Dr. Michael L. Wise

The Slogan War:

Israel and Jews must win it

If the conversation always begins with Israel justifying its existence or its actions, the other side has already won the opening move. Here's what to say. Opinion.

600 trucks a day - a convoy headed to Hamas

Those 600 trucks of aid that enter the Gaza Strip each day should go to the Druze, not to Hamas. Opinion.

A century of British hostility

Britain did not recognize Israel until 1950, two years after its founding, and was among the last Western democracies to do so. Part of a pattern. Opinion.

Iran Regime Change:

Why it has failed and what must happen now

The dilemma facing Washington and Jerusalem: A nuclear-capable Iran that still funds proxies from Lebanon to Yemen is not a foreign-policy result. It is a failure. What can the US do? Opinion.

Hadrian’s Curse returns - Palestine is Judea

Hadrian rebranded Judea to annihilate Jewish identity; modern pan-Arabists rebranded themselves to appropriate that identity. Opinion.

From Defense to Offense:

Are Jihadists exploiting 'intersectionality' to fool you?

Israel must expose Jihadist exploitation of "intersectionality." Rather than arguing about false accusations against Israel, it should explain to the West that global Jihadist and global intifada partners in the intersectionality movements seek total victory over Western civilization. Opinion.

To Arabs in Judea and Samaria:

Be careful what you wish for

A new terrorist Arab state will result in catastrophic internal violence. Opinion.

Who does Emmanuel Macron think he is?

Sub-Saharan Africa, and Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco are very familiar with France’s criminal history. And don’t forget that France capitulated and then supported the Nazis. Op-ed.

A new path to sovereignty in Judea & Samaria

End the "occupation"! A plan for a gradual process towards sovereignty. The only answer. Opinion.

Let the people go!

Gazans, desperate to relocate, represent less than one percent of recent global immigrations. Help them. Op-ed.

Ceasefire? Not on our lives

Was there any pause when the US decimated Fallujah and Mosul? Is the UN demanding ceasefire in Papua? Myanmar? No ceasefire, no pause.Op-ed.

Judea - not 'West Bank'

Do you know why we should say Judea instead of 'West Bank'? Do you know why Samaria is a meaningless name for Northern Judea? Op-ed.

Diary of a Jewish Palestinian refugee family

My family lived in Jerusalem long before Arab Bedouin and fellahin immigrated from Syria, Egypt, and Arabia. They were driven out. Op-ed.

My mother was born in Sheikh Jarrah in 1921

My mother's family was one of 97 families in Sheikh Jarrah in the early 1900s, but the Jewish roots there go back much further. Op-ed.