Opeds (Page 12)

The overseas students' dilemma this Pesach:

One war, two homes, two narratives…Zero Nuance

Should students escape as fast as possible to home since missiles are falling and they are on their own in Israel? Or should they stay in Israel because Israel is home and it’s the right thing to do? Opinion.

Iran at the Edge:

The unfinished war against an Islamic Terror Regime

The lessons of 1979 are clear: strategic hesitation carries long-term consequences. Is this going to be a definitive war that defeats the oppressor? Iranians are waiting. Opinion.

Analysis:

What America gets out of its war with Iran

The US-Israeli war against Iran is not failing-the media's analysis is. Here is what is really going on. Analysis.

A Spiritual Aliyah Saga:

'Let my people go' - from Russia to Israel in 1981

'Let my people go" iis only half the verse Moses said to Pharaoh in G-d's Name. While the first part of the verse took years of fighting to free Soviet Jewry, the end of the verse -'so they can serve Me' was ignored. A memoir.

Who Is Iran?

The Fatal Flaw behind Trump’s “negotiations"

There may no longer be a single, coherent entity that can be called “Iran" in the context of negotiations. Opinion.

What happened to a restaurant in Haifa when a sign drew attention

Should Israeli municipalities insist that storefront signs include Hebrew or should they not? In either case, why? Op-ed.

In those days and in our times:

Passover blessings and victories for Israel

God orchestrates destiny and history so that the Jewish People always win.

The fantasy factory: Why people post lies about Israel

The human mind is built to respond to images and narrative, not to cross-reference satellite data and dig for facts. Opinion,

Kharg Island:

The most dangerous oil export hub in the world

Kharg Island is not just an Iranian asset; it is a global pressure point whose fate could influence Israel’s security environment for years to come. Opinion,

Refuting the Biggest Lie:

This war isn’t about Israel-it’s about America

The United States does not need Israel to tell it that Iran is a threat. The evidence is written in blood-American blood-spilled over decades of unprovoked aggression. Opinion.

NYC Councilman answers Pope:

Maybe you should go to confession

Pope Leo suggested recently that Christian political leaders who start wars should "go to confession". NYC Councilman James Gennaro responds.

United Kingdom 2026;

They burned ambulances. What more do you need?

What happens when a society no longer recognises the moment it has gone too far. Opinion.

Israel's Deep State:

Democracy dies in broad daylight

Israel’s claim to be the “only democracy in the Middle East" has become increasingly farcical. Opinion.

“No Imminent Threat" Is the most dangerous phrase in US politics

Preventing catastrophe rarely looks reasonable in the present. It looks premature. It looks aggressive. It looks unpopular. Until the catastrophe arrives. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

It is not Europe’s war even when Iran hangs Europeans

We Europeans are a bunch of cowards who have lost the sense of sovereignty and reciprocity. Opinion.

The Ayatollahs’ War on America erupted In 1979!

The Director of National Intelligence assessed that Iran remains committed to its decade-long effort to develop surrogate networks inside the United States. Examples aboung, starting in 1979. Opinion.

His name was Yehuda Sherman

There is a particular kind of loneliness that comes with living here and watching how the outside world talks about us and contextualizes the barbaric murders of our children. Opinion

They hate leftwing Israelis, too

It's not just Netanyahu they hate at Cornell - it's Israelis in general. Op-ed.

Jabotinsky's teachings:

"Silence is despicable. So is inaction."

Jabotinsky’s words of many years ago are still relevant today. Opinion.

Europe and Iran:

A window shatters in Dimona

Iran’s missiles are no longer a Middle East problem. Europe hasn’t noticed. Opinion.

Iran's Succession Void:

Mojtaba Khamenei’s public silence is the Coalition’s opportunity

The primary, overarching target is the regime’s very claim to absolute authority. The coalition’s most potent tactical opening lies precisely in the exploitation of this glaring succession void. Opinion.

The war against Iran's terror regime:

Week IV: Ongoing critical operations of Mossad and the CIA

An Iranian shares his thoughts, hopes and fears. Op-ed.

The hangings continue in Iran

Show trials, torture, public hangings - how the Iranian regime cows its citizens. Opinion.

To the carriers of memory

There is a line I come back to often when trying to explain what it means to be a Jew.

The Jewish Secret? Argument

Not argument as mere disagreement, still less as rhetorical combat, but as a disciplined, structured, and socially sanctioned process through which ideas are tested, refined, and, if necessary, dismantled. Opinion.

Hatred lives on

Churchill's words in 1921 are as relevant now as they were then, let alone Menachem Begin's. Op-ed.

Has Trump’s War on Iran reached its Moment of Truth?

The writer sees three options open to Trump at this point in time, not necessarily the same as Israel's. Opinion.

When Sunni Muslims pray for Israel

Sometimes diplomacy doesn’t begin with treaties or official visits. Opiniion.

Melaniie Phillips

Wimps and warriors

The war with Iran is clarifying who is for civilization against barbarism-and who is not. Opinion.

The Rafah Gamble:

Reopening the Egypt-Gaza border now is a high security risk

By reopening Rafah now, Israel risks providing the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) with a logistical reset button. Opinion.

When POTUS demands NATO recognition, he should demand an apology

If there is one nation that has stood on the front lines of global security, often at great cost and with minimal support, it is Israel. But instead of being thanked, it is condemned. Op-ed.

The challenge of Islamism

This war of the future will be fought not only with swords, but with words and speech against a virulent ideology masquerading as a theology. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

How much longer will the West be defended by the US and Israel?

Defeatism is the worn-out garment of decadent Western ruling classes. Not so the US and Israel. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Oscars in the time of War

In America, where war, this war, is a distant thing, it concerns us no more than who won an Oscar, and who won the ball game. Opinion.

What happens in Hormuz will not stay in Hormuz

The Strait of Hormuz Is choking, And Europe Is looking away. Opinion.

An Iranian editor on the war:

Not against Iran, but against the regime that holds it hostage

Millions of Iranians are waiting. Waiting for a breaking point, for the collapse of a system that has long defined itself through fear and repression. Opinion.

From Cable Street to Al-Quds Day

How the coalition that once stood with Jews against facism, now marches beside those calling for their destruction. Op-ed.

No imposed ceasefire - no more pretend peace

What is the next pretend peace going to be - hudna, tahida, hudaybia or sulch? None of these misused Arabic words mean peace, just different periods of relative quiet during which they can restock weapons stores. Opiniion..

On US Immigration control:

Chris Hayes as Chicken Little

Border enforcement is unpleasant. So is cleaning up after a government that spent years refusing to enforce the border at all. Opinion.

The Salalah Port Attack:

Alienating Oman and dooming the Resistance Axis

Iran shattered the carefully cultivated myth of Omani exceptionalism, the one diplomatic card Tehran played for decades to shield itself from total Gulf isolation. Opinion.

The Ayatollah Wars, Phase II:

Unconditional surrender and reform

The US victories in World War II (WWII) over Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan offer profound lessons on transforming militant dictatorships, led by cult-like virtually religious ideologues. Opinion.

Into the fray:

Ominous clouds of anti-Semitic vitriol and un-American invective

“A lot of Americans are embarrassed by the fact that our leadership rarely represents our best interest and seems to prioritize the best interests of Israel in every instance"-Ana Kasparian. Not quite.

Cluster bombs frrom Iran:

The double standard of the skies

In 2008, 120 countries signed the Convention on Cluster Munitions, grounded in a simple idea: some weapons are so dangerous to civilians that their use cannot be justified. Where is the outcry now that Iran is launching them at Israel? Opinion.

The case for a U.S. Zone of Control in Khuzestan

This Khuzestan operation is a limited but strategically transformative military action designed to seize the economic heart of a hostile nation without triggering the civilizational overreach that destroyed previous Middle Eastern interventions.

Heads up, Jew-haters!

Among the Jew Haters’ many odious traits is an extreme level of ingratitude. How about their being consistent and abstaining from polio vaccine, for example, discovered by a Jew? Op-ed.

Honoring Palestinian women terrorists on Internat'l Women’s Day

The PA mistreats women, a fact glossed over or ignored by human rights groups intent on blaming Israel for everything, but can they ignore its honoring murderous female terrorists on Internationl Women's Day? Opinion.

The EastMed Trap:

The Cairo-Ankara rapprochement threatens Israeli energy security

While Israel and the US are concentrating on Iran, a Turkish-Egyptian earthquake is about to erupt that may put the crucial EastMed Gas Forum at risk. Opinion.

ADL "Never is Now' Conference:

When the Jew on the front line of antisemitism is not welcome

There is a vast difference between talking about antisemitism and living it. Still, Jewish history has always been written by the Jews who refused to wait for permission to exist.

Why media remain silent when they can’t blame the Jews

No publicity, propaganda nor political proclamations from the United Nations, NGO’s, the EU or the Islamic bloc greet the atrocities being perpetrated as I write. The silence is deafening. Opinion.

The Ettinger Report:

2026: Israel’s demography repudiates conventional wisdom

Falsified data is exposed in this thorough demographic review, refuting the canard of an "Arab time bomb" in Israel. Report.

Analysis:

Where is Iran’s enriched uranium now?

Experts assess the current location and possible fate of Tehran’s nuclear stockpile. Analysis

Israel won't be safe until we destroy Iran’s Islamic government

If Israel does not overthrow the ayatollahs while Iran is at its weakest, we guarantee that our grandchildren will fight and die in future wars in Gaza and Lebanon. Opinion.

When Terrorism becomes “Context":

The NY Times double standard in the Temple Israel attack

A man targeted a synagogue. That is the story. No amount of geopolitical context should blur that truth, but the NYT subtly blamed Israel. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Dear Megyn -

Israel is in this war for existential reasons. Can you understand that? Opinion.

A few thoughts for our fellow Jews currently outside of Israel

How are we? We are great. Actually, scratch that. We are better than good and great, we on fire over here. And you better believe it. Op-ed.

President Trump Has Prevented Another Holocaust

President Trump has prevented a Holocaust in both America and Israel. One day the world will give him the credit he deserves.