Jack Engelhard

Jack Engelhard

Columnist

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

News by Jack Engelhard

Will Netanyahu be allowed a dignified exit? At least that?

We know that from the start, for both Trump and Netanyahu, it’s been baseless hatred that had them snared and got them removed. Op-ed.

Will Netanyahu be allowed a dignified exit? At least that?

Rebuild Gaza? Why

Just like that, overnight, it’s a different America, a country that now tolerates the PLO flag hoisted from DC to Jerusalem. Op-ed.

Rebuild Gaza? Why

Let us now praise Bill Maher

How many viewers see Israel in a different light after watching his show last week? Op-ed.

Let us now praise Bill Maher

Useful Jews

When the networks, NY Times, and The New Yorker magazine need someone to really attack Israel, Jewish anti-Semites will do it best. Op-ed.

Useful Jews

Here is what “peace” looks like for the Jewish State

Israel is at war every day. Even when hundreds of rockets become thousands, it counts as news only when Israel fights back. Op-ed.

Here is what “peace” looks like for the Jewish State

Israel’s two wars – the jihadists and the media

Israel’s two wars – the jihadists and the media

Here’s the Gaza War coverage you can expect

That the other side started it and that they turn their civilians into human shields will hardly ever be mentioned. Op-ed.

Here’s the Gaza War coverage you can expect

You know Philip Roth. But do you know Blake Bailey?

Cancelling Bailey's book is a hanging without a trial, and with that, all our heads are in the same noose. Op-ed.

You know Philip Roth. But do you know Blake Bailey?

Stiff-necked Israeli politicians

I won’t mention the players who hold all the cards because I don’t know them well, but must say they are being childish and churlish.Op-ed.

Stiff-necked Israeli politicians

The mobs

Mob tactics have taken over America and in Jerusalem, they listen and they watch and they learn. Op-ed.

The mobs

Woke dollars for terrorists

To me, and to others who remember America before it got lost, woke means, “The cancelation of everything we hold sacred.”.Op-ed.

Woke dollars for terrorists

Hunter and how the Left rescues its scoundrels

You just leave it to Big Media to come bail you out and rehab your good or bad name. After all, Liberals are all in it together. Op-ed.

Hunter and how the Left rescues its scoundrels

Biden --- a “nice guy”

He certainly made a career of it, if on no other quality worthy of leadership, and some might say he’s nice to all the wrong people. Op-ed.

Biden --- a “nice guy”

“We don’t get no respect”

A nation that has so much contempt for itself is always open to scorn, ridicule, and belittlement from the outside. Op-ed.

“We don’t get no respect”

Someone else did it first, Joe

We expect nothing much from our politicians, so whatever their faults, we say good enough. Op-ed.

Someone else did it first, Joe

Gov. Cuomo, caught being too cute

Cuomo wrote a book during the nursing home fiasco, modestly titled Leadership lessons from the Covid-19 Pandemic. It boggles the mind.Op-ed.

Gov. Cuomo, caught being too cute

The upside of the ICC’s decision to target Israel

A reminder that in your political cocoon you may be Left, Right, Forever-Bibi, Never-Bibi, but to the wider world you are JEWISH. Op-ed.

The upside of the ICC’s decision to target Israel

Is the two-state solution an anti-Semitic whistle?

During Trump’s presidency, we seldom heard that refrain…two-state-solution…and it was a pleasure to have it gone like a bad tooth. Op-ed.

Is the two-state solution an anti-Semitic whistle?

Trump’s tax records – the latest craze

Anybody notice that a few days ago NASA landed a rover on Mars? What counts today is that they've got their hands on Trump's taxes. Op-ed.

Trump’s tax records – the latest craze

Your world, if Bill Gates has it his way

If Big Brother Bill Gates ran your world…and maybe he will,,,you better worry about how to keep warm when it rains. Op-ed.

Your world, if Bill Gates has it his way

When did the Palestinian Arabs become the good guys?

It is noted that you quote the Bible frequently, Mr. Biden, so you know to whom the Promised Land was given. Op-ed.

When did the Palestinian Arabs become the good guys?

Israel holds a winning hand against Biden onslaught

Biden is going back to Obama's relations with Israel, but the Middle East has changed for good. He would do well to realize that. Op-ed.

Israel holds a winning hand against Biden onslaught

Biden’s war on girls and women

If you think a 128-pound high school girl can bench-press the same weight as a 280-pound man, then you voted for Biden. Op-ed.

Biden’s war on girls and women

Hemingway wouldn’t make the cut either, these days

Used to be, your book got rejected because of the writing or the subject. Now what counts is who you voted for. Opinion.

Hemingway wouldn’t make the cut either, these days

Pray for America

Dear World, it is sufficient to know that we’ve got troubles, and when we’ve got troubles, you’ve got troubles. Op-ed.

Pray for America

Four years of frustration led to storming the Capitol

This outpouring of frustration was four years in the making, and no Trump supporter can be happy that it turned ugly. Not in our name. Op-ed

Four years of frustration led to storming the Capitol

The big deal over Alec Baldwin’s “Spanish” wife

Today, through the gossip of social media, everybody is his own law and prosecutor. And people want blood. Opinion.

The big deal over Alec Baldwin’s “Spanish” wife

It’s 2021, and still Waiting for Godot and Durham Report

What happened to the Durham Report on the FBI’s investigation of the Trump 2016 campaign? It was supposed to be a game changer. Opinion.

It’s 2021, and still Waiting for Godot and Durham Report

Look at the bright side, they say

'Chin up, please.' 'Smile.' 'Remember what the Rebbe said', wrote readers. But Trump and Netanyahu were such a great team. Opinion.

Look at the bright side, they say

Let’s hope the NY Post is right and I’m wrong

Remember Fukuyama writing that this is “the end of history,” that the world has come to its senses?.So the NYPost says BDS is dead. Op-ed.

Let’s hope the NY Post is right and I’m wrong

Hunter, Pelosi, Swalwell, Omar – pick a scandal

The crime of the century began in US newsrooms. The media are the villains, guilty of fixing an election as never before in US history.Op-ed

Hunter, Pelosi, Swalwell, Omar – pick a scandal

Dancing in the dark…thanks to Big Media

How Big Media's Iron Curtaiin feeds us spoonsfuls of one-sided information to keep us knowin' nothin'. Opinion.

Dancing in the dark…thanks to Big Media

Political sanity…anyone, anywhere?

Dear Israel – you do not have to do everything we do. We are flattered, but this is not the best time to play follow the leader. Opinion.

Political sanity…anyone, anywhere?

Barack Obama’s 760-page love story

The book is a perfect gift to Americans who believe that America was never special or great. Only the writer himself, Obama, is great. Op-ed

Barack Obama’s 760-page love story

Amanpour’s blood libel of the month

For years, CNN was PLO headquarters, and Hanan Ashrawi was a dial away from Ramallah to blood libel Israel. Now they're in the building.

Amanpour’s blood libel of the month

No voter fraud, says the NYT

How stupid are we supposed to be? Op-ed.

No voter fraud, says the NYT

Israel is heading into a perfect storm

After Trump, who watches Israel’s back? Hearing Biden's crew, I am already nostalgic for Trump. Op-ed.

Israel is heading into a perfect storm

Dancing for Biden in Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the town that for ages has produced no winners in baseball, football, basketball, or hockey.But they did it for Biden.Op-ed.

Dancing for Biden in Philadelphia

The happy life of my Biden-loving neighbor

Keep to that side, the Blue/Liberal/Democrat side of America, and you can move around unharmed and speak your mind freely. Op-ed.

The happy life of my Biden-loving neighbor

Is Tucker Carlson the last journalist? Is Goodwin?

Goodwin and Carlson, fearless at a time when it takes courage to print fact-driven truth…when all say, shut up, we’d rather not know. Op-ed.

Is Tucker Carlson the last journalist? Is Goodwin?