Be afraid, America. Be very afraid …
The terrorist attack by an American citizen turned Islamic State ambassador in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, which killed 14 and left 35 seriously injured, was about as predictable as an unfulfilled New...
Congratulations, Mr. Dictator: PA chief starts his 21st year
On Jan. 9, 2025, Mahmoud Abbas will start the twenty-first year of his first four-year term as leader of the Palestinian Authority.
As does U.S. law, P.A. law stipulates that the leader of the government...
Calls to ‘end the war in Gaza’ before Hamas is defeated risk us repeating...
The question of whether American Jews should criticize Israel has nothing to do with free speech, or democracy, or peace in the Middle East. It has everything to do with the real-life consequences that...
Jimmy Carter was no saint for Jews
Forgive me if I don’t join in the rush to canonize Jimmy Carter. He deserves respect for serving as president and for some meritorious accomplishments, but he was also one of, if not the...
Most will remember Jimmy Carter well, ‘but maybe not by Jewish community’
In a Dec. 29 statement, U.S. President Joe Biden referred to former President Jimmy Carter, who had just died at 100, as an “extraordinary leader, statesman and humanitarian,” who had “compassion and moral clarity”...
After The Syrian Collapse: Terrorism, Ecstasy And “Metaphysical Fear”
ABSTRACT: Following Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad’s recent fall, a changing configuration of jihadi terror groups will seek power and influence. Wittingly or unwittingly, these coalescing groups could act as Tehran’s fighting surrogate against Israel...
As Israel Searches For His Remains Let’s Remember the Eli Cohen Doctrine
Earlier this month many news outlets reported that in the aftermath of the fall of Assad and the Ba'athist party Israel was searching for the remains of the Mossad agent Eli Cohen who was executed in Syria...
The battle for Jerusalem
In the days leading up to Chanukah, the rapidly intensifying battle in Samaria made clear that sooner rather than later, Samaria and Judea will soon replace Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Syria and Yemen as the...
Welcome to ‘Paddystine’
The other day, during a discussion with a colleague about the wave of pro-Hamas, antisemitic hysteria sweeping the Republic of Ireland, I unthinkingly quipped that the people of Eire should rename themselves “Paddystinians.” I...
United we stand …
That Christmas coincides with the first night of Chanukah this year is a happy reminder that the term “Judeo-Christianity” has long been used to imply a moral continuum, at least in America. In other...