Opeds (Page 15)


HIAS squanders a beautiful mitzvah

A beautiful opportunity to counter anti-Semitism is squandered behind the sterile, opaque name “HIAS.” Opinion.

HIAS squanders a beautiful mitzvah

As the West dies, Israel’s future lies with rising Asia

Israel shares increasingly fewer values with the leftist West, which in its bid to destroy itself has abandoned its history, culture, uniqueness and belief in itself. Opinion.

As the West dies, Israel’s future lies with rising Asia

An unnoticed moment of divine intervention at the United Nations

A small country they keep on condemning again and again simply for fighting for its existence was able to achieve in three days what world powers failed to accomplish in fifty years .

An unnoticed moment of divine intervention at the United Nations

From ‘Peace through Strength’ to ‘Peace through Victory’

Trump deserves the nearly universal accolades for the courageous military strike on Iran. But his reversal from pursuing his stated goal of ‘unconditional surrender’ squandered the historic opportunity not just to ‘obliterate’ the Fordow site but to defeat the weakened Iran completely. Opinion.

From ‘Peace through Strength’ to ‘Peace through Victory’

The decline and fall of Islamic regimes over the last 100 years

Modern Muslim tyrannies always lose. A one-by-one survey of five of the Muslim nations whose commonality is hating Israel: Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Libya, Pakistan. Part 2 (link to part I below).

The decline and fall of Islamic regimes over the last 100 years

Analysis:

Israel’s offensive on Iran upgrades US economy and defense

Israel’s strategic posture vis a vis the US is that of the largest US aircraft carrier, which does not require a single American on board, cannot be sunk, and is deployed in a most critical area. And there is much more. Analysis.

Israel’s offensive on Iran upgrades US economy and defense

Two sides of Israel's existential war

Yes, war brings out the best and the worst in people; and the worst of Western anti-Israel people plummeted to hitherto-unseen depths this week in the UK. Add to that the saga of my being in Israel as a tourist during the war, its worst and its best. Opinion.

Two sides of Israel's existential war

Only 5% of New Yorkers voted for Mamdani

After Zohran Mamdani secured the Democrat nomination for mayor, millions of people around the country are wondering how the city that lived through 9/11 could have done this? The answer is it didn’t. Opinion.

Only 5% of New Yorkers voted for Mamdani

Ken's thought of the week:

Regime change needed in numerous countries/entities

The prospects of regime or entity changes for the top 10 list of existential threats to America. Opinion.

Regime change needed in numerous countries/entities

A doozy of an anti-Netanyahu/Trump two-fer

The claim that the Israeli prime minister crafted the U.S. president’s Truth Social post about dropping his trial is as laughable as it is a shameless lie. Opinion.

A doozy of an anti-Netanyahu/Trump two-fer

Why the Iranians targeted Qatar and not Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan contributes to regional stability by remaining neutral and avoiding conflict. Opinion.

Why the Iranians targeted Qatar and not Azerbaijan

Arab terrorism on trial in the American courts

The United States Supreme Court upholds the right of American victims of Arab terror to sue in American courts. Opinion.

Arab terrorism on trial in the American courts

Is antisemitism worse on the right or left?

The radical-right has no influence on college campuses, where anti-Jewish violence is rampant; and it is Democrats who have failed to expel antisemitic, pro-Hamas elements from their party. Opinion.

Is antisemitism worse on the right or left?

Alma Research Center:

After the strikes, what’s next for the Iranian threat?

As Israelis, we need to know what comes next so we can sleep better at night. How can we ensure we won’t have to undertake such an operation again in a few years? Opinion.

After the strikes, what’s next for the Iranian threat?

Out of the frying pan into the fire

Suddenly, the intifada has moved from the Middle East to New York, as self-hating Jews and self-loathing Americans voted for a rabid antisemite for Democrat mayoral candidate. Opinion.

Out of the frying pan into the fire

Melanie Phillips:

The new populism of the Judeocidal left

The radical candidate poised to become New York’s mayor embodies an alliance between reactionary Islamism and left- wing progressivism. Opinion.

The new populism of the Judeocidal left

Trump, Pharaoh, and the God who writes the story

Leadership is not always linear. And Divine Providence rarely unfolds in straight lines. Imagine if you had lived in Egypt in Moses' time. Opinion.

Trump, Pharaoh, and the God who writes the story

Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer:

The illusory notion that NYC exile could defy Jewish history

The city that was so Jewish that anti-Semites would call it “Jew York” just gave its Democrat primary choice to an outright Jew hater, overt, in your face, Opinion.

The illusory notion that NYC exile could defy Jewish history

Jack Engelhard:

The Ayatollah has no clothes

Trump is a mighty world leader, and a true friend of Israel, but never can he fully understand what it means being a Jew, and the anguish of being tormented by one tyrant to the next. Opinion.

The Ayatollah has no clothes

The calm between storms

After two weeks of rocket fire, heavy casualties, and relentless fear, an Efrat resident shares his family's emotional journey through the war with Iran — and the enduring hope that Israel’s youth may one day grow up in peace.

The calm between storms

Dr. Martin Sherman:

Iran: State disintegration, not regime change

Israel cannot rely on regime change to ensure its security. It must aim at dismantling Iran into separate ethnic entities to ensure that, in the future, it will not become the grave menace that it was in the past. Opinion.

Iran: State disintegration, not regime change

Israel 1948:

They did not surrender

Max Brod wrote about Tel Aviv during Israel's War of Independence. His work and his message are strikingly similar for Israel today. Op-ed.

They did not surrender

War with Iran:

The good and the unfathomable

What should have followed the nuclear facilities bombings was a mop-up exercise by Israel, several weeks perhaps. But it was denied. By Washington. Opinion.

The good and the unfathomable

The Iranians must finish the job!

At this current stage—these dark and bitter days—the core of the regime, its suppression machinery, and propaganda arms are all trying to preserve the status quo. Opinion.

The Iranians must finish the job!

Dear New York Jews

As a citizen of Toronto, all I can say is: Welcome to the club.

Dear New York Jews

Putting Egypt and Turkey on notice

Turkey has been a dominant and strategic partner to Hamas and its leadership, Egypt was the conduit through which arms flowed into Gaza. Beware of consequences. Opinion.

Putting Egypt and Turkey on notice

Ignoring AOC

If you’re confused about how to feel right now, just listen to AOC or Bernie Sanders and do the opposite. Opinion.

Ignoring AOC

Where was American Jewry?

Iran launched lethal missiles and threatened nuclear war against Israel. While the IDF accomplished miracles, Israelis ran to shelters and over twenty were killed. Where were US Jewry's demonstrations? their organizations' protests against attempted genocide? Opinion.

Where was American Jewry?

Reasons to support Israel’s ceasefire with Iran

After suffering humiliating losses on the battlefield, Iran knew it could not survive the wrath of Trump. Iran begged for a ceasefire. It was essentially a complete surrender. Analysis.

Reasons to support Israel’s ceasefire with Iran

Memories from my grandfather and President Trump's father

Perhaps the love of Israel instilled in the Trump family helped, with Divine guidance, to inspire the unwavering support for Israel in these days.

Memories from my grandfather and President Trump's father

Regime overthrow in Iran?

The culture and aspiration for democracy must be deeply rooted in the culture of a people for this to occur. This is not the case in Iran. Opinion.

Regime overthrow in Iran?

Ceaseless fire

A cease fire that does not deal with the underlying causes of the conflict is bound to fail. Negotiations with Iran that do not begin with one question - do you repudiate your fantasy of destroying Israel? - are a waste of time. Opinion.

Ceaseless fire

'America First' does not mean 'Israel last'

Keep Amercan boys out of it but help Israel shoot down Iranian ballistic missiles and such. Opinion.

'America First' does not mean 'Israel last'

Analysis:

The ballistic missile threat persists

Iran’s vast missile arsenal, dispersed across underground bunkers, urban areas and remote regions, will not vanish overnight, although Israel has significantly degraded it. Analysis.

The ballistic missile threat persists

Iran is the new Gaza

As a ceasefire begins with deadly missile barrages and is broken within hours, Israelis can’t help but to be reminded of the rounds of fighting in Gaza. Opinion.

Iran is the new Gaza

The Sovereignty Movement:

And now, as the Middle East is being renewed…

A new front has been added to the military one — the political diplomatic front — and on this front, we can no longer rely on miracles, even after having witnessed so many. The renewed Middle East now emerging must include Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria and the rejection of the idea of a Palestinian Arab state. Opinion.

And now, as the Middle East is being renewed…

First comes strength, then comes peace

How Israel gave the USA the perfect beta for testing its bunker buster bombs and for testing the new world order. Opinion.

First comes strength, then comes peace

An Iranian expatriate writes:

Iran in the shadow of war

No one knows which areas are safe anymore because the regime doesn't bother itself with its citizens' welfare. Regime officials hypocritically mourn the dead—less out of compassion, and more out of frustration that they were not the ones to orchestrate their deaths as they have done for decades. Opinion.

Iran in the shadow of war

Having peace talks after Trump’s bombing ultimatum was ludicrous

Of all murky lunacies, redoing two failed nuclear talks with a wicked regime is the most comic, the most idiotic, the most perilous. Opinion

Having peace talks after Trump’s bombing ultimatum was ludicrous

Regime change in Iran is a strategic necessity

Using past examples of badly planned and poorly executed attempts as irrefutable proof that regime change must never be attempted again is not analysis — it's paralysis. Opinion.

Regime change in Iran is a strategic necessity

European wimps want Israel to do the dirty work and then blame it

Israel acts because it must, and has become the moral beacon of the West. America acts because Trump wants to protect Western ideals and destroy evil. Europe doesn’t act because it no longer knows what it stands for. Opinion.

European wimps want Israel to do the dirty work and then blame it

Political Antisemitism exposed by Operation Rising Lion

There are two possible reasons for the persistence of shrill, reflexive denunciations of Israel by progressive politicians: naiveté or malice. Opinion.

Political Antisemitism exposed by Operation Rising Lion

Why are Jews running into a burning building?

Israel might be the only nation in history who in time of war arranged “rescue” flights to bring its citizens home instead of to help them leave. Opinion.

Why are Jews running into a burning building?

Regime Change in Iran is possible- here is how to do it and why

Two views on changing the regime: The path forward is neither naive appeasement nor reckless regime change. It is strategic democratic pressure combined with calculated covert support. Opinion.

Regime Change in Iran is possible- here is how to do it and why

Shani Louk's father:

Not everyone mourned on the anniversary of my daughter's burial

On the anniversary of my murdered daughter Shani’s burial, Rabbi Shmuley was attacked for honoring her memory.

Not everyone mourned on the anniversary of my daughter's burial

Report:

Before US strikes, Israeli attacks dealt Iran a ‘severe blow’

The IAF hit over 50% of Iranian missile launchers, has flown over 1,000 sorties, hitting nuclear sites, missile production and even Iranian fighter jets and refueling jets. Report.

Before US strikes, Israeli attacks dealt Iran a ‘severe blow’

Thank you, President Trump

The Jewish people’s long memory means we remember those who have been good to us for thousands of years and our ‘Hakarat Hatov,’ our gratitude, is eternal. Donald Trump has etched his name in history alongside Cyrus the Great. Opinion.

Thank you, President Trump

“Let us sing unto the Lord”:

The Fall of Fordow is a victory for the free world

From Fordow to freedom, from fear to faith, we continue to sing.

The Fall of Fordow is a victory for the free world

Prof. Phyllis Chesler:

A moment in history that will never be forgotten

President Trump gave Iran a chance to negotiate, an option which they refused to exercise. Iran has now paid the price

A moment in history that will never be forgotten

Modern Muslim tyrannies always lose

The decline and fall of Islamic Regimes over the last 100 years.

Modern Muslim tyrannies always lose

Ignoring Europe and winning wars

Any European demand for de-escalation is really a call for Iran’s Islamic fascism to survive to kill Jews another day. Perhaps no one knows better than Benjamin Netanyahu how meaningless are the words and few deeds of the dying Europeans. Opinion.

Ignoring Europe and winning wars

The Iranian conflict belongs to the U.S. and the West

Israel has a strategy and the means to finish off Fordow buried deep under a mountain near Qom, but it would be nice to see America step in with its 30,000 pound bomb and help finish it off quickly. Opinion.

The Iranian conflict belongs to the U.S. and the West

Optimistic

There is a historic demographic process underway and Israel will be the better for it. Opinion.

Optimistic

Melanie Phillips

The return of the neocon canard

Israel’s war with Iran has given an ancient blood libel a new lease of life. Opinion.

The return of the neocon canard

The empty threat of Tehran’s Sewer Rat

As long as Khamenei breathes, peace will never return to the Middle East or the world. Any mercy shown to him is a betrayal of humanity. Opinion.

The empty threat of Tehran’s Sewer Rat

How to create national solidarity?

It is historically obvious that a national solidarity based on compromising fundamental truths in order to create a broad, but shallow and weak 'middle of the road' was not the type of solidarity that has sustained us in our existential struggle. There is another basis for that solidarity. Opinion.

How to create national solidarity?




























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