Opeds (Page 14)

NEA vs. ADL:

The Anti Defamation League missed the chance to speak up in 2005

The ADL lost the fight against antisemitism way before the National Education Association vote ousting its Holocaust material. Eventually, it politicized antisemitism and used its power to support progressives. A personal testimony.

A Noahide writes:

Let's admit it - we hate the Jews because we know they are right

Only Judaism arouses true hatred. And this hatred is roused by non-Jews' very very deep fear/realization that Judaism and the Chosenness of Israel are true. A response to Rabbi YY Jacobson. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

When NYC was Sinatra’s kind of town

Nothing lasts forever, but turning NYC into a wasteland is going too far. Opinion.

To Gadi Eisenkot and the NYTimes:

Cut the lies - Hamas never agreed to disarm and never will

The Israeli public is continually bombarded with this total falsehood claiming that political considerations are keeping 20 live and 30 dead hostages stuck in the Gaza Strip. Opinion.

A call to Israel:

Stand tall and finish the fight!

Our unfortunate history is that we too often buckle under pressure and suffer enormous, terrible consequences. We need to learn from our mistakes. Opinion.

Azerbaijan and Israel: Friends and partners but not allies

Iran’s accusations — that Azerbaijan has played a role in Israeli military operations — lack credible evidence and appear to be part of an information warfare strategy. Opinion.

How Islam will subjugate Europe

Allowing uncontrolled free speech when your enemies make use of it to advance your destruction is the epitome of idiocy. Are we witnessing the dumming down of Europe? Opinion.

Faculty for Justice in Palestine (FJP) is worse than SJP

No school would tolerate a group of professors who formed a chapter of the KKK, Aryan Nations, or American Nazi Party. None should tolerate faculty who support Hamas, Hezbollah, the PFLP, or any other terrorist organization. Opinion.

Melanie Phillips:

Nazi chic and soft-soaping the Jew-baiters

The current frenzy over Israel can be seen as the last remaining front of the Second World War. Opinion.

Mamdani Madness and Mania:

A radical Socialist Muslim plans a Mad, Mad, Mad New York

Doomed to failure, Mamdani's plans for New York sound like they were written by the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. He and his wife and parents' blatant antisemitism adds evil to the general madness. Opinion.

Peace doesn’t begin with murder

Peace does not come from weakness. It comes from truth. And now, it is pain, not peace, that occupies our minds. Opinion.

Jews, infidels, and everyone in-between

In general, Westerners are taught to be kind, self-assured, self-responsible and tolerant of others, while Muslims are taught to be aggressive, insecure and intolerant. Opinion.

No one says ‘Death to the Russian army’

There is only one armed force in the world upon which celebrities and activists openly wish for death. Op-ed.

Hey, you Jew in the keffiyeh!

A symbol of anti-Jewish violence, the garment of our executioners, became a badge of misguided virtue—and history won’t absolve the Jew who wears it. Op-ed.

To Prime Minister Netanyahu:

How long will you waver between both sides of the fence?

Gaza is not yours to give away! In Gaza absolute security and full control [Israeli sovereignty] must be maintained without any form of capitulation. Opinion.

A modus operandi:

Burning Synagogues: The old/new Antisemitism rage

The recent Melbourne synagogue attack follows at least twenty similar arsons or attempted arsons since Hamas’ genocidal attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. Report.

Netanyahu’s Washington visit:

A diplomatic balancing act of hope and peril

History will judge Trump and Netanyahu not by their handshakes and public camaraderie, but by whether they secured Israel’s future while upholding the values that have long defined its alliance with the United States. Opposition.

The Unspeakable Weapon:

Hamas's sexual terror demands elimination, not negotiation

Hamas’s explicit rejection of peace, compromise, and human decency makes negotiation impossible and counterproductive. Opinion.

What's worse? Worldwide diplomatic isolation or more dead Jews?

Israel’s foes seem surprised that the Jewish state’s people prefer the defeat of existential threats over applause from antisemites and an indifferent world. Opinion.

Hard truths about Gaza

Why hasn’t the IDF implemented the government’s own official policy, to separate civilians from Hamas terrorists and impose full siege on the areas where Hamas remains? Read on.

NYC Mayoral Elections:

A fusion candidate can once again save New York City

There is no substitute for successfully winning an election. A fusion candidate is the solution.

The strike at Al-Baqa and a leaderless Shabak

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

Analysis:

Iran emerged weakened and vulnerable after war with Israel

The Iranian regime's weakened situation is not necessarily a sign that the regime will fall, but one that could mean trouble for the country's ethnic minorities. Analysis.

The culture war Commission

Fighting antisemitism starts with truth. And it starts with acknowledging our mistakes.

Outcasts, masquerading as Rabbinical Authorities

The six Jewish clergy who signed a letter commending Mandani and blasting Israel are just one more tragic, pathetic, foolish, perhaps even dangerous expression of egregious naivete. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

The life-saving Weizmann Institute and the masochistic West

It started with a ballistic missile hitting the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot and continued with two attacks on Ben Gurion University of the Negev, destroying years of research. But the West is upset about dead Iranian nuclear scientists who will not be able to destroy the world. Opinion.

Ceasefire - No! Surrender - Yes!

I do not want Trump or Qatar or the UN to broker a ceasefire with Hamas. I want the savages from October 7th to surrender. Opinion.

Will Netanyahu be walking into a trap in Trump’s White House?

Does Trump think he is going to dictate Israel's immediate future?

Alma Research Center Analysis:

From war to a diplomatic solution for Iran?

The Iranian Nuclear Program in regional and global perspective.

Trump shoots. He scores.

America and Israel, together, the greatest show on earth. Opinion.

A Chok HaGiyuss (Draft Law) compromise solution: Occam’s Razor

The simplest solution is often the best.

UN: Noting the Muslim slaughter of Christians is 'Islamophobic'

The UN shuts up anyone who exposes Islam’s heavily documented pattern of violence against non-Muslims, including the murders of over 1000 Christians worshipping in churches. No "Fight Christianophobia Day" is planned.

Ruthie Blum:

The message that Herzog shouldn’t be conveying

The Israeli president’s official role is to represent the face of the country abroad and foster national unity at home. But his partisanship is getting in the way.

Perceptions of credibility

The limits of Israel's nuclear ambiguity.

The permitted racism

Everyday hate - reflections from the frontlines of antisemitism, Opinion.

It never ceases to amaze - the duplicity of Israel's accusers

Find Israel on a world globe without a magnifying glass, I dare you. Op-ed.

How Iran lost its Empire:

The fall of Iran’s Shia Empire, the battle for a New Middle East

The regional balance of power is shifting rapidly, with major players, including Arab states, Pakistan, and Turkey, now recalibrating their positions in anticipation of what comes next. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

Iranian assassins now target everyone

The Iranian regime is subcontracting murders to European criminal networks. They are recruiting mafia organizations to do their work and no one is laughing at it anymore. Op-ed.

The spies among us: processing the incomprehensible

A spate of cases of has Israelis shaking their heads with disbelief and disgust. What should we do? Opinion.

Investigative Project on Terror:

Iran's crazy search for spies

Iranian intelligence detained squirrels, pigeons and accused Israel of sending reptiles and stopping rain - meanwhile, Mossad real spies had been laboring for decades and their efforts paid off with spectacular results. Opinion.

July 4, 2025:

The United States and American Jews at a crossroads

Which approach will America take regarding Israel and the Jewish people? Will the extremist views and the polarization continue, or will one path emerge as the US’s bipartisan mainstream Israel policy? American Jews also have questions they must answer. Opinion..

Melanie Phillips:

The need to acknowledge Muslim antisemitism

Britain may be an outlier for now, but America’s not far behind. Opinion.

July 4, 2025:

America's quest for independence never ends

A patriotic Jewish American citizen, the writer makes it clear that all Western democracies are facing similar never-ending wars for their independence, but not all are fighting to keep it. Opinion.

The manipulated campaign against the 'Hilltop Youth'

These young pioneers are not violent criminals. They are the front line of Jewish resilience. Opinion.

Jonathan S. Tobin:

Israel owes Trump, but that can’t mean Hamas’s survival

The president wants an end to the war in Gaza so he can make more deals in the region. As much as Jerusalem must defer to him, there must be limits to that gratitude. Opinion.

Rise of Fascism:

Elite American school teaches children to love Hitler, hate Jews

Across the nation, radical teachers are “educating’ students that Jews are colonial interlopers in the Middle East and that Hamas’s genocidal ambitions are completely justified. Some are glorifying Hitler. Opinion.

"Redemptive Antisemitism" aims to rid the world of all Jews

There is no Jewish conspiracy to dominate the world, but there is a widespread global anti-Jewish conspiracy based on the principles of “Redemptive Antisemitism”.

When silence betrays

A call to American Jewish leadership about the urgency of courage in facing antisemitism. Opinion.

Two Music Festivals, one lesson about antisemitism

Tucker Carlson does not fit the bill. Opinion.

Judgment and misjudgment

In Iran the Foreign Minster, Kamal Karrazi, told Arafat, “No Muslim can allow holy Jerusalem to remain under occupation, and the Organization of the Islamic Conference will never let any deal be made over Jerusalem.” Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Operation Rising Lion…the movie

I say a movie, indeed a blockbuster, to tell the story of Israel as it is today, a nation of warriors desirous of peace. Opinion.

The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Antisemitism

We must demand recourse

We cannot be silent. Silence has rarely ended well for us. Opinion.

Salt of the earth series:

Sgt. Neriya Belete Hy”d:'Life is a road on which we must advance'

The Belete family's legacy is a path of sacrifice, leading from the desert roads of Sudan to the sands of the Gaza Strip.

Yeah…let’s talk about “Proportionality”

Of course, I knew that neither facts nor statistics would change my friend's hermetically sealed mind, but there was pleasure in this brief moment anyway. Opinion.

The Eisenkot-Kahana-Gantz triangle:

Divorce - Israel style

I got divorced once myself. But I have never gained a full intellectual grasp of Israeli political divorces. They are quite a thing, aren’t they? Opinion.

From a ‘Ring of Fire’ to a ‘Ring of Hope’

Israel’s military triumphs now may pave the way for a historic opportunity to shift from defense to dialogue. Opinion.