Opeds (Page 32)


Analysis:

‘Historically, the losing side leaves the battlefield’

Experts from the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security argued in a webinar that Israel must achieve a "knockout" by expelling Hamas from Gaza.

‘Historically, the losing side leaves the battlefield’

Jack Engelhard:

Me and Robert Redford

So yes, I did meet Robert Redford. It was at the filming of my novel “Indecent Proposal” in which he starred. Op-ed.

Me and Robert Redford

From Persia to Iran:

Israel’s UN Spokesperson: Jews lost contact with families in Iran

In his new book, Harounoff chronicles the descent of the once great nation of Persia and the current struggles and protests of the Iranian people against a dictatorial regime. Interview.

Israel’s UN Spokesperson: Jews lost contact with families in Iran

Attacking Israel's Prime Minister:

The West's new socially acceptable way to hate Jews

It is fair to criticize Bibi, but a number of Israeli figures have latched on to anti-Israel attempts to discredit Bibi, no matter what the cost to the Jewish State. Traitors like Ehud Olmert would gladly see Israel crumble so long as they get their share of the ruins. Opinion.

The West's new socially acceptable way to hate Jews

Securing Israel’s digital borders:

How cyber sovereignty shapes national resilience

From military-grade encryption to localized servers, Israel is investing in digital infrastructure to protect against rising cyber and surveillance threats. Op-ed.

How cyber sovereignty shapes national resilience

The entertainment world’s selective conscience

From Emmy speeches to boycott pledges, outrage at Israel comes easy while silence reigns on real tyrannies. Opinion.

The entertainment world’s selective conscience

Response to UN Report:

The only thing being genocided in Gaza is truth itself

We are living through the largest propaganda assault in modern history. Opinion.

The only thing being genocided in Gaza is truth itself

A puppet killed Kirk. More dangerous puppeteers stand behind him

We no longer fight ideas: we want to destroy those who hold them. Tyler is the puppet behind which stand the most lethal puppeteers: the university professors, the network of "progressive intellectuals," the wicked teachers who turned Robinson into a killer. Opinion.

A puppet killed Kirk. More dangerous puppeteers stand behind him

Pedro Sánchez’s Spain:

Corruption, Antisemitism, and the politics of shame

The tragedy is not just Sánchez, who turned antisemitism into state policy to shield himself from scandal.The tragedy is a Spain that he drags down with him. Opinion.

Corruption, Antisemitism, and the politics of shame

After Doha, accountability must extend to Turkey

This shift in the global paradigm of accountability, born from Israel's action in Doha, must now be applied with far greater force to a far more significant enabler of terrorism: Turkey. Opinion.

After Doha, accountability must extend to Turkey

UNIFIL's well-earned obituary

It is implausible that Hezbollah’s epic rearming - right under UNIFIL’s nose - could occur without complicity. That's for starters. Opinion.

UNIFIL's well-earned obituary

Emmy Awards 2025:

The red carpet chose sides

There was only one voice, one figure, one moment that broke the pattern of Hollywood's shameful embrace of terrorists. Opinion.

The red carpet chose sides

A legal clarification:

Targeting Hamas terrorist leaders in Qatar

The fact that Hamas terrorist leaders sought safe harbor in a friendly sovereign state did not mean they were no longer subject to law-mandated punishment or that the principle of sovereignty immunized the terror-protecting state (Qatar) from Israeli law-enforcement. Opinion.

Targeting Hamas terrorist leaders in Qatar

The Judgment of Doha: Genocide is not required

They have substituted allegiance to the mob for truth for so long, that by the time news broke of grown men strangling the Bibas babies to death and of their pummelling the little bodies with rocks, they felt nothing. But killing the monsters in Doha brought them to tears. Opinion

The Judgment of Doha: Genocide is not required

How to implode the propaganda war:

Declare sovereignty, end Oslo and the military occupation

When Israel announces military occupation's end and asserts Judea and Samaria rights, terrorists will understand the terrorist agenda is a dead end, and Israel will become the democracy extending rights and opportunities to previously disenfranchised populations. Opinion.

Declare sovereignty, end Oslo and the military occupation

Utopian, but necessary? At whose expense?

Commentator Terry Glavin says 'a two-state solution is impossibly Utopian, but is the only thing that will work.' How's that for an oxymoron? Opinion.

Utopian, but necessary? At whose expense?

Analysis:

Iran's struggle for global realignment after Israeli strikes

If a path forward for Iran and the West exists at all, it will be found in the narrow space of mutual recognition of interests. Analysis.

Iran's struggle for global realignment after Israeli strikes

The Myth of a Joint Arab Army:

Dictators focus on survival, not defense

A NATO-style force makes for good headlines, but its purpose is not to fight Israel—it is to buy time for rulers worried about unrest at home. Opinion.

Dictators focus on survival, not defense

Wars have winners and losers

Countries that win wars they did not want to wage, but who retook territory while doing so, are not 'occupiers'. Those who lose the war they instigated, pay a price for their aggression. That's how the world works. Opinion.

Wars have winners and losers

Apology needed from the rabbinic letter signers:

I join Israel's US Ambassador Yechiel Leiter's request for one

I join Israel Ambassador to the US Yechiel Leiter in urging an apology for the 80-signature 'Rabbis’ Letter' - especially in the wake of the Charlie Kirk senseless murder. Opinion.

I join Israel's US Ambassador Yechiel Leiter's request for one

Part III: Today:

The Islamic World vs. the Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman Worlds

An ongoing religious, cultural, historical, military struggle and rivalry coming to a head today.

The Islamic World vs. the Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman Worlds

Regional integration is a luxury, sovereignty is survival

The parade of countries falling over themselves to recognize a Palestinian state unilaterally is a hostile act towards Israel. Here is how Israel should respond. Opinion.

Regional integration is a luxury, sovereignty is survival

Europe’s Eternal Witness moment

Beethoven’s Ode to Joy Symphony became the official anthem of the European Union headed by Ursula von der Leyen. Strange when one sees her actions towards Jews and Israel. Opinion.

Europe’s Eternal Witness moment

Is anyone listening?

The first ghetto was built in Venice - its echoes resound today

In Venice, ghetto wall plaques scream the message of missing Jews. Opinion.

The first ghetto was built in Venice - its echoes resound today

Jack Engelhard:

Let us pray

Charlie Kirk had promises to keep. Let us pray that America fulfills them. Opinion.

Let us pray

Eulogy

A newish genre of German films has a clear message: We Germans in WWII were not as bad as we were accused of being. In fact, we were as human and humane as any others, sometimes even more. Don't fall for it. Opinion.

Eulogy

Algeria's UN Maneuver:

A veiled support for terrorism

Algeria continues to offer a cloak of legitimacy to a group responsible for countless atrocities. Opinion.

A veiled support for terrorism

We should all say “Je suis Charlie Kirk”

Few dare to say it, but part of the Left has become the party of death. Kirk’s assassination may have been our last wake-up call. Opinion.

We should all say “Je suis Charlie Kirk”

Where there is faith, there is freedom

Israel and the United States are nations of liberty, standing as spiritual twins against the forces of tyranny, darkness and enslavement. Opiniion.

Where there is faith, there is freedom

The world’s top diplomat isn’t the man who holds the UN title

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres, tasked with impartial global mediation, plays the partisan; while Trump, reviled by U.N. elites as a unilateralist, fills the vacuum. Opinion.

The world’s top diplomat isn’t the man who holds the UN title

In memory of Charlie Kirk

The values that endure beyond division

When words of hatred are unleashed, they do not remain words. They become actions. They become violence. They become blood. Opinion.

The values that endure beyond division

America must wake up:

Charlie Kirk took the bullet for the President

The loss of Charlie Kirk must be recognized as one of the most brazen assaults on the U.S. Government in modern history - and the response must fit the crime. Opinion.

Charlie Kirk took the bullet for the President

9/11 and Charlie Kirk's murder:

Two turning points for America

Like after 9/11, it is a time to decide whether we still produce men and women willing to speak without fear, to live without apology, to stand where Charlie stood. Opinion.

Two turning points for America

In memoriam:

Charlie Kirk, the vanguard of American youth

Charlie was true to his heart, true to his God, and true to humanity. He could not be bought with Qatari money. He could not be intimidated by threats. He was willing to walk into the furnace to do God’s will. In memoriam.

Charlie Kirk, the vanguard of American youth

America’s unreliable Middle East ‘ally’ is Qatar, not Israel

The foreign-policy establishment’s outrage about the strike on Hamas leaders is sheer hypocrisy. The real scandal is that the men who direct Hamas operations and represent it to the world have been allowed to live openly in peace and apparent security in the Gulf state. Opinion.

America’s unreliable Middle East ‘ally’ is Qatar, not Israel

The Brit Milah I never wanted

When I first met Cantor Phil Sherman, New York’s mohel to the stars, I didn’t know what was in store. The friendship that was born that day spanned years.

The Brit Milah I never wanted

Bereaved Father:

'We must not assign collective blame for Charlie Kirk's murder'

In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s tragic murder, Hagai Lober, whose son was killed in action in Gaza, urges against assigning collective responsibility.

'We must not assign collective blame for Charlie Kirk's murder'

The world should be saying:

Why didn't they do this sooner?

Israel Defense Forces have successfully targeted leaders of terrorist groups--and never more so than these past two years when Israel eliminated the entire leaderships of Hezbollah and Hamas and most recently the Houthis. Good work! Opinion.

Why didn't they do this sooner?

Another Trump deal in Qatar?

Beware a deal leaving Israel’s existential enemies able to recoup to fight another day. Opinion.

Another Trump deal in Qatar?

Things that even the best Israelis get wrong:

"Side by side in peace" with Arab Muslim brutality

In Islam, killing and brutality is everywhere. Arabs are the most brutal of Muslims and "Palestinians" are the most brutal of Arabs. Opinion.

"Side by side in peace" with Arab Muslim brutality

Targeted strikes:

No immunity for Israel’s enemies

Real deterrence can only be achieved through a strict policy that makes every terrorist leader feel sentenced to death, however long it takes or however far they may run. Opinion.

No immunity for Israel’s enemies

Analysis:

Hamas’s leadership abroad ‘was blocking compromise’

Former Mossad official says Israeli strikes on Hamas leaders in Doha are aimed at breaking the deadlock in hostage negotiations and sending a powerful signal to Qatar.

Hamas’s leadership abroad ‘was blocking compromise’

The perfect nation

We should stop apologizing for not being perfect. Opinion.

The perfect nation

Restrain me! Don’t let me apply Sovereignty!

Once again, Israel’s leaders are turning the Land of Israel into a political bargaining chip—once again, we return to this national disgrace. Time has come to shake off this weakness, awaken, and lift up the dignity of the nation. Apply sovereignty! Opinion.

Restrain me! Don’t let me apply Sovereignty!

Jack Engelhard:

Netanyahu’s resolve

Israel is a country that fights on with tears in its eyes…always towards victory. Believe Netanyahu when he says so. Opinion.

Netanyahu’s resolve

Macron recognizes 'Palestine' - and buries France

Two weeks after his grand announcement, his government collapsed. Even the camels are laughing. Opinion.

Macron recognizes 'Palestine' - and buries France

A first-person account:

Antisemitism is a disease in Australia

Australian antisemitism didn't start after October 7, it just came out of the woodwork. A story of vicious antisemitic nastiness that took place decades ago in the land of Waltzing Matilda. Op-ed.

Antisemitism is a disease in Australia

The road to Oct. 7 began in Hebron

The 1929 massacre by local Arabs is not just a painful chapter in the past but a reality that still impacts the region. Even the Ramot Junction. Opinion.

The road to Oct. 7 began in Hebron

Giulio Meotti:

Jerusalem, Ramot Junction. September 8, 2025.

All the offers of "peace" to Islamic terrorism will not save the Western skin. Opinion.

Jerusalem,  Ramot Junction. September 8, 2025.

Another anti-Israel lie bites the dust

Like a junkie unable to quit drugs, or perhaps not willing to do so, media outlets seem incapable of any soul-searching and continue to treat the word of Hamas as the gospel truth. Opinion.

Another anti-Israel lie bites the dust

Haredim are the biggest losers if we annex Judea and Samaria

Master politician Netanyahu is well aware that annexation would dramatically change the dynamics of Israeli politics. It would also affect the demographics even if Smotrich's plan is the one chosen. Opinion.

Haredim are the biggest losers if we annex Judea and Samaria

The inconvenient witness

The Jewi is the mirror of humanity's soul. Op-ed.

The inconvenient witness

The Pro-Gaza propaganda film or a real film?

Guess which film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival?

The audience response in Venice reminded me of the mindless crowds cheering Hitler in the streets of Vienna and of how films by his propagandist filmmaker also won prizes at the Venice festival. Opinion.

Guess which film won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival?

Giulio Meotti:

Here we are:Jewish writer banned from Europe's literary festivals

There is not much freedom of speech in Gaza, but Europe is not doing much better. Opinion.

Here we are:Jewish writer banned from Europe's literary festivals

The flotilla delusion:

A Turkish gambit, not a humanitarian mission

The flotilla to Gaza is designed to create a media spectacle, not to deliver aid. Opinion.

A Turkish gambit, not a humanitarian mission

Amb.(ret.) David Friedman

Debunking the genocide myth

It doesn't take a scholar to understand that Israel isn't trying to eliminate the Palestinian Arabs. Opinion.

Debunking the genocide myth