The calm between storms

After two weeks of rocket fire, heavy casualties, and relentless fear, an Efrat resident shares his family's emotional journey through the war with Iran — and the enduring hope that Israel’s youth may one day grow up in peace.

The calm between storms

Dr. Martin Sherman:

Iran: State disintegration, not regime change

Israel cannot rely on regime change to ensure its security. It must aim at dismantling Iran into separate ethnic entities to ensure that, in the future, it will not become the grave menace that it was in the past. Opinion.

Iran: State disintegration, not regime change

Israel 1948:

They did not surrender

Max Brod wrote about Tel Aviv during Israel's War of Independence. His work and his message are strikingly similar for Israel today. Op-ed.

They did not surrender

War with Iran:

The good and the unfathomable

What should have followed the nuclear facilities bombings was a mop-up exercise by Israel, several weeks perhaps. But it was denied. By Washington. Opinion.

The good and the unfathomable

The Iranians must finish the job!

At this current stage—these dark and bitter days—the core of the regime, its suppression machinery, and propaganda arms are all trying to preserve the status quo. Opinion.

The Iranians must finish the job!

Dear New York Jews

As a citizen of Toronto, all I can say is: Welcome to the club.

Dear New York Jews

Putting Egypt and Turkey on notice

Turkey has been a dominant and strategic partner to Hamas and its leadership, Egypt was the conduit through which arms flowed into Gaza. Beware of consequences. Opinion.

Putting Egypt and Turkey on notice

Ignoring AOC

If you’re confused about how to feel right now, just listen to AOC or Bernie Sanders and do the opposite. Opinion.

Ignoring AOC

Where was American Jewry?

Iran launched lethal missiles and threatened nuclear war against Israel. While the IDF accomplished miracles, Israelis ran to shelters and over twenty were killed. Where were US Jewry's demonstrations? their organizations' protests against attempted genocide? Opinion.

Where was American Jewry?

Reasons to support Israel’s ceasefire with Iran

After suffering humiliating losses on the battlefield, Iran knew it could not survive the wrath of Trump. Iran begged for a ceasefire. It was essentially a complete surrender. Analysis.

Reasons to support Israel’s ceasefire with Iran

Memories from my grandfather and President Trump's father

Perhaps the love of Israel instilled in the Trump family helped, with Divine guidance, to inspire the unwavering support for Israel in these days.

Memories from my grandfather and President Trump's father

Regime overthrow in Iran?

The culture and aspiration for democracy must be deeply rooted in the culture of a people for this to occur. This is not the case in Iran. Opinion.

Regime overthrow in Iran?

Ceaseless fire

A cease fire that does not deal with the underlying causes of the conflict is bound to fail. Negotiations with Iran that do not begin with one question - do you repudiate your fantasy of destroying Israel? - are a waste of time. Opinion.

Ceaseless fire

'America First' does not mean 'Israel last'

Keep Amercan boys out of it but help Israel shoot down Iranian ballistic missiles and such. Opinion.

'America First' does not mean 'Israel last'

Analysis:

The ballistic missile threat persists

Iran’s vast missile arsenal, dispersed across underground bunkers, urban areas and remote regions, will not vanish overnight, although Israel has significantly degraded it. Analysis.

The ballistic missile threat persists

Iran is the new Gaza

As a ceasefire begins with deadly missile barrages and is broken within hours, Israelis can’t help but to be reminded of the rounds of fighting in Gaza. Opinion.

Iran is the new Gaza

The Sovereignty Movement:

And now, as the Middle East is being renewed…

A new front has been added to the military one — the political diplomatic front — and on this front, we can no longer rely on miracles, even after having witnessed so many. The renewed Middle East now emerging must include Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria and the rejection of the idea of a Palestinian Arab state. Opinion.

And now, as the Middle East is being renewed…

First comes strength, then comes peace

How Israel gave the USA the perfect beta for testing its bunker buster bombs and for testing the new world order. Opinion.

First comes strength, then comes peace

An Iranian expatriate writes:

Iran in the shadow of war

No one knows which areas are safe anymore because the regime doesn't bother itself with its citizens' welfare. Regime officials hypocritically mourn the dead—less out of compassion, and more out of frustration that they were not the ones to orchestrate their deaths as they have done for decades. Opinion.

Iran in the shadow of war

Having peace talks after Trump’s bombing ultimatum was ludicrous

Of all murky lunacies, redoing two failed nuclear talks with a wicked regime is the most comic, the most idiotic, the most perilous. Opinion

Having peace talks after Trump’s bombing ultimatum was ludicrous




























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