Sheri Oz

The strike at Al-Baqa and a leaderless Shabak

Netanyahu says Bagatz is endangering national security. Perhaps it is also affecting operations.

Contesting the Waters:

The legality of the Gaza Flotilla interception

The Israeli naval blockade of Gaza is regarded as entirely legal under international law and even by the UN. Opinion.

Why Israel doesn’t let foreign journalists into Gaza

Critics demand that Israel, aniquely among democracies, must permit full and unfettered media access in the middle of an existential war. They don't demand to be at Ukraine battle zones, or those in Syria. Opinion.

Blood libels 2025:

Rafah and the lie that Israel shoots the starving

The only way such a story makes sense is if you accept the preposterous claim that Israel is committing genocide. And that's exactly the goal of the blood libel mongerers. Opinion.

Transfer is racist? Maybe it’s racist to be opposed to this one

To suggest that the Gazans need to remain within the demolition site that Gaza has become is inhumane and racist. Opinion.

What good is a law if the courts do not uphold it?

Who gets hurt by that?

How does anyone think we can make peace with the Palestinian Authority?

How many little boys like Yehoshua is it okay for PA terrorists to murder because they don’t like Jews living in the neighborhood? Opinion.

Is this war Israel's revenge for Oct 7th? No.

We are fighting them because we are determined to live safely and breath freely as the Jewish sovereign nation that we are — on our indigenous homeland. Opinion.

Mother of combatants:

Mother of combatants: 'Human rights' groups are actually 'terrorists’ rights' groups'

Esther Aviram, mother of two soldiers in the IDF, speaks about the quiet yet powerful voices urging the IDF towards victory, and challenging the Supreme Court's anti-Zionist bent.

Let’s move beyond “There is no 'Palestinian people'”

And all that gets us is a “yes, we are” / ”no, you are not” argument that goes nowhere. Opiinion.

Demonizing the IDF in Taibeh - with Israeli taxpayers' money

Buildings funded by National Lottery grants are not allowed to be used for political events. That did not stop the Israeli Arab city of Taibeh. Op-ed.

Please tell me how a general strike will help the hostages

The Histadrut, Israel’s major labour union, declared a general strike. They do not say how that will bring the hostages back, but they are doing it anyway. Opinion.

The limits of free speech are being set in Haifa

It is ironic that Bakri, Hadash, and Maki claim that the shutting down of the film is the fascist act of an extremist government dragging the country down into oblivion, because the barely disguised wish of all three of them and their supporters is that the country cease to exist. Op-ed.

This is what stealing land in Israel looks like

In 2005, Ramzi Qasiyeh got a stop-work order from the Israeli Civil Administration regarding illegal construction on land that he decided is his without any proof, which claim the courts denied. That doesn't stop the NGOs protesting for him. Op-ed.

The professor who wants Jewish students to be afraid

Not on an American campus, but in Jerusalem's Hebrew University, Prof Shalhoub-Kevorkian says Jewish students "better be afraid." And the rector reinstated her after she was finally suspended. Op-ed.

Op-ed:

“Bring them Home” is wrong. Here’s why

Don’t waste any more time on a misguided campaign. Opinion.

Masha Gessen, you self-hating Jew, this is just wicked

Get Gessen a private viewing of that 40-minute Hamas Horror film immediately. When they promise to do it again, they also mean her. Op-ed.

Another day, another UNSC resolution. Yawn!

What happens when UN Security Council resolutions are ignored? Depends whether or not you are Israel. Op-ed.

How to manufacture a case of "Settler Violence"

I hope this story will cause you to examine the source of any rumor of so-called "settler violence" before sharing it.

Turning the al-Aqsa Flood around

Can one change the attitude that says that the Palestinian Arabs must wrest control of the entire land from the Jews? Op-ed.

Lauren Wolfe spoils an interesting article about journalism with her talk about our war

The image used in her article shows destruction of a Gaza street with no hint of the destruction in Israel's south. That tells it all. Op-ed

‘You don’t want to know’:

‘You don’t want to know’:The last thing Or Levy told his mother before his abduction

Arutz Sheva spoke with Michael Levy, the brother of Or Levy, who was abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7th.

'So far, so good'

'So far, so good' - the last message from Ofir's abducted grandparents

Granddaughter of two hostages tells Arutz Sheva: "Before the Disengagement the Kibbutz lived with Gaza as neighbors".

Bothsidism - an incurable Jewish disease?

Bothsidism -- a disease that appears to be uncurable among a certain segment of Jews who cannot believe that evil is a real thing. Opinion

Amidst all the horrors, here are eight moments of grace

Amidst the horrors we have moments of grace where the happier face of Israel lifts our spirits as we fight for our survival in our land.

The Israeli Supreme Court in 1993

A look at "The Supreme Court of Israel: A Safeguard of the Rule of Law." by Shoshana Netanyahu, 1993. Op-ed.

How can readers know if they are reading information or propaganda?

The most recent newsletter by Friends of Givat Haviva provides the perfect opportunity to show the importance of reading critically. Op-ed.

"Unprecedented levels" of police violence?

In the 'disengagement', the Supreme Court conflated nonviolent civil disobedience with insurrection and sedition. Not today. Op-ed..

The Israel Medical Association has infected what was once a sterile environment

Why are Israeli doctors putting their politics in my face? Op-ed.

A disgraceful Knesset filibuster

If the committee meeting on the reasonableness clause was how the compromise talks were conducted, it is no wonder the talks blew up.Op-ed.

Interview:

Interview: Haredi communities learn to cope with sex crimes in their midst

Dorit Balshan discusses advances in haredi communities and particularly brave rabbis standing up to fight against sex offenders.

Interview: Amatzia Baram

Interview: The War of Independence through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy

His kibbutz was surrounded by 10 Arab villages. Amatzia Baram describes the time leading up to and during the war.

Interview: Anna Rezan

Interview: Anna Rezan - Young Greek Jewish filmmaker and untold stories about WWII Greece

Anna Rezan, Greek actress turned filmmaker shares what is behind her documentary about Greek Holocaust survivors and WWII resistance.

Smotrich stated he wanted to wipe out Huwara, but here is what people ignore

The thought of wiping out an Arab town today likely arouses guilt among Jews, but there is none about wiped out Jewish towns.

Op-Ed

Can Ben Gvir improve on the electronic monitoring bill he voted down?

The opposition electronic monitoring bill needs improvement if it is intended truly to protect women at risk. Op-ed.

Interview

Jewish Ukrainian refugee: Escaping war and rebuilding her life in Israel

Diana's life suddenly blew up with the first bombs landing in Odessa. She tells what it is like to have to escape and start over in Israel.

Interview

Former South Sudanese refugee: What living in Israel taught me

Augustino Mayon Makuok: The experience in Israel keeps me alive now because of all that I learned there.

Interview

Canadian social work student confronts antisemitism in her program

I didn’t want to be in an environment with people that hate me. I think no other student needs to deal with that. Why did I?

The Lapid Outline reminds me of two things, neither of them good

Lapid is insisting that the current coalition do what he did not do. Is every bill to be put on hold when the Right wins an election? Op-ed

Interview: Jewish woman flees from the Palestinian Authority

After 7 years, living under horrific conditions as a Moslem in a village north of Ramallah, Efrat (not her real name) escaped with her kids.