In the non-democratic Middle East, Islamic/Arab regimes do not ascend to power through the ballot. They tend to be tenuous, as are their policies and agreements, which are not anchored in democratic and legal structures, but in foundational Islamic precepts and precedents. An historical review.
The American guarantee Israel has leaned on for two generations has been publicly reranked below the price of gasoline by the man who may inherit the White House. Opinion.
And also some information: The Jewish people are not foreign tourists or colonizers in Judea. We did not name ourselves after this land. This land was named after us.
He rescued tens of thousands of Jews, redeemed Sweden’s compromised wartime reputation, and became one of history’s greatest humanitarians. Then Stockholm abandoned its own diplomat to Stalin’s prisons-and left his desperate mother to fight largely alone. Op-ed.
Suggestions for summer reading that are relevant and even hopefully impactful. Op-ed.
Not a few judicial decisions have harmed deterrence against the enemy and the IDF’s ability to defend Israel and defeat the enemy. What is the halakhic status of the state court system?
Europe continues to talk of “sovereignty" while it has progressively replaced the government of peoples with the administration of flows of migrants. Opinion.
When the headlines expressed shock that Saudi Arabia chose Ankara and Islamabad over Jerusalem, the honest response should have been: what did you expect? Opinion.
Forty-four percent of American Jews view Mamdani favorably. That did not happen organically. It is due to the work of a progressive Jewish infrastructure funded by Diaspora liberal Jews. Op-ed.
Who gave one unelected official, Gali Baharav-Miara, this much power? Opinion.
UN Rapporteur Albanese said the death toll in Gaza was 680,000 (it’s 70,000 including terrorists), including 380,000 infants under five. When told there were only 341,790 children under five in Gaza to begin with, Albanese said she lied deliberately because “it had the effect I wanted".
The Israeli High Court has a long record of flouting the law when it comes to Arab parties’ participation in Knesset elections. But in the post-October 7th era, in which the vulnerability of the state was so vividly exposed, it is essential to vigorously enforce both the spirit and the letter of Clause 7(a) of the Basic Law: The Knesset. Opinion.
Israel needs a doctrine of strategic prevention and overwhelming deterrence. We need to ensure that no potential coalition can ever become sufficiently confident in its ability to overwhelm Israel that it concludes an attack is worth the risk.
Iran won’t come to the table and Hamas won’t disarm. But as luck would have it Iran, unsuspecting and all, can help Trump gain pole position. Opinion.
Another antisemitic attack on American Jews at prayer. This one happened inside the most politically connected Reform synagogue in the country, a place where Israel has been condemned.
Kozo Okamoto's death brought me back to the moment when General Rehavam Ze’evi placed a pistol on the table - and succeeded in breaking his prisoner’s silence. Op-ed
Democratic socialism is an oxymoronic trojan horse. Socialism is not and cannot be democratic. Opinion.
The interesting question is not simply how Arday behaved. It is how institutions behaved around him. And how the pattern fits the post October 7th mendacity. Opinion.
Jared Kushner once claimed he read 25 books on the Israel-Palestine conflict, defending his role as an ‘expert’ forging the Trump administration's Middle East peace plan. We can relax now. Op-ed.
The 2026 Mattot Arim Parliamentary Achievement Report highlights those Likud MKs who produced more ideological achievements than their colleagues. Op-ed.
The immensity of the intra-Muslim carnage dwarfs the regional and global significance of the Arab-Israeli conflict and the Palestinian Arab issue. Op-ed.
When critics hurl Nazi labels at progressive politicians, they fail to address the actual substance of the threat. Opinion.
If it can happen there, it can happen anywhere? Of course not.
During the past week, more than 65 incidents of crossings into the yellow zone in the Gaza Strip were recorded, and in none of them was fire opened. Warning.
The libels against Israel are all falling apart. The libels are not acknowledged because they are driven by the incontrovertible antisemitic - if insane - belief that Israel is a unique force for evil in the world. Opinion.
The outcry over Hamel’s killing lasted only as long as it took for the ink on the page the following day to dry. And Pope Francis, after Hamel’s murder, said: “If I speak of Islamic violence I must also speak of Catholic violence." He really said that. Opinion.
“Islamophobia" is a crock of drivel as a real phenomenon, but it is employed as armor against any criticism of even the most radical Muslims, and in turn is used as a weapon that has intimidated many Americans into acquiescence in the transformation of their country. Op-ed.
The fictional "Gazan children starving" scenario was never real. It was meant to destroy empathy for Jewish children - schoolchildren, toddlers, and babies. Opinion.
Operational blindness or a deliberate strategic plan that went wrong? Will we ever know? Opinion.
"Your heart was too big for this world."
All a murderous terrorist needs to do is hire a public relations firm, put on a necktie, and adopt the language of Western diplomacy to be accepted. Opinion.
Iran today stands before a choice that involves not just the fate of the regime, but also the very structure of the state. Opinion.
The question of what will happen at Ali al-Taher “the day after" is not a tactical question concerning one more ridge or a few more kilometers inside Lebanon. It is a strategic question. Opinion.
Negotiations with regimes and terrorist organizations are not normal business negotiations. You cannot assume that because someone agreed to or even signed something yesterday, they will honor it tomorrow. Op-ed.
The nightmare scenario is not necessarily that the Mecca agreement immediately becomes an Islamic NATO. The nightmare is that it gradually becomes one. Opinion.
I came to Iceland loving one of the most beautiful countries on earth. I leave after repeated harassment, two physical assaults and moments when I feared for my life as a Jew. Op-ed.
Not voting is, effectively, a vote in favor of the noxious democratic socialist program. Opinion.
The Mossad just reassigned the men who promised to topple Tehran. The mission stands; the instrument was wrong.
Palestinian Arab culture has all the fanatical monomania of Rome's quest to destroy Carthage, but none of Rome's contributions to humanity, all of the anger and vengeance but none of the beauty and truth.
There seems to be a generation gap in awareness and action. Time to focus on those who come out to rallies and want to make their voices heard. Opinion.
Rezaei was the first commander of the IRGC Intelligence Unit and later, in 1980, was appointed by Khomeini to command the IRGC itself. Opinion.
Both Turkey and Qatar are strong supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and collaborate to finance the construction of mosques in Europe.
Deterrence replaces normalization: Riyadh has found a way to build real security architecture - with a NATO military power and with the only nuclear state in the Muslim world - without having to declare that it is actually abandoning Washington's normalization track.
Does Arab Palestinianism mean anything more than “Death to Israel!"? It does not seem so, meaning that Israeli sovereignty is the only practical solution.
Why Christians should examine our own backsliding before condemning Israel or the Jewish People.
"I think that there is in some respects confusion in the black community. There are some people who hear things that Mamdani says and it reminds them of some things that happened to them at some point." Interview.
For too long, the established Haredi parties have treated the right-wing public as a coalition partner but not as a partner in a shared national mission. That must change.
The life of Malki, the youngest of the children we brought to Israel when we settled in Jerusalem in 1988, ended in a thundering explosion. How we kept her memory alive.
The publishing industry Jews helped build has now decided that we’re the liability. Here is a way to fight back. Op-ed.
Six claims against Israel are refuted by a United States District Judge who treats the claims as testimony in a court of law and the reader of his book as a juror. Just the facts. Review.
The difference between destroying weapons-production facilities and storing them under NCAG is not a drafting detail. It is the difference between genuine demilitarization and managed rearmament under a different name. It is also the difference between the 2025 plan and the 2026 roadmap.
Antisemitism tells the story of what others choose to do to Jews, it does not tell the story of the Jews. Opinion.
I do not believe Gadi Eisenkot should be entrusted with leading Israel. In my view, the strategic decisions he championed contributed to weakening the country's military preparedness at a critical time. Opinion.
Why and how Socialism is coming for every state while the GOP Is sleepwalking. Socialism wins by appealing to the lowest common denominators of any society: fear, greed, anger, jealousy, and laziness and it hands the resentful a villain and a voting booth.Opinion.
Throwing out the word Genociide when it negates the evidence trivializes and inverts the word itself. Mamdani did not establish a fact. He pronounced a verdict. And it was a lie. Opinion.
Anti-Zionism and hatred of Israel are a Trojan horse - the real goal is Islamization. Opinion.
Cultures take centuries or millennia to form organically, but Palestinian Arab culture, or "Palestinianism," sprang into being quickly and artificially.
The ICC’s witch hunt against America and Israel has imperiled its continued existence. Opinion.
Right now, the important task is to garner legal votes from New Yorkers in Israel to push Blakeman into the governor’s mansion in Albany. Your absentee ballot is vital. Op-ed.
