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.
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.


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

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.

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

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

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 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.

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

The Syrian army is exploiting the regional escalation - which includes missile and UAV interceptions over southern Syria and Israel’s engagement on additional fronts - in order to move forces and expand its deployment in the area. Report.

The radical nature of Iran's Islamic leaders and the people who follow them blindly indicate that will not be another change of leader Maduro event, nor a war decided through bombardment alone. Analysis.

A militia of uniformed, bearded men took possession of the streets of Manchester. On horseback. They charged anti-Iranian regime protesters like something out of an Islamic Western. The police did nothing. Op-ed.

A unilateral arrangement is required to ensure that Iran can never close this vital waterway again. Opinion.

Why total regime change and an interim non-Islamic leader like Reza Pahlavi offers Iran its only hope of internal prosperity and Western acceptance. Opinion.

DHS must prepare for the reality that it is dealing with a fanatical, brutal, and criminal cult on American soil. Op-ed.

President Trump’s warning that trade relations with Spain could end should be just a first step if Sanchez does not cease to undermine America's war effort. Opinion.

Do you know that for three decades the Brotherhood governed Sudan through the National Congress Party? It hosted Osama bin Laden from 1991 to 1996, constructed Sudan’s military-industrial complex with Iranian assistance, and exported jihadist ideology across Africa. It now chokes oil transport at Bab el-Mandeb. Op-ed.

Epic Fury is going well, but we must plan for the future and take the oil supply out of Iran's control.

Jews should be aware of the cry of pain behind a resurrected antisemitic libel. Opinion.

Democrats rediscover - or invent - constitutional principles when Republicans use force. Opinion.

As Yogi Berra said, it is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. An analysis of possible outcomes of Epic Fury/Roaring Lion. Op-ed.

Those Jews are at their witchcraft again...just ask Tucker Carlson and Ilhan Omar. Op-ed.

The embrace of terror supporters by the mayor and his wife, coupled with the media’s efforts to confuse the public about an Islamist terror attack at a protest in front of Gracie Mansion, is a tipping point in American society. Op-ed.

Anyone who talks to you about ‘Greater Israel’ - which does not exist -is out to distract you from ‘Greater Islam’ - which is becoming greater every moment. Opinion.

When Iran can build 11 nuclear bombs in days, National Security is not a podcast debate. Op-ed.

America has never been shy about showcasing its prowess. It should not be shy now either. Opinion.

Tehran, perhaps unintentionally, has permanently dismantled the illusion of Qatari diplomatic immunity. The era of tolerating Qatari two-faced hypocrisy should end forthwith. Opinion.

Being Israeli isn’t just a nationality. It’s a posture. A way of standing in the world. Op-ed.

For 200 dreadful days, the Yishuv in "Palestine" waited to see if Hitler would realize his plans, aided by the Mufti of Jerusalem, to slaughter them all. Opinion.

MBS cannot break the fundamental pact without risking his throne. because the religious establishment and the brainwashed “Arab street" are too powerful to ignore. Opinion..

Leaving everything to Israel and Trump, while criticizing them, doesn't work when you are stranded in a war zone. Westerners suddenly discovered, with belated horror, that the world is not an Airbnb catalogue and that history does not pause to let them check out. Opinion.

The anti-Zionist fetish for violence and Jewish blood was never more fulfilled than on the dark day of October 7, 2023, but unfortunately for them, it is not 1939 anymore. Opinion.

When Jews stand on the front line against tyranny, the tyrants become the victims, the Jews the villains. The reaction to the confrontation with Iran shows just how predictable that pattern has become. The Iranian people, however, understand perfectly well who their enemy is. Opinion.

Noam Batan's Eurovision song blends Hebrew, French, and English with a Mediterranean rhythm to invoke the deep historical connection between Europe and Israel.

MBS is paralyzed. When will he realize that the only way out is immediate normalization with Israel instead of his continued groveling to Iran? Opinion.

We residents are staying put in the face of a concerted barrage from both Lebanon and Iran, hoping for an IDF operation to extend the borders and decimate Hezbollah. Opinion.

Shockingly, Khamenei was presented as a benign, pragmatic leader who was against nuclear weapons in NYT, WSJ and Wash Post eulogies. It's hard to believe how low the liberal press has fallen in their refusal to approve of anything done by President Trump. Opinion.

Bob Dylan's 1983 song says it all. It's unpolitcal, he said, and he was right - it's downright historical and immortal as well.

Reading obituaries is like acquiring advanced degrees in history, psychology, political science and philosophy. It is a way to follow change, especially when it comes to media figures and politicians. Opinion.

Amid the campaign against Iran and its regional proxies, the strategic challenge is not Shiism itself but the dominance of Tehran’s radical doctrine. Op-ed.

A Talmudic principle used by Herzog's revered grandfather and other legal factors make a pardon doable, but what is needed is the courage to put the people first and allow the Prime Minister to concentrate wholly on the war. Letter.

Most American Jewish liberal critics of Israel are committed to ideologies that cannot be reconciled with a State Of Israel that holds that saving Jewish lives is vitally important - as long as it isn't their lives at stake. Opinion.

For years, the Iranian Foreign Ministry physically bankrolled high-level strategy sessions at Vienna’s Palais Coburg, ensuring that the "independent analysts" appearing on Western television screens were reading from a script vetted by the Mullahs. And that's not all. Exposé.

The Iranians ruined Purim, wept my young son. How explain to him that in the skies over Persia, and from India to Ethiopia, the Megillah is coming true again, word for word? A story of resilience and faith.

This is a once-in-a-century opportunity born of war and collapse. Opinion.

We may decapitate the Islamic Jihad sponsor, but its franchises are improvising in Gaza and the Sahel. The IRGC may be reeling, but its ideology is entrepreneurial and the West's response must be immediate, surgical and relentless. Opinion.
