Stephen M. Flatow
Stephen M. Flatow, a vice president of the Religious Zionists of America, is an attorney in New Jersey. He is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995.
If the swastika isn’t hate, what is?
The U.S. Coast Guard, founded in 1790, has defended American values for 235 years. Which is exactly why this past week’s confusion—over whether the Coast Guard would reclassify the Nazi swastika and the hangman’s...
When the ‘guardian of Israel’ goes missing
New York Sen. Chuck Schumer has spent years calling himself “the shomer of Yisrael”—the “guardian of Israel.” It’s a title he’s repeated often, especially when he wanted to reassure Jewish voters and pro-Israel supporters that he...
For hostage families, there’s no such thing as closure
My daughter Alisa was murdered in a Palestinian Islamic Jihad-Iranian sponsored terrorist attack in Gaza on April 9, 1995. She was 20 years old, a college student studying at Nishmat in Jerusalem on a...
Another UN resolution, another exercise in futility
The U.N. General Assembly has once again stepped onto the stage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with grand declarations and high-minded pronouncements. Just last week, it voted to endorse a seven-page declaration that outlines “tangible,...
If I were Netanyahu, here’s what I would say to President Trump
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to Washington, D.C., to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump. Once upon a time, heads of state spoke privately out of the way of the press....
Missile hits Soroka Medical Center. Time to rethink Israel’s restraint?
This week, Israel’s war with Iran took a dark and decisive turn.
Iran, not content to act through its proxies in Gaza, Lebanon and Yemen, escalated its direct attacks on Israeli civilians, striking deep into...
Our children’s journeys to Israel are more than a rite of passage
Israel is at war with Iran. Those looking to leave Israel for the United States and destinations around the world have found their flights canceled. So, too, have those wanting to be in Israel. Thousands are...
President Trump and his Tehran balancing act
As news reports buzz with the Trump administration’s renewed push to negotiate with Iran over its nuclear program while telling Israel not to strike Iran, Israelis have been asking, “Where are we in all this?”...
Some memories live forever …
Doesn’t it seem like yesterday when your first child was born? To me, it does, and decades later, you recall the excitement—more appropriately called nervousness—that had been building as the “due date” approached. Lamaze birth classes are...
Avoid creating another Mideast dictatorship
Palestinian Arab journalist Bassam Tawil recently described a “fierce crackdown” on Palestinian reporters by the Palestinian Authority, including arbitrary arrests and beatings.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Joe Biden, in his recent meeting with Israeli Prime Minister...