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Given the sensitive nature of the news during a widening conflict, and the prominent promotion it received Times editors should have taken more care with the initial presentation, and been more explicit about what information could be verified.

Many outlets engaging in Israel advocacy are discussing the rampant hypocrisy and double standards applied against Israel in the current war, but few are discussing facts from not-too-distant history.

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Why did it have to be so soon? Could he not have been allowed to accomplish some more things before leaving us?

Maariv’s polling numbers do not usually mean all that much. But when they find that voters prefer Benny Gantz at 48 percent to Binyanim...

Below are The Jewish Press endorsements for the November 7, 2023 General Elections in New York.

Unlike during previous conflicts, Israel is not constrained this time by a “political hourglass” and it would be wise to remove this concern from the table if a decisive outcome in the ground operation against Hamas is to be achieved.

A decade ago, in 2013, I published an article with Professor Ephraim Inbar entitled “Mowing the Grass.” In it, we explained the Israeli rationale...

The poll, the widest and most in-depth on the Israeli public's attitudes towards issues relating to the war on Israel

How can we understand Hamas’ actions in the context of Jewish history?

Should a second front be opened up in Lebanon, by contrast, the implications would go far beyond Israel, Gaza, or indeed the Levant area.

AMP's executive director Osama Abuirshaid implied at an Oct. 13, 2023, rally in Washington, DC, that those who stand with Israel are "animals" who "don't deserve to be called humans."

If trials are to be held, then the military must instruct its soldiers to gather and preserve evidence.

They never really cared whether Yasser Arafat ever fulfilled his obligations, including fighting terrorism or halting Palestinian incitement.

Any nation which declares that its policy is to destroy the Jewish people is Amalek.

As of this writing, according to the IDF, there are currently 203 Israeli hostages being held in Gaza.

What exactly is the motivating thought animating Hamas on Israel’s south, Hezbollah on Israel’s north, and the Evil Palestine Authority of lifelong terrorist Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) on Israel’s east?

It is abundantly clear that despite Israel’s best attempts at public diplomacy, public opinion and the mainstream media has shifted far away from Israel, especially among young Americans.

President Biden, who I rarely compliment, humbled me with his strong show of support for Israel.

Hamas launched its attack on Israel because it does not see a difference between a Jew living in a West Bank settlement and a Jew living in a city inside Israel.

As we must go out to battle again, we are reminded of the chain of succession and success from the time of Moshe Rabbeinu and Yehoshua ben Nun.

But of course, despite all these signals that something was very, very, very, wrong, nothing in my wildest imaginations conceived of the full horror that confronted me upon opening the news motzaei Simchat Torah.

LeAdam Maarechei Lev, UMeiHashem Maaneh Lashon – The thoughts of the heart are man’s, but from G-d comes the utterance of the tongue (Mishlei 16:1). I barely know what I am feeling yet I trust Hashem to give me the words.

Since 1994, Israeli governments have supported the PA The “Palestinian Authority” as one unified body has ceased to exist.

As I watch the Western and European news, which at first was so supportive, I knew that it would be only a matter of time before the support for Israel started to be challenged.

They are scared. They are dealing with emotions adults struggle to deal with. Breathe, I say to my youngest son. Breathe and know we have each other.

Our world seemed to shift overnight. Flights canceled, a family bar mitzvah postponed, the resurgence of online school – we were thrust back into a lifestyle reminiscent of the covid era.

Everyone has a husband/son/brother/nephew/cousin who has been called up, and ten days in, already everyone knows of someone who won’t be coming home.

As the days of this war proceed, possibly well-meaning people ask us to care for those who may be collateral damage. The actions of Hamas have made that quite impossible. The responsibility lies exclusively on their shoulders.

The fear and stress are very real and while we are mostly managing now, the questions about how bad it could get are a place where our minds don’t want to go.