Leonard Grunstein

PM Starmer:

A PA Consulate in Jerusalem flouts international law

Do France or the United Kingdom have consulates in China-occupied Tibet serving Tibetans? Do they have consulates in Turkey serving only the Kurds? Opinion.

Memo to France: There is no Palestinian Right of Return to Israel

UN Resolution 242 does not expressly reference any "right of return" at all, let alone an absolute one. Indeed, 242 did not even mention so-called "Palestinians" or use the term "West Bank". Opinion.

Munich Betrayal 2.0:

Perfidious appeasement will fail yet again

The new version of the Munich betrayal (Munich Betrayal 2.0) is eerily similar to the original one. It is also promoted by the original principal players, France and the UK. Opinion.

NYC Mayoral Elections:

A fusion candidate can once again save New York City

There is no substitute for successfully winning an election. A fusion candidate is the solution.

From grieving to celebrating in Jerusalem

Israel is now gearing up[ to celebrate Jerusalem Liberation Day while IDF forces are preparing for the Gideon's Chariots offensive in Gaza. Once again, the country moves from joy to worry, from thanksgiving to prayer. Op-ed.

Nexus between extreme Right and Left Is poisonous ideology

Not all speech is protected under the First Amendment. Thus, for example, speech that is directed towards inciting or producing lawless action and is likely to do so is not protected speech, even if both Left and Right use it. Opinion.

For Lag Ba'Omer

Reminiscences and reflections on Lag Ba’Omer and its lessons

The pernicious disease of disrespect continues to infect our times. Disdain of others can also lead to demonization and baseless hatred of the sort that led to the destruction of the Second Temple. Let us overcome it.

A guide for college students and useful dupes

Point 1: Don’t Support a Foreign Terrorist Organization.

Enforce the Anti-Terrorism Act and end Hamasnik campus uprisings

The US Supreme Court determined that engaging in political advocacy on behalf of a FTO or in furtherance of its goals, as well as training members in how to use the law or engage in other activities to further the goals of the FTO is covered by the Act. Enforcement is all that is necessay. Opinion.

Take note Turkish Pres. Erdogan - Jerusalem doesn’t belong to you

Jerusalem does not belong to Turkey. Aspirations to re-create a neo-Ottoman colonial empire are nothing more than a dystopian nightmare. Here is why. Opinion.

Druze villages in the eastern Golan seek union with Israel

The residents of South Lebanon and the embattled Kurds might also consider this possibility. Op-ed.

BDS

It’s perilous to participate in an unsanctioned foreign boycott

BDS is a malevolent scheme directed at delegitimizing Israel and undermining it as a haven for Jews.

A literary boycott-just another violation of US Anti-Boycott Law

Don’t boycotters realize they have become the useful dupes of the terrorist Hamas and Iranian regimes in their efforts to delegitimize and destroy the State of Israel and ethnically cleanse it of Jews? Opinion.

Memo to Macron: Why don't you learn the facts?

MUST READ: The UN did not 'create' Israel. The law, historical facts and presence of the Jewish people in Israel are indisputable. Get an education. Opinion.

Dysfunctional immunity - an UNRWA travesty

UNRWA workers have immunity when acting in a official capacity and performing their job. Is anyone suggesting their job description includes committing murder, rape, kidnapping and other atrocities? Opinion

Thou Shalt Not countenance invidious discrimination

It’s time for a Kennedyesque public show of force by the President and Department of Justice, of the sort that occurred in 1963, to put an end to US campus antisemtism. Opinion.

Eschew a Potemkin Solution in Gaza and South Lebanon

It is time to eschew fantasies and false façades and be realistic. Read a clearheaded analysis of the current situation and proposed solutions. Opinon.

How Biden undermined and flouted the Taylor Force Act

A suit was filed against Biden and Blinken seeking to enforce the Taylor Force Act. The Court denied the Government’s motion to dismiss the action. What happens now is crucial. Op-ed.

DOJ must enforce Federal Laws that combat Antisemitism

Why is DOJ not involved and championing the fight against systemic discrimination against Jews in Universities? Why is it not suspending federal funding in these cases? Opinion.

The perils of reducing abstruse legalese to abject pandering

In the State Department’s unclassified version of the NSM-20 Report it almost seemed like the material published was contrived as part of a vile political smear job for mainstream media consumption and to pander to certain constituencies, although its bottom line was to continue arms shipments to Israel. Op-ed.

Extradite Haniyeh under US law! Don't allow him to escape justice

Terrorist mass murderers who murdered US citizens are walking the streets in violation of explicit US law. Haniyeh is living it up in Qatar, Tamimi in Jordan. Trying them in court would educate Americans to what terror is, as Eichmann's trial did for the Holocaust. Op-ed.

Victory over evil must be total

The world can howl, but when Israel wins the good fight, the world changes its tune. Op-ed.

The Biden plan to fight antisemitism has failed

Deeply flawed from the beginning, the “first-ever U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism” has proved to be all talk and no action. Op-ed.

Defeating genocidal Hamas is noble, not genocide

It takes guts to prosecute this just war to its necessary conclusion. But we must. Op-ed.

Israel’s counterclaim against South Africa

South Africa brazenly brought an absurd case before the ICJ while the sordid role of UNRWA in this horrible tragedy also puts into question South Africa’s continued commitment to funding UNRWA - a group which can now be considered a terrorist organization. Op-ed.

The Monaco Solution in post-war Gaza, no Hamas or PA

The Monaco solution is a practical model for those interested in genuine peace that is sustainable. It provides for self-government, independence and sovereignty, as well as, security for all parties concerned.

When a rhyme is not fine

What is this juvenile fascination with rhymes? The screeching of a repugnant rhyme is like the robotic chants from the Nazi era.Op-ed.

The PA, Hamas’ junior partner, Is no solution

In reality there is no substantive difference between Hamas and the PA led by Abbas.Opinion.

The immorali distortion of legal principles to justify Hamas

Legal answers to accusations of apartheid, occupation, genocide, ethnic cleansing, unproportionality, Gaza as an 'open air prison'. Opinion.

Pro-Hamas demonstrators are co-conspirators

A society cannot call itself just and moral if it allows this scale of evil to be committed with impunity.Op-ed.

'Because it's just and right'

The compelling story behind US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and relocating its Embassy in a remarkable book. Review.

Orthodox Jews go Republican

The Democratic party must understand that American Jews can no longer be taken for granted. Op-ed.

Disingenuous indigenous virtue signaling

B&J’s misguided indigenous campaign is not grounded in historical fact or law. Op-ed.

Is Biden sabotaging the plan to combat Florida antisemitism?

The administration’s ostensible efforts to combat antisemitism have become infected by CAIR's unsavory and self-defeating politics. Op-ed.

Op-ed:

Abbas’ risible Temple denial Is no laughing matter

Claiming falsely that the Temple Mount is exclusively a Muslim holy site and denying the Jewish Temple stood there is pure Jew-hatred.Op-ed.

Op-ed:

Abbas invokes the Canaanite canard at UN - a Dystopian Fiction

Whether Abbas identifies as Arab, Canaanite or flavor of the week, the title to Israel has long been resolved in favor of the Jews. Op-ed.

A Symbolic Jerusalem Consulate -What will they try next?

Diminishing Israeli sovereignty or sending mixed signals serves no useful purpose; it only tarnishes the prestige of the US. Op-ed.

The legal pitfalls facing Ben & Jerry and their parent company

Ice cream BDS is a sticky business. Don’t be misled by attempts to sanitize the antisemitic scheme as social awareness. It's illegal. Op-ed.

The Iran sanctions snapback in light of the Abraham Accord

The US is no longer viewed as a callous associate of Iran's evil regime, but as a force for regional good. There is much to be done.. Op-ed.

A boon to Jewish Education from the US Supreme Court

Jewish parents have been paying high tuition fees while their taxes fund the public school system. A landmark decision may change that.

Law Enforcement Officer-A sacred position of trust

Having a police force to enforce the law is a foundational element in civilization; the Talmud laid down the rules 1500 years ago. Op-ed.

Adapting Covid-19 fighting skills to achieve holiness

In the world before the onset of Covid-19, the entitled would sometimes proclaim the only rule is that there are no rules. Not anymore.