Avi Abelow

Avi Abelow

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This Deal Is a strategic catastrophe - no matter who signed it

We’re not replacing jihadists who want Israel destroyed. We’re rotating them. Opinion.

This Deal Is a strategic catastrophe - no matter who signed it

The Antisemitism tsunami:

The Antisemitism tsunami: In defense of reality

Why Hillel Fuld Is right, and why it’s time we stop hiding behind feel-good illusions. Hillel Fuld is not spreading fear. He is sounding the alarm that far too many Jews refuse to hear. Opinion.

The Antisemitism tsunami: In defense of reality

Please, for God’s sake — wake up!

October 7th wasn’t just a nightmare. It was a warning.

To every Jew in the diaspora, who still thinks he’ll be safe if he keeps his head down, wake up. To every decent Christian, Muslim, Hindu, atheist, who still believes this has nothing to do with him, wake up. Opinion.

October 7th wasn’t just a nightmare. It was a warning.

Hard truths about Gaza

Why hasn’t the IDF implemented the government’s own official policy, to separate civilians from Hamas terrorists and impose full siege on the areas where Hamas remains? Read on.

Hard truths about Gaza

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'

This war's greatest gift: The independence of the Jewish State

Israel is no longer the dependent child of Western powers. We are a sovereign nation rising with moral clarity where others hesitate. Opinion.

This war's greatest gift: The independence of the Jewish State

Giving thanks for the Six Day War

We owe it to ourselves—and to our children—to never forget that we are living in a time of open miracles.

Giving thanks for the Six Day War

When our own former leaders echo Hamas talking points

Former PM Ehud Olmert is an ex-con and Yair Golan, head of a failing political party, is rapidly becoming a has been. Both got media attention because they sold them blood libels about the IDF, but they are completely out of touch with Israelis. Opinion.

When our own former leaders echo Hamas talking points

Must read:

The lowdown on the political and judicial turmoil in Israel

Long, but necessary to understand what can be called The Deep State Plot to Topple Netanyahu and Protect Shabak intelligence Head Ronen Bar on the background of similar events in Israel's past.

The lowdown  on the political and judicial turmoil in Israel

From the Ashes to Sovereignty:

The Jewish Miracle the world still doesn’t understand

We must never forget—not only the horrors of the past but the miracle of the present. and how they are connected. Because If a sovereign Jewish state had existed in the 1930s, millions of Jews could have been saved.

The Jewish Miracle the world still doesn’t understand

Netanyahu speaks out…

With every passing day of these sham court proceedings, and as more Israelis wake up to the truth, Netanyahu is finally saying out loud what many of us have known for a long time. Opinion.

Netanyahu speaks out…

Understanding Our Enemy:

Why those T-shirts were brilliant

The absolute worst thing for them was to be publicly shamed, which is precisely why putting them in the shirts - with their resonant message - was a brilliant move. And the fact that they burned them upon arriving home is further proof that it affected them. Opinion.

Why those T-shirts were brilliant

A clear consensus: Israelis support Sovereignty and relocating Gazans

71% of Israelis oppose a Palestinian state. 80% support US President Trump’s initiative to advance voluntary migration for Gaza residents. 68% back Sovereignty. The PM now has a a clear statement that this is the will of the people of Israel.

A clear consensus:  Israelis support Sovereignty and relocating Gazans

The unbelievable double standard

Instead of Witkoff pressuring Hamas, Iran, Qatar, and Egypt, who were all complicit in the October 7 atrocities, the pressure was placed on Israel. While Trump expels terror supporters from the US, Israel is forced to release terrorists into our midst. Opinion.

The unbelievable double standard

Why did President Trump pressure Israel to make a deal with Hamas?

We can only hope that Trump’s pressure is part of a larger plan to secure Israel’s total victory, not its surrender. Opinion.

Why did President Trump pressure Israel to make a deal with Hamas?

Why do Syria's Druze communities want to join Israel?

As jihadist forces march through the region, minority communities know that aligning with Israel is their only chance for survival. Opinion.

Why do Syria's Druze communities want to join Israel?

Miracles amid the challenges

While not minimizing the tragedies that caused and accompany this war, we must be grateful for the great miracles with which we have been blessed in such a short time period. Opinion.

Miracles amid the challenges

A proactive Israel must seize the day

The left’s dangerous plans ignore a critical truth about the Middle East: things change rapidly, and no peace agreement can be relied upon. Only the strong survive in this neighborhood. Opinion.

A proactive Israel must seize the day

A shared battle

The US and Israel: A shared need to drain the swamps

The US and Israel share the need for exposing the Deep State. It is a wake-up call for freedom. Opinon.

The US and Israel: A shared need to drain the swamps

Time to expose Israel's Deep State

Trump promised to overcome the US Deep State, but Israel's Deep State is much worse and more disheartening because it is undermining the Jewish State from within in the midst of an existential war. Opinion.

Time to expose Israel's Deep State

After the votes are counted

The messaging from the left is now more focused on what happens after the election than the election itself. Op-ed.

After the votes are counted

Netanyahu’s Leadership: A year of miracles and strategic gains

Despite the pain and tragedy of October 7th, Israel is now in a much better strategic position than it has ever been since its establishment in 1948. And that is due to heaven-sent miracles, including our brave soldiers and the tough decisions made by Netanyahu. Op-ed.

Netanyahu’s Leadership: A year of miracles and strategic gains

Time to say: Kudos to Netanyahu!

The "anything but Bibi" group may as well face up to the fact that their nemesis, Israel's beleagured Prime Minister, is delivering the goods - he has proven himself a statesman who cares about the country more than himself. Op-ed.

Time to say: Kudos to Netanyahu!

Those who want to win and those who want to topple Netanyhau

The real divisive force is the same traitorous leftist leaders, such as former IDF CoS and Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who are working to undermine the government and sabotage our efforts to destroy Hamas and rescue the hostages. Opinion.

Those who want to win and those who want to topple Netanyhau

The national wakeup process

People are realizing that the pre Oct. 6th protest movement was not really about judicial reform and the protest movement today is not really about saving the hostages. Opinion.

The national wakeup process

Remind Blinken that Gaza was Jewish

Reclaiming Gaza as a Jewish region is not only a strategic necessity but also a historically just and moral decision. Opinion.

Remind Blinken that Gaza was Jewish

The biggest danger to democracy

The intertwining issues of incitement, assassination and the manipulation of the legal system for political gain paint a bleak picture of contemporary Israeli democracy. The Trump assassination attempt resonates. Op-ed.

The biggest danger to democracy

Pulse of Israel:

A Jewish presence in Israel is a Divine calling

It's essential to understand that the war waged against us is not merely a territorial dispute but a battle for the soul of our nation.

A Jewish presence in Israel is a Divine calling

The political ideology that denies reality

Every mistake made by Israel can be traced to a naive ideology that does not want Israel to win wars, but to make friends in the Middle East instead. Op-ed.

The political ideology that denies reality

There is only one solution for Gaza...

We need a solution that provides security to Israelis and ensures that another Oct. 7th massacre never happens again.

There is only one solution for Gaza...

Coming home to Israel is not about safety

We are not supposed to decide to live in Israel because it is safer. We are not supposed to live here because it has cheaper education costs, and not because our children grow up with more independence. Op-ed.

Coming home to Israel is not about safety

Israel, have faith, ignore the world - and walk into the water!

We are living our modern Exodus story. We have to be like Nachshon and step into the waters of the Red Sea. Op-ed.

Israel, have faith, ignore the world - and walk into the water!

The 3rd solution for Gaza is the one that can work.

Read on to find out what the three suggested solutions for the day after the war are - and why the only one that can work is the third. Opinion.

The 3rd solution for Gaza is the one that can work.

The Biden Administration is a danger to Israel

Honestly, it is absolutely insane when you hear it all explained, but do not despair! We are living in an alternate reality, where good is evil and evil is good. Just listen to this blood libel, issued as an executive order in the name of President Biden himself. Op-ed.

The Biden Administration is a danger to Israel

US Foreign Policy is disconnected from the reality of the Middle East

It’s time the US foreign policy experts who do not understand the culture take a back seat with their Western misunderstanding of the Middle East, and allow Israel to finally speak Arabic.Op-ed.

US Foreign Policy is disconnected from the reality of the Middle East

We are winning, despite the media failing us once again

It is the tiny disconnected far left elites in the media, universities, and Jewish-progressive foundations who have tremendous influence on IDF senior officials and career government staff, many of them retired failures, and want us to repeat their terrible mistakes. Op-ed.

We are winning, despite the media failing us once again

There's only one victory in Gaza

There is only one message of victory when fighting a Muslim enemy- we take our land back! And make sure they emigrate. Op-ed.

There's only one victory in Gaza

President Biden, don’t mess with the Jewish people!

There is record support from Israeli society to do everything ecessanry in order to end all threats against Israel, on all borders. Op-ed.

President Biden, don’t mess with the Jewish people!

The clouds at Dizengoff Square on Yom Kippur had a silver lining

A selection of recent posts by non-religious Israelis is one of the surprise results of the despicable disruptions on the fast day. Op-ed.

The clouds at Dizengoff Square on Yom Kippur had a silver lining

Jew-hatred in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv, the first modern Jewish city, was the scene of an antisemitic protest by the sorely misnamed 'Brothers in Arms' movement. Op-ed.

Jew-hatred in Tel Aviv