Opeds (Page 2)


Holocaust Memorial Day:

Hamas supporters may commemorate the Holocaust in good faith

Antisemites desire the butchery of Jews. And are ready to revere those who were butchered. Opinion.

Hamas supporters may commemorate the Holocaust in good faith

Holocaust Memorial Day:

Never say that this is your last path...

The story of where fate brought me in 1963 at the age of 16 when I was in high school. As an average Soviet schoolboy, I was far from Judaism in all its aspects. Jewish history changed everything.

Never say that this is your last path...

Yom HaShoah thoughts

Germany itself was brought to ruin by this fanatical hatred, and yet in his final hours, Hitler remained fixated on murdering Jews. There are parallels in today's Middle East. Opinion.

Yom HaShoah thoughts

Hamas’s ‘all-or-nothing’ strategy: Why it rejected a partial deal

The terrorist organization seeks regime survival in Gaza via a full deal. Four former defense officials present their view of Hamas strategy.. Opinion.

Hamas’s ‘all-or-nothing’ strategy: Why it rejected a partial deal

We need a new book "Reading Lolita in America"-not just in Tehran

Great books teach great lessons, and that’s something Palestinian Arabs can not allow. Opinion.

We need a new book "Reading Lolita in America"-not just in Tehran

Giulio Meotti:

The Pope who did not love the West (or the Jews)

Pope Francis expressed distrust of the West and support for Israel’s declared enemies. Opinion.

The Pope who did not love the West (or the Jews)

The Reform Movement has betrayed the Jewish People

The Reform Movement, as it exists in much of the West today, is no longer Judaism that believes it is reforming itself for the modern world. It is crony progressivism with Hebrew subtitles.

The Reform Movement has betrayed the Jewish People

Trump Is doing what we begged Biden to do

For years, we asked for federal enforcement, investigations, holding back federal funding to fight campus antisemitism - so why are some of us so afraid when it happens? Opinion.

Trump Is doing what we begged Biden to do

For Holocaust Remembrance Day:

The Shoah: “An Event of Overbearing Magnitude”

What is so alarming about the Holocaust is the involvement of average people, many of whom participated not so much out of hatred of Jews, but because this was part of their job. And then there is the intelligentsia. Opinion.

The Shoah: “An Event of Overbearing Magnitude”

For Holocaust Remembrance Day:

We remember — and we wake up

We owe it to the six million. Their memory demands more than silence and sirens. It demands unity. It demands strength. It demands that we live as one people—with one heart—even if we don’t always agree.

We remember — and we wake up

The significance of Netanyahu’s address to the nation

Though the Israeli prime minister’s statement lacked dramatic breaking news, it was a message that everyone at home and abroad needed to hear. Remember FDR's fireside chats in WWII? Opinion.

The significance of Netanyahu’s address to the nation

Ten facts about Pope Francis’s troubled relations with Jews.

Pope Francis did call out Hamas as “evil” and called for them to return Israeli hostages. Yet these moments of moral clarity were overshadowed by Pope Francis’ frequently harsh and unjustified attacks on Israel. Opinion.

Ten facts about Pope Francis’s troubled relations with Jews.

France is at a crossroads:

Islamism, secularism, and the criminalization of warning bells

Political Islam—especially the Muslim Brotherhood—is not a religion, but a calculated ideological project. Opinion.

Islamism, secularism, and the criminalization of warning bells

It won’t be easy deporting 15 million illegal migrants

From all over the world, they came, among them the diseased and the violent, and nothing was done to stop them from swarming our towns and neighborhoods. Until Trump - and now the Democrats are trying to stop him. Opinion.

It won’t be easy deporting 15 million illegal migrants

The Jews: An Indigenous People

A book on the connection between the Jews and Eretz Yisrael. Stealing the heritage of others is part of how Islamists generally and Palestinian Arabs in particular work. Review.

The Jews: An Indigenous People

Rutgers University's anti-Israel bunch

The Rutgers CSRR has so thoroughly cornered the market in Israel-hating professors that if they were all together on a boat that sank, the anti-Israel academic "resistance" would all but disappear. Opinion.

Rutgers University's anti-Israel bunch

Why Israel’s war against Hamas is necessary

A war can be both morally justified and legally constrained. Israel’s campaign against Hamas is exactly that. It was not launched lightly or recklessly—it was waged in defense of life, sovereignty and the rule of law. Opinion.

Why Israel’s war against Hamas is necessary

Trump is wrong. Iran is becoming nuclear

Iran's nuclear program exhibits concerning parallels with those of North Korea, India, Pakistan, and Israel, marked by a history of deception, but radically differing from them in its alarming rhetoric of genocidal threats against Israel. The risks posed by a nuclear-armed Iran significantly outweigh those of other nations. Op-ed.

Trump is wrong. Iran is becoming nuclear

Israel''s healthcare at the forefront using AI

There are at least 5 Israeli companies advancing human-centric care using AI of at least 1800 in biotechnology. Overseas investments indicate that Israel's economic situation is considered stable. Op-ed.

Israel''s healthcare at the forefront using AI

Hezbollah Is here:

Europe and North Africa can no longer afford to look away

The numbers of antisemitic incidents in Europe are staggering, but worse still is the silence, the rationalization, and the institutional inaction. This climate emboldens groups like Hezbollah which is making inroads into Africa. Opinion.

Europe and North Africa can no longer afford to look away

Giulio Meotti:

London: Hamas fans rule, writer critical of Islam is banned

This is the tragic truth: European governments who realize that their fifth column is now too big to be governed are using the repression of critics as appeasement. Opinion.

London: Hamas fans rule, writer critical of Islam is banned

To Dave Smith:

You cannot teach morals to the most moral people on earth

Our ethics aren't abstract principles discussed in comfortable podcast studios, but lived realities tested in history's crucible. Op-ed.

You cannot teach morals to the most moral people on earth

Giving in to Hamas' terms is not reversible

Technical Note: Unprecedented terms and conditions could block return to war In Hamas deal. Opinion.

Giving in to Hamas' terms is not reversible

These hostage videos are not a message — they’re manipulation

Hamas' hostage videos are part of its strategy to shake the foundations of Israeli unity, ignite division, and stir unrest. If they did not serve Hamas’ goals, the videos would never have been released. Op-ed.

These hostage videos are not a message — they’re manipulation

Did you know...?

Little known facts about Passover

Passover, the "holiday of freedom", is also the "holiday of Spring" in the Torah - and is "the Spring of the entire world" in the words of Rav Avraham Yitschak HaCohen Hook, Israel's first chief rabbi and founder of Merkaz HaRav Yeshiva in Jerusalem.

Little known facts about Passover

One-way safe passage?

Arafat without Oslo

Rather than facing total obliteration, Hamas, if they have any rationality, should understand, as did Arafat 43 years ago, that accepting safe passage in return for total surrender of the hostages and arms is their only escape option. But Israel must refrain from another Oslo that brings them back. Opinion.

Arafat without Oslo

Selling out:

Liberal Jewish groups fight for Hamas supporters

And those allies are calling for the murder of Jews. Opinion.

Liberal Jewish groups fight for Hamas supporters

'We are not Jews with trembling knees'

Jabotinsky’s Betar worldwide is the growing link in the chain begun by Jabotinsky anf continued by Menachem Begin. Opinion.

'We are not Jews with trembling knees'

In Memoriam:

Dry Bones was resurrected as Israel’s premier cartoonist at 81

For 334 weeks, we went through a weekly ritual in which I sent him my articles from Sydney, many of which were posted on Arutz Sheva, and he returned his cartoon from Herzliya that was able to convey what I had struggled to produce in 620 words.

Dry Bones was resurrected as Israel’s premier cartoonist at 81

Al-Mimouna: The answer to a wounded and divided society

The simple idea is that everyone is invited, without a formal invitation and without distinctions of origin or background, creating an atmosphere of closeness between people and expressing the aspiration for a cohesive and respectful society.

Al-Mimouna: The answer to a wounded and divided society

Melanie Phillips:

The real lesson of the attack on Josh Shapiro

It’s not just the man suspected of setting fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s Harrisburg home who has lost his mind. The attack on Shapiro’s house is what “Globalize the intifada!” looks like. Opinion.

The real lesson of the attack on Josh Shapiro

Do not use the hostage tragedy to diminish Israel's victory

No military, no country, no people has ever sacrificed collective victory for individual pain — not because the individuals don’t matter, but because the welfare of the whole trumps the welfare of the few. Opinion.

Do not use the hostage tragedy to diminish Israel's victory

Trump must stick to his guns on Harvard sanctions

Trump is right to declare war on Harvard’s woke antisemites. They have declared war on Western civilization. Opinion

Trump must stick to his guns on Harvard sanctions

Israel’s ‘privileged class’: Its roots and its rot

There were other battles in the early Jewish state—internal elements such as economic and societal concerns, ideological and practical. Opinion.

Israel’s ‘privileged class’: Its roots and its rot

When will we ever learn?

What happened to: Never forget: Never again? Opinion.

When will we ever learn?

'Iran Must Feel the Pain'

Sid Rosenberg's powerful suggestion to President Trump

American radio host Sid Rosenberg spoke with US President Trump and presented a powerful suggestion for dealing with Iran. Opinion.

Sid Rosenberg's powerful suggestion to President Trump

More good news from Mt. Sinai…

An excellent new approach to how Jews must deal with intractable, sworn enemies. Opinion.

More good news from Mt. Sinai…

Campus Antisemitism:

Harvard’s ‘resistance’ to Trump isn’t about academic freedom

The school would rather lose $9 billion in federal funding than offend the left and give up woke indoctrination policies that enable and encourage antisemitism. Opinion.

Harvard’s ‘resistance’ to Trump isn’t about academic freedom

The role of the Arabs in modern Jewish history

The Arab’s role today is the same as the Canaanite's. Opinion.

The role of the Arabs in modern Jewish history

A wannabe Jew's thoughts on Pesach

if forced to choose between being a Jew and commitment to Israel, which would it be? Opinion.

A wannabe Jew's thoughts on Pesach

Hagai Luber:

A response to the letter signers

Letters signed by various groups hinting at refusal to serve and calling to free the hostages at any price, including giving up all the gains of the war and allowing Hamas to rule Gaza, are becoming routine. A bereaved father has had enough.

A response to the letter signers

Jack Engelhard:

Holocaust Survivors need our love and attention, urgently

There is nothing typical about any Survivor story. All are different. All are unique. All need to be told. All need to be heard before it’s too late. Opinion.

Holocaust Survivors need our love and attention, urgently

INTO THE FRAY:

Azerbaijan: Augmenting the Abraham Accords

The Abraham Accords were the greatest foreign policy accomplishment of Trump’s first administration; he has made it clear that his new administration will seek to expand them- Forbes, March 8, 2025. Opinion.

Azerbaijan: Augmenting the Abraham Accords

Implications of the recordings of the Shabak Jewish Division head

First and foremost, the Ben Uliel case must be reopened to prevent a possible injustice stemming from continuing his incarceration. Opinion.

Implications of the recordings of the Shabak Jewish Division head

In Memoriam:

Alan Bergstein, fearless voice for Israel, dies at 92

An incisive opinion contributor to Arutz Sheva, his writing reflected a deep sense of responsibility — not only to tell the truth but to stand in moral solidarity with the Jewish homeland and with Jews worldwide who face existential threats, both physical and ideological.

Alan Bergstein, fearless voice for Israel, dies at 92

Giulio Meotti:

The civilization that indulges in "neutral Latin" will end badly

The 1,000-year-old university has been awarding degrees in Latin since the 12th century, but now it’s time for deconstruction. Opinion.

The civilization that indulges in "neutral Latin" will end badly

ANALYSIS:

Emmanuel Macron and the push for a Palestinian Arab state

Israelis and the world know how to identify Jew-haters, and that the Jews are already collectively hated behind the term coined by Wilhelm Marr in 1879, antisemites. And they know Emmanuel Macron. Opinion.

Emmanuel Macron and the push for a Palestinian Arab state

The awakening of Judge Bischoff

During the Nazi era, the minds and souls of highly-educated people, including judges, were corrupted by the ancient prejudice of antisemitism. It is startling to see it happen again today, to see judges whose warped decisions cloak terrorists from justice. Opinon.

The awakening of Judge Bischoff

President Donald Trump’s trade war with China will save children

It will stem the tide of the drugs on the street that have claimed the lives of children. Op-ed.

President Donald Trump’s trade war with China will save children

Passover:

Long division and a short memory

There’s nothing new about Jewish disunity, which makes our story even more miraculous. Opinion.

Long division and a short memory

Alma Research Center:

Recalculating Route – The Iran and Hezbollah Corridor to Lebanon

In order to continue supporting Hezbollah, with an emphasis on financial and military support, the Iranians had to recalculate their route (literally and figuratively). They evidently began devising alternative routes for a new corridor to facilitate the transfer of money and weapons.

Recalculating Route – The Iran and Hezbollah Corridor to Lebanon

The Progressive Passover

All the Palestinian Arabs had to do in Gaza after 2005's Disengagement was make unto themselves a nation. You’d think Moses the Progressive Jew would be happy. Think again.

The Progressive Passover

Crescent rising over Russia: the numbers that keep Putin awake

From Marseille to Moscow, the “multi” will eventually give way to a single “uni.” Or, more precisely, a single ummah. Faster than you think. Look at the numbers. Opinion.

Crescent rising over Russia: the numbers that keep Putin awake

Israel must link Hostage release to territory annexation in Gaza

Every week we do not see the hostages released, we will see a one kilometer deep strip of Gaza territory annexed to Israel. Opinion.

Israel must link Hostage release to territory annexation in Gaza

The Legal Forum for the Land of Israel:

Weaponizing the Law against the State

All the players of the deep state, all the actors who are needed in order to rule, are involved.

Weaponizing the Law against the State

Tariffs are the chips in a new Poker Game

While the current trade war may escalate in the short term, the fundamental economic dynamics give the U.S. an advantage, especially over China. Opinion.

Tariffs are the chips in a new Poker Game




























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