INTO THE FRAY: INSS’s Puerile, Preposterous Proposal
The cynically minded may be forgiven for suspecting that the prime goal of INSS’s newly launched plan is the demolition of Jewish communities, rather than the future resolution of conflict or enhanced Israeli security
INTO THE FRAY: Swastikas over Gaza!
Nothing could expose the true intent of the Judeocidal riots on Gaza border more than the Nazi-style swastikas on incendiary kites flown into Israel to set Jewish property (& if possible, Jewish people) ablaze.
INTO THE FRAY: Restoring Jewish Sovereignty
Intensive investment must be made in civil society frameworks that can not only draw the idea of extended Israeli sovereignty into the main-stream discourse as a legitimate political objective, but as one that can dominate that discourse
INTO THE FRAY: The Nationality Law Brouhaha – Is Jewish National Will Failing?
Israel will only be democratic if it is Jewish—and it will only be Jewish if it is Zionist. Therefore, it will only be democratic if it is Zionist i.e. if it is the nation state of the Jewish people
INTO THE FRAY: Duma-Guilt by Conjecture?
Perhaps the most disturbing issue, raised by the cloud of doubt, enveloping the Duma-related legal proceedings, is the tangible possibility that the real perpetrators of the gruesome murders may still be roaming around free—secure in the knowledge that someone else will pay for the atrocity they committed
INTO THE FRAY: Imbecility Squared – Israel’s Incomprehensible Policy of Sustaining the Enemy in...
The policy of trying to placate Hamas with enhanced humanitarian aid is sadly no less farcical than trying to convert a man-eating tiger into a cuddly bunny-rabbit by offering it a diet of premium carrots
INTO THE FRAY: Identifying the Enemy as…the Enemy
The entire issue of “Palestinian national identity” is a giant hoax, intended to be no more than a temporary ruse, until the Jewish hold on sovereignty in the Holy Land—any part of the Holy Land—is pried loose.
INTO THE FRAY -The Temple Mount: No Longer in our Hands?
As a non-observant Jew I was always skeptical towards the claim of my more devout kin-folk that the Temple Mount was the key to the maintenance of Jewish sovereignty over Israel. I was wrong!
INTO THE FRAY: “Palestine”—Countervailing Hypotheses
Do the Palestinian-Arabs genuinely wish to establish a state for themselves? Or do they really wish to dismantle the state of the Jews?
INTO THE FRAY: Defending Israel—Civilian Casualties and Common Sense
Jewish victory over the adversarial Arab collective must be Israel’s overriding moral & operational concern. Facilitating its achievement should be the overriding challenge for Israel’s legal establishment
INTO THE FRAY: Israel in Wonderland
The demise of Shimon Peres unleashed a tidal wave of mendacity & hypocrisy underscoring the dominance the delusional dictates of political correctness have over political discourse in (and on) Israel
INTO THE FRAY: Obviating Elections
If the so-called "champions of democracy" succeed in obstructing the judicial reforms, democratic rule will be replaced by mob rule—and Israel will be teetering on the brink of an Orwellian dystopia
Iran: State disintegration, not regime change
Israel cannot rely on regime change to ensure its security. It must aim at dismantling Iran into separate ethnic entities to ensure that, in the future, it will not become the grave menace that it was in the past.
INTO THE FRAY: Comparing Coalitions
While the current coalition is far from unblemished, things could be worse—and have been, recently.
INTO THE FRAY: Martin Sherman vs Caroline Glick – on Sovereignty
Any initiative to apply Jewish sovereignty to Judea-Samaria without a clear plan for dramatic reduction of its Arab population will imperil Jewish sovereignty over all territory west of the Jordan.
INTO THE FRAY: No! Not All Votes are Equal!
There is—and should be--a qualitative difference (i.e. a structural inequality) between votes cast for parties that wish to undermine the Jewish nation-state and those who wish to protect and preserve it
Into the Fray: Incredible Imbecility
By MARTIN SHERMAN
The historical record bodes ill for initiatives to engineer a Pax Israeliana (an Israel induced peace) between Israel and its Arab adversaries.
INTO THE FRAY: Let the PA Collapse
Despite possible short term difficulties, Israel should seize on the impending collapse of the Palestinian Authority as an opportunity to extricate itself from the deadly cul-de-sac, into which the Oslo process has lured it
INTO THE FRAY: Instability in Jordan: The impact on Trump’s “Ultimate Deal”
Possible repercussions of the challenge to the stability of the Hashemite regime is the potential impact that political upheaval in Jordan may have on the feasibility of Donald Trump’s “ultimate deal” Mid-East peace plan which is rumored to be announced soon.
INTO THE FRAY: B’tselem at the UN: Has Israel Become So “Open-minded” That its...
B’tselem is not a human rights organization but a politically partisan group for which “human rights” are a pretext for advancing its radical political agenda—Israeli withdrawal
INTO THE FRAY: Judicial Overreach- Are the Chickens Coming Home to Roost?
There is a growing sense that the aura of infallibility accorded the Supreme Court, that forms the basis of its almost limitless power, so assiduously (some might say insidiously) cultivated by Chief Justice Aharon Barak, is beginning to dim
INTO THE FRAY: Gaza – Mis-conceptualizing the conflict; Mis-comprehending the Enemy
One of the reasons that the conflict with the Palestinian-Arabs in general and Gazan Arabs in particular, has dragged on for years, is that Israel has failed to conceptualize the conflict correctly
INTO THE FRAY: When did Palestine become Palestine?
The Palestinian-Arabs’ claim for sovereignty over what they now insist is their long yearned-for homeland arose only after 1967—i.e. when it came under Jewish administration
INTO THE FRAY- Iran: Are the Wheels Falling off Obama’s “Signature” Foreign Policy Endeavor?
The ongoing turmoil in Iran highlights both the duplicity to which the Obama administration resorted and the missed opportunity for a better deal.
INTO THE FRAY Palestine: What if the Six-Day War Never Occurred?
If the “West Bank” was part of the “Hashemite Kingdom” up to 1967, how did it suddenly become the Palestinians’ long-yearned-for homeland which, up until then, they were submissively willing to cede to an alien potentate?
INTO THE FRAY: Terminating Terrorists and Assessing Assassinations
Whatever the operational efficacy of targeted assassinations may be—or not be—the conscience of every decent individual should rebel at the thought that arch-purveyors of terror should be permitted to pursue their deadly profession with impunity
INTO THE FRAY: “PEACE”- A Dictatorial and Deceptive Dictum
By its reticence to engage in a decisive offensive against its despotic adversaries, Israel is continually backing away from conflicts that it can win, while risking backing itself into a conflict that it cannot…
INTO THE FRAY: Incentivized Emigration: An idea whose time has come?
Of all the policy paradigms for the resolution of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian-Arabs, incentivized Arab emigration is the most humane if it succeeds and least inhumane if it does not
INTO THE FRAY: Iniquitous Indictments for Invented Infractions
Despite his remarkable success, Netanyahu has been ceaselessly assailed by his political adversaries. Indeed, it is perhaps his very success that has generated such raw rancor against him
INTO THE FRAY: The Israel-UAE Pact: Substance Over Ceremony?
Despite all the potential payoffs Israel-UAE normalization may entail, the agreement is really a prop in the choreography for a much bigger drama.