Opeds (Page 9)


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

Spain’s Embargo on Israel:

A rotten meal with self-inflicted indigestion

Spain is not one of Israel’s arteries. It is, at best, a capillary. Opinion.

A rotten meal with self-inflicted indigestion

Knaves and Fools

It seems that each week produces an increasing crop of people whose sole purpose in life is to pillory Israel and cause collateral damage to Jewish communities. As the UN meeting nears, they multiply like flies. Opinion.

Knaves and Fools

Addressing Campus SJP Problems:

Part II: Denial at the University of Rochester

University of Rochester (UofR) in upstate New York simply denies that SJP exists on its campus, except that it is most definitely there. Opinion.

Part II: Denial at the University of Rochester

INTO THE FRAY:

The “emirates” plan - A political train wreck in the making

Despite the glaring and perilous flaws in the two-state paradigm, not everything that is not a two-state proposal is a better policy option. Opinion.

The “emirates” plan - A political train wreck in the making

Addressing Campus SJP Problems:

Part I: Some approaches

The various approaches to protests, riots, building takeovers, and encampments range from conciliatory to combative, from acquiescing to banning. Opinion.

Part I: Some approaches

Geopolitical aspecs of Netanyahu's recognizing Armenian genocide

Netanyahu’s recognition of the Armenian Genocide and the geopolitical calculations in Azerbaijan-Israel relations. Opinion.

Geopolitical aspecs of Netanyahu's recognizing Armenian genocide

Jack Engelhard:

No red carpet for Mahmoud Abbas

For Rubio and the Trump Administration, the blinders are off, and there shall be no hospitality for thugs and murderers. Opinion.

No red carpet for Mahmoud Abbas

All's fair in love, war, and Jew-hatred

The stain that cannot be removed.

All's fair in love, war, and Jew-hatred

Learning from Greek myth:

Israel and Sisyphus

“A man should never put himself in a place of danger, and say that a miracle will save him, lest there be no miracle…" - Yannai.

Israel and Sisyphus

France recognizes Hostagestine

Reecognizing Hostagestine - or should we call it Rapestine? After all, it is murder, rape and hostage taking that is being rewarded by this move. Opinion.

France recognizes Hostagestine

Melanie Phillips:

An alternative universe

Hamas’s war against civilization pivots on its war against the Western and Israeli mind. Hamas and its Iranian patron have understood that the West no longer has the intellectual wherewithal to recognize the lies in the anti-Israel psyop warfare. Opinion.

An alternative universe

A haredi Israeli weighs in:

On draft and didactics

The more we haredim protest the draft, the more we prove the necessity of taking action. Opinion.

On draft and didactics

Saliha Raïss, interim mayor of Molenbeek:

Dear Europeans, if you don't like Islamization, please leave

At the next municipal council, the veiled socialist interim mayoress may say: “This country is ours.” After all, 29 out of 46 Molenbeek municipal councilors are Muslim. Opinion.

Dear Europeans, if you don't like Islamization, please leave

The "Palestine" fantasy:

The key to rescuing Israel from Global Pariah

The catch? Bibi has been clutching the key for a decade.

The key to rescuing Israel from Global Pariah

The Middle East:

Better to be seen as the strong man

World propaganda aside, Israel resides in the Mideast, where it is safer to be feared than loved and crucial to be seen as militarily victorious. Opinion.

Better to be seen as the strong man

Recognizing Palestinian statehood - what will it achieve?

The announcements by Macron, Starmer, Albanese et al on reognizing a Palestinian Arab state have so far elated Hamas, which sees them as a reward for October 7, 2023. Opinion.

Recognizing Palestinian statehood - what will it achieve?

Khamenei’s greatest fear

Khamenei himself is the first enemy of the Iranian nation. Opinion.

Khamenei’s greatest fear

NYC Mayoral Elections:

Can Curtis Sliwa be NYC’s guardian angel?

In an exclusive interview in his midtown office, Sliwa speaks of the challenges New Yorkers face and how it would be a shandah to have a socialist in Gracie Mansion. Interview.

Can Curtis Sliwa be NYC’s guardian angel?

Newsmax’s Basile:

The opportunity to expand Christian support for Israel is now

Cindy Grosz talks with Tom Basile, who speaks about issues that unite, don’t ignite, and with common sense, but urges Bibi to connect more with Christian Zionists. Interview.

The opportunity to expand Christian support for Israel is now

We all want total victory

There is intense debate over how we can defeat Hamas and recover the hostages - but there should be complete consensus as to how not to do it.

We all want total victory

When Hamas gets it right, Israel must take note

Unless Hamas ends up humiliated and traumatized, they have not been defeated, even if half of them are dead and their lands have been reduced to rubble. The Hamas accusation that Israel is using psychological warfare exposes their desperation. Opinion..

When Hamas gets it right, Israel must take note

A look at the rabbis who are appeasing Hamas

Actual Orthodox Jews who look at the signators of the 'Moral Clarity' letter will always know better than to call most of those rabbis Orthodox. Opinion..

A look at the rabbis who are appeasing Hamas

The Houthi operation:

Israel executed a major decapitation strike on Houthi leadership

The recent IDF strike killed all but four Houthi ministers, joining iIsrael's successful targeted strikes on Hezbollah and Iranian leadership and benefitting all the countries who suffered Houthi terrorism. Opinion.

Israel executed a major decapitation strike on Houthi leadership

Antisemitism is the deadly plague of the Western mind

The blood of Jews dissolves in their great and gloomy woke dialectic. It takes a certain genius to turn reality inside out like a blood-soaked glove. Radical Islam has this genius and the West eats it up.Opinion.

Antisemitism is the deadly plague of the Western mind

Western Sahara: The future homeland for Gaza’s dispossessed?

The benefits of absorbing Gazans into Western Sahara are considerable. Opinion.

Western Sahara: The future homeland for Gaza’s dispossessed?

Ignoring Europe's threats:

History proves that Israel must stand strong

Sanctions will not weaken Israel. They will only remind Jews everywhere why Israel’s strength is not optional, but essential. Opinion.

History proves that Israel must stand strong

Dr. Mordechai Nisan:

The War against Netanyahu

We now know from Congressional investigation that under Biden, many millions of US dollars helped finance the anti-Netanyahu protest movement. Opinion.

The War against Netanyahu

Qatar:

Cash and consequences

Qatar openly supports America’s enemies, funds them, and provides quarter to some of the most malevolent men on the planet. Opinion.

Cash and consequences

INTO THE FRAY:

Malevolent Macron has no claim to the moral high ground

Given France’s gruesome post-WW II colonial history—from North Africa through East Asia to Oceania—it has a feeble claim to any moral superiority and is hardly in a position to pontificate to Israel over Gaza. Opinion.

Malevolent Macron has no claim to the moral high ground

Finally first at something:

Ireland crowned top Israel-hater in Europe

Ireland produces little, their schools and health care are second rate, they cannot raise an army, and their population is largely inebriated. But in the one area they excel at, Ireland has proudly become the number one Israel-hating country in Europe. Op-ed.

Ireland crowned top Israel-hater in Europe




























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