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WHAT WE REALLY NEED, MUCH MORE THAN A COMPTROLLER’S REPORT ON POLICE FECKLESSNESS, IS A NATIONAL PLAN TO ROOT OUT THE SOURCES THAT ARE FUELING EXTREMISM AND VIOLENCE IN PARTS OF THE ISRAELI ARAB COMMUNITY.

Solar panel lead in the groundwater and wind turbine fiberglass in your lungs.

An honest conversation has to be had about the psychology and cultural norms that lead so many victims of abuse to become obstacles to, as opposed to participants in, their rescue.

The Arabs are telling Biden that they do not appreciate or respect weak leaders and remain concerned about his appeasement policy toward the mullahs and their proxies in the Middle East.

If we want young people to live and thrive in Israel, we must make sure they can afford to do so.

Is it not startling, then, that Western leaders extol democracy, yet pay such little homage to personal freedoms?

The black lives that DON'T matter.

There were no legal, bureaucratic, administrative, or other obstacles and limitations to impede their mission to annihilate the Jews and other perceived enemies of the Third Reich

While still holding right-wing sources more responsible for antisemitism, there is a perceptible increase in sentiment among Americans, especially Jewish Americans, of antisemitism emanating from left-wing or “woke,” progressive sources.

Israel and Morocco have had some form of informal ties for decades.

Christian Missionary statue to be removed from Israeli heritage site, but where will it go?

Coals to Newcastle

Last week, First Lady Jill Biden was kvetching to a small crowd of donors in Nantucket about the pitiful set of obstacles that poor Joe faces.

To be clear, the message of the Bible is not that human nature is basically bad. What matters is that we acknowledge the reality, noted in the Bible and affirmed by all of human history, that human nature is not inherently good.

The Biden administration’s desire to reinstate foreign-policy establishment conventional wisdom notwithstanding, their predecessor’s Abraham Accords should stand the test of time.

During his lengthy career Long shaped the party and politics in New York state while operating his family-run liquor store in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn.

The Jewish state has given the United States invaluable intelligence and military expertise, and protects American interests in the Middle East.

Why this modus vivendi has developed given Russia’s close ties to Syria and Iran is not all that clear but it is known that Russia has tried to cultivate ties with Israel and actually values it as a stabilizing force in the Middle East.

Everybody already gets that the Democratic message is that on Jan. 6 Donald Trump didn’t act the way they think he should have. If not to draw things out, why the additional drumbeat to have him indicted? Why the need for further hearings?

Putin is now inviting Iran, Turkey and Egypt to join what he sees as an expanded Eurasian economic bloc led by Russia. To achieve that, he is ready to expose some of the contradictions in his perverted worldview.

Not only Ukraine is at stake, but the security and values ​​of the West.

Hezbollah's leader has nothing to lose, so Israel cannot take his threats of waging all-out war lightly.

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Perhaps most dramatic was some recent news about transgender swimmer Lia Thomas, who though born male, self-identified as a woman and last year was allowed to compete in women’s swim competitions.

Don’t demand an immediate “yes” from Diaspora Jews, help them make their own way to a connection with Israel.

A responsible policy would be to divert some of UNRWAresources, if not most of them, to the escalating refugee crisis gripping Europe.

Moscow wants to pressure Israel to stay out of its brutal war on Ukraine. That’s deplorable; still, Jerusalem and Jewish groups shouldn’t become full-fledged participants in that conflict.

Yes, we pay high taxes, but Israel’s social-market economy is essential to the solidarity we need to survive.

Despite this past year’s failed “experiment” in coalition-building and governance, the same people are at it again, reciting tired mantras about the need to “keep Bibi out of Balfour.”

US taxpayer money, thanks to the Biden administration, is now once again going directly to an international agency that promotes messages of hate against Israel and denies its right to exist.