Opeds (Page 42)


Open letter:

A satiric message to the Eurovision Broadcasting Union

Our women are strong, and they rise up, preserving their inner and outer beauty, seeking to share it with the world, despite the attempts at their degradation. Open letter.

A satiric message to the Eurovision Broadcasting Union

How could Jill Biden let it all happen?

Rather than subjecting her husband to endless humiliation, she should have protected him from it. Jill Biden should win the ‘worst wife’ award, Opinion.

How could Jill Biden let it all happen?

Evil must be identified exposed marginalized and eliminated

Evil may take at least two opposing venues. It can appear as a vicious terrorist, or it may present itself as a benevolent operative with hidden agendas. We must be aware of both. Opinion

Evil must be identified exposed marginalized and eliminated

Is peace with the entire Middle East on the table now?

President Trump upended the conventional wisdom and did things that “could not be done”.Op-ed.

Is peace with the entire Middle East on the table now?

Nexus between extreme Right and Left Is poisonous ideology

Not all speech is protected under the First Amendment. Thus, for example, speech that is directed towards inciting or producing lawless action and is likely to do so is not protected speech, even if both Left and Right use it. Opinion.

Nexus between extreme Right and Left Is poisonous ideology

Democrats have abandoned the fight against campus antisemitism

Listening to members of the party, which claims to stand for “inclusion,” downplaying Jew-hatred because it doesn’t fit their desired narrative or identity politics was offensive. Opinion.

Democrats have abandoned the fight against campus antisemitism

A stark analysis:

New book "Tehran's Dictator" details the reign of Khamenei

Shortly to be published, a new book from an Iranian expert is meant for anyone seeking to understand the inner workings of Iran’s theocratic regime. Review.

New book "Tehran's Dictator" details the reign of Khamenei

What El Al just taught the world about Israel

It's more than a name on a plane. Opinion.

What El Al just taught the world about Israel

It’s exhausting being Jewish: It’s Groundhog day every day

The greatest enemies of the Jews today are the most barbaric people to ever have lived on this planet. Defending the Jews against those who stand with the barbarians is exhausting. Opinion.

It’s exhausting being Jewish: It’s Groundhog day every day

Eurovision takeaways

Eurovision came to an end and the protestors went home with no success. Israel showed that the haters are more than matched. Israel can build on this. Opinion.

Eurovision takeaways

Operation Gideon's Chariots:

Qatar negotiations are not the path to peace - the IDF is

Israel’s measured ‘concluding moves’—not Qatar negotiations—are the only path to lasting peace. They reflect resolve, not vengeance. Opinion.

Qatar negotiations are not the path to peace - the IDF is

Fight in the media for the greatest cause in our lives

The most heartbreaking group of enemies of Israel are our fellow Jews, among them even some Israeli Jews. Opinion.

Fight in the media for the greatest cause in our lives

Trump's Middle East strategy:

Building bridges or constructing a mirage?

Close scrutiny of President Trump's recent diplomatic endeavors in the Middle East raise several crucial questions about possible dangerous consequences. Does the US have a backup plan? Opinion.

Building bridges or constructing a mirage?

Thank you, Uncle Trump

We saw and understood your message, without any need to put it into words: America needs to take care of itself, solve its problems, and focus on its own interests – while Israel must stand tall and move on to the phase of true independence. Opinion.

Thank you, Uncle Trump

Eurovision 2025

The world voted - and it chose Israel

Maybe the world isn’t as full of Israel-haters as we feared. Opinion.

The world voted - and it chose Israel

Jack Engelhard

Netanyahu remembers Amalek

Trump…and the rest of the world…will never fully understand what Oct.7 did to the pride of the nation. Opinion.

Netanyahu remembers Amalek

It’s all about relationships: Interview with Anthony D’Esposito

A no-nonsense approach is what categorizes the kid from Island Park, who is now poised to assist in heading one of the biggest departments in the U.S. government.

It’s all about relationships: Interview with Anthony D’Esposito

Islam poses an existential threat to Western Civilization

Despite this writer’s generally strong support for Pres. Trump’s policies and innovations, given the Biblical and historical context, these recent overtures by him to the Muslim Arab world are not wise. Op-ed.

Islam poses an existential threat to Western Civilization

Commencement at NYU:

Ovations for the graduate speaker who wants to kill the Jews

Qatar has sent many billions of dollars to infiltrate, take over, and take down the American Academy. Did no one see this coming? Opinion.

Ovations for the graduate speaker who wants to kill the Jews

The American Daniel (aka Donald) in a lions' den

Trump is trying to tame the lions in their dens, but If the smiles of Middle Eastern dictators prove deceitful, the good cheer and largesse he spread will devolve into “massive maximum pressure” that paralyzes their economies. Opinion.

The American Daniel (aka Donald) in a lions' den

Eurovision 2025, a tragedy in Basel

Herzl wrote "At Basel I founded the Jewish State," and this Saturday night, the Eurovision song contest takes place in Basel and Yuval Refael will perform for the State of Israel. But a lot has changed since then. Opinion.

Eurovision 2025, a tragedy in Basel

Giulio Meotti:

Courage is taking off the veil in Kabul, not wearing it at Cannes

It's easy to be a leftist wearing a veil when you're swimming in millions and risk nothing on the Rive Gauche. Opinion.

Courage is taking off the veil in Kabul, not wearing it at Cannes

Melanie Phillips:

The gold-plated peacenik in the White House

Israelis are wondering whether they’ve escaped one nightmare to find themselves in another. Opinion.

The gold-plated peacenik in the White House

Trump’s Middle East trip: Strategy over spectacle

Trump leveraged shifting alliances to reshape decades-old regional divisions, sidelining entrenched hostilities in favor of pragmatic cooperation, but the success of that policy will be in its longevity. Opinion.

Trump’s Middle East trip: Strategy over spectacle

On the murder of Tze'ela Gez Hy"d:

There is no peace with those who murder mothers

Peace isn’t made with monsters. It’s made after they’re defeated. Op-ed.

There is no peace with those who murder mothers

Rabbi Prof. Dov Fischer

Please forgive me for being thankful for the good

This is a day of terrible tragedy, as we mourn a pregnant mother murdered by barbarians. That's why I have decided to remind us that there are good things happening, because we must gain strength from them to be able to survive the bad.

Please forgive me for being thankful for the good

ANALYSIS:

‘A year plus of combat in Gaza is needed’

No deals and no negotiations. Former National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror:' If Israel does not thoroughly eliminate Hamas, no third party will help us'. And they will be back.

‘A year plus of combat in Gaza is needed’

Douglas Murray, Israel and Life

If you can read only one book about Israel, the Arabs, the October 7 Massacre, the surrounding circumstances and the meaning of these events, the book reviewed here is the one you should read.

Douglas Murray, Israel and Life

Confessions: Peace or war with Israel

A rare audio recording recently circulating across Arab media outlets between Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser and Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi exposes shocking truths long hidden behind flowery rhetoric and fiery speeches. Op-ed.

Confessions: Peace or war with Israel

The ICC – The International Court of Criminals

This is what Jew-hatred does. It corrupts people and institutions to the point where justice and law become an afterthought or an inconvenience to courts of law. Opinion.

The ICC – The International Court of Criminals

The Trojan Airplane?

Mr. President, don't forget your greatest ally: Israel!

To put it briefly, Israelis need to know that they’re not being left behind. American Christians who love Israel need to hear that their president still walks with them in solidarity. Conservatives need to know that “America First” never meant “Israel Last.” Opinion.

Mr. President, don't forget your greatest ally: Israel!

Giulio Meotti:

Orwell’s 1984 is now! Don’t dare to criticize Islam in the UK

Besides the growing number of UK residents who are Muslim to begin with, there are the others for whom the fear of a violent Muslim backlash dictates the limits of free speech. This in the land of the Magna Carta, no less. Opinion.

Orwell’s 1984 is now! Don’t dare to criticize Islam in the UK

Ehud Olmert lobbies for Abbas instead of Israel

One of the most dangerous mistakes Olmert is making is spreading the lie that the Palestinian Authority wants to run Gaza without Hamas. Opinion.

Ehud Olmert lobbies for Abbas instead of Israel

Alma Research Center Report:

The increasing biased (and misleading) criticism of Israel

As Israel continues to fight and thwart threats to its security on multiple fronts, it faces increased international criticism of Israel’s presence and strikes in Lebanese and Syrian territory. This criticism is often biased and misleading. Subsequently, international pressure on Israel is also mounting.

The increasing biased (and misleading) criticism of Israel

Israel, "Palestine" and regional war

“The worst is not yet, so long as we still say, `This is the worst.’” Shakespeare, King Lear.

Israel, "Palestine" and regional war

From the Hebrew press:

The voice of conscience

The calls to refuse to show up for IDF reserve duty will not succeed, because those behind it have forgotten basic facts, which the reservists, young and old, remember well. Opinion.

The voice of conscience

Burning questions unanswered

Unanswered questions about the Israeli Hostages, the Pope, President Trump, and Rabbis who do not seem to know what the Torah says. Op-ed.

Burning questions unanswered

American disillusionment

American Jews have spent decades fighting. They’ve lost. Opinion.

American disillusionment

It makes no sense - but it's home

Despite everything, we stay. But more than that — we come. Opinion.

It makes no sense - but it's home

Jack Engelhard:

The Pope, Catholics, and the Jews

Is the new Pope good for the Jews? These days, frankly, is anything good for the Jews? Opinion.

The Pope, Catholics, and the Jews

The paradox of Zionism that perplexes a wannabe Jew

The Palestinian Arabs must absorb the message that their fate is utterly irrelevant to the Jews. This is the first step towards psychological dominance over the Palestinian Arabs. And feeding them says just the opposite. Opinion.

The paradox of Zionism that perplexes a wannabe Jew

Killed by Israel

It is terribly naïve for useful idiots journalists to assume Hamas society's “medics” are just medics, that its “teachers” are just teachers, and that its “hospitals” are just hospitals .

Killed by Israel

My father's Jewish, my mother's Jewish, I'm Jewish

The terrorist responsible for Daniel Pearl's monstrous murder has finally been eliminated. This is the time to remember Daniel Pearl's proud final words, said before he was beheaded by the same barbaric monsters we are still fighting today. Op-ed.

My father's Jewish, my mother's Jewish, I'm Jewish

Iran is up to its old tricks

Unless regime change happens along the way, I see either Israel or America or both taking out Iran’s nuclear capabilities. It cannot come soon enough. Opinion.

Iran is up to its old tricks

The Ayatollah Regime – a clear and present threat to the US

All you have to do is read the assessment by the Homeland Security Department, echoed by the FBI and the March 2025 Annual Threat Assessment by the Director of National Intelligence. Op-ed.

The Ayatollah Regime – a clear and present threat to the US

At Yishai's funeral:

A brotherhood that won’t break — even in death

in Israel, we don’t leave each other behind. Even when we can’t stand—we show up. Op-ed.

A brotherhood that won’t break — even in death

Terrorism rebranded as ‘armed resistance against civilians’

Hamas massacring women and children is "resistance" according to Peter Beinart but, as in Africa, it is Islamist attempted "genocide" by definition and their own admission. Opinion.

Terrorism rebranded as ‘armed resistance against civilians’

What starts with the Jews doesn’t always end with the Jews

Because radicalized students and agitators have been able to target Jews with little or no pushback, it should come as no surprise that progressive activists have broadened their scope to harass and abuse others with differing ideologies or political affiliations. Opinion.

What starts with the Jews doesn’t always end with the Jews

Three women, connecting the dots

Using selective “application of the law,” the deep state removes people it does not want from their positions, and allows other people to take their place, while keeping on those who have committed the same "infractions." A tale of three women. Opinion.

Three women, connecting the dots

Defeating the Ayatollahs—despite Donald Trump

Netanyahu now faces a fateful choice: tolerate Iran’s sprint toward a nuclear bomb, or act unilaterally and risk sacrificing American military and diplomatic support. Opinion.

Defeating the Ayatollahs—despite Donald Trump

A Zelensky-style slapdown for South Africa?

By any definition South Africa is a failed state with a “governing capacity unable to fulfil the administrative and organizational tasks required to control people and resources..." Opinion.

A Zelensky-style slapdown for South Africa?

The blessing of Trump making his own deals without Israel

When Trump puts America First, it should remind Israelis not to put their faith even in the best American president Israel ever has known and probably ever will. Opinion.

The blessing of Trump making his own deals without Israel

Understanding Trump

it seems that Trump’s grievance with Netanyahu is the PM's insistence on safeguarding Israel’s vital interests in the case of Trump's characteristic desire to 'strike a deal' - this time, with Saudi Arabia. Opinion.

Understanding Trump

Israel on Fire: Terror by arson ןgnites a new war front

What many initially feared might be natural turned out to be something far more sinister: deliberate ecological terror. Opinion.

Israel on Fire: Terror by arson ןgnites a new war front

Melanie Phillips:

The indestructible myth of famine in Gaza

Universalism is a secular religion whose falsehoods are protected by a doctrine of infallibility. Opinion.

The indestructible myth of famine in Gaza

Dear Met Police – In all these ‘Freedoms’ where is mine?

I have a sincere question for the London Metropolitan Police; In all these ‘Freedoms,’ where is mine? A couple of weeks ago I was the victim of a racially aggravated attack. It is not the first attack against me or my property (my car in this latest case)…

Dear Met Police – In all these ‘Freedoms’ where is mine?