Jack Engelhard

Jack Engelhard

Columnist

New York-based bestselling American novelist. Writes regularly for Israel National News Arutz Sheva

News by Jack Engelhard

I blame the Left

If the plan to hit Hamas with all our might after the ceasefire does not happen, we should look back at October 7th and remember that there is no one to blame for that day and every day thereafter except the Israeli Left. Opinion.

I blame the Left

Nothing to cheer

Is there no choice but to let go hundreds of terrorists for some of the hostages? Did Israel give in to please Trump? Opinion.

Nothing to cheer

Good riddance

The lesson? Never trust the media…as you wave goodbye to the worst president in our history. Opinion.

Good riddance

When did the Palestinian Arabs become the good guys?

Back then…once upon a time…Democrats were good guys. The Jews were the heroes. Opinion.

When did the Palestinian Arabs become the good guys?

A perfect storm averted

Trump at my side again, I feel free to take on all of Israel’s enemies, and I feel safe to express my love for Israel cheerfully, full-throated and unconditionally. Opinion.

A perfect storm averted

I do not want to hear Both Sides

Spare me information I don’t need at this time. And the journalistic terrorism at CBS should have all who run it hanging their heads in shame. Opinion.

I do not want to hear Both Sides

Netanyahu addresses the nations, preceded by King David

King David, he knew the score 3,000 years ago. And from his time, nothing has changed. Op-ed.

Netanyahu addresses the nations, preceded by King David

The jig is up for US media

The blatant 3 against 1 in the Trump-Harris debate was egregious enough to set off a firestorm of condemnation against specifically Muir, then ABC News, and then the entire media apparatus. And about time. Opinion.

The jig is up for US media

A softer Trump debates kvetchy Kamala Harris

He had his moments, but he was outnumbered three to one. O how journalism has fallen from the heights of Edward R. Murrow and Walter Cronkite. Opinion.

A softer Trump debates kvetchy Kamala Harris

Bibi, the lonesome cowboy

He stands there without the trappings of his office, without members of his cabinet, without cheering crowds. He is a man entirely alone. And the well-kept secret that US media don't show you is that the polls of Israeli citizens are on his side. Opinion.

Bibi, the lonesome cowboy

So which way, Israel - Chamberlain or Churchill?

For this drama, picture Netanyahu as Churchill, and Gallant as Chamberlain. Opinion.

So which way, Israel - Chamberlain or Churchill?

Zuckerberg regrets -- too late

Hunter's laptop was ignored when it could have made a difference. The lying comes too easy for these people…and the sad part is that too many people fall for their mendacities. Opinion.

Zuckerberg regrets -- too late

As the world burns, America fiddles

A friend from Israel asks if Americans really know what is going on in Israel. On top of that, do Americans really know what’s going on in America? Opinion.

As the world burns, America fiddles

A critical review of the Democrat Convention

First, Kamala. Nary an original thought, she has been properly schooled in the language of blah, blah, blah. Op-ed.

A critical review of the Democrat Convention

Idol worship, Trump, and Kamala Harris

When it comes to erecting an idol out of mud and straw, no one does it better than the Democrats. Opinion.

Idol worship, Trump, and Kamala Harris

Poor world, so shocked by Israel's terrible resolve

For the Israelis, October 7 is a date that will forever live in infamy, Something snapped. Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Dresden come to mind. Opinion.

Poor world, so shocked by Israel's terrible resolve

The Beatles versus the “Palestinians"

Okay, okay, John Lennon wrote "Imagine," but what does it matter if Doomsday is coming closer and closer? Op-ed.

The Beatles versus the “Palestinians"

The Paris Olympics in a time of inhumanity

Israel has become the world’s shooting gallery. Everybody gets a chance to take a shot. Opinion.

The Paris Olympics in a time of inhumanity

The selling of Kamala Harris

They covered for Joe from miscue to miscue, until he finally made a decision so awful that it could not be covered up. And now we have them covering up Kamala's unsuitability for the job. Op-ed.

The selling of Kamala Harris

Trash talk against Bibi…nothing learned from America?

Loose lips, and we nearly lost Trump. Loose lips, and Bibi faces the same danger. Opinion.

Trash talk against Bibi…nothing learned from America?

Dear World: We shall return

Dear World, spare us your schadenfreude. We hear the whispers. But it would be a bad bet to count us out. Opinion.

Dear World: We shall return

Immigration suicide

Does Merkel wake up in a sweat howling, “My gawd, what have I done to Europe?" She should. Op-ed.

Immigration suicide

Why the Democrats are freaking out

Biden is and always was a hopeless case, an inferior man, but together with the media, they constructed a false idol to be worshiped as president. Now, they’ve been caught red-handed for their falsehoods and their cover-ups. Opinion.

Why the Democrats are freaking out

Biden’s bad night. Now what?

We all saw Biden for what he is. Or rather, what he isn’t. Opinion.

Biden’s bad night. Now what?

The importance of being Hunter Biden

They all call him a Child. He is 54-years-old, and they call him a child, a man old enough to be a grandfather, but as a child, he is to be coddled. Op-ed.

The importance of being Hunter Biden

Jews for Trump? Can this be?

How can you vote for Biden? Well, they shrug, Biden is flawed, but at least he is not Trump. That’s the answer? That’s the answer. Will they ever wake up? Opinion.

Jews for Trump? Can this be?

We lose. They win. Is that Blinken’s deal? Gee, thanks

Our enemies will never give up, unless we pound them in the dust. Opinion.

We lose. They win. Is that Blinken’s deal? Gee, thanks

Finally, perplexed, bothered, and bewildered

At a time when Israel is being pummeled from all sides, Israeli leaders need to get their act together and speak in a single Churchillian voice. Opinion.

Finally, perplexed, bothered, and bewildered

Trump is making a big mistake debating Biden

Why should Trump share the same stage with a snake, a man who blocks the shipment of arms to our most valued ally, Israel? And what a stage it is! Opinion.

Trump is making a big mistake debating Biden

Pharaoh comes to Washington

Biden “forgot” Netanyahu, and became the new, harsh Pharaoh, who decrees a halt to those arms shipments that had been promised. He is not killing Jewish babies though, like Pharaoh and Tlaib and Ilhan Omar's Hamas friends did. Op-ed.

Pharaoh comes to Washington

Remembering Jewish gangsters – fondly

Once I wrote: ” Where are the Jewish gangsters when we need them?” And we need them now. On college campuses. Op-ed.

Remembering Jewish gangsters – fondly

Trump’s Jewish experience

Israel must act like the power that has earned it the respect of the world…a respect being diminished each day Israel equivocates. Now to Trump...No one is safe in a country where the corruption is so rampant. Op-ed.

Trump’s Jewish experience

Hitler banned smoking

Hitler banned smoking and the Germans obeyed. In the West, it all began in 1995 when liberals got a cause, no smoking, sanctioned by the government. They went on from there. Opinion.

Hitler banned smoking

Cool hand, Bibi

Israel has a moral duty to send Iran a message…a real message. How? By going after its proxy…Hamas. Opinion.

Cool hand, Bibi

Dear Jack, you are too pro-Israel. I say this as a friend

Too pro-Israel? What is that? When I hear the opening notes to Hatikvah, I am touched so deeply that I can not resist weeping. It gets me all the time. Op-ed.

Dear Jack, you are too pro-Israel. I say this as a friend

Islamic Dearborn, Michigan will decide America's next president

Biden needs Michigan, desperately, and so he will do anything to satisfy Tlaib and her flock. For this man with no honor, no decency, all that counts is winning, whatever the cost. Opinion.

Islamic Dearborn, Michigan will decide America's next president

When God pulls the plug—like the earthquake that hit New York

How was it, they asked, when the entire town was stricken by fear, closed shop, and conducted no other business even after the earth shook. Opinion.

When God pulls the plug—like the earthquake that hit New York

Streets paved with crazed protestors

Leftists are the same everywhere. They are absolutely that and nothing else, whether American or Israeli. Opinion.

Streets paved with crazed protestors

The “pintele” antisemite

Just once in a while we’d like to know which friends are for real. Op-ed.

The “pintele” antisemite

Trump derangement syndrome is ruining the country

For me, nothing says strife and corruption like Trump derangement syndrome.

Trump derangement syndrome is ruining the country