Gerald A. Honigman

Trump's War with Iran - where should it be going?

As with Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, only total victory and absolute, unconditional surrender will fix the problem in Iran. Opinion.

Chamberlain’s “Peace for our Time":

Is that failure resurrected in President Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan?

Regarding stage two of Trump’s undoable plan, the President must have known all along that Hamas would never give up its arms or make any real concessions for peace with Israel. Opinion.

‘Palestine,’ Kurdistan, and Free Iran - the nauseating hypocrisy

Don’t encourage people to risk their lives, hoping that America will actually intervene bigtime if you’re not serious about the promise. Opinion.

Confronting the Generation Gap among Jews towards Israel

What is that Zionism idea all about? A primer for Jewish students.

The bottom line:

Trump forced Israel to relinquish its military advantage in Gaza

Follow the money invested in Qatar. It is the only way to understand why Israel was forced to lose the momentum enabling it to destroy Hamas and to agree to another hudna. Opinion.

Where do we go from here?

A review of US Middle East Policy

Did Trump knowingly force the Israeli Prime Minister to eat crow in the White House? Opinion.

Another Trump deal in Qatar?

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

Higher indoctrination instead of education

Dealing with the Professor Bazian ilk in Academia again.

An open letter to the NYC mayoral candidate:

“Hello Mr. Mamdani…”

You’ve claimed that Jews have no historical connection to the land of Israel and that it was always “Palestinian.” Gimme a break. Opinion.

It never ceases to amaze - the duplicity of Israel's accusers

Find Israel on a world globe without a magnifying glass, I dare you. Op-ed.

Hollywood's Hebrews

Perhaps those who signed the letter supporting Glazer's anti-Israel speech in 2024 have learned something from the murders at the Jewish Museum? Don't count on it.

Turkey and Iran's tactics keep 40 million Kurds stateless

The Kurds of Syrian Kurdistan have the most promising democracy outside of Israel. Don't let it be destroyed. Opinion.

Gladiator II, the insatiable appetite of the Roman Eagle

The Roman appetite for victory had impact on millions of indigenous conquered peoples. The Palestinian Arabs are not mentioned in sources from that period because there were none. Opinion.

What should a measured response to Arab butchers look like?

Measure Gaza, empty it of Hamas, stay there and take it over. Name any war in history, and see if border changes didn’t occur as a result. Opinion.

An open letter to Ireland’s Archbishop Eamon Martin

Thank goodness there are many other Christians, including Roman Catholics, who reject, what so much corroborating evidence shows to be an ingrained animus towards Jews and their lonely, continuously targeted, tiny beleaguered nation in its tiny nation-state. Op-ed.

On the passing of "Peace-Not Apartheid" author, Jimmy Carter

The tens of millions of dollars he privately received from Arabs for his library and other projects make his anti-Israel posture and policies even more foul.

Thinking beyond the Amsterdam Islamist pogrom

If native countries can’t protect their own Jews, I’m sure Israel would be happy to show them how. But should the Jews take them up on it? Opinion.

How many chances does a country get to finish the job?

Israel's response to Iran's missile attack was the way to damage their ability to repeat it, but there are other problems, like Iran's nuclear plans, that must be tackled. Will Israel do it? Op-ed.

Bashert encounters of the 2024 High Holiday season…

I followed the columns of NYTimes columnist Thomas Friedman, usually with disgust, for decades and used to dream of a chance to confront him in person. It happened this year when he turned out to be the speaker at a synagogue I attended for the first time. Op-ed.

Timeless truths for each High Holiday season

It’s best to prepare our starry-eyed, save the world/fight for the underdog, naive offspring before they fly the coop, if that's where they are headed. They won't learn the truth about Israel by osmosis. Op-ed.

The best defense is often an offense

Pre-empt! Like on June 5, 1967. Do Israeli leaders think the mullahs are kidding? Opinion.

Pinprick retaliation just doesn't cut the mustard

When existential circumstances are involved, no nation’s leaders should be expected to cave in to someone else’s interests. To America's shame, that is what it forced Israel to do when Iran's missiles attempted to attack its population centers. Opinion.

Thinking "Palestine"

The leaders of the American State Department who whitewashed Fatah/PLO/PA are no less rejectionist towards a viable resurrected nation of the Jews than the Hamas or Islamic Jihad beheaders of Jewish infants are. Opinion.