Opeds (Page 10)


Memorial Day in Israel:

The world wants to forget, but we remember

As long as the Jewish people exists, we will continue to remember those the world tries so hard to forget:

The world wants to forget, but we remember

Yom Hazikaron 5786 (2026):

Thoughts during the siren

The faces of the fallen swim before my eyes...

Thoughts during the siren

Yom Hazikaron and Yom Haatzma'ut:

Before the Celebration, the Cost

The link between sacrifice and statehood is not historical, it is immediate, and it remains widely misunderstood.

Before the Celebration, the Cost

Memorial and Independence Day:

Carrying them into the dance

We say their names in the same breath as Am Yisrael Chai, because that phrase only means something because of what it cost.

Carrying them into the dance

From Resurrection to Heroism: A message for these days

The writer, a bereaved parent who lost two sons on October 7, 2023, strenghthens the Jewish People despite his pain.

From Resurrection to Heroism: A message for these days

1948 has not ended:

The Battle for Sovereignty continues

Parallels can be drawn between the pre-state era and today. The current Israeli leadership must draw the necessary lessons from the historic decision made then by David Ben-Gurion-the declaration of statehood. Op-ed.

The Battle for Sovereignty continues

We cannot look away

We must sustain those who came home from battle physically unhurt, but psychologically scarred. Opinion.

We cannot look away

Gaza's Jewish past - and a blueprint for Its Jewish future

Gaza's future must be built on truth. And the truth is that the Jews were there first, returned again and again, and were expelled each time by force.

Gaza's Jewish past - and a blueprint for Its Jewish future

Giulio Meotti:

The UN and Western relativists are the allies of Iran's gallows

The scenes are worthy of the Palace of the Absurd, but the venue is called the United Nations instead. Opinion.

The UN and Western relativists are the allies of  Iran's gallows

The whole that is less than the sum of its parts

Why we never feel we are winning, when we really are. Opinion.

The whole that is less than the sum of its parts

Iran Ceasefire: Deadly delay or historic deal?

Without a permanent guarantor, we are merely subsidizing Iran’s "long game" until the next administration. Opinion.

Iran Ceasefire: Deadly delay or historic deal?

Iran’s dual system: Oligarchy at the top, kleptocracy below

A deep dive into Iran’s power structure, economic capture, and social rupture. Opinion.

Iran’s dual system: Oligarchy at the top, kleptocracy below

Jack Engelhard:

Historic exchange between Engelhard and NY Times

Years ago I threw out a letter to Abe Rosenthal, then editor in chief at The New York Times, and surprisingly, he answered. Turns out, he was the boss, but was surrounded by people like Tom Friedman and needed to vent.

Historic exchange between Engelhard and NY Times

The ashes were still warm:

When Israel’s flag rose over the ruins of Europe

In a displaced persons camp in Salzburg, just days after the 5th of Iyar 5708, Holocaust survivors did not merely hear that the Jewish state had been declared. They saw redemption take form before their eyes.

When Israel’s flag rose over the ruins of Europe

Yo acuso!

The 1492 expulsion of Jews formalized the redefinition of the Jew, who had contributed so much to Spain, from neighbor to threat. People removed not only from land, but from legitimacy, just as Pedro Sanchez is doing today, having learned nothing. Opinion.

Yo acuso!

Turkey's economic takeover of Syria has already begun

What is unfolding is the systematic embedding of Turkish institutional infrastructure into Syrian economic life at a moment when Damascus is too weak, too dependent, and too ideologically aligned with Ankara to resist. Opinion.

Turkey's economic takeover of Syria has already begun

They say it is a ceasefire

We understand only too well that ceasefire means nothing to terrorists. It only gives them time to reorganize until the next round. Opinion.

They say it is a ceasefire

Antisemitism and Antizionism:

Bywords for ressentiment

The intensity of the frenzy is not proportional to Israel’s misdeeds; it is directly proportional to Israel’s success.Opinion.

Bywords for ressentiment

Shabbat Shalom:

To those who continue to build

The story of the Jewish people has never been simply that we are still here. Op-ed.

To those who continue to build

The “Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act" matters

An important piece of legislation recognizes what history, faith, and scholarship have long affirmed. Opinionl

The “Recognizing Judea and Samaria Act" matters

The US’ verdict on Israel’s performance during “Epic Fury"

US combat pilots attest that the IAF operates at a pace that “shatters global standards."

The US’ verdict on Israel’s performance during “Epic Fury"

U.S. Exit from Syria’s Qasrak Base:

A gift to ISIS or a green light for Turkish expansion?

However you look at it, the reality on the ground suggests a volatile outcome. Opinion.

A gift to ISIS or a green light for Turkish expansion?

Melanie Phillips:

An unholy silence

The pope’s genuflection to Islam spells disaster for Western civilization. Opinion.

An unholy silence

Pope Leo XIV is wrong on Iran

Would his critique have been as forceful, as immediate, if the conflict in question did not involve Israel?

Pope Leo XIV is wrong on Iran

The Illusion of Collapse:

Time, expectations, and the limits of a blockade

A naval blockade can create leverage against Iran, but only over time, while unrealistic expectations risk undermining the strategy itself. Analysis.

Time, expectations, and the limits of a blockade

To Diaspora Jewry:

We’re holding this for you too

When we hold this ground through everything it demands; the wars, the worry, the grief that becomes just part of the texture of life here, we are holding it for you too.

We’re holding this for you too

When Diaspora Jews turn against Israel

Parts of the Diaspora are beginning to view Israel not as a source of protection and refuge, but as a problem. Their turning policy disagreements into public campaigns against Israel, particularly during wartime, crosses a line. Opinion.

When Diaspora Jews turn against Israel

Daniel Boone is alive and well in Israel. But he’s a she.

Introducing modern Israel’s fearless pioneer leader, Daniella Weiss. America's Daniel Boone has met his match. Opinion.

Daniel Boone is alive and well in Israel. But he’s a she.

Deir Yassin and the birth of the anti-Israel blood libel

The battle at Deir Yassin was turned into a fabricated “massacre," helping launch a strategy of demonization that is still used against Israel today. Opinion.

Deir Yassin and the birth of the anti-Israel blood libel

Israel’s allies are Kundera's 'small nations that can disappear'

Those who understand Israel's existential danger are not the Islamizing Western European nations but the small, threatened ones. Opinion.

Israel’s allies are Kundera's 'small nations that can disappear'

Pope Leo XIV: In the footsteps of Pope Pius XII

On Iran, Pope Leo tragically follows the silence of Pius XII on the Nazis and the Holocaust.

Pope Leo XIV: In the footsteps of Pope Pius XII

Two books on antisemitism - facts vs. falsehoods

Some day, in a world in which factual accuracy is honored and things are called what they really are, Jew-hatred will again be called ‘Jew-hatred’ and we will no longer use the anachronistic term ‘antisemitism.’ Two writers write two totally disparate analyses of the phenomenon. Review.

Two books on antisemitism - facts vs. falsehoods

Should we move UN headquarters to Tehran?

If Iran can be a member of the UN Human Rights committee, why not let it host the entire corrupt organization? Opinion.

Should we move UN headquarters to Tehran?

Why do we succeed against enemies abroad but struggle at home?

We cannot defeat an enemy we refuse to name and whose ideology we are afraid to confront. It's time to define the Arabs of Judea and Samaria, whose children are taught to kill Jews in school, as part of the enemy. Opinion.

Why do we succeed against enemies abroad but struggle at home?

Alma Research Center Analysis:

What is the required objective of the negotiations with Lebanon?

One cannot assume that the Lebanese government will carry out any agreed upon measures in the near term. Responsibility for safeguarding the residents of northern Israel lies with Israel. Analysis.

What is the required objective of the negotiations with Lebanon?

My father's Holocaust secret

When Holocaust survivor Aryeh Goldberg passed away, he left his son, Tzachi, his gold Patek Phillippe watch. On opening the box, Tzachi found an old black and white photo of two women hidden behind the watch.

My father's Holocaust secret

Holocaust Memorial Day:

Why the Holocaust was different

Yom Hashoah demands clarity. Nazi antisemitism was not another round of oppression, however cruel, but something far more sinister. And Yom Hashoah is not only what happened then, but what we do now. Opinion.

Why the Holocaust was different

Yom Hashoah:

This day is not for everyone

Why Yom Hashoah cannot be universalised and why that matters now more than ever. Opinion.

This day is not for everyone

No life is unworthy of life

The story of Meir, Meir, who endured unimaginable hardship and went on to build a full life, then helped create new possibilities for others who followed.

No life is unworthy of life

The story of a great hero:

Mordechai Anielewicz and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

On the first day of the uprising led by Anielewicz, the Jewish fighters forced the Nazis, used to preying on the weak and defenseless, to retreat. Op-ed.

Mordechai Anielewicz and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Approaching Holocaust Memorial Day:

Listen while they can still tell

She was older and she was small and she began to tell us what had happened to her, slowly, in detail, with a kind of pain that exists outside of language. Op-ed.

Listen while they can still tell

The Amalekite Terrorist Iranian Regime:

Why deterrence failed in Islamabad

The Regime’s program calls for ‘Death to America’ and ‘Death to Israel’, which are not vapid slogans, but religious imperatives. Opinion.

Why deterrence failed in Islamabad

April 13, 1948:

When 78 Jews died in the Hadassah Convoy Massacre

The facts show that it was the British who sat with the Moslems and planned the time and date that Jerusalem Arabs would slaughter Jews on April 13, 1948. Why do we divert our eyes from that damning truth? Opinion.

When 78 Jews died in the Hadassah Convoy Massacre

Once Jewish blood was cheap. To the world, it still is

The Hadassah convoy massacre should be remembered as part of a much larger and uglier truth: when Jews are murdered, the world finds ways to excuse it, explain it, or ignore it. Opinion.

Once Jewish blood was cheap. To the world, it still is

Campus Antisemitism:

Harvard and Columbia's deep-rooted Jewish Problem

Harvard's "deliberate indifference" to campus antisemitism began long before October 7, 2023 and shows no signs of being corrected, while for the entire 21st century, Columbia University has been ground zero of academia's anti-Israel problem. Opinion.

Harvard and Columbia's deep-rooted Jewish Problem

Giulio Meotti:

Will all of Europe soon be a no-go wasteland?

Ten years ago Donald Trump shocked the respectable classes by stating that “no-go zones" were emerging in Europe. By now, it is an open secret, the number growing daily. Opinion.

Will all of Europe soon be a no-go wasteland?

Pride is our Shield, but organizing is our Sword

The very tools used against the community should be used to empower it. The Jewish community cannot afford the cynicism that says nothing can be done. Opinion.

Pride is our Shield, but organizing is our Sword

Israel’s generation of heroes

Our heroes have shown our enemes and the nations of the world sitting on the sidelines, what it means to be Jewish, what it means to be a proud Israeli, what it means to be a true military professional, and what it means to be the best at what you do. Opinion.

Israel’s generation of heroes

Jack Engelhard:

The campaign to blame Israel

Have you forgotten what happens on a day when Israel relaxes? Opinion.

The campaign to blame Israel

Deterrence and muscle, not diplomacy, produced the Iran ceasefire

The ceasefire reveals what much of the commentary missed: diplomacy did not produce quiet - deterrence did. In the Middle East, calm follows consequences, and Israel understands this. Opinion.

Deterrence and muscle, not diplomacy, produced the Iran ceasefire

How the media turns terror militias into ‘elite’ armies

When Israel calls a unit elite, it refers to demonstrated capability, rigorous selection, and a decades‑long record of operational performance - not political branding by a fawning media. Opinion.

How the media turns terror militias into ‘elite’ armies

Melanie Phillips:

The West’s fifth column

It’s been chilling to witness a media and political class-mainly on the left, but also on the right-from the start, willing America and Israel to lose this war in which Iran used proxy armies to impose its murderous brand of Islam throughout the world. Opinion.

The West’s fifth column

The same old story, still being told

A history of disproportionate contribution and disproportionate blame. Opinion.

The same old story, still being told

When ideology trumps humanity:

The moral bankruptcy of AOC's’ anti-Israel posture

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez’s position serves as a cautionary example of how political ambition and ideological alignment can distort judgment.

The moral bankruptcy of AOC's’ anti-Israel posture

A strange, aberrant fire

On some of the hills in Judea and Samaria, there is a small group who wish to redeem the Land of Israel, but are ready to do so even if it means lawlessness. And we who love the land must stop them. Opinion.

A strange, aberrant fire

Iranians support their government's defeat

The internal Iranian dimension of this war must not be overlooked. The regime in Tehran is not a misunderstood regional actor seeking calm. It is not a victim of circumstances. And it is certainly not a government pursuing peace or its citizens' welfare. Opinion.

Iranians support their government's defeat




























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