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Hamas thinks that by playing a game of dangerous brinkmanship and ramping up the pressure on Israel, Jerusalem will be more likely to enter into an arrangement that lifts security restrictions on Gaza. It is a gamble that could blow up in Hamas’s face.

Saying that a terrorist acted alone is no doubt convenient for the Israeli government. It allows it to shy away from the hard questions and the difficult conclusions that might be reached otherwise.

Are the majority of scientists correct? Can random mutation and natural selection indeed account for how evolutionary changes occurred?

Warren isn’t innately dumb – she’s a former Harvard Law professor. But Trump has made her dumb.

The essence of the Torah, for Rabbi Kook, is what he calls "the internal" - by which he means its deeper moral, spiritual, and mystical teachings.

Not all conspiracy theories are equal...

Across the Middle East, reactions to reports that US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley would be stepping down were as divided as the region.

Of course, Americans did not always live up to American ideals — their attitudes toward black Americans being the most obvious example. But America evolved into the least racist and least xenophobic society in human history — the society that most successfully assimilates others as full members.

If you kill a Jew and get killed (jackpot), then you get the most cash. If you stab a Jew and kill him/her but are merely wounded, then you get second prize, a lot less money.

The potential move by Australia to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and relocate the embassy there would mark a major shift in policy in support of the Jewish state by a world power following the United States's decision late last year.

Destroying the family home of terrorist Khalil Yussef Ali Jabarin despite the fact that his family tried to prevent his attack on Ari Fuld seems more an act of revenge than deterrence, and could generate serious blowback with major ramifications.

I am most dismayed at the American professor who identifies with a people who yell, “Death to Israel,” and “Death to America,” while expressing no sympathy for America’s steadfast ally, Israel, whose people are consistently attacked and slaughtered.

Increasingly, students are taught that the veracity of a particular claim cannot be separated from the identity of the person making it—and that suggesting otherwise is a surrender to patriarchy and racism.

One of the fixtures of Israel’s deserts, it is uniquely created and evolved to cope with the harsh conditions of its environment. The camels of Israel

Erdogan once said that "Democracy is like a tram. You ride it until you arrive at your destination, then you step off." It appears he has reached his destination.

Pres. Trump should demand that the Palestinians recognize Israel’s right to exist in peace and security as a Jewish state and insist that the US will not press Israel to negotiate with the Palestinians unless and until that happens.

Our culture has fragmented — can we celebrate July Fourth and stand for the national anthem together, or even watch a football game without arguing about our divisions?

The Temple Mount, Judaism's holiest site where its two temples stood, is a place of some of the worst discrimination, humiliation, and persecution of Jews in the world.

Haley didn’t just defend the Jewish state, she also pointed out the dangers to the Middle East and the world presented by Iran and called tyrants to account. She will be missed.

Unlike in the United States, there is no person in Israel who is untouched by terrorism or war; soldiers are an integral part of Israeli society.

American Jews and their leaders, except for the Orthodox, have distanced themselves from their Jewish identity.

The media doesn’t care about the normalization of Democrat anti-Semitism. Instead it decided that the one form of ‘anti-Semitism’ that it cared about was labeling critics of an anti-Semite as anti-Semitic. George Soros.

The boycott movement has made Israeli academia a primary target; an academic boycott against Israel is de facto in place, openly and hidden.

The media would have you believe that Gazans in general, and Hamas in particular, are experimenting for the first time with peaceful protests, reminiscent. In reality, what is new is that Hamas has been using tens of thousands of Gazans -- including children -- as cover while trying to infiltrate Israel,

Michael is the guardian angel of Israel/the Jewish People. Trump just declared no “Jerusalem, Israel” on US Passports, for American citizens born there. The G-d of Israel uses natural phenomena as his Rod of Judgment. This week’s Torah reading is Noah, the flood story.

In their meeting, MK Jamal Zahalka and the members of the Adalah-The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel lied and claimed Israel’s nation-state law was the only such legislation in the world.

What the Kavanaugh imbroglio teaches us about dignity and justice

The Rebbe was not only a giant of Torah, but very well versed in the sciences and therefore eminently qualified to address Torah and science issues.

You might think feminists would be outraged that Vogue and other publications are interested in Tamimi primarily because of her physical appearance but hypocrites do engage in hypocrisy – so principles are tossed aside as militant feminists become cheerleaders for the Palestinian cause. They want the Palestinians to be in vogue, and in Vogue. And this month, one is.

People accept certain arguments for a 15 billion-year-old universe based on the “the laws of nature.” But there are no such laws. G-d acts as He wishes when He wishes. Even if certain laws seem to apply nowadays, we cannot assume they always applied and come to scientific conclusions based on them. An earlier period in the history of the world may have been governed by other “laws.”