Jack Engelhard

Jack Engelhard

Columnist

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

News by Jack Engelhard

President Biden’s middle east vacation

Back in the USA, Biden faces a rebellion even within his own party. It was good for him that he left, bad for him that he came back.Op-ed.

President Biden’s middle east vacation

Biden coming to fix what ain’t broke

Israel is the most stable country in the neighborhood, so why does Biden think it needs fixing? And his fixing record is a disaster.Op-ed

Biden coming to fix what ain’t broke

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Those Trump accusers – they glory too much

Whatever the Israeli Left can do to Netanyahu, the American Left can do to Trump, and with gusto.Op-ed.

Those Trump accusers – they glory too much

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From a nation of heroes, to a nation of wimps?

Uvalde is a snapshot of a much bigger picture, a picture that has become America. Opinion..

From a nation of heroes, to a nation of wimps?

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So who’s on first in Israel, now that another government has collapsed?

Israel is a country populated with Einsteins in nearly every sphere, yet for politics, expect no Nobel Prizes. Op-ed..

So who’s on first in Israel, now that another government has collapsed?

Israel exports fuel to Europe: Do you believe in miracles?

Please, they say, forget the past. We didn’t really mean all those nasty comments against the Jewish State. Sort of. Op-ed.

Israel exports fuel to Europe: Do you believe in miracles?

Jan 6, and when the media becomes the problem

The Greatest Show on Earth was telecast over at CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC, and all the ships at sea on Thursday. Did you miss it? Op-ed..

Jan 6, and when the media becomes the problem

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Gender madness coming to Israel?

Gender hysteria didn’t start with the Right. Op-ed.

Gender madness coming to Israel?

A sickness in once Torah-loving America

Once biblical values were our guiding light, and our early presidents knew the Hebrew Bible, but today we take orders from the Squad. Op-ed.

A sickness in once Torah-loving America

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The world demands perfection from one country, Israel

If Israel can’t be blamed, for one thing or another, the world just shrugs. Just another day in a bad neighborhood called earth. Op-ed.

The world demands perfection from one country, Israel

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Mahmoud Abbas found his golden bullet

Stuff happens, in the fog of war, al-Jazeera, but Abbas knows how to play the game so chances are a terrorist bullet killed Abu Akleh.Op-ed.

Mahmoud Abbas found his golden bullet

Jewish voters, what will it take to wake you up?

Democrat Jews, do you see the handwriting on the wall? It is being written in your Israeli brothers' blood. Op-ed.

Jewish voters, what will it take to wake you up?

Israel is not a shtetl, Messrs. Putin and Lavrov

Israel cannot be pushed around, as it was with the Jews in the good old days. At 74, it is a strong, vibrant country-and a democracy. Op-ed.

Israel is not a shtetl, Messrs. Putin and Lavrov

Please, not another “scholarly study” on anti-Semitism

Oh no, according to the news release, this is going to be the mother of all “studies.” That means millions of meaningless words. Op-ed.

Please, not another “scholarly study” on anti-Semitism

How Temple Mount riots magically disappeared from US media

Liberal magicians make riots disappear. They don't see the lethal rocks hurled at those at the Western Wall located below the Mount. Op-ed.

How Temple Mount riots magically disappeared from US media

Government downfall over bread? What a crazy, glorious country this is!

Why should this generation be different from preceding generations? Op-ed.

Government downfall over bread? What a crazy, glorious country this is!

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Which Abbas did this?

Who did Minister Benny Gantz thank for condemning terror, Mansour or Mahmouod? Is there a difference?Op-ed.

Which Abbas did this?

Oscars, Grammys – something rotten in the state of America

Who watches the works of garbage and filth that won the awards? Your kids do. Op-ed.

Oscars, Grammys – something rotten in the state of America

Seriously, does Biden know he’s the president?

Is Biden aware that when he talks every word counts? No, he is not aware, but we will suffer the restults anyway..Opinion.

Seriously, does Biden know he’s the president?

Yet again

It will not stop until Israel cracks down seriously at those places where the hatred is simmering and confiscates the weaponry. Op-ed.

Yet again

Can you define Woman? Supreme Court nominee can't

Judge Jackson, do you really need a biologist for this…the most basic question and answer since Adam and Eve? Op-ed.

Can you define Woman? Supreme Court nominee can't

Living with the crime of the century

The Times coverup and denial of Hunter Biden's laptop, aided by Facebook and Twitter, has destroyed any trust we had left. Op-ed.

Living with the crime of the century

Must I stop reading Tolstoy?

Hysteria abounds in the US. Soon they’ll be asking…was your grandmother on your mother’s side Russian? Op-ed.

Must I stop reading Tolstoy?

Soon in America, Russia-Ukraine to be just another show on US TV

America, the land of “silken worries,” as my mother used to say. Who wants to worry about war when there is basketball? Op-ed.

Soon in America, Russia-Ukraine to be just another show on US TV

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Finally, I disagree with everybody

They tell me Putin is not a villain. They tell me Zelensky is a good guy. And then the Russians and the Ukrainians both killed Jews. Op-ed.

Finally, I disagree with everybody

No “two-state-solution” for Ukraine President Zelensky

He will not share handshakes on the White House Lawn with Putin after the disgrace of some Oslo Accord. Opinion.

No “two-state-solution” for Ukraine President Zelensky

Ukraine: Cuban Missile Crisis, deja vu?

In 1962 we were on the verge of nuclear war betwen the USSR and the USA. With Putin on the move, are we on our way there again? Opinion.

Ukraine: Cuban Missile Crisis, deja vu?

Make way, Kamala Harris to the rescue!

Here comes Kamala to save Ukraine. Op-ed.

Make way, Kamala Harris to the rescue!

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From China to Israel, with love

What amazes me is that China’s leaders should give Israel a second thought. Their population is one and a half billion.But they do. Op-ed.

From China to Israel, with love

Have we lost Canada?

Calling people racis - that’s American business, exclusively. Or used to be. Has Canada learned from the USA? Op-ed.

Have we lost Canada?

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Please stop trampling the Holocaust

The Holocaust is not for amateurs. May I make a suggestion? Just shut up! Op-ed.

Please stop trampling the Holocaust

Pardon my French

The Germans were the bad guys, but the French were, too. The round-ups, the expulsions - and today they lead the EU in Jew-hatred. Op-ed.

Pardon my French

Look what’s coming to America

He was known to be trouble before he terrorized four Jews in a Texas Temple, but everyone can get into America today. Op-ed.

Look what’s coming to America

Whose land is this anyway?

Who fought, bled and died for Zion and whose country is this anyway? And who is running it? Opinion.

Whose land is this anyway?

Jan. 6 is Purim for Dems. Trump is their Haman

Did you hear graggers go off throughout Democrat strongholds each time Biden mentioned Trump’s name? Op-ed.

Jan. 6 is Purim for Dems. Trump is their Haman

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The president’s “not my problem” approach to leadership

He must long for the days when talk was enough. Tough luck, America. Op-ed.

The president’s “not my problem” approach to leadership

No afterglow from Gantz’s meeting with Abbas

Did Gantz know he was being played? What’s it all about? Opinion.

No afterglow from Gantz’s meeting with Abbas

Accusing Netanyahu of betraying Trump – ridiculous

They accuse Netanyahu of being stubborn and difficult not only against Trump, but previous presidents too. He was never a pushover.Op-ed.

Accusing Netanyahu of betraying Trump – ridiculous

Soft on crime politicians in a panic

Soft on crime leaders…now they’re sorry for their catastrophic mistakes. Quite a reversal. Op-ed.

Soft on crime politicians in a panic

Spielberg’s West Side Story — good art, bad politics

For Spielberg and Kushner, Israelis never get a break, even in a movie, while West Side Story is replete with their radical iberalism.Op-ed.

Spielberg’s West Side Story — good art, bad politics