Opeds (Page 2)

To preserve the US and Islam, we must root out radical Islamists

Classic Islam does not demean a person’s individual path of submission to divine will. Quran 3:113-4 requires that we must respect the religious choices of Christians and Jews, who it refers to as the Ahi al Kitab (People of the Book).

The Bondi massacre of Jews and da’wah damage-control

Da'wah is jihad-of-the-tongue. Read how Muslim reactions to Bondi show a whole psychological attack on the Australian people, so you can recognize it in other places. Opinion.

Our love is greater than their hate

In the West, peace means “live and let live.” In Islam, peace means the world has bent the knee to Allah. What does love have to do with it? Opiniion.

The vacuum

There is a strategic and political vacuum in Gaza. We should fill it now, before it is too late once again and we revert to the same failed policies of the last seventy years. Opinion.

Shani Louk HY"D's father:

They didn't check the calendar

A New York Landmark Building tried to erase my daughter’s memory. A simple calendar check would have told us if the building is available on the date we asked for, bu we were ignored. Opinion.

COGAT’s Response to the IPC Report:

Gaza. The facts are in. The media lied.

In the IPC report, the authors at last acknowledge that there is and was no famine in the Gaza Strip, but claim a situation of acute food insecurity; COGAT rejects that claim as well.

Like the left:

The conservative big tent won’t exclude antisemites

Vice President JD Vance had an opportunity to establish some boundaries at the Turning Point USA AmericaFest. He specifically chose not to. Opinion.

Erdoğan’s Turkey has declared war on Israel

Turkey's Jews are paying the price

Human rights monitors have documented what Turkey’s Jews already feel daily: discrimination against religious minorities is no longer episodic but systemic. Opinion.

How many times do we need to learn the same lesson?

The essential factor in the Dreyfus affair was that it was a story of Jews who felt that something like that could never happen in the modern world, until it did. Opinion.

Where is the Vatican?

While Israel protects Christmas, Jenin burns It

The burning of the Christmas tree at a church in Jenin is ignored by the Vatican which cannot process Palestinian Arab oppression of Christians. The West ignores it at its peril. Opinion.

Ben-Zion Netanyahu:

'The Holocaust never ended: It continues all the time'

The reality for Jewish people living in increasingly hostile nations is no longer theoretical, and no longer distant. Reciprocity is vital. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Out in the cold with Ben Shapiro

Did I miss the part where he calls himself an American patriot plus a proud Zionist? Opinion.

Im Tirtzu:

How the West blocks hostile media

The pending legislation in the Knesset to block media channels that harm national security is surprisingly consistent with the actions of other Western governments. It is simply "defensive democracy". Opinion.

October 7 must not be rewarded with a terrorist state

Anti-Semitic hate speech and terrorism must be punished. When world leaders call for immediate Palestinian Arab statehood in the aftermath of October 7, they send a chilling message: that terrorism works. Opinion.

To those mourning in Australia:

Hands across the ocean - from Israel's bereaved children

A message of love and faith from 400 bereaved children in Israel to the bereaved and injured children and families of the Bondi Beach masssacre.

The Palmyra Betrayal:

Why Washington must stop subsidizing Syria Islamist infiltration

The Islamic State and its ideological sympathizers have not vanished; they have simply moved into the Syrian army barracks. Opinion.

Analysis:

The real purpose of Israel’s gas deal with Egypt

Jerusalem traded energy for leverage, tying Cairo to its fuel supplies while securing strategic calm despite ongoing violations in Sinai.

Art in the service of Antisemitism

Madalyn Drewno, commissioned to paint a portrait of Denver’s Vietnamese immigrant community decided, instead, to paint a mural with anti-Israel and anti-Jewish themes, and a few Vietnamese-Americans thrown in. Why should taxpayers fund that? Opinion.

Does right cancel left when it comes to Antisemitism in the USA?

What distinguishes Antisemitism's growth on the right from its proliferation on the left is the refusal of Jewish conservatives to rationalize or validate it or make excuses fellow conservatives who spew antisemitic venom. Opinion.

Project Sunrise: A fantasy built on the refusal to face reality

The real immorality is pretending that Gaza can be rebuilt while its society remains committed to jihad. Opinion.

When CodePink’s rainbow flag turns against the Jews

Their current favorite line claims Israel is an enemy of LGBTQ people - that the Jewish state hides its “crimes” behind rainbow flags and Tel Aviv pride parades.

The Israeli Left has hijacked our understanding of Democracy

A democracy is defined by its decision-making process, and not the ideology of its adopted social policies. Over the last twenty years, the Israeli Left has deceived the Israeli public by claiming that its particular ideology of 'secular liberalism' is sole definition of democracy. Opinion.

Jewish antisemitism amnesia syndrome:

The forseeable catastrophe

The greatest shame belongs to the leaders of religious institutions and the organized Jewish community for not safeguarding their own interests for at least two generations, but also to all those Jews who thought antisemitism was over. Opinion.

The handwriting is on the wall in New York City

Going after the inciters, the attackers, the supporters who enable an atmosphere of intimidation and fear directed against Jews is the only solution that can begin to change the direction towards which American society is heading. And the time is now. Op-ed.

To Prime Minister Albanese:

It's not the guns, it's the people aiming them

By calling for stronger gun control instead of owning up to his incitement and failure, Australia’s Prime Minister made a mockery of himself and exposed his disconnect on the global stage. Opinion.

Canadian Prime Minister Carney bows down to terrorism

Does promoting a Palestinian Arab terror state constitute support for Israel or is it exactly bowing down to terrorism? Op-ed.

The architecture of true peace:

The sovereign path forward

The Bar Lev Line was easily washed away into the sea; will the Prime Minister and his Security Cabinet put millions of Jewsh lives in danger by relying on a Yellow Line in the sand? Opinion.

No Safe Haven:

Iran’s regime panics

As Argentina files charges, Iran’s regime panics at home. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

We are not all brothers

We choose life, lechaim, they choose Allahu Akhbar.

Australia's antisemitic timeline:

A relentless drumbeat of hatred

A record of Australia’s alarming descent into open Antisemitism. What began as chants metastasized into arson, threats, and ultimately mass murder. Op-ed.

Melanie Phillips:

The global intifada

The time for platitudes is over. What’s needed is zero tolerance of Islamic extremism and anti-Zionism. Opinion.

Hanukkah 1967 and today: The rise and decline of Spain

It was only in 1967 that living and praying openly as Jews as a community was finally officially permitted in Spain. Now, barely a half century later, we are back to the dark days of Spanish antisemitism. Op-ed.

The friend of my enemy

Qatar, our enemy, has infiltrated the highest levels of the American government and it should be sobering for us to realize the outsized influence Qatar now has on American foreign policy, including Trump’s pronouncements.

The Israel Democracy Institute abandons both Israel and democracy

The think tank has veered far from its original mission and namesake not because of its funders, but in spite of them. Opinion.

A third term for Trump?

US Jews must be the loud voices saying: The Constitution matters

Trump says “I’m not allowed,” and Johnson says “there’s no path,” so why did a Jewish donor broach the idea of bypassing constitutional limits and allowing a third term for the president? The statement and resulting backlash could not have come at a worse time. Opinion.

Morton A. Klein:

The problem with the policy of ‘diverse viewpoints’

If all assessments and opinions in the broad Zionist tent should be taken seriously, then that’s what it means: all views, on both the left and right. Opinion.

Israel and nuclear war:

The need for disciplined theory

Reduced to its essentials, a worst case scenario for Israel would commence with progressively explicit warnings from Moscow or China about new Israeli preemptions against Iran. Opinion.

White House

A Hanukkah celebration without the fine print

From Israel, I don’t look to America for reassurance. I look for clarity.

The first Hanukkah, the Sukkot that wasn’t - and Bondi

As we reflect on the origin of Hanukkah, we can better understand the Jewish response to the devastating Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre of Jews by terrorists in Australia. Opinion.

Should Jews leave America now?

A tragically timely response to a recent podcast debate that took place before the Sydney massacre, between two American Rabbis who discussed whether frum Jews in America should be making aliyah now. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

The trojan horse of Islamist immigration

Islam has taken over. They did it to themselves, over there in Europe and Australia. Is America doing the same? Opinion.

It's not a children's story

Hanukkah does not celebrate violence. It rejects illusion. It reminds us that light does not survive on intention alone. The light survives because someone is willing to protect it. There is no automatic happy end. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

The West surrendered to barbarians and now war is in the streets

This madness is only the appetizer before the entree of a suburban caliphate under whiich Sydney will become Sidnei al-Islam. Opinion.

Aliyah as a response to Bondi Beach?

Diaspora Jewry should at least be talking about aliyah. They should be discussing the positive reasons for moving to Israel, the problems and their solutions. Now, while it is not the only choice. Opinion.

A message to all Jews:

We must fight like warriors to defeat Israel-hating news media

The newsrooms of the unfriendly foreign media operate with an anti-Israel religious fervor, and it is no longer possible to expect reporting from them that will be anything except biased and untrue. While we might not be able to convince the leftist media to listen to us, Israel certainly does not have to assist them when they seek to harm us. Opinion.

Globalize the Maccabee's mission!

It's now season on Jews of all stripes, anywhere, any time. Active self help can begin to blunt the wave of attacks. Opinion.

The Bondi Beach Massacre must be a turning point for Australia

Antisemitism is no longer a fringe problem in Australia. It has moved from the margins to the mainstream. This is the moment for clarity. Opinion.

The AI hazard:

Inoculate now against murderous deepfakes!

Misinformation and disinformation are among the most severe near-term global risks, and synthetic content accelerates the problem. Within hours, that tool was used against Ahmed al-Ahmed, the hero at Bondi Beach. Opinion.

Jonathan Pollard:

What is the future of the IDF's long range strike force?

What could have happened had we had a large number of YKJ-1000 HGVs (see below) at our disposal during the Iran 12 Day War? I ran a simulation and the results were astounding. Opinion.

VP Vance--Your character is showing!

Is there some kind of malevolent cabal going on--a rightwing Deep State--that is working overtime to sabotage and ultimately topple President Trump, the better to implant their toxic, racist, anti-Semitic agenda at the pinnacle of the American government? Op-ed.

Europe is over:

Agony in the mouth of a boa constrictor

The indigenous population is aging and leaving, while the barbarians are young and passionate. Opinion.

Khamenei's tentacles have reached Australia

The ideological fingerprints of Islamist terror anti-Jewish hatred sanctified by dogma are unmistakable at Bondi Beach. Op-ed.

Gary Willig:

Sydney: From ‘where’s the Jews’ to dead Jews

There is a clear line from the chants of “where’s the Jews” in October 2023 to the slaughter of Jews just a few miles away in December 2025. Opinion.

How to prevent the next attack:

More restrictive gun laws won't stop terror

Australia can respond by tightening screws on people already following the rules. Or it can respond by dismantling the networks and ideologies that produce terrorists. Opinion.

BDS 1939:

The disappeared assets of gassed Jews

The Holocaust did not begin with murder. It began with accountants. Jews were first destroyed economically, banks cooperated, and no one else interfered. Today's BDS is a macabre echo. Op-ed.

The Bondi Betrayal:

While the West slept, the wolves gathered

This wasn't just a tragedy; it was a receipt. It was the bill coming due for years of Western complacency, bureaucratic cowardice, and a suicidal tolerance for the intolerant. Here's an example: Why is the Iranian ambassador still in Canberra? Op-ed.