Rabbi Steven Pruzansky

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Patchwork

Our army serves a greater purpose than merely defense of land. The wars of Israel have a far more profound basis than simply territory. Opinion.

Japanese lessons

There is something not just moral but even liberating about an apology culture, in which people take responsibility and learn from their mistakes. Opinion.

The Fabulists

A fabulist possesses an astonishing ability to assert alternate realities and spin fictional tales of accomplishment and conquest. But at this point, it seems everyone is lying. Opinion.

Israel's Deep State:

Democracy dies in broad daylight

Israel’s claim to be the “only democracy in the Middle East" has become increasingly farcical. Opinion.

Iran Away

As Yogi Berra said, it is difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. An analysis of possible outcomes of Epic Fury/Roaring Lion. Op-ed.

Tucker unhinged

Carlson has been forced to apologize for several wild statements, including his declared hatred for Christian Zionists but also for accusing President Herzog for befriending Jeffrey Epstein and visiting the infamous island. Why do we listen to his ranting? Opinion.

Seeds of failure

President Trump is a showman, an entertainer, whose blustery rhetoric often has little connection to reality. The odds of the Board of Peace succeeding are less than the odds of Greenland becoming the 52nd state of the United States (after Canada becomes the 51st). Opinion.

Democracy’s flaw

Presidencies come and go but Israel’s interests transcend any particular presidency and the vagaries of who holds the office during any particular four-year term. Discontinuity is democracy’s flaw. Op-ed.

Somaliland and Venezuela

We must continue to be proactive after recognizing Somaliland and use Trump's Venezuela exploit as a guide. Opinion.

The vacuum

There is a strategic and political vacuum in Gaza. We should fill it now, before it is too late once again and we revert to the same failed policies of the last seventy years. Opinion.

The friend of my enemy

Qatar, our enemy, has infiltrated the highest levels of the American government and it should be sobering for us to realize the outsized influence Qatar now has on American foreign policy, including Trump’s pronouncements.

Pardon me

The interminable investigation against the PM was more than a fishing expedition; it was corroboration of the Communist police chief Lavrentiy Beria’s boast to Stalin, “give me the man, and I will find the crime.” Opinion.

Just because...

just because people criticize Israel does not mean that they are not anti-Semites. Those who claim to love Jews but hate Israel should prove it. Opinion.

Trump’s new wardrobe

It is important to realize that Trump is the US President, not Israel’s prime minister, and he rightly acts in what he perceives to be the interests of the United States, not the interests of Israel. HIs wealth-oriented thinking misses the real conflict. Opinion.

The Mamdani Effect

The two inexorable rules of Jewish history are that every exile comes to an end, and that Jews are always too late to realize that. And now, the Jewish moment in America is over. Opinion.

Rabbi Steven Pruzansky:

Sovereignty, when?

We should ask our government, many of whose leaders have been promising sovereignty over Judea and Samaria for decades - especially during election season - when is the right time? Opinion.

Dangers ahead

Israel must insist that the disarming of Hamas and demilitarization of Gaza take place before any money enters Gaza, that voluntary emigration be placed on the table as a viable option that the international community will facilitate, and that a Palestinian state is a nonstarter. Opinion.

Raw deal

With all the joy at the anticipated hostage release, these swaps are classic and nauseating examples of stage-one thinking, in which people do not think of consequences beyond the immediate. Opinion.

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.

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.

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.

The perfect nation

We should stop apologizing for not being perfect. Opinion.

False prophets and dreamers

Which of their “deepest Jewish values” are the "rabbis" in the Moral Clarity letter accessing in calling for nourishing our enemy? None, and that is the problem. It is not a Jewish value,

On libel and libelers

The world delights in the libels against Israel because its enmity against Jews is largely latent but chronic. It loves believing the worst about us. And for Hamas, it is a good substitute for winning on the battle field. But how explain Jews who promote the lies? Opinion.

Endless enmity

Why does so much of the world hate us so much? Opinion.

A government with no answers

Why is Hamas recalcitrant in the most recent negotiations? Perhaps it is following Napoleon’s advice: “Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” What must change? Opinion.

Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize

The history of the Nobel Peace Prize and its recipients is a stark reminder that peace does not come through ceremonies, treaties, or awards but only through a transformation of hearts

Ceaseless fire

A cease fire that does not deal with the underlying causes of the conflict is bound to fail. Negotiations with Iran that do not begin with one question - do you repudiate your fantasy of destroying Israel? - are a waste of time. Opinion.

The wounded bear

What should be intolerable to the US, Israel, and Europe is the marriage of religious fanaticism with weapons of mass destruction. That is why we cannot let the wounded bear that is Iran recover. Opinion.

Virtue-signaling hypocrites

In the delusional world of the European and Oceanic diplomats, building Jewish homes in Judea (of all places) and opposing the formal creation of a terror state, somehow incites violence, presumably of Arabs against Israelis. Opinion.

The folly of Humanitarian Aid

We can and should say “no” to Trump, Witkoff, and others who just want an end to war, some diplomatic achievement, and a signing ceremony, regardless of the day after costs and consequences. Opinion.

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.

The People’s Republic of Israel

For clarity’s sake, will the media, military, and judicial elites soon rename our country the “People's Republic of Israel” or the “People's Democratic Republic of Israel” like China and North Korea? Sadly, the elements are all there. Opinion.

Holy fire, Unholy lies

There is literally no respite from the lies of our enemies. Opinion.

Defining Pesach

On Pesach night, we were chosen, and history was never the same.

The Judictatorship

Who will challenge a court system and legal establishment that is running amok, disobeys written laws, and fabricates others as it suits them? If democracy in Israel is in danger, it is from those who are screaming that it is in danger, and from no one else. Opinion.

Needed: Vision and leadership

Do you know who “never misses an opportunity to miss an opportunity”? We Israelis, who time and again, especially recently, have been given opportunities to deal decisive blows to our enemies, and do not. Op-ed.

The Saudi Seduction

The Saudis need our assistance with their sworn enemy Iran – and if Iran is successfully neutralized, how valuable does this treaty then remain for them? The answer is, not much, so why should we concede anything substantive in order to achieve it? Opinion.

Echoes of the past

It may be painful for us to accept this truth, but presently the Arabs are happy with the outcome of their invasion and massacre. Those Israelis who associate the release of our hostages with “victory” are deluding themselves. Opinion.

Trump 2.0

We should not expect him to be everything we want. We should appreciate him as a relief from the nasty rebukes and harmful policies of the Biden years, and from Biden's method of selling us weapons -just enough so that we could fight but not enough for us to prevail. Opinion.

Sadly, nothing has really changed

Defeating Hamas and freeing all our hostages are both worthy objectives but they are incompatible. Have we learned nothing? Opinion.

We the People

Is anyone guiltless in the wake of the Hamas massacre? Opinion.

A vision for a second Trump term

There are several items worthy of the new administration’s agenda that can solidify the advances made in the first Trump administration and further promote peace and security in the region. Op-ed.

The Trump Triumph

There can be a sea change in the Middle East – a strong Israel, more Jewish and confident, with a military and civilian presence in lands conquered from our enemies who invaded us, and at peace with an Arab world mostly deradicalized and defanged.Opinion.

Evacuate them NOW!

Why does the world dislike Palestinian Arabs so much? Why doesn't it care about them? Opinion.

Election Enigma

Anyone who feels that Trump is not the better candidate for world stability, for a stronger America, and for a more secure Israel is hopelessly partisan and beyond reason. Too bad he is such a terrible campaigner. Opinion.

Taking Torah Seriously - on how to wage war

Instead of adopting the Torah’s approach of besieging a city with starvation, thirst, and the spread of disease, we have embraced the opposite approach, and then complain when the war drags on, our soldiers are killed, and our hostages suffer privation and death.

Ransoming captives:

Impotent clichés

Forget all the clichés and substitute this sentence: They need to fear us, and only then will they be deterred and learn to respect us. Op-ed.

Rogue nations

The rogue nations – Russia, China, Iran – are winning, and there is little the West can do at this point to stop them, if there is not going to be a change in tactics. Op-ed.

Israelis, Americans - Don’t be manipulated

Are good and decent people so easily manipulated? Opinion.

Don't go

It is a maelstrom in the United States. Mr. Prime Minister, don’t go to the US now. Nothing will be gained and much can be lost. Opinion.

War Objectives

What are Israel’s objectives in this war and how close are we to attaining them? And what are Hamas’ objectives in this war and how close are they to attaining them? Op-ed.

And who's in charge 'The Day After'

If parts or all of Gaza are not controlled by Israel, and the Gazans stay put, then we are spinning our wheels, kicking the can down the road (perhaps not even that far down the road), and simply accepting that we will forever live with terror. Opinion.

American Pressure

History teaches us that succumbing to American pressure is often unwise and occasionally fatal. Ask Chiang Kai-shek. Op-ed.

The New Trump Doctrine

Almost all Jews would prefer bipartisan support for Israel in the United States. And although many Jews maintain that support for Israel remains bipartisan, the current difference between the parties could not be more glaring. Opinion.

How to lose a war

A nation can lose when it halts the battle when it has momentum and then informs its enemy where it is next attacking, so the enemy can regroup, rebuild, replenish, and re-strategize. And red below to see what defeat looks like. Opinion.

Leadership woes

It seems that the people screaming for the PM's resignation now were screaming for his resignation on October 6. They assume that new elections will spell certain electoral defeat for Israel’s longest serving prime minister. They should learn a little history. Op-ed.

The missing piece

What are we missing? Why is Schumer, like a lapdog with a bone, suddenly obsessed with a Palestinian state? What do the Democrats – and the Israeli left – not understand? There is a missing piece to this puzzle. Op-ed.

Biden’s Zionism

Every present Republican member of the Senate (except maybe for Rand Paul) is far more supportive of Israel than Joe Biden ever was. Biden is a “lifelong supporter” of a certain type of Israel – docile, concessionary, secular, and deferential to American interests. Op-ed.

Haredim and the Living Torah

In a perfect world, in my view, every Jew would spend time as a soldier and every soldier would spend time learning in a yeshiva – the former to teach us how to fight, the latter to teach us what we are fighting for.