The Deal with the Devil: An Untold Hanukkah Tale
Anti-Zionist Israeli NGOs are happy to share the policies and attitudes of foreign entities, and are happy to get the financial and operational support of European governments and the New Israel Fund. In doing so, they are playing with fire for their patrons have their own agendas, which could be even more threatening to Israel’s welfare than those of the NGOs themselves.
The People of Israel’s Hanukkah Gift to themselves
If the Basic Law is overturned, the Court will show its complete contempt for our legislature, the Knesset, and could open the door to further challenges on the nature of Israel as a Jewish State.
Are There Parallels between Judea under Seleucid Greek Rule and Modern-Day Agdam?
Agdam is a modern-day parallel for our liberation of Jerusalem thousands of years ago on Hanukkah.
The Temple Mount in Jerusalem: From Religious Conflict to Religious Normalization
The success of the Israel-Arab normalization agreements will be tested in coexistence, cooperation, and respect in Jerusalem
Do Not Give Diaspora Jews a Formal Voice in Israel
To better explain why Israel’s consulting of Diaspora Jews is such a bad idea, a simple means of analysis is to assume that Israel would set up a council representative of organized Diaspora Jewry. Who would represent US Jewry on such a council? Those who line up with Israel’s enemies?
Defend the Temple Mount for Jews and Moslems Alike
The Emiratis and Bahrainis are paying the price for Israeli government malfeasance in handling Har HaBayit, the Temple Mount. The Wakf has been allowed to run wild, turning the holy site a base of hostile operations against Israelis, and now also against anybody who makes peace with Israel.
The New Greeks
Like the Hellenists of yesteryear, the progressive elites today insist that to be accepted in polite society, Jews have to give up an essential part of their identity—and their civil rights
Questions about the NYT’s ‘Saying Goodbye to Hanukkah’
A paper exquisitely sensitive to indignities suffered by people of almost every non-majority background is oddly insensitive to people from a particular one.
The Kobayahshi Maru, The Blackmailer’s Paradox and Trump
Captain Kirk is the only one to ever successfully complete the mission, rescue the Kobayashi Maru, and escape the Klingons unscathed.
How? Kirk secretly reprogrammed the computer to allow for the possibility of rescue -- because he does not believe in "no-win" scenarios.
The Renewed Western Sahara Conflict and the Abraham Accords
The timing of the unanticipated provocation by the Polisario Front against Morocco could be related to the ongoing diplomatic initiative sponsored by the US for the establishment of full diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel. Several foreign powers have an interest in disrupting the next stages of the Abraham Accords.
A Nobel Peace Prize for President Trump and His Majesty King Mohammed VI?
Along with last week's triumph for President Trump and King Mohammed VI, there have also been charges that Morocco could have joined the Abraham Accords without the US recognizing Morocco's sovereignty over the Western Sahara. So far, however, no one has quite said how.
Jewish Queen Alexandra: Forgotten Ruler who Altered Jewish History
Her rule likely dramatically altered history in saving Judaism as we know it
The Jewish Agency for Israel is Partnering with Evangelical Christians
“They’re not here just to pick grapes”
Palestinian Incitement Against Israeli Journalists
Will the International Federation of Journalists [the largest in the world; it represents more than 600,000 media workers from 187 organizations in 146 countries] condemn the Palestinians for threatening Israeli journalists on a regular basis?
Preparing For A Life Of Happiness
When he experimented with mildly rebellious behaviors, it was unclear if people in his life were more concerned about their reputations or his well being.
Chanukah: The ORIGINAL Cancel Culture
Resist the subversion of darkness in the name of enlightenment
Seeking Glory at Likud’s Expense
Gideon Sa'ar's decision to split from the Likud was met with glee on the Left and there is no real way to gauge how it will affect the Right.
Power or Sour? Sa’ar’s Gambit Could Tilt Israeli Politics
Gideon Sa’ar’s departure from the Likud could strengthen Netanyahu or bring Gantz closer to the premiership, or it could catapult Naftali Bennett into the prime minister’s office.
Point / Counterpoint: Are Gedolim Biographies Any Good?
Unquestionably, our gedolim were great men on a level we find hard to appreciate. Yet, at the same time, they were real people.
A Tale Of Two Pictures
Because in one picture I see the past disappear in a dark abyss of hopelessness and deep despair and in the other I see a joyous future so full of unlimited hope and incredible brightness.
Will the EU Develop a Serious Strategy to Combat Antisemitism?
For about 20 years, the EU has been largely inactive, incompetent, negligent, and at times even evil in the battle against antisemitism. During that period, Jew- and Israel hatred has greatly increased in the EU. The EU Commission has announced that in 2021 it will present a comprehensive strategy on combating antisemitism. No such strategy can succeed without a detailed explication of the lengthy history of antisemitism in Europe. If the strategy does not explicitly admit that antisemitism is integral to European culture, it will fail.
The Immoral Inversion of Victim and Perpetrator
Arad resident Aryeh Schiff shot a man stealing his car. Though he promptly called police and paramedics, he is now facing manslaughter charges.
The Challenges for American and Israeli Democracy
President-elect Joe Biden has an opportunity to bring the United States together or choose to listen to the rising voices of “Justice Democrats” who want vengeance, not reconciliation, and revolution, not evolution.
Number Plates Wall: A Parallel to the Mizrahi Jewish Experience
Jewish refugees from the Arab world can very easily sympathize with the plight of the Azerbaijanis
Trump should let the Quartet Die with James Wolfensohn
A review of the Quartet’s website is instructive in examining just what’s wrong with the body. Its failures—and they are plentiful—stem from its entire approach to Israel.
Prospects for a Saudi -Israeli Peace Treaty are Bright
The Saudi Kingdom has warm relations with the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Sudan , the three nations that have of late established ties with Israel.
France Is Still Under Attack
If nothing changes, in a few decades, France will have submitted to Islam, and Islamic violence will probably be even greater than today. It is already almost impossible for the country's leaders to react. They are hostages of a Muslim population that is less and less integrated and whose anger they do not want to arouse.
Iran’s Mullahs Want the “Nuclear Deal”, So Does Biden
What are the rightful concerns of other countries in the region about Iran's potential nuclear capability, missile proliferation or funding of violent proxies?
The Consequences of Fakhrizadeh’s Killing
The killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, longtime mainstay of the Iranian military nuclear program, is a severe blow to that program and another massive intelligence failure by Iranian internal security. It is difficult at this stage to assess the implications of the operation on the Iranian nuclear program and the political situation, especially in light of the upcoming change of government in Washington.
Justice (and anti-Semitism) you Shall Pursue
The Democrats have agreed to redefine Judaism as progressivism and anti-Semitism as everything that isn’t progressive