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National suicide should not be an option anywhere in the world

One thing is obvious: If we want to have a better future for all, evil must be identified, exposed, marginalized and eventually eliminated. Opinion.

National suicide should not be an option anywhere in the world

A Yom Kippur Challenge:

The ambiguous loss of Jewish unity

The Jewish body is still in existence, it is still functioning and present with all of its different parts, but tragically on a psychological level we are so lost. We no longer remember what our life was like when we functioned as a healthy, complete and united entity. Opinion.

The ambiguous loss of Jewish unity

Where do we go from here?

A review of US Middle East Policy

Did Trump knowingly force the Israeli Prime Minister to eat crow in the White House? Opinion.

A review of US Middle East Policy

The playbook for fighting antisemism in America, Part II

How Hamas weaponized progressive discourse to generate the highest wave of Jew-Hatred since the Holocaust and What Needs to Be Done to Fight It Effectively.

The playbook for fighting antisemism in America, Part II

The Sharonization of Trump

Like Sharon's belief in the Disengagement's power to bring peace, Jared Kushner - and Trump - think that a piece of paper with “Plan” written on it is going to make any difference whatsoever in the brutal Middle East. Opinion.

The Sharonization of Trump

Baruch Dayan Haemet:

Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer OBM

Arutz Sheva deeply mourns the passing of Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer, an outstanding rabbi, lecturer and writer whose superb articles enriched our opinion section for many years. In memoriam.

Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer OBM

INTO THE FRAY:

Fabricating Genocide

The truth has been turned on its head. Hamas, a genocidal terrorist organization whose charter calls for the murder of all Jews on the planet, this genocidal organization is given a pass.

Fabricating Genocide

US Jewry's October 8th "Conceptsia"

The playbook for fighting antisemism in America, Part I

How Hamas weaponized progressive discourse to generate the highest wave of Jew-Hatred since the Holocaust and What Needs to Be Done to Fight It Effectively.

The playbook for fighting antisemism in America, Part I

At the ADL, liberalism has trumped loyalty

Today, Jewish safety depends on strength. Jewish survival depends on sovereignty. And Jewish dignity depends on the refusal to be defined by others. The reborn State of Israel is the embodiment of that principle. Charlie Kirk knew that.The ADL does not. Opinion.

At the ADL, liberalism has trumped loyalty

Legal limits of UN recognition:

"Palestine" and international law

Cascading declarations of recognition by a majority of existing states have no legal bearing on the creation of a state. These declarations directly undermine the authority of law-based international relations.

"Palestine"  and international law

Israel's isolation is an honor

It was not humiliation when villains and dictators boycotted Netanyahu's speech. It was an honor. They stayed to hear Idi Amin, Yasser Arafat, Muammar Gaddafi and Robert Mugabe. Opinion.

Israel's isolation is an honor

Did Bibi blunder?

The threat Netanyahu needed to emphasize is way beyond Israel's borders. Opinion.

Did Bibi blunder?

5 reasons recognizing "Palestine" Is an unwise idea

Recognition of Palestinian Arab statehood under current conditions is not a bold peace initiative, it is a geopolitical farce. Opinion.

5 reasons recognizing "Palestine" Is an unwise idea

The inscrutable Mr. Trump

Should Israel defy Trump? It does set a terrible precedent for Israel to acquiesce in the grandiose edict of any US president - even a friend like Trump - that he “will not allow” what is essentially a unilateral decision on Israel’s part. Opinion.

The inscrutable Mr. Trump

Smotrich's boundaries for the Netanyahu-Trump summit

Finance Minister Smotrich presents six boundaries ahead of the White House meeting between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump.

Smotrich's boundaries for the Netanyahu-Trump summit

They hated Jabotinsky then. They hate Netanyahu now.

Jabotnisky's heirs are not in hiding anymore and there is no British Mandate the left can sell them out to. The right won democratic elections, and the left has to accept that fact without resorting to anti-democratic violent protests where they carry signs about "saving democracy". Opinion.

They hated Jabotinsky then. They hate Netanyahu now.

Stoking Antisemitism

If the pro-Islamist globalists can successfully create enough divisiveness between Christians and Jews worldwide to collapse the Judeo-Christian infrastructure of the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and Israel, then the foundation of Western civilization will collapse. Opinion.

Stoking Antisemitism

Standing proud:

Ivri Anochi! “I am a Hebrew, and I serve the Almighty God!”

A message of Pride, Faith, and Survival for our children and our people.

Ivri Anochi! “I am a Hebrew, and I serve the Almighty God!”

Trump’s Israel Policy feels off

There is a troubling pattern in Trump's policy towards Israel, especially when juxtaposed with his relations with Qatar, Egypt and Turkey. Opinion.

Trump’s Israel Policy feels off

What Israel's enemies don't want you to know:

"When the stones speak"

Archeology at the City of David reaffirms the ancient connection between the Jewish People, Jerusalem and the Land of Israel. Review.

"When the stones speak"

The true meaning of today’s blood libels is ‘death to the Jews’

From the first known blood libel in Egypt in the year 38 to those shouted in today’s western universities, the guaranteed outcome will be the death of Jews. It has always been so. Except that today, there is another choice. Opinion.

The true meaning of today’s blood libels is ‘death to the Jews’

Jack Engelhard

A nation that dwells alone at the UN

Times don’t change when it comes to Israel, a people destined to dwell alone among the nations… as Bilam prophesied in the Book of Numbers. Opinion.

A nation that dwells alone at the UN

Tucker Carlson is promoting his own version of Mein Kampf

At Charlie Kirk's funeral, Tucker Carlson injected antisemitism and scapegoating into mainstream mourning. If there are no consequences, we will all pay the price. Opinion.

Tucker Carlson is promoting his own version of Mein Kampf

The world has no interest in the plight of Iran's women

Diplomacy toward a dictatorship is a form of appeasement that ignores the suffering of its citizen. Opinion.

The world has no interest in the plight of Iran's women

Analysis:

Netanyahu, the world leader who braves the anti-Israel UN

Addressing the world’s most sophisticated anti-Israel organization—the United Nations—the Israeli prime minister fought back against calls for Palestinian Arab statehood, saying “Israel will not allow you to shove a terror state down our throats.”

Netanyahu, the world leader who braves the anti-Israel UN

Trump needs to stop trying to win a Nobel Peace Prize

The president’s instincts on the United Nations and “Palestine” are correct. But his Gaza plan, cooked up by Jared Kushner and Tony Blair, is as misguided as other schemes. Opinion.

Trump needs to stop trying to win a Nobel Peace Prize

The fantasy state of ‘Palestine’

It’s time for the United States and the Jewish world to start holding their supposed champions’ feet to the fire. Recognition of "Palestine" constitutes the British and French governments' rejection of civilization for barbarism. Opinion.

The fantasy state of ‘Palestine’

Who was really behind the recognition of "Palestine"

There is more to it than meets the eye. Opinion.

Who was really behind the recognition of "Palestine"

Why I abhor the Left

Today’s left promotes precisely the kind of tawdry garbage that the left a hundred years ago wanted to emancipate the masses from. To them, butchering of black Christians by Arabized Muslims is a “legacy of European colonialism,” while rape and butchering of women and children in Nahal Oz becomes an "act of resistance". Opinion.

Why I abhor the Left

Tunis Is turning to Tehran — this is what Washington should do

How President Kaïs Saïed’s tilt toward Iran threatens U.S. interests in the Maghreb — and why America must act now. Opinion.

Tunis Is turning to Tehran — this is what Washington should do

The West is a war zone: a bulletproof vest is required to speak

There will never be enough bulletproof vests for all dissenters. Opinion.

The West is a war zone: a bulletproof vest is required to speak

Jack Engelhard:

Are we losing Megyn Kelly?

Megyn Kelly knows something about false accusations. Could she fall for the wild speculations of the likes of Tucker Carlson? Opinion.

Are we losing Megyn Kelly?

The New Yorker’s botched circumcision video

Everyone’s favorite anti-circumcision duo is back. The good news is Yom Kippur is right around the corner. It’s never too late to do Teshuvah.

The New Yorker’s botched circumcision video

Tucker, Ben, Luke, and John

Is Tucker a “racist”? Another "antisemite"? Is it just that he’s “blinded by hate”? Or is there something deeper. Opinion.

Tucker, Ben, Luke, and John

The New Jew

There has been an awakening on the part of once docile Jews. Never again almost happened again, and they have had enough. Opinion.

The New Jew

Telling it like it is:

The United Nations hates Jews

Save for a few courageous souls, this deeply troubled and inept organization has become the United Nations of Jew-Haters. Only Indonesia and Donald Trump's words shone like beacon in the darkness this past Tuesday. Opinion.

The United Nations hates Jews

From Ally to Archterrorist?

Is Ahmed al-Sharaa the next Bin Laden-in-the-making?

The optics of former militants asking for international legitimacy and open bank accounts are not merely awkward; they are a test of whether the international community learns from history or repeats it. Opinion.

Is Ahmed al-Sharaa the next Bin Laden-in-the-making?

Sisi calls Israel an enemy:

Rhetoric, reality, and risk to regional stability

Al-Sisi’s words are not a declaration of war, but they are a warning. Opinion.

Rhetoric, reality, and risk to regional stability

The Battle Hymn of Palestine

But after recognition, who will occupy it? Opinion.

The Battle Hymn of Palestine

On silencing

Silence is golden, but silencing is not. Opinion.

On silencing

The insidious plan to expel Jews from the West

Islamism does not invent hatred: it structures it, provides it with an army, supports it with a theology of conquest. Where anti-racism speaks of reparation, Islamism speaks of extermination. Opinion.

The insidious plan to expel Jews from the West

Who really killed Charlie Kirk?

The spawns of Lucifer and Lilith. Op-ed.

Who really killed Charlie Kirk?

Peace cannot be built on terror

True peace will never come from international shortcuts or symbolic gestures. It will only come when there is a rejection of violence, when the incitement ends from Hamas. Opinion.

Peace cannot be built on terror

The UN's genocide accusation:

Twisting justice

Israel is fighting for its survival against an enemy sworn to its destruction, while taking steps that often put its own soldiers in greater danger to spare civilians. To equate this with genocide is not just a lie, it is a desecration of the memory of real genocides. Opinion.

Twisting justice

'Beit Tefillah Le’kol Ha’Amim'

A house of prayer for all the nations

We long for a world where all the nations will one day come together in Yerushalayim to pray.

A house of prayer for all the nations

Donors take note:

Doctors Without Borders: Saving lives, spinning narratives

When MSF ignores Hamas terror, it stops being neutral and starts being political. Donors should take note. Every dollar given supports not only surgeries and field clinics, but also MSF’s public voice. Opinion.

Doctors Without Borders: Saving lives, spinning narratives

And what about antisemitism on the Christian Right?

An analysis of the sources of the antisemitism which unfortunately seems alive and well in some quarters of the Christian far right. Opinion.

And what about antisemitism on the Christian Right?

Saudi Arabia and Pakistan’s nuclear pact:

A new threat to global security

A Middle East in which nuclear deterrence is wielded by authoritarian regimes with Islamist ties is fundamentally different from one in which nuclear weapons remain the monopoly of recognized, responsible states. Opinion.

A new threat to global security

Salt of the earth series:

Dvir Lisha HY"D: First Swords of Iron soldier buried on Mt. Herzl

Dvir Lisha HY"D was a victim of the Katif Disengagement at the age of 3 when his family was expelled from their home, and, tragically, also a victim of its results when he was killed, fighting heroically on October 7th at Gaza's Zikim shore.

Dvir Lisha HY"D: First Swords of Iron soldier buried on Mt. Herzl

War numbers, the most powerful weapon against Israel

Those Zionist magicians have allegedly killed more children than there were in the Gaza Strip before the war. Just read the numbers we are being fedl Opinion.

War numbers, the most powerful weapon against Israel

Extreme cancel culture

Where can we draw the line? At attempts to enforce a new and fabricated morality that conflicts with traditional morality, with such enforcement a staple of cancel culture. Opinion.

Extreme cancel culture

Why pro-Israel Megyn Kelly is wrong about the Gaza war

Watch "Debating Israel Critiques and Conspiracy Theories, with Megyn Kelly and The Fifth Column" on YouTube (link below)- ignore some of the language - and realize that even pro-Israel, well-meaning friends need to be reminded of the alternatives. Opinon.

Why pro-Israel Megyn Kelly is wrong about the Gaza war

Melanie Phillips:

Open season against the Jews

The West’s attack on Israel can only be explained by its assault on its own core values and identity.

Open season against the Jews

The deportation of Mahmoud Khalil

There are security risks America must act upon. Deportation orders mean little if the U.S. lacks the resolve to carry them out. Opinion.

The deportation of Mahmoud Khalil

Pretending that Hamas does not exist

To the UN, Hamas’s attempts at genocide are completely justified, while Israelis commit genocide just by living. Opinion.

Pretending that Hamas does not exist

Europe’s favorite fantasy:

Building a Palestinian State (from IKEA parts)

Europe clings to this dream, although it makes no sense. Their hypocrisy is obvious and must be exposed. Opinion.

Building a Palestinian State (from IKEA parts)