Vatican reversal on Nativity display is a setback for ‘Palestinian Jesus’
It was disturbing, but not that surprising, to learn the Vatican recently allowed a Nativity scene on its premises depicting a “Palestinian Jesus.” This falsified myth has been around for decades and always seems...
Trump’s pick for civil rights can doom DEI racism
Compared to some of the choices for posts in President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration, this one isn’t likely to garner nearly the attention that some of the others have generated. Trump’s decision to name...
Why the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire is fated to fail … and why that’s a good...
Some 415 days after Hezbollah launched a war against Israel in solidarity with Hamas following its Oct. 7 massacre, the United States, France, Israel and Lebanon announced a ceasefire. While the Biden administration surely...
What the UN ignores on Francesca Albanese
During a press conference at Parliament Hill in the Canadian capital of Ottawa on Nov. 5, Francesca Albanese—the U.N. special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories—once again accused Israel of the usual. That means...
Taking Nuclear War Seriously Israel’s Complex Obligations
"Recent events in Syria underscore the changing geo-strategic landscape in the Middle East. For Israel, though the fall of Assad will likely weaken Iran, it won't necessarily reduce the risk of a nuclear war...
Where we’ve been, and why it matters
The collapse of the Bashar Assad regime in Syria over the weekend sent me back to the Jewish Policy Center archive.
Incoming President Donald Trump is correct—who governs Damascus and its environs is not a choice...
Harvard’s chaplain slanders Israel
Alexander (“Shabbos”) Kestenbaum, the Jewish student activist at Harvard University who gained national prominence for speaking at the Republican convention in July, recently shared how the chaplains at Harvard are falling Jewish students.
On Nov....
Syria’s current conflict and its implications for Israel
The evolving situation in Syria demands scrutiny, especially regarding its repercussions for Israel’s security and the stability of the broader Middle East. Syria has become a focal point for the intensifying Sunni-Shi'ite struggle, a...
Trump voices the moral clarity on hostages the world needed
We don’t know yet what impact President-elect Donald Trump’s bombshell statement about the fate of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas will be. But in one post on his Truth Social site, he neatly summarized...
Israel’s gift
Do you recall the Cedar Revolution?
Almost 20 years ago, the Lebanese rose against Syria’s domination of their country, including an occupation force of roughly 14,000 Syrian troops and a government that was all too...