Heavier Artillery Needed To Fight Israel’s PR War
The lack of an effective and proactive public relations campaign by the Israeli government has long been lamented. Somehow, advertisements showcasing Israel’s gorgeous beaches and the Tel Aviv nightlife just don’t cut it when the international media regularly bash Israel for its “apartheid” treatment of the Palestinians. But even a superficial Israeli hasbara effort wouldn’t get snickered at if it had consistent and corresponding government policy to sustain its claims.
Allies, Adversaries and the Right to Self-Defense
Is anyone looking at who, exactly, is criticizing the Western world's actions that defend it against terrorism? Do they really believe that terrorism can be successfully fought without violence?
Cyprus Joins the Middle East
Unlike nearby Israel, which is also surrounded, Cyprus lacks either a military option or protective fences.
Palestinians: the War between Mahmoud and Mohamed
A weak and divided Fatah could further boost Hamas's popularity among Palestinians.
Global Ramifications of the Anti-Muslim Brotherhood Campaign in Egypt
Should the crackdown succeed in isolating, weakening, and destroying the Islamists, then others will replicate it elsewhere.
Preparing for a Primal Struggle
Within Israel's decisional boundaries, diplomatic processes that are premised on assumptions of reason and rationality may soon need to be reconsidered.
‘Every Day without Israeli Sovereignty Advances the Palestinian State’
Israel Prize Laureate Geula Cohen calls for accelerated and frequent action in the Knesset and outside of it until the “historical crack” is found, through which the application of Israeli sovereignty over Judea and Samaria can be advanced.
The Growing Extremism of Reform Leader Eric Yoffie
None of this is a criticism of Reform Jews who are my brothers in every way.
Abbas, Hamas, Flirting With Syria’s Assad
PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas's gestures toward President Bashar Assad will only bring him closer to Iran, Hizbollah and radical Palestinian groups that oppose any peace with Israel.
Adelson ‘Bomb Iran’ Comment Exposes Double Standard (Full Video)
The reaction to his statement has been illuminating as to the double standards that are often employed on matters relating to Israel.
Cannabis and Liberty
This Sunday, my legislative proposal on medical marijuana will be brought to a vote in the Ministerial Legislative Committee.
PLO: Battle for Succession Has Begun
There's no shortage of candidates for PA deputy president -- including Marwan Barghouti, jailed for five life sentences for his role in terror attacks.
The Art of the Scribe
There are thousands of unqualified soferim in both America and Israel who sell items that, far from being first-rate, are not even kosher.
Muslim Russia?
In Russia, Christians are declining by 0.6 percent a year and Muslims are increasing at the same rate, which will have dramatic effects over time
How Jerusalem’s Arabs Act Against Their Own Interests
The overwhelming majority of Jerusalem's Arabs are still afraid of the radicals.
Power And Survival (Second of Two Parts)
As I noted here last week, “the situation of survival is the central situation of power. Yet, as the ‘Middle East peace process’ makes Israel's survival more and more problematic, this enterprise now effectively deprives Israel of its power. Left to proceed, the process will eventually permit Israel's enemies to enjoy a triumph that still remains cleverly concealed, the conspicuous triumph experienced by certain still-living persons, when confronted by the powerless one who is dying.”
Israel Will Stand Alone
To me, the biggest joke of it all was the gleeful announcement by Rabin that “We are no longer an am livadad yishkone, a nation that dwells alone!”
The Never-Ending Struggle for Jerusalem
What exactly does MK Hanegbi mean when he says "no division of Jerusalem?"
The Temple Mount Has Already Been Ceded
Step by step, all Israeli governments since 1967 have ceded the Temple Mount.
Rabbi Soprano, the Cattle-Prod Divorce Specialist
In Israel, it’s easy to throw a recalcitrant husband in jail for refusing to grant a get. In the United States it’s much more challenging.
Power And Survival (First of Two Parts)
Believing, naively, in a universal international obligation to preserve life, Jerusalem fails to understand that death is identified by its enemies as a zero-sum event.
Preconception And The Bomb
Last week we witnessed the collapse of the preconception that has guided Israel’s strategy for dealing with the Iranian nuclear threat.
A Primary Lesson In How Far We’ve Fallen
With national and international crises making headlines, the New York City mayoral race has all but receded to the back pages. But with the first of three scheduled debates between the two remaining major party candidates less than a week away, voters will finally be able to concentrate on substantive issues and policy rather than the circus we were treated to over the summer.
Islamism in Disarray
Both Salafis and mild reformers have gained strength.
Obama Negotiates Amid Iranian Genocidal Intent
Crimes were committed, but not a holocaust, against both Jews and non-Jews, and even this must still be verified by historians...
Three Ways to Save American Jewry from Extinction
Today’s model of outreach is fatally flawed seeing as it necessarily forces a choice on non-affiliated Jews to choose between the Jewish and mainstream worlds.