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Israeli President Isaac Herzog takes German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Kibbutz Kfar Aza in southern Israel to witness the destruction left by Hamas terrorists, Nov. 27, 2023. Photo by Liron Moldovan/POOL.

An ‘Abraham Plan’ for the Middle East

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Oct. 7, the day of Hamas’s barbaric, abhorrent terrorist attack on Israel, marked a watershed moment for the Middle East, with far-reaching consequences. In the short-term, Israel—which must be backed to the fullest extent—will...

Kafka and Israel: A parable for Jewish survival

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“Many people prowl round Mount Sinai.  Their speech is blurred, either they are garrulous or they shout or they are taciturn.  But none of them comes straight down a broad, newly made, smooth road that does...
Israel Defense Forces operating in the Gaza Strip as part of “Operation Swords of Iron,” Dec. 6, 2023. Credit: IDF.

Let the world know: It’s not 1945

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How important is the State of Israel to the Jews of the world? How important is the strength of that state to the safety of the Jews who don’t live there? We now have a...
Yishai Fleisher (left), spokesman for the Jewish Community of Hebron, with Thomas L. Friedman of “The New York Times” at the Cave of the Patriarchs, Dec. 1, 2022. Credit: Courtesy.

Thomas Friedman erupts against Israel yet again

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I had told myself not to waste time reacting to the weekly eruptions of Old Faithful Thomas L. Friedman, but the misinformation he spouts every week, amplified by The New York Times’ abandonment of journalistic ethics, makes...
A home in Kibbutz Be'eri after Hamas terrorists attacked civilians of all ages, Oct. 25, 2023. Photo by Edi Israel/Flash90,

The moral collapse of the West

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The evidence is becoming overwhelming of a profound moral collapse in the West. Since the Oct. 7 Hamas pogrom in Israel, it’s been open season on Diaspora Jews with an enormous increase in antisemitic attacks. Students...
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers an Independence Day address at the White House barbecue for military families, July 4, 2022. Source: YouTube/Screenshot.

Gaza and the Vulnerable President

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Oct. 26, Biden reportedly apologized to five Muslim leaders for questioning Hamas’ casualty figures, even lowering himself to admit he was “disappointed in myself.” His Oct. 26 comments could be translated thusly: “Please turn out...
Palestinians fly Hamas flags after Ramadan prayers at the Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, April 22, 2022. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.

Hamas in Jerusalem

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Israel has set the elimination of Hamas as a military threat and a political entity in the Gaza Strip as its primary objective in the current war. But vanquishing Hamas in Gaza is not...

A just war against criminal terror

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Each state is expected to aid and enforce the law of nations, as part of the common law, by inflicting an adequate punishment upon offenders against that universal law.” Sir William Blackstone, Commentaries on the...
Minister of Finance and Head of the Religious Zionist Party Bezalel Smotrich and Orit Strock, National Mission Minister at a faction meeting in the Jewish settlement of Givat Harel, in the West Bank, February 14, 2023. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90

The hostage dilemma

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It is common to think that despite the extensive political, religious and cultural differences between different identity groups in Israel, on really important matters—such as survival in the face of enemy attack—they can all...
Israeli troops operating in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, Dec. 1, 2023. Credit: IDF.

Media promote cynical Hamas lies

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As if we needed more proof, the Israel-Hamas war has given mainstream media countless opportunities to amplify the manifestly false narrative that Israel is an oppressor, attacking Hamas and the Gazan people, underdogs struggling...