We are far past the time for mincing words or clouding intentions. Europeans have agreed to provide moral cover for the Arab war of extermination against Israel. Opinion.
Jordan is filled with unrest, their attitude to Israel is hostile and we owe them nothing. Perhaps it is time for a big change in the area.
I have warned many times that 'Open Orthodoxy' is venomous. And it only gets worse. A look at the letter signed by 80 'Orthodox Rabbis', shows that fully half of them are well known as standing outside the pale of normative Orthodoxy. Opinion.
With the Gaza war, all the old accusations and blood legends against the people of Israel have returned. Opinion.
Jewish evangelism is an affront to the memory of all who were martyred in the name of Christianity - from the days of Constantine to the Holocaust and beyond. Opinion.
Rabbi Blau’s letter is well intentioned. He and the signing rabbis all want a better future for the region. But this is war, and with it come harsh realities. The letter ignores Hamas’s role in Gaza’s crisis and risks fueling anti-Israel narratives.
The moral dilemma is more complex than a battle between emotion and reason. With passionately held competing views, is there any sound basis for evaluating the ethical choices?
This was not immigration that I saw this morning at the airport when 225 olim arrived. This was covenant.
Pope Pius XII, the wartime pope who signed Hitler’s first international treaty, remained silent while the Jews of Europe were gassed, and presided over a Church that refused to return Jewish children to their surviving families after the Holocaust, has been whitewashed by the Daily Wire. Why? Opinion.
If your neighbors raped and slaughtered your family and livestreamed it, would you let them move back next door? And remember: Not a single Gazan has offered information on the whereabouts of Israeli hostages. That says it all. Opinion.
Israel isn't depriving Gazans of food, water, and medical supplies. The crooked United Nations, in bed with Hamas for years, is the actual culprit. Opinion.
The world delights in the libels against Israel because its enmity against Jews is largely latent but chronic. It loves believing the worst about us. And for Hamas, it is a good substitute for winning on the battle field. But how explain Jews who promote the lies? Opinion.
Children march in military formation, wear uniforms, and are taught to handle weapons. Op-ed.
To block an Israeli leader from entering Jewish spaces abroad is to tell Diaspora Jews that their identity must be policed by the state. Opinion.
Focusing on "hatred-inspiring and genocide-justifying fabrications" repeatedly and uniformly across different organizations fighting anti-Zionism and antisemitism will ensure that this most strategic set of responses will be expressed repeatedly. Opinion.
International law is not a suicide pact. Even amid long-enduring world-system anarchy, such law offers a binding body of rules and procedures that permits a beleaguered state to express an "inherent right of self-defense." Opinion.
No one has ever heard of Western flotillas headed to Nigeria, Congo, or Syria, where Christians and Druze are slaughtered like chickens. Opinion.
Now, as in 2005, empty words tout failed solutions. Peace was not achieved by giving the Palestinian Arabs Gush Katif, nor will it be achieved by givng them a state. Opinion.
Exposing the falsehoods in Australia’s Prime Minister Albanese and Foreign Minister Wong's announcement that Australia will recognise the 'State of Palestine' at the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly in September. Opinion.
An ongoing religious, cultural, historical, military struggle and rivalry.
The entire West, apart from the US & few Eastern European countries such as Hungary, the Czech Republic and Bulgaria - these modern righteous gentiles - has launched an open crusade against the state that became the victim of a massacre unheard of in modern history. Opinion.
Who stands to gain and who to lose? The Zangezur Corridor links Europe and Central Asia, bypassing China-built routes, Russia and Iran, showing that contemporary geopolitics has to do with roads, pipelines, and communication networks rather than just territorial boundaries. Opinion.
Some argue Jews would be safer dispersed or that Israel’s location is a strategic mistake. History proves otherwise. Israel may sit on a 'hornet’s nest,' but for the first time in 2,000 years, Jews can defend themselves together.
Making Gaza Great Again: Two plans that deserve widespread attention.
The new version of the Munich betrayal (Munich Betrayal 2.0) is eerily similar to the original one. It is also promoted by the original principal players, France and the UK. Opinion.
Everyday, it gets harder and tougher to understand how anyone could vote blue down the ballot, especially in 2024.
Cinema, publishing houses, newspapers, universities. And we are talking about the country that still has - or had -the most solid culture of freedom. Opinion.
I must learn to be subtler…more diplomatic. Until then, beginning with Macron, those are a collection of dirty rotten scoundrels. Opinion.
Perhaps Israel with its high-minded approach to life has been able to see Iran as its neighbor and not only as its neighbor-enemy. But the Iranians true to form won’t be moved. Opinion.
Israel is in a trap where either it gives up militarily in order to free the hostages or fights on to destroy Hamas and loses them. Total victory is not one of the choices. Opinion.
From their support for the Boycott Divest Sanction (BDS) movement, to hosting terrorists, to accepting terrorist tainted funding, some of the nation's top universities have shamefully become part of the Palestinian Arab resistance. And their students turned to violence. Opinion.
From redefining words so as to blast Israel to publicizing lies that fall apart at the first investigation, the world has become prey to screaming monsters, while the Jews are now vulnerable to attack. Opinion.
Just some unanswered questions about that "Palestinian State" Europe is so eager to create.
Don’t be desperate; we’ll get there yet as soon as we all realize the significance of 7 million yidden living in Israel.
Rule 1: Anti-Semitism and psychological attacks on Israel have nothing whatsoever to do with how good or bad Jews are. Had Israel done nothing for the Palestinian Arab 'civilians', the psychological attacks on Israel would have been exactly the same.Opinion.
The murderous lies about Israel’s behavior tap into the ancient and enduring Christian problem with the Jews. Opinion.
Francis’s papacy should not be compared in any way to that of Popes John XXIII, John Paul II, and too few others like them. Opinion.
President Herzog can show the world that justice prevails in Israel, and exonerate or at least provide Amiram Ben Uliel with the opportunity, free of torture, to prove his innocence in front of impartial judges. Opinion.
Then I was sitting in New York...now I live in Israel. Opinion.
The Associated Press, the New York Times, the Daily Express and many others remove truth-telling from their pages in favour of a place in the Information War that juggles truth and lies. Opinion.
How nice to pat yourself on the back for your aid to the implacable enemies who are starving Jewish hostages, thereby joining the ranks of useful Jewish idiots in every generation. Opinion.
The writer's proposed solution does away with locking up haredim who refuse to serve and also avoids punishing the yeshivas. Opinion.
A war on the State of Israel is a war on its citizens: the Jewish people. And that’s a battle no Torah elite should ever fight. Opinion.
Hashem has set the earth boiling under the feet of Diaspora Jewry but they need an extra push (known as “hishtadlut”) from us. Come to the Aliyah conference to learn how.
When did cutting off one’s own nose ever succeed in spiting his foe’s face? The answer is that the protest movement considers Netanyahu a greater enemy than Hamas. Opinion.
Even a bunch of rickshaw drivers could manage a better ratio than 95% enemy intercepts. It’s hard to believe that the 5% deliveries to 95% interceptions ratio reflects anything other than extensive collaboration between the UN’s Gaza employees, many of whom are Hamas, and Hamas itself. Opinion.
Islam is sinking its enameled claws into Europe's soft underbelly. Opinion
Wikipedia is a fully owned subsidiary of Islamism. Instead of being a source of information, the grassroots encyclopedia is now a propaganda screed filled with lies. Opinion.
Is Versailles going to become a mosque? Is King Charles going to change his name to Mohammed? Op-ed.
Bono does have street cred when it comes to humanitarian issues, but when it comes to Gaza, he's morally equivocating. Opinion.
In response to increasing threats to Israel from European countries, this letter was sent to hasidic businessmen in the UK by an anonymous Jewish businessman. It was published in a UK haredi newspaper, with the headline: "If the UK distances itself from Israel diplomatically, that can endanger millions of Jews." Op-ed.
Qatar is the head of Iran's poisonous snake. It spurts both money and venom. Opinion.
The Israel-Hamas conflict is not just about bombs and bullets. It also involves heavily biased hashtags, headlines, and live feeds — propagated, in large part, by the Qatari outlet against Israel. And its reporters in Gaza are Hamas members. Op-ed.
Truth is not buried in policy papers or press releases; it lives in the voices of grieving families and the hollow eyes of hostages still waiting for rescue. Opinion.
This is what happens when you think “the West” is just the direction where the sun sets. Op-ed.
Lueger’s Vienna is no longer the gracious clean beautiful city it once was. Other cities in Europe such as London, Paris, Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Stockholm have gone the same way. Opinion.
From malevolent regime to UN membership. An outline.
To prove its false claim, the newspaper published an alarming, unsubstantiated op-ed by an anti-Israel international "hunger researcher" and an unconnected picture of an emaciated child. Haaretz is waging a campaign against Israel. Opinion.
It's really not that hard to figure out the various factors that spawn the oldest hatred in a world where most people have never even met a Jew. Opinion.
