Opeds (Page 7)

Aliyah - when Moshiach arrives

Come greet Moshiach as a local Israeli resident and not as a tourist. Unfortunately, Jews did not do this during “Bayit Sheni" but history does not have to repeat itself.

Back to 1492:

After 500 years, Spain returns to Al Andalusia

The expulsion of the Jews from Spain took place on Tisha B'Av 1492. Now it is the Christians who will soon have no place in Spain. Opinion.

Jonathan S. Tobin:

The lies behind Mamdani’s Netanyahu stunt are the real threat

New York’s mayor isn’t able to arrest Israel’s prime minister. But the widespread belief in the “genocide" blood libel illustrates how toxic ideologies, AI and social media are defeating facts. Opinion.

Tisha B'Av:

The Romans are not the ones on trial

If Tisha B'Av were taking place in a courtroom today, who would we place in the dock? Opinion.

View from the UAE:

Drying up Hormuz: How weaponized geography backfires

An entire maritime gateway is planned for outside the potential chokepoint at the strait, redirecting a growing share of energy exports and trade away from the direct line of threat. Opinion.

The 2025 Bunker-Buster success may not be repeatable at Pickaxe

Iran is replacing blasted Fordow with a more impenetrable hiding place for centrifuges. What should the response be? Opinion.

Hold Me Back!

Mamdani’s brave and viral posturing at the end of a rope

As Israeli minister Ofir Akunis put it, he might try running New York City and only New York City. The constituency being served here is not New York. It is the segment of his base for whom hating the Jewish state is the organizing obsession of political life. Opinion.

Drawing a line in the sand with new Prime Minister, Andy Burnham

Britain suffers from a broken moral operating system. I want to suggest one treatment entirely within our own control. Opinion.

The holy complexity of haredi IDF service

We are only in the first act of an Israeli- Shakespearian drama of 'reconciling ' the relationship of haredi society to mainstream Israeli society.

Conspiratorial Obsessions

JD Vance’s onspiratorial obsessions betray reality, undermine leadership, ancd misplace blame on Israel. Opinion.

A Messianic Fantasy:

Don’t forget to laugh

Today when Israel is troubled on all sides, from without and within, here’s a short story to help cheer up our spirits. Fantasy.

Is there a coup d'etat brewing in the US?

And where would JD Vance stand in that hypothetical scenario ? Opinion.

American aid is becoming a leash. Israel must prepare.

The Massie amendment failed, but 103 Democrats voted to eliminate military assistance to Israel. The warning is not only for Jerusalem-it is for American Jewry. Op-ed.

Looking ahead:

Narratives of an Israel-Iran nuclear confrontation

Even if Iran stays non-nuclear, its drone and ballistic missile capabilities could prod Israel to issue measured nuclear threats, with various options that must be carefully considered. Opinion.

Seeing reality is the priority; not spinning a narrative

Is it any wonder that the talking points, slogans and placards are virtually all the same in the contrived charades we see? It’s all so scripted and rehearsed. Opinion.

Loud and clear, the Dems tell Rahm Emanuel: Jews need not apply

Very little changes in our Jewish lives, as we listen to American Democrats scream 2,000 year-old Jew-hating chants…so wake up Rahm Emanuel, because you will be crowned Pope of the Catholics before you are elected President of the United States. Opinion.

The haredi counter-identity

There are Torah-true teachings that haredi ideology has ignored and subordinated to the preservation of haredi separateness. Opinion.

How the Iran War changed the Middle East

The most important consequence of the Iran war was not military but psychological. That shift is transforming the strategic landscape of the Middle East. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

Gaza Flotilla: dangerous useless idiots for Khamenei

The Flotilla has brought no help to the people of Gaza, but plenty of publicity to Hamas. Opinion.

Israel’s enemies are forgiven before their victims are buried

The world remembers every Israeli transgression and forgets every Jewish grave. Op-ed.

The World Cup united the world

For one glorious month, football brought nations together. It also revealed what still unites them. Opinion.

A visit to three hilltops in Gush Etzion:

Thank G-d for those hilltop youth

Three young communities and what they contribute to Israel's longterm security. Feature.

Melanie Phillips

Scapegoating the Jews

Astoundingly, the demonization of Israel has become a key driver of Western politics. Vance, for example, has chosen to mask his humiliation at the hands of Iran by the time-dishonored ploy of dumping on the Jews.Opinion.

What we learn from history is that we do not learn from history

Parents and grandparents, it is time for you to wake up. To stand up to these bullies of woke. Opinion.

Jonathan S. Tobin:

Ro Khanna; The weaponization of anti-Zionism in American politics

The California congressman’s Judean misadventure was an attempt to boost his long-shot presidential hopes and move on from his sponsorship of the disastrous Graham Platner. It’s clear that the congressman didn’t tell the truth about what happened.Opinion.

The Al-Aqsa wristwatch ("Sa'at Al-Yad Al-Aqsa")

"Sa'at Al-Yad Al-Aqsa" is a Juris-political fable in which it is discovered that while democracy had granted majorities the right to decide, at some point, someone confused that right with the power to determine the truth.

CUFI reminds us that the Jewish People are not alone

Amid rising antisemitism, we should recognize and thank the millions of Christian Zionists whose courage and friendship have stood with Israel. Opinion

Vice Pres. Vance, be advised: being Jewish is not a provocation

Vice President Vance, by spreading lies about Israel, and insulting a loyal US ally, do you really believe that you are serving the best interests of the United States? Opinion.

Jonathan Pollard: Pardon Elor Azaria

A letter to President Yitzhak Herzog

The letter brought below was sent to the President of the State of Israel, who has the power to grant pardons.

With friends like Rahm Emanuel, who needs enemies?

A prominent American Jewish politician stood on Israeli soil and recited, as established fact, the blood libels that Israel's enemies use to justify her destruction: deliberate starvation, rampant 'settler terror', illegal occupation. Each has been demolished by serious research. A look at the patronizing and blood libel-esque gospel of Rahm Emanuel.

The Israeli Supreme Court’s shocking disregard for the law

At the heart of a current legal conflict is not the law, but a bitter fight over whether pro- or anti-government investors will take control of Israel’s “Channel 13." Opinion.

The demographic war:

Mamdani baptized the winners and buried the losers

The Islamic communist mayor of New York did not “forget" the Italians: he simply clarified who the winners are in the great demographic battle that will decide the future of all Western countries. Opinion.

Alma Research Center:

Northern Israel: The battle for hearts and minds

Right now, we have more question marks than answers.

Mr. President, is this meant as a joke?

You're threatening Iran's infrastructure unless they make another deal? After everything we've seen, is that a joke?

A Line That Must Not Be Crossed:

The cancellation of Rafael Medoff’s book on Holocaust cartoons

The perils of politicizing Holocaust memory. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Lindsey Graham- this was a Mensch

We already miss him terribly. Opinion.

Trump Derangement

To what extent was Israel stopped, and how, from absolutely winning that brutal urban and subterranean war in Gaza? And what lifetime lessons could Trump take from it? Opinion.

Lindsey Graham’s Lasting Legacy:

The Taylor Force Act puts int'l pressure on PA support for terror

Lindsey Graham was the author and sponsor of the Taylor Force Act, which bars U.S. aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) as long as it continues to allot payments to convicted terrorists or their surviving family members.

The agreement no one remembers:

That one time Israel tried to help Gaza

How the Gazans never missed an opportunity to miss an opportunity. And how the “open-air prison" fiction leaves out the crucial facts about an opportunity for Gaza's normalization that Israel wished to implement but that Gazans did not allow to come to fruition. Opinion.

Blood Money:

Why the Jews were slaughtered

If you really want to know what a genocide really is, look at places where less than five percent of the Jewish population survived. Opinion.

Defying the Normal Laws of History:

Jewish Independence alone ensures Jewish survival

Israel now serves both as a physical refuge and a diplomatic shield for Jews worldwide. Opinion.

The price of being wrong

The question Israel's well-meaning critics never ask. Opinion.

Op-ed:

Farewell to a friend of a Free Iran

Lindsey Graham chose to stand with America's allies, with Israel in its darkest hours, with Ukraine in its struggle for sovereignty, and with many Iranians who continue to hope for a free homeland. Op-ed.

Alma Research Center:

Another test of Lebanese sovereignty

Will Lebanon’s General Security undermine the Foreign Ministry’s decision against the Iranian Ambassador? Opinion.

The Levantine Fault Line:

Navigating the new Turkish-Egyptian security axis

What is currently materializing is a highly pragmatic, transactional alliance between two regimes which are setting aside deep historical grievances to challenge the strategic interests of Israel and its Western allies. Opinion.

A "Unity" Committee without Unity - or a Committee

What happened at the Jewish Agency Board of Governors - and why it matters for every Torah Jew in the Diaspora. Opinion.

Pros and cons of American bases in Israel

The United States has a fundamental interest in relocating its Middle East bases to the Jewish state. But does Israel? Opinion.

The world is reverting to its original shape

For most of recorded history, the center of global gravity lay in Asia. Now the old order seems to be returning. Opinion.

Giulio Meotti:

Welcome to the Middle East, Monsieur Macron. Allahu Akbar!

Macron embodies progressivism in sunglasses, believing he can tame radical Islam with symbolic gestures and energy subcontracts. Opinion.

It doesn't add up:

Iran wants Trump dead - and answered his deadline with a missile

The US President is trading assassination threats with the very men he’s simultaneously asking to please reopen a shipping lane. Is this for real? Opinion.

Stay out of Israeli politics, Ambassador Emanuel

Rahm Emanuel wants to lecture Israelis on their own survival. His old boss tried the same thing, and it cost him. Op-ed.

Trump's strategic folly

Trump’s Erdogan praise and F-35 talk undermine Israel and defy common sense. Opinion.

Interview with Bruce Blakeman:

Will New York change course?

An interview on antisemitism, Israel, the Iran war and other pertinent issues with NY Republican Gubernatorial Nominee Bruce Blakeman.

The Rafah Sandbox:

The Peace Council Plan imperils Israeli security

Let's face it: The institutional psychology of international peacekeeping operations is fundamentally mismatched with the brutal demands of active counter-terrorism. Opinion.

Why Andy Burnham started his campaign with Israel

His first major foreign policy speech wasn't really about the Middle East. It was about the coalition he needs to win power & the moral operating system that has now reached the heart of government. Opinion.

Jack Engelhard:

Soccer Madness

World cup soccer is the madness of the moment, and soccer is the least complicated of any sport. Opinion.