An ‘Abraham Plan’ for the Middle East
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
“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...
Let the world know: It’s not 1945
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...
Thomas Friedman erupts against Israel yet again
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...
The moral collapse of the West
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...
Gaza and the Vulnerable President
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...
Hamas in Jerusalem
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
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...
The hostage dilemma
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...
Media promote cynical Hamas lies
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...