Opeds (Page 13)


V-E Day 2026:

They won the war but could the Allies have saved the Jews?

For us in 2026, faced with a resurgence of antisemitism and innocent Jews once again being targeted-- by fanatical Muslims and deluded leftists-the lesson of V-E Day must remind us that neutrality in the face of antisemitism is a form of complicity. Opinion.

They won the war but could the Allies have saved the Jews?

The Death of Shame:

2026 Senate contests show anti-Israel extremism has mainstreamed

The issue is whether American politics will normalize the kafkaesque claim that Israel is uniquely illegitimate, uniquely evil, uniquely undeserving of self-defense, and Jews uniquely unworthy of sovereignty. Opinion.

2026 Senate contests show anti-Israel extremism has mainstreamed

Ignore Pikaxe Mountain today and Iran will go nuclear tomorrow

Israel will end up having to nuke the underground facility unless its destruction is part of any US-Iran agreement. Opinion.

Ignore Pikaxe Mountain today and Iran will go nuclear tomorrow

The increasingly lonely voice of John Fetterman

Why is it that those who claim they are upset about Palestinian Arab lives lost in Gaza do not care about Iranian civilian lives lost in Iran? Opinion.

The increasingly lonely voice of John Fetterman

Palestinianism, transgenderism, and the war on reality

The lie is not merely that there is an ancient Palestinian Arab nation where history records none. The lie is that the Jews are foreign colonizers in their own ancestral homeland. Opinion.

Palestinianism, transgenderism, and the war on reality

Living with uncertainty Is the Wake-Up Call of our generation

Everything people believed was stable suddenly appears temporary. That realization is deeply uncomfortable - but perhaps it is also necessary. Opinion.

Living with uncertainty Is the Wake-Up Call of our generation

Belgium’s War on Circumcision Is a War on the Jews

The anti-circumcision crusade is not really about medicine. It is about discomfort with Jewish distinctiveness. The real scandal is that less than a century after Europe tried to exterminate the Jews, European governments once again feel entitled to criminalize core Jewish religious life. Opinion.

Belgium’s War on Circumcision Is a War on the Jews

Two fires and a Press Conference

One burned to destroy. One burned to endure. The third spoke, but said too little too late. Opinion.

Two fires and a Press Conference

A nation held hostage:

The Global March for Iran’s freedom

Every Iranian marching peacefully in Berlin, Paris, or Washington represents countless others in Tehran, Shiraz, Mashhad, Tabriz, and Isfahan who are unable to protest without risking death. Opinion.

The Global March for Iran’s freedom

A Crisis of Representation:

Jewish organizations and the Jew in the arena

Who cultivated the wicked son, writhing in self-contempt and standing with our enemies? Who raised the simpleton, emptied of spiritual literacy, no longer able to formulate a question? Opinion.

Jewish organizations and the Jew in the arena

The Jewish American 'conseptziya' vs. the Israeli 'conseptziya'

Israelis talk of the flawed understanding of reality that allowed October 7 to occur, but US Jews labored no less under a flawed understanding of their own reality. How did this happen and what can be done? Opinion.

The Jewish American 'conseptziya' vs. the Israeli 'conseptziya'

Jack Engelhard:

Writers in search of a headline

Israel is at war on all fronts.That’s my point. That is not news. Opinion.

Writers in search of a headline

The Democrats' Guacamole Doctrine

When Democrats have no policy, they reach for guacamole. They tell Americans that the price of avocados is the real measure of whether the US should use its economic power against Mexican cartels, and that the price of gasoline is the real measure of whether Iran should be allowed to hold the civilized world hostage. Opinion.

The Democrats' Guacamole Doctrine

Golders Green Blues

Why not to expect the UK gov't to protect Jews

Appealing to the British Government to safeguard the country’s Jews against the increasing anti-Semitic violence is like a mother rabbit imploring a fox to guard her baby bunnies. Opinion.

Why not to expect the UK gov't to protect Jews

Giulio Meotti:

Old Europe is burning and media tell us that everything is fine

If you have not read the facts written below in your news sources, ask yourself whether “freedom of the press" really exists and whether mainstream journalism is worth saving. Opinion.

Old Europe is burning and media tell us that everything is fine

The fallacy of ‘unity’

Contention isn’t a bug in Israel. It’s the operating system. The same has been true of Jews since time immemorial. Opinion.

The fallacy of ‘unity’

Ingredients

What ingredient inhabits an aggressive capitalist who votes for Democrat candidates, almost all of whom say they detest capitalism, although many of those candidates are immensely wealthy themselves? Opinion.

Ingredients

Lag Ba'Omer with the Jewish Amazons at the pyramids

The little known story of how in May 1942, dozens of Jewish soldiers lit a Lag Ba'Omer bonfire in the shadow of the pyramids, dancing and singing in honor of Rashbi and Jewish independence.

Lag Ba'Omer with the Jewish Amazons at the pyramids

Charles III in Congress:

The King’s Speech 2026

King Charles alluded to terror when discussing global instability-yet he declined to name it where it is most acute. That was not an accident. Opinion.

The King’s Speech 2026

Israel’s best friend won’t be there forever

Simply put, the strategic lesson of the Trump years is not that America can be relied upon - it is that Israel has been fortunate enough to have a true friend in the White House at a critical moment, and that it should use that fortune to make itself permanently less reliant on whoever comes next. Opinion.

Israel’s best friend won’t be there forever

Germany's secret nuclear assistance to Iran

Iran has relied on dual-use German nuclear technology, equipment and training to enrich and produce weapon-grade uranium. Nazi ideology lives on in Iran, whose very name is derived from the world "Aryan." Op-ed.

Germany's secret nuclear assistance to Iran

Flotillas and falsehood:

When “humanitarian" means political warfare

This is a reality Israel understands all too well. Opinion.

When “humanitarian" means political warfare

The pathology of Jewish anti-Zionism

When dissent becomes a strategy of communal self-erasure and double standards, it becomes pathology. Opinion.

The pathology of Jewish anti-Zionism

Jewish Education is no longer optional

When our children are asked who they are and they will be, our responsibility is to ensure they do not hesitate, do not shrink, and do not apologise, but answer with pride. Op-ed.

Jewish Education is no longer optional

Targeted by Words:

The verbal assault on Trump and the dangerous climate it fuels

There is a critical distinction between rigorous critique and relentless vilification. When criticism crosses into the territory of demonization, it risks creating an environment where violence is normative. Opinion.

The verbal assault on Trump and the dangerous climate it fuels

The US Navy’s secret weapon:

Leveraging Israel’s naval capabilities

Data on Israel as a force and dollar multiplier for the US. Op-ed.

Leveraging Israel’s naval capabilities

Muted Iran, burning Iran:

Is this the endgame of a hollow regime?

If loyalty to the regime truly exists, a simple question remains: why is the internet not opened?

Is this the endgame of a hollow regime?

Don't let Putin guard the uranium!

Why Russia must be kept out of the Iran nuclear endgame. Opinion.

Don't let Putin guard the uranium!

Antisemitism: The canary in the coal mine of British civilization

Samuel Hayek, president of the Jewish National Fund, shocked England by saying: “Jews have no future in the United Kingdom," Not only Jews, but Western civilizatiion. Opinion.

Antisemitism: The canary in the coal mine of British civilization

Why Democrats chose Iran over Israel

It’s a reversal of sympathies that baffles Iranian dissidents and pro-Israel activists, but it shouldn’t. Opinion.

Why Democrats chose Iran over Israel

At last, the words we have been waiting for?

The Prime Minister’s response to the Golders Green attack sounds like leadership. But listen carefully, it says far more than he intends. Opinion.

At last, the words we have been waiting for?

Melanie Phillips:

The Palestinian Arab laundromat

Shockingly, the West has framed antisemitism and anti-Zionism as conscience itself. Opinion.

The Palestinian Arab laundromat

Post "Roaring Lion":

Israel's adaptation and survival

To prevail in future wars, Israel will always need to be the “fittest" adversary. Recalling Charles Darwin and his interpreters, this signals a continuing capacity to “adapt" as required. Opinion.

Israel's adaptation and survival

From Ashes to Eternity:

‘Feigele’- a monument to courage, faith, and unconquerable spirit

Review of a book that serves as an indispensable contribution to the preservation of Holocaust memory, a reminder of the human faces behind the statistics, and a call to vigilance in the face of escalating Jew hatred.

‘Feigele’- a monument to courage, faith, and unconquerable spirit

The UAE just quit OPEC. US and Israel should be paying attention

Cartel membership came with Arab political expectations. Independence from it comes with Arab political freedom.

The UAE just quit OPEC. US and Israel should be paying attention

Why the silence on Hamas mass rapes in Gaza?

Where is Francesca Albanese when you need her? And Human Rights Watch? Both missing in action. Totally silent. Op-ed.

Why the silence on Hamas mass rapes in Gaza?

Polar opposites agree on the Jews

Antisemitism is perhaps the last acceptable prejudice, embraced alike by both right and left, religious and secular, Christian and Muslim. Op-ed.

Polar opposites agree on the Jews

Op-ed:

The left and the media justify violence, and violence follows

The war on Jews could have been prevented if the media and political leaders had stood up for the truth instead of letting antisemites get away with their lies and justifying their hate.

The left and the media justify violence, and violence follows

Great Britain's great shame

The country that taught the world the rule of law now hesitates to enforce it where it matters most, and hopes the language of concern will compensate. It will not. Opinion.

Great Britain's great shame

From erasure to inversion:

The new face of Egyptian Holocaust Denial

In Egypt's morally obscene rhetoric on the Iran Warr, Iran becomes the victim, Israel becomes the aggressor, Nazis become a rhetorical weapon against Jews, and the Holocaust becomes either a lie, an exaggeration, or a political inconvenience. Opinion.

The new face of Egyptian Holocaust Denial

The Iranian ‘Oskar Schindler’

The story of a courageous Iranian diplomat who operated entirely within the belly of the beast, using the Nazis’ own pseudoscientific racial theories against them - and saving thousands. Op-ed.

The Iranian ‘Oskar Schindler’

Is it already here?

Is Israel sleepwalking into a constitutional crisis?

Israel's activist Supreme Court has significantly overstepped its traditional role in statutory interpretation in significant ways, an explosive recipe for national unrest. Opinion.

Is Israel sleepwalking into a constitutional crisis?

Be Careful, President Trump:

Indefinite delays are Iran’s favorite weapon

Firm deadlines must be reestablished. Pressure via blockade must remain constant until the enriched uranium is rendered unusable and the ballistic missiles neutralized. Opinion.

Indefinite delays are Iran’s favorite weapon

Where are Hamas' leaders?

Homeless and evicted from Qatar

Hamas is looking for a new home, both metaphorically and literally. Erdogan may be waiting in the wings, but the facts are that Hamas leaders have been forced to leave their Qatari luxury accommodations. And no one cares. Op-ed.

Homeless and evicted from Qatar

The Left lights the fuse, then blames “All Sides"

Democrats and their media allies spent years calling Trump Hitler, MAGA fascist and law enforcement the SS reborn. Now, when someone acts on the logic they created, they pretend the problem is not their demonization, but everyone’s equally guilty rhetoric. Opinion.

The Left lights the fuse, then blames “All Sides"

In Koby's memory:

We know loss, and that is why we live

We live. We really live. We make it count in the most ordinary ways possible, because the ordinary is what gets taken. Opinion.

We know loss, and that is why we live

That was THEN. This is NOW. Media Wars Alert!

For every ugly meme or video taken down in social media, thousands replace it. For every excellent rebuttal article by our finest writers and pundits, new censorship is introduced. Op-ed.

That was THEN. This is NOW. Media Wars Alert!

When gas prices today matter more than nuclear risk tomorrow

Strategic threats do not announce that they will eventually become irreversible. But by the time nuclear capability is fully realized, prevention is no longer an option. It must be dealt with now, even if gas priices go up for a while. Opinion.

When gas prices today matter more than nuclear risk tomorrow

Israel and Lebanon: two victims of Iran and its proxies

The Israel-Lebanon equation is a hinge of the Iran conflict, if not of global history. In fact, southern Lebanon has become a frontline in a wider Iran-Israel conflict. Opinion.

Israel and Lebanon: two victims of Iran and its proxies

'Poisoned Ivies' by Elise Stefanik:

'The Inside Account of the Moral Rot at US Elite Universities'

A courageous book by the woman who initiated and led the famous congressional hearing on exploding antisemitism in three prestigious American universities, exposing their moral rot with a simple question. Review.

'The Inside Account of the Moral Rot at US Elite Universities'

A regional scramble to borrow from Iran’s playbook

Iran's weakening leaves a vacuum. Will its role be filled by countries waiting to emulate its use of proxies, armament and pressure to sow chaos and increase their own power, or by a different view leading to prosperity and peace in the region? Opinion.

A regional scramble to borrow from Iran’s playbook

April 29, 1945:

Confronted by genocide, US soldiers killed 50 German SS at Dachau

Some US soldiers were enraged, others went mad after witnessing unspeakable horrors in the Dachau concentration camp, and they killed their SS prisoners. Op-ed.

Confronted by genocide, US soldiers killed 50 German SS at Dachau

The attempt to assassinate Trump:

The radical Left is a danger to the West

Cancel culture was just the warm-up. The next step is physical because the radical left no longer wants to convince: it wants to bury. Opinion.

The radical Left is a danger to the West

Bahrain's citizenship purge exposes Iran's most dangerous weapon

Bahrain is battling the network of citizens, residents, and IRGC-cultivated operatives embedded inside Bahraini society who passed targeting intelligence to Tehran while the attacks were still ongoing. Iran has spent decades cultivating this 5th column - and not just in Bahrain. Op-ed.

Bahrain's citizenship purge exposes Iran's most dangerous weapon

Into the fray:

Iran-Why this war must be waged

It is imperative to underscore to the public what the stakes in this conflict are, and why nothing less than the total capitulation of the theocrats in Tehran will suffice as an acceptable outcome. Opinion.

Iran-Why this war must be waged

The Year of Aliyah

A major financial opening for Diaspora Jews has arrived, signed in the Knesset on March 30. Read about it below along with a message for decision makers. Op-ed.

The Year of Aliyah