Dr. Mordechai Nisan

Israel-Iran War: Reckoning with reality is the major task ahead

A preliminary probe of the consequences of the current war for four major players - Iran, Israel, the Arabs and the Arab Palestinians. Opinion.

The Israeli-Palestinian Impasse

Trump was not the first to introduce Arab transfer into the political conversation. Op-ed.

Time for Trump's big deal on Iran

The stage is set now for a credible American threat to Iran's strategic sites and resource. Any Israeli deal now with Hezbollah would be a premature and a mistake. Opinion.

Behind the scenes of the Hezbollah War

Between disarmament and disbanding. Opinion.

Probing the fate of Europe

"As it goes with Israel, so it will go with all of us"

Put yourself in Israel's place- a case of global moral hypocrisy

There is no country in the world that experiences any reality proximate to Israel's struggle for survival and security. Op-ed.

Critique of an antisemite's article:

Herzl and the Bible

This unsolicited commentary is a response to three essays by Professor Salim Mansur, a once courageous pro-Israel academic who recently made a radical shift and became a strident anti-Israel voice. Critique.

Ehud Barak: Profile of a political agitator

Ehud Barak is endangering Israel's unity and stability. Opinion.

Why ‘transfer’ from Gaza is the war’s biggest taboo

Hundreds of thousands of Gazans are facing brutal Hamas rule, endless Israeli airstrikes and devastating destruction. So why is the West so opposed to letting them emigrate if they desire? Opinion.

Nazis, Muslims and the Jews

Decades of Palestinian Arab terrorism upgraded from stoning and stabbing Jews to the diabolical nightmare of Nazi crematoria. Op-ed.

Israel and Quebec: A comparative perspective

The differences far exceed the similarities in the Quebec and Israel majority–minority cases.Op-ed.

Whither the Third Jewish Commonwealth?

The loony left is pushing the country to the abyss. We watch the jealousy, hatred, delusion and stupidity in disbelief. Op-ed.

Israel divided - can it stand?

The legal reform turns the clock back to when the government governed, the legislature legislated, and the court resolved conflicts.Op-ed.

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Israeli elections: Unraveling the mess

Behind the scenes of Israel's elections - to be held next week The whys, wherefores, history, enmities and weighty challenges..Op-ed.

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Saving Democracy in Israel

Based on a 1992 Knesset law in defense of human dignity and liberty, the High Court tramples the dignity and liberty of the people.

Israel and the Jordanian question

Justifications for Israel’s positive orientation toward the Hashemiteas as well as counterarguments for an alternative perspective. Op-ed

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A solution to end Palestinian Muslim terrorism

This formula avoids collective Palestinian Arab punishment, while promoting the collective welfare of the Jews in their land. Opinion

The Naqba dynamic: A sobering analysis of Arab-Jewish relations

The fundamental Arab goal is complete de-Zionization of Israel, meaning canceling the Law of Return and the Jewish Nation-State Law.Op-ed

Understanding Arab strategy towards Israel

Three cases of the strategy of stages in the Arab-Israeli conflict, highlighting the Arabs who exhibited sophistication-and duplicity.Op-ed.

The Naqba was justified

When the naqba occurred, and upon looking back at it today, it is clear that it was justified and necessary, but not sufficient. Op-ed.

From integration to disintegration: Israel's Arab citizens

Israel is at a watershed with anti-Zionist Arabs in a critical place in a government resting upon a threadbare parliamentary majority.Op-ed

Democracy and protests: A perspective

Civilized democratic forms of direct and indirect democracy differ from mob democracy whose whiff arises from the streets of Jerusalem.Oped.

The cultural transformation in Israeli politics

From the Hebrew press: Arabs, Druze and the Nationality Law

The Israel-Palestinian impasse after Trump

Israeli sovereignty and Arab responses

David Ben Gurion and the Arabs

The Test Facing the Religious Zionists

The Five-Point Israeli-Palestinian Peace Plan

Zionism, Jews, and Self-Haters

The Two-State Delusion

When the Talks Fail Again

Book Review: HEROD: The Man Who Had to be King

Godfather of Islamic Revolution?

The Sins of Damascus

War with Lebanon Imminent

Lebanon Back on the Front Burner