Opeds (Page 27)


God’s Opinion on Israel:

The defining issue of our time

How a Christian Zionist looks at America's relations with the State of Israel in our turbulent times.

The defining issue of our time

INTO THE FRAY:

From lords to lemmings - Israel’s legal “elites on the brink

A chronicle of calumny, collapse, and the plunge from the pinnacle of power to the depths of depravity-which provides a lens through which the Netanyahu trial should be viewed. Opinion.

From lords to lemmings - Israel’s legal “elites on the brink

How dry Iran?

Whereas its neighbors have long planned for the absence of rainy days, investing in the infrastructure to provide water for its subjects, the Islamic Republic has wasted all its resources foolishly pursuing nuclear weapons. Opinion.

How dry Iran?

South Africa:

Trump's unfinished business

Trump built a thriving business of making antisemites pay, but he’s got unfinished business to make South Africa’s antisemitic government pay. Opinion.

Trump's unfinished business

How UNSC Resolution 2803 can be turned against Israel

There are flaws at the heart of the Resolution that could cost us dearly in the near future. Opinion.

How UNSC Resolution 2803 can be turned against Israel

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Mamdani Wolf? Not me!

Actually, no one should be shocked by this election. But it won't take long for people to wake up. Opinion.

Who’s afraid of the Big Bad Mamdani Wolf? Not me!

The $100 Billion Gambit:

How the Saudi F35 Deal rewrites global security rules

Washington is offering Riyadh more than hardware; it is dangling access to the very technology that has kept Israel’s skies unchallenged for decades. It has to come with strings attached. Opinion.

How the Saudi F35 Deal rewrites global security rules

Trump’s new wardrobe

It is important to realize that Trump is the US President, not Israel’s prime minister, and he rightly acts in what he perceives to be the interests of the United States, not the interests of Israel. HIs wealth-oriented thinking misses the real conflict. Opinion.

Trump’s new wardrobe

Oslo 2.0:

The new Gaza “Peace Plan” risks repeating a historic disaster

Oslo did not fail because of bad intentions. It failed because it misunderstood the nature of the leadership it empowered. The new Gaza plan is on track to make the same mistake. Hamas must be eliminated. Opinion.

The new Gaza “Peace Plan” risks repeating a historic disaster

New York's mayor-elect:

The polite Jihadist

To understand what’s in store for New York City, and for New York’s Jews, all we have to do is take a glimpse into what’s happening in London, England, a city run by a Muslim mayor since 2006. Opinion.

The polite Jihadist

The dangerous “Pathway” the US opened toward a Palestinian State

The “pathway” to a Palestinian Arab state is not a “gesture,” but a proven security risk, a diplomatic trap, and an opening to a real threat against Israel’s heartland. Opihioh,

The dangerous “Pathway” the US opened toward a Palestinian State

Giulio Meotti:

The spiritual war between Jihadists and Jews in the tunnels

The tunnels have no windows, no wind, no sky. Only stale air, stagnant water, and silence heavy as iron. And yet, in that abyss, something happened that the world above cannot fully grasp: Jewish faith did not die. It was kindled. Opinion

The spiritual war between Jihadists and Jews in the tunnels

Mordechai David and Hadar Muchtar, thank you!

Meet two people who refuse to hand over public streets to the mobs who claim they "defend democracy." Opinion.

Mordechai David and Hadar Muchtar, thank you!

Peacekeeping or Political Evasion?

Why Arab allies are sabotaging Gaza’s security

The path to long-term stability demands that regional powers assume ownership of the security environment, but their current policy is evasion. Opinion

Why Arab allies are sabotaging Gaza’s security

From survival to destiny:

The Jewish People need to be done playing small

We built a state, but the instinct to explain ourselves, to ask permission from the nations of the world, still lingers. It's time to embrace our destiny and stop apologizing. Opinion.

The Jewish People need to be done playing small

President Trump:

Partnership, yes - guardianship, no

America can stand With Israel - but it must not stand inside Israel. Opinion.

Partnership, yes - guardianship, no

Israel rejects US-backed call for ‘pathway’ to Palestinian state

The Palestinian Arab state was created in Jordan, and Jordan is, to this day, the Palestinian Arab state. Opinion.

Israel rejects US-backed call for ‘pathway’ to Palestinian state

Jack Engelhard:

Epstein, the media’s flavor of the month

Trump has revitalized America. In the midst of eight wars, Netanyahu retains Israel as the house on the hill. But the media wants blood. Opinion.

Epstein, the media’s flavor of the month

Mamdani's hidden history:

80,000 Asians, one his father, were expelled from Uganda in 1972

Why does Zohran Mamdani hide the fact that 80,000 Asians, including his father, were expelled from Uganda in 1972? Opinion.

80,000 Asians, one his father, were expelled from Uganda in 1972

A Seat at the Table:

An insider’s account of Trump’s global economic revolution

A book by a hassid who was the first to be confirmed by the US Senate for a senior administrative position. Review.

An insider’s account of Trump’s global economic revolution

A not-so-hidden goal?

Why Mamdani calls for Starbucks boycott

The mayor-elect says it is to ‘Stand With Workers,’ but his real goal Is rewarding a union that backed Hamas, and that is a dangerous abuse of office. Opinion.

Why Mamdani calls for Starbucks boycott

In tribute:

The People held the line

We all get caught up in the headlines and sometimes we forget the big picture. I will never stop thanking, thinking of and shining a light on Hashem and ...the people who held the line.

The People held the line

Beware the Islamism of Mamdani

Have American not learned anything from the spoutings, attitudes and behavior of Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, amongst others? Do they not look at Britain, France, Sweden and Belgium and not see the dangers? Opinion.

Beware the Islamism of Mamdani

Time to ‘Circle the Wagons’‏

It is time to regroup. We have many friends in America and we must ask all of them to help us now. Opinion.

Time to ‘Circle the Wagons’‏

A call for victory in Judaea and Samaria

The acts of Jewish vigilantism, which General Bluth decries and which I do not support, are, however, the result of the failure to conduct an effective enough proactive anti terror policy. Opinion.

A call for victory in Judaea and Samaria

Trump and al-Sharaa:

The great game and the greater danger

Trump’s Syria strategy is brilliant, but al-Sharaa remains untrustworthy. Opinion.

The great game and the greater danger

Instead of Turkey and Qatar:

For security's sake, Israel is trying to alter Trump’s Guidelines

Inserting Turkey and Qatar into Gaza will play into the hands of Hamas. Israel prefers that the United States turn to local clans that oppose Hamas rule as being a far more effective way of sidelining Hamas, Opinion.

For security's sake, Israel is trying to alter Trump’s Guidelines

The Netanyahu trial:

Israel’s 'Deep State' witch hunt

The years-long legal campaign against Israel’s longest-serving and most consequential leader has descended into a grotesque political spectacle-a weaponization of the judiciary by the “Deep State.” Opinion.

Israel’s 'Deep State' witch hunt

The Rightist Case against a Death Penalty for Islamic terrorists

The core argument is simple: capital punishment would convert Arab terrorists into international heroes. Opinion.

The Rightist Case against a Death Penalty for Islamic terrorists

Famine lies exposed:

UN Report shows Gazan Palestinian Arabs fatter than Israelis

What some are calling the ‘Fatocide’ reflects the reality that there was never a famine in Gaza, but there was a very real obesity problem. Opinion.

UN Report shows Gazan Palestinian Arabs fatter than Israelis

Giulio Meotti:

Ten years later, the Bataclan terrorists are winning

They haven’t won in a war, but they’ve changed the battlefield: no longer the streets, but our minds. Opinion.

Ten years later, the Bataclan terrorists are winning

The NATO Compromise:

How Turkey’s latest defiance undermines American security

The actions of the past week confirm that Turkey views its relationship with the West as a transaction to be leveraged, not a commitment to be honored. Opinion.

How Turkey’s latest defiance undermines American security

The story of Dr. Max Naumann:

Is history repeating tself?

Assimilated German Jews insisted that Jews had nothing to fear if they behaved correctly, shed their national identity, rejected Zionism, and embedded themselves wholly within German society. Sound familiar? Opinion.

Is history repeating tself?

Melanie Phillips:

The mainstreaming of Jew-hatred

Fragmentation threatens to empower extremes on both the left and right of the political spectrum. Opinion.

The mainstreaming of Jew-hatred

Iran is drying up:

A superstitious regime, indifferent to drought

This regime serves neither the people nor the land; its only mission is to preserve power, even if Iran itself dies of thirst. Opinion.

A superstitious regime, indifferent to drought

President Trump: The anwer Is no

The building of an American army base on the Gazan border would be nigh irreversible. Why we must not let it happen. Opinion.

President Trump: The anwer Is no

A former hostage says:

No concessions to the 200 trapped Hamas terrorists

A hostage of the 1970 PFLP hijacking insists that Israel stick to its guns in implementing Trump's plan. Opinion.

No concessions to the 200 trapped Hamas terrorists

Jack Engelhard:

In Tucker, they trust

Something is rotten in the state of American Conservatives. Just ask Ben Shapiro. Opinion.

In Tucker, they trust

Saudi Arabia’s Political Ransom:

The cost of MBS conditionalism- why America must reject the stall

MBS saying he will only normalize relations with Israel if it provides the dates for establishing a Palestinian Arab state is holding peace for ransom. Washington must reject the Saudi political extortion. Opinion.

The cost of MBS conditionalism- why America must reject the stall

Swarming Jihadi and Antifa Mobs:

Don't let them get away with it

They are bullies--and are therefore cowards who never act alone, and, in masking, refuse to be held accountable for their actions. Opinion.

Don't let them get away with it

We will never forgive, and we will never forget

Israel cannot turn a blind eye to the past. Opinion.

We will never forgive, and we will never forget

Nick Fuentes is not an authentic Holocaust denier

The bombastic taboo-breaker isn’t worth the fallout between the ZOA, Heritage Foundation and Tucker Carlson at a time when antisemitic idols are on the ascendant. Opinion.

Nick Fuentes is not an authentic Holocaust denier

Humanity, where are you?

The mission of the Muslim Brotherhood in America was never co-existence; nor was it organic. It was and is strategic. Their long-term quest is to destroy the United States from within. Opinion.

Humanity, where are you?

The false messianism of Mamdani's Democratic Socialism

Socialist and Communist "messiah"-figures have long paved the way to political and everyday hell. Opinion.

The false messianism of Mamdani's Democratic Socialism

The Night We Stopped Sleeping:

A family’s NYC ordeal and the sentence that finally came

Hate has no sanctuary in America. Op-ed.

A family’s NYC ordeal and the sentence that finally came

Raining on the al-Sharaa White House parade

Ahmed al-Sharaa's well-tailored suit is for Washington. The message about Israel is for his jihadist base. Opinion.

Raining on the al-Sharaa White House parade

Urmia: The Azerbaijani heart of Iran’s northwest

Tensions between the Azerbaijani and Kurdish residents of Urmia spiral sporadically in this northwestern city, now part of Iran. Which is the dominant culture of the city? Opinion.

Urmia: The Azerbaijani heart of Iran’s northwest

The BBC:

The Biased Broadcasting Corporation

The key point is that though supporters of the BBC speak of “mistakes”, these cases of falsification are not random errors. There are too many of them and they take too many form, crucially, in the BBC’s shockingly biased coverage of Israel, Opinion.

The Biased Broadcasting Corporation

A $500 Million Mistake:

Why a U.S. Military Base inside Israel is bad for both countries

One of the most effective responses to critics of American military aid to Israel has always been simple: the U.S. does not fight Israel’s wars. A US military base in Israel is a bad idea for many reasons. Opinion.

Why a U.S. Military Base inside Israel is bad for both countries

Giulio Meotti:

When Israel defends itself, the West wakes up

When Muslims massacre, the West sleeps....

When Israel defends itself, the West wakes up

The American Jewish left:

Will they ever learn?

Who is really responsible for October 7? Despite supporting one catastrophic decision after another, the American Jewish left has yet to conduct the most basic introspection into the long and short term results of its policies. Op-ed.

Will they ever learn?

Prof. Phyllis Chesler:

What I think must be done - now, not a moment later

American Jews should no longer contribute a penny to all the very large Jewish organizations that have served us so poorly and whose major priorities are their own pension plans, inflated salaries, and travel perks. Instead, they should focus asap on the actions described below. Opinion.

What I think must be done - now, not a moment later

Sovereignty and Security First:

Why Israel must veto foreign forces in Gaza

A weakly mandated international force that cannot or will not act decisively would simply become a fixed obstacle between Israeli forces and the very militants an operation claims to neutralize. The UN has a long history of such failed forces. For Israel it is life or death. Opinion.

Why Israel must veto foreign forces in Gaza

An Eyewitness Account Exposes:

When 'Protective Presence' becomes propaganda

How an NGO and CNN packaged claims as established fact. Op-ed.

When 'Protective Presence' becomes propaganda

Gary Willig:

Don’t call Tucker Carlson an antisemite - call him a coward

There is a safety in blaming the Jews that makes antisemitism attractive to cowards who are afraid to oppose people who murder their opponents. Opinion.

Don’t call Tucker Carlson an antisemite - call him a coward

Jonathan Pollard:

Ignorance of the Law is no excuse

Do you know that President Trump actually broke American law when he arbitrarily threatened to punish us if we dared to annex the "West Bank"? Here is why. Opinion.

Ignorance of the Law is no excuse