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Israel, like Ukraine and Taiwan, is worth fighting for. The citizens of Israel are sacrificing their lives so that we will not have to. The least we can do is get out of the way and be of help. They are heroes. They deserve our gratitude and support.

The overriding question is whether Palestinians can ever accept the reality that land west of the Jordan River, except for the Gaza Strip, is not theirs.

With victory

What are the lessons for IDF force build-up following the Hamas attack on October 7 and the Iron Swords War?

It is impossible that student radicals will respond to a Trump victory with anything other than catastrophic destruction.

The administration’s effort to stymie military action, coupled with its continued criticism as to how Israel is conducting a just war against a terror group, puts the Jewish state at risk in the region and the world.

As plans for this year’s Celebrate Israel Parade up Fifth Avenue moved full steam ahead despite the challenges – that is, the explosion of open Jew-hatred across New York City and the world – I’ve found myself thinking about this dilemma.

Those numbers matter not only regarding the ability of Israel to raise the money and troops to fight in its defense, but also because Israel’s enemies do not ever have to work hard to obtain a majority in the United Nations and to vote along religious-ethnic lines.

The upcoming Democratic Primary Election for the U.S. Congress will take place in less than a month on June 25. We cannot overemphasize how important these races are.

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It will likely be months before any developments – if any. Nor is the plain fact that the court has no real enforcement arm inspiring confidence in the process. Rather it has to rely on actions of individual nations who have joined the court.

Merging with larger non-kosher and non-Glatt programs would not be an option, as the reliability of the Glatt Kosher claim would inevitably be compromised in the eyes of the clients.

It is unconscionable to cast a shadow on the very conduct that’s being seized upon by ill-wishers to discriminate against the Jewish state.

History with contemporary relevance.

Many years ago, I lived in Gush Katif, for the sake of the entire country recognize that the "withdrawal" experiment failed.

Amal Clooney, yes, wife of George, was one of the three “experts” that advised the ICC to equate Western democracy with Islamic terror.

“What happened on Oct. 7 is pure evil, and can never be forgotten,” said the former ambassador to the United Nations.

What do you think it is?

Jews are the only people who are attacked for being attacked, and the only people who must constantly defend themselves for defending themselves.

Universities have been morally and intellectually damaging for more than 50 years. How many young people return home after four years at college (let alone additional years in graduate school) a finer, kinder, more moral or intellectually more developed person? Let’s just say it’s rare. I have never met one.

No more trying to appease you. We’re done with that. We’re done with you.

Ironically, research suggests that most people, even most kids, don’t even like social media.

A perverse inversion of victim & victimizer

Seinfeld gave an anti-cliché, speech, the antithesis of almost every other which tells people to follow their dreams or passions.

Since kabbalah is centered upon the unification of the entire cosmos, it is holistic and integrated. Events and aspects of our own reality which seem unrelated are jointly impacted by upper worlds and are therefore related.

The Day After: Victory or Pushback?

The purest of Anti-Semitism, a boycott of the Jewish state is being proposed from a major NY university.

While the Saudis early on in the process – which began about two years ago – did not insist on Israeli acceptance of the notion of a Palestinian state as a necessary condition, President Biden did.

Time and again, with dozens of videos as evidence, these campus encampments have not merely been places to advocate for a cause but to limit the advocacy of anyone else’s cause.

Ex-diplomats never have to deal with the consequences of their bad advice.