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Terror victims have families that expect justice to be done, just as they were promised.

When the borders of a state are breached, its existence as a state is undermined.

Behind every child with a label of disability there's a child with ability to be cherished, praised and supported.

Perhaps if Western states studied its policies rather than endlessly criticized them they might gain from the experience.

Israel has never stopped Palestinians from holding free elections or implementing administrative and financial reforms.

Too many times, the world has learned the hard way by 'turning the other cheek' while dictators terrorized both their own people and other nations.

No words can satisfactorily describe the joy and love which resonates in the heart of a father, as he looks upon his son.

As Jews, we assume a myriad of financial obligations in order to ensure that we live in accordance with the tenets of our faith. We give generously to our shuls and make charitable donations to various organizations that service the Jewish community. But one of the biggest investments we make is in our children’s future, as we enroll them in one of the many quality yeshivas our community boasts.

A flag with the Star of David hung prominently in the synagogues of Prague since the mid-14th century, with the approval of their great rabbis.

Netanyahu made an invaluable turnabout in the way Israel explains itself. We must complete that turnabout. We must not go half way.

A zoning plan that would have enabled the creation of critical Arab facts-on-the-ground in a strategically vital area of Jerusalem has been shelved thanks to efforts by several Zionist organizations.

A fundamental inequality is evident in all expressions of the Middle East peace process.

Muslims make up 30 out of 31 most wanted terrorists, or about 97 percent of them.

Last week, a few minutes after my stormy exchange with haredi members of Knesset, I went to what we in the Knesset call the "back cafeteria." It is not exactly a cafeteria but rather a lounge area behind the plenum where members of Knesset alone can enter.

The ticking of the clock is uniformly, maddeningly constant. Tick, tick, tick. In equal, perfectly differentiated, precise segments. One second after another. Tick, tick, tick. A minute. An hour. One day. Another. Then a week. A month. A year. A lifetime.

In other words, to speak in English in Washington to make the Americans happy is one thing; to do things in practice is something else entirely.

Jerusalem was never real to me. It was a name I came across in books of Bible stories as a child. If I’d ever tried to imagine it, it would have been like places in my books of fairy stories. I knew it was a city with crenellated walls, with domes and towers and minarets. In my mind, I saw it peopled with old men with long beards and flowing robes, and women with clay jugs precariously balanced on their heads.

The left understands that it is working against natural emotions of loyalty and loss, and so it uses deception.

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Syria’s civil war is fast becoming one of the Obama administration’s greatest foreign policy challenges, for the moment even surpassing Iran’s march toward nuclear weaponry in its urgency. Together, both issues have effectively derailed the president’s long-range intention to focus on Asia and the emerging economic and military developments in China and other nations in the so-called Asian Pivot.

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There are two key questions to consider when examining Rav Joseph B. Soloveitchik’s relationship with Religious Zionism. The first is why the Rav was so firmly anti-Zionist when he arrived in America. The second is how the impact of the Holocaust and birth of Israel caused the Rav to fundamentally change his perspective.

The psycho-philosophical differences between political people come down to the three psycho-philosophical differences between Jacobins and Girondins.

How my experience working with emotionally disturbed children taught me everything I need to know about the Arab-Israeli conflict.

With the Syrian government refusing to allow UN inspectors into the country it is difficult to see how indisputable proof of use of chemical weapons can be found

When it comes to terrorism, many quarters of American society act as if race, religion and national background are taboo.

If it is the sole solution to women's rights at the Kotel, an egalitarian section at the Kotel will ultimately make things harder for Orthodox feminists who are trying to assert their rights within a Halachic framework.

The policy of engagement of China was enlightened, far-sighted, and generous.It was also a mistake.

You know, you don't have to fight every injustice under the sun, but you do have to fight for a fighter who stands up...

Blaming America and appealing to a presumed guilt will not solve the problem of Muslim radicals wishing to infiltrate, dominate, Islamize and kill Western citizens.