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Reclaiming our visible Jewish identity is the ultimate act of defiance.

Only coming to terms with the nature of the enemy can save Israel.

We love you just the way you are.

Israel is forced to walk a razor-thin line between its ethical imperatives and strategic interests.

“It considered boredom and rote as poison to the spirit and to the soul.”

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict stands as a unique tapestry of history, faith, and identity — one that defies easy categorization.

The unchecked spread of antisemitic narratives under the guise of academic freedom, diversity initiatives, and political activism signals a dangerous shift.

The international news media talk in codes that allow them to defame Israel while pretending to cover the Israeli-Palestinian conflict fairly. They have fooled many. It is time to crack the code.

While Polish support for Ukraine has been exceptional since day one, the parallels between what Ukraine and Israel are facing seem to have escaped Polish leaders.

And kicking a Jewish female student in the head was a “peaceful protest.”

Could it be that Israel is so misunderstood because the "culture codes" other people have for Israel do not match the code Israelis have for our country?

If there’s one thing Jewish history teaches us, it’s that the plot is never simple.

On a famous saying and finding purpose in a tough (Jewish) year.

Yes, Ashkenazi Jews are indigenous to the Middle East. Take your historical revisionism someplace else.

A critical examination of how so-called "humanitarian" organizations are entangled with terror groups throughout the Middle East — proving systemic complicity in their opposition to the Jewish state.

Feelings exist in the mind, ideologies manifest in the real world. This is why the distinction matters.

Traditionally, for Jews, the term “Holy Land” means something different.

The modern State of Israel is an example of auto-decolonization, not settler colonialism.

It has been one tough year for Israel, but 2024 has also been one of extraordinary achievements for the Jewish state. It proves that good things happen when Israel is strong.

David Brooks, please stop saying you are Jewish.

And why it is so important to the Middle East, even as their story is continuously buried by mainstream Western media.

Nothing is scarier than a Maccabee — and this holiday is neither politically correct nor "woke."

If you know, you know.

Healing is heroic. We ought to be inspired by the courage and bravery of these young women.

By amplifying selective narratives, the Vatican is distorting the realities of war and reinforcing dangerous biases that undermine efforts toward genuine peace.

Unless we actively fight back, we are at risk of losing the vital Diaspora culture that has made the West hotbeds of innovative Jewish creativity during the last hundred years.

Will anyone stand in the way of a continued beat-down of the Jews?

This is the bitter truth about Arab hatred of Jews and how to model anti-Israeli sentiment.

If the Democrats do consult the Torah, they will realize — right at the beginning — something that may surprise them: They should be feeling great right now.

And they are exposing the "genocide" blood libel against Israel precisely for what it is.

Jews make up 0.2 percent of the world's population, but have won about 22 percent of Nobel Prizes. What explains this?

Israel doesn’t need my worry; it needs my solidarity, my support, and my love. It needs me to celebrate its successes, and to believe in its capacity for resilience and renewal.

We didn't want to burden you, but now you don't know how bad it's gotten.

Citizens should be encouraged to remember the purpose of free speech, namely the improvement of public policy and the flourishing of every human being.

If the Israeli Left fails to seize this moment, it will find itself in the dustbin of history.

From cultural shifts to political reckonings, this year proved that the Jewish experience continues to evolve in surprising and thought-provoking ways.

While those on the Far-Right tend to like Jews more if they are seen as white, the Far-Left likes them less if they are seen as white.

In addition to returning all the hostages held by Palestinians in Gaza, of course.

With all due respect, there is a certain difference between injustices, as horrible as they are — committed years ago — and a crowd of people threatening my personal family’s safety today.

Germans were not, even retrospectively, opposed to the national project embodied by the Nazi government. On the key issue, surveys of Germans after World War II showed that 40 percent remained antisemites.

Some Jews have been on the liberal reservation so long that they openly celebrate people who punch them in the face — and expect the rest of us to do the same.

Terrorism against Jews is somehow less terroristic.

For some white liberals, anti-racism is a smokescreen for class prejudice.

As history’s wounds fester, a bold Jewish movement emerges, transforming pain into powerful defiance against hate and death.

The collapse of Syria's Assad regime is already reshaping the Middle East, from Israel's high-stakes military maneuvers to emerging alliances and power struggles that could redefine the region.

The more antisemitic you are, the more you are sure the Jews are lording their superiority over you, the more you hate them, and the more antisemitic you become.

The Jewish state's complexities defy simple explanations.

Amongst Jews there is a saying: "The pessimists fled, and the optimists stayed behind."

The notion of a “chosen people” is divisive, literally. But when understood in full context it just might help bring us together.

Indeed, we are forced to ask: What faith can we now have in humanity?

Few seem to know about the Palestinian Authority's vast illegal settlement program in Judea and Samaria (also known as the West Bank) and the strategy behind it.

Do you really think I am going to care what 1,000 middling modern writers have to say?

“Just one arson attack,” some might say. “Not indicative of a broader trend.” But this would be a lie, a self-soothing fiction.

My great-grandmother relied on the Jewish press. Now I do, too.

Only through empathy and intellectual honesty can the world begin to grasp why Jews so fiercely defend and cherish our homeland.

Like so many Jews since October 7th, I am not okay. I smile. I laugh. I work. I write. But I’m faking it. Underneath all of it, I am anxious, scared, heartbroken for the hostages and their families.

The UK, Canada, and Australia were once the world's most tolerant multicultural societies. Now they are hotbeds of antisemitism. It spells major decline for these nations, not just for their Jews.

A military's goal should not be to win a theoretical contest of virtue. It should be to win the war it is forced to fight — as humanely as possible but, ultimately, as decisively as necessary.

Comparing the war in Gaza to the Holocaust is morally wrong, historically inaccurate, and horrifically dangerous. Those who do have fallen prey to Hamas propaganda, similar to Nazi pseudoscience.

This idea of a high-tech, low-grunt army came from the "woke" universe, and this whole disaster goes to show how much damage can be done by bad ideas, and how hard it is to reverse their effect.

Why does it feel like only the Jewish People's oppression comes with an asterisk?

“Unless being a Jew is of absolute significance, how can we justify the ultimate price which our people was often forced to pay throughout its history?”

Reducing Israel to a binary stance is not just reductive; it is the intellectual equivalent of a fast-food meal: satisfying in the moment, but devoid of any real substance.

This was Israel’s second War of Independence, not from the British, but from all the world’s other nations.

As for the next bout? Israel will be ready, as always, long before its adversaries realize the game has changed yet again. But what about the rest of us?

I now realize what it was like to be my ancestors, feeling public opinion building against the Jews, powerless to stop it. We thought we were free, but maybe we have always lived in the "shtetl."

How many dead Palestinians would be acceptable? The honest answer is, of course, none — and this question is not really a question. It is a trap.

The 1979 Islamic revolution in Iran offers a great deal of lessons for contemplating today's far-Left "Woke" movement.

In blessed memory of Rabbi Zvi Kogan, who was kidnapped and murdered in the United Arab Emirates this past weekend. That could have been any one of us Jews.

Here is a taxonomy of today's antisemites, so you do not confuse the Jihadist with the Social Media Ignoramus and make a fool of yourself.

When I was growing up, Canada seemed like an open and liberal society where Jews could feel at home. Today, this is no longer the case. Most Canadians of my generation probably agree.

The leftist imagination of pre-state Israel is one in which Jews were the only immigrants into Ottoman-era and then British-era Palestine; everyone else already lived there. This is patently false.

If your coffee order was made wrong, well, it is probably the Jews’ fault too.

Many people are insisting that only 21 percent of U.S. Jews voted for Donald Trump and the Republicans. I dove into the data and realized that they are deliberately misleading us.

The irony, as history and contemporary cases reveal, is that lawfare often generates outcomes precisely opposite to its intentions.

Countless Jews have stood up for others throughout history. Now it is your turn to stand with us.

Some cultures have to be forced into the light.

Focusing solely on the Israeli settler movement, while ignoring other pertinent realities, is not just intellectually lazy. It is a double standard creatively disguised as antisemitism.

If there are no consequences for starting and losing a war, is it any wonder why people start wars so often?

As a makeshift sign I recently saw in Israel said: "Tolerating antisemitism is antisemitism."

The Progressive Street, not the Arab Street, is the problem.

"Here, people do not ask you if you are Jewish — they presume it, and that assumption becomes a powerful experience."

In the West, where women are freer than anywhere else in the world, thanks to long years of fighting for that freedom, it is shocking that women want to go backwards to support anti-women oppression.

The results of last week's weighty U.S. election for the White House are irrelevant to Jews in America. And the rest of Diaspora Jewry ought to take notice.

This is not just a whine about the state of journalism and media bias. The stakes are incredibly high in terms of the war itself and the rise in antisemitism globally.

The Jewish story of immigration serves as a model often neglected by more recent immigrants.

Antisemitism came for my progressive think tank.

"Good" liberal Jews genuinely feel compassion for those killed and displaced on both sides. They want peace. But they are also embarrassed.

It is time we stopped conflating propaganda operatives with journalists. If we are going to call out Israel for “attacking the press,” let’s make sure it is actually the press we are talking about.

To all the Jewish "anti-Zionists" out there, this is for you.

This is what happens when Jews are the victims — and why it so often goes ignored.

The reality of this war, which Israel did not start, can only be understood at truly the most personal levels.

When you shoot yourself in the foot, do you blame the gun — or do you blame the person who pulled the trigger?

We should stand with the Jewish People today — not because tomorrow may be too late, but because today is as bad as it should have to get.

We, the Jewish People, are the 'chutzpah' people. We have stood against the mightiest of empires and outlived them all. We will outlive these troubles too, and so can you.

Jew-hatred, both old and rebranded, should have no place within a movement that preaches justice and equality. Yet it has been allowed to thrive under new disguises.

Like Hamas prioritizes killing Israelis rather than prosperity for Gazans, the Muslims of British Columbia ignore practical socioeconomic factors and vote solely based on their anti-Jewish stance.

Hence why, on the world stage, very little sympathy gets thrown our way.

Kamala Harris sidestepped a proudly Jewish politician to be her vice president — and it cost her and the Democrats a pivotal U.S. election.

This is the expected outcome of the intellectual epidemic plaguing the new Left, where narratives have replaced truth and reality has become irrelevant.

On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu relieved Yoav Gallant of his duties — in the midst of Israel's seven-front war.

I used to think that Jews did not need a homeland. Now it is clear to me that they have no real allies.

In a world where “anti-Zionists” try to obnoxiously recruit more folks to their so-called cause, they are also creating a group just as, if not more, powerful: “anti-Palestinians.”

“What starts with us doesn’t end with us.”

In our post-October 7th world, we must diversify how the world sees the Jewish People and our homeland, Israel, so that the Jewish experience is not reduced to political headlines and stereotypes.

While the sale of aristocratic land was not widespread throughout the Ottoman Empire, the amount of land sold in the Palestine region was exceptional.

Progressives might call their enemies Nazis, but now they are acting very much like Nazis themselves. Nothing kills the saint faster than hypocrisy.

Israelis’ indifference to outside judgment is not arrogance. It is something much more interesting.

Enjoy this brief history of the many empires that the Jewish People has seen off — and why Israel's modern-day Islamist enemies are destined to join them in historical ignominy.

Israelis vote primarily based on which party best represents their priorities and beliefs, making the election process a direct expression of policy preference, as opposed to a contest of personality.

Enjoy this excerpt from the new book, “Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Jew.”

Both Arab and Muslim states want nothing to do with Palestinian immigrants or refugees. In the West, we should pay attention to why that is.

Comparing the former U.S. president to Hitler is very disrespectful to Nazi Germany's millions of victims and minimizes the horrific, unprecedented crimes that Hitler encouraged and committed.

Their postcolonial and neo-Marxist perspective makes the pro-Israel retort of "Hamas would throw you off a building" ineffective and exacerbates the Jewish state's predicament.

Recognizing and validating anxieties concerning antisemitism is not a concession to fear, but rather a call to action.

Unfortunately, Islam has been less flexible than Christianity or Judaism in adapting to modernity.

When we Jews are resilient, when we fiercely defend ourselves, the world’s comforting narrative of helpless Jews to pity, to memorialize — but not to respect — falls apart.

In addition to failing to prevent genocide, now the "Genocide Convention" is actually a source of incitement. Jews are most likely to pay the price.

Why does everything feel worse? Simple: The world has gotten better at telling you it is falling apart.

The State of Israel and Jewish People must prepare for this ahead of time. Our very existence in the future could very well depend on it.

If you agree with many or most of these statements, you might be a Zionist!

It is easy to target Israel because that is the fashionable cause among those who enjoy adding to their ever-expanding collection of luxury beliefs.

October 7th exposed a harsh reality: We need a significant culture shift across Jewish organizations of all kinds.

Allow me to introduce you to a few of these dastardly characters.

I do not care for telling people how to vote and charging people with political stupidity is very unlikely to persuade them, but American Jews must sit down and seriously think about their vote.

I believe we must recalibrate our Jewish senses and focus on three core tenets that will lead to a stronger, safer, and more enduring Jewish People.

Though the power of narrative to drive meaningful action is plain, so is the power of narrative to drive immoral action.

They do not foster peace, do not promote justice, and do not advance the causes of human rights and liberation. Instead, they hinder constructive dialogue and resolution, harming all parties involved.

Being “anti-Zionist” is the fashionable and politically correct opinion to hold in almost all of the West's creative communities at the moment.

If we truly cared about civilian casualties, we should proactively work to defeat those who instigate and celebrate them.

The keffiyeh is as "Palestinian" as Yasser Arafat — which is to say, not very.

“Jews having power may be one of the most just outcomes in our history.”

The history of Jews in Islam, and with 25 percent of today's world identifying as Muslim, unequivocally inform the obvious need for a Jewish state.

Despite everything that drives me away from Republicans, there is more that’s drawing me toward them as a Jewish American and dual U.S.-Israeli citizen in 2024.

The images and testimonies that emerged from Hamas’ October 7th, 2023 attacks bear a chilling resemblance to the massacre of one of the world’s most ancient Jewish communities in 1929.

“These are people who have taken an oath to a cult and have had to remake themselves in the image of the cult. If they follow ‘Palestine’ they must give up their soul.”

Some intellectuals argue that the conflict is not really about land — and they are wrong. This conflict is precisely about the fact that two objects cannot occupy the same space at the same time.

On questions of war and peace, people must hear from many types of experts.

“Palestine” is just a smokescreen for Iran and its proxies, an effective platform for undermining the liberal democratic world.

The corrupted and maligned United Nations has become a key player in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, serving entities and people who have no interest in seeing it resolved.

From "you cannot defeat Hamas because it is an idea" to "disproportionate" Israeli force, nothing quite matches the sheer idiocy of the arguments people trot out against the State of Israel.

Jews and Israelis having different ideas in a liberal democracy is not a sign of menacing division. It is the opposite: a sign of Jewish cultural and intellectual health.

Their brutality is not a display of strength, but a sign of growing desperation, humanitarian bankruptcy, and profound ignorance of the civilized world's resilience and unity.

A rabbi's insights as we approach Yom Kippur, a period of atonement and the holiest day for Jews.

Many Americans effectively think that the Jewish state is their 51st state and, therefore, Americans are free to impose whatever they want on Israel — no questions asked. Thanks, but no thanks.

The organization "Jewish Voice for Peace" rejoices in Jewish deaths, celebrates Jewish murderers, and then expects to be welcomed into the Jewish community with open arms.

What happened to Lebanon? In two words: radical Islam. In three words: Palestinians and radical Islam. The U.S. has also played a significant role in the wreck, as has the abominable Iranian regime.

And the stakes could not be higher.

“Shove the Palestinian flag up your ass.”

I am struggling to see any good in the “pro-Palestine” “woke” “activist” crowd anymore.

Judaism's teachings still guide the rules and ethics of modern warfare.

The long history of Jews who loathed their brethren may help us understand those who do so today.

It is commonly believed that the Romans changed Judea’s name (which literally means “Place of the Jews”) as a way of severing the Jewish connection to the land.

A better way to achieve peace, which is what the Geneva Conventions and United Nations were supposedly set up to do, is to focus not on “proportionality” but on deterrence.

What exactly is Rosh Hashanah? Only God knows. Literally.

Israel has the Iranians on the ropes, and the optimal time to deliver its knockout punch is approaching. Ultimately, this could lead to elusive stability and a more promising future for the region.

According to the American playbook, Israel should prioritize the comfort of its enemies over the safety of its own citizens.

We (Israelis) are not responsible for their choices. We are only responsible for how we respond to their behaviors.

A recent Hebrew-language report revealed that Israel's greatest strength — its mind-bending innovation — appeared to be its greatest weakness in the run-up to October 7th.

The world hates us far more than we will accept. And it does not at all matter. This is not a popularity contest. Let it go.

Jihadists are infatuated with martyrdom. Israel is just giving them a fast-pass to their deepest desires.

To be honest, I am still not sure why so many people insist on having an opinion about a conflict that has nothing to do with them, but I guess "everyone is entitled to their own opinion."

Warning: This piece contains “bad language.” After 2,000 years some things need to be said.

The Jewish state has turned the unbelievable debacle of October 7th into an impending victory in what will eventually become known as the First Israeli-Iranian War.

Diaspora Jews should not deny their natural sympathies and, in some ways, their natural interests. But they must find the strength to face unpleasant facts about unrestricted immigration in the West.

Instead of gratitude, Israelis are often met with condemnation, scrutinized under a microscope of hypocrisy — even though we embody the spirit of defiance against unhinged anti-Western violence.

The terror group secured its greatest propaganda victory in its war against Israel when it took the simple but effective decision not to publicize the deaths of its combatants.

When we raise kids unaccustomed to facing anything on their own — including antisemitism — the Jewish People are threatened.

This is what it's like to live in Haifa as tensions and military operations between Israel and Hezbollah have significantly increased during the last few days.

As ever with the Middle East, it is convoluted and complex.

Understanding Zionism's key terms can provide deeper insight into its principles, goals, and challenges.

Antisemitism, racial hierarchy, violence, and an alliance with radical Islam have seized the commanding heights of the "progressive" movement.

Iran and Qatar (and the Jihadist proxies they support across the Middle East and North Africa) understand something: An all-out war against Israel will doom them to the dustbins of history.

Too much journalism today begins with an ideological or political point of view already in place. Readers deserve journalism that begins with a blank slate, a mission of open exploration.

“The ultimate purpose of debate is not to produce consensus. It’s to promote critical thinking.”

Auschwitz was not meant to forge alliances between its survivors. Then came October 7th, perhaps the first time in Jewish history when people en masse risked their lives to save other Jews.

By properly going after Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria, the Israelis will be inviting a bonafide six-front war on themselves — and that does not include Iran. But the price for not is even greater.

In a battle of civilizations, Israel is fighting to show that a free and decent society can defend itself against barbarians who have virtually all the cards stacked in their favor.

The UN seems to be blaming Israel for the organization's own failures, a classic antisemitic ploy.

One cannot accept the Palestinian narrative without admitting the core destructive aim at its heart.

Tuesday's developments — a foiled assassination attempt and hundreds of Hezbollah pagers simultaneously exploding across Lebanon and Syria — are among a long list of remarkable Israeli operations.

Moses urged his congregation and its descendants to choose life and good over death and evil, that they may live and prosper and dwell in the land. His teachings are as relevant as ever.

What poses an enormous threat to Israel and the greater Western world is the complete and utter hypocrisy disguised as "liberalism" — what I call "fraudulent liberalism."

Historically there were no accurate warnings in advance of catastrophes. Only vague prophecies about human imperfections.

Much less has been reported in international media about the Israel-Hezbollah portion of this conflict. Soon, seemingly, it will replace the Israel-Hamas war as the Middle East's major conflict.

Bibi-hatred is a Rorschach of projected and internalized antisemitism.

No need to bother with facts or historical truths — why would you when you have a ready-made comparison to 20th-century South Africa?

The combination of a morally confused society, foreign propaganda, and social isolation has created a toxic environment in which extremism thrives.

Just a thought.

The main Israeli security concept, the security triangle, includes three pillars: deterrence, intelligence warning, and battlefield decision.

Again, you are tasked with answering the poignant question: Do you hate us Jews more than you love yourselves?

We are often our own worst enemies, seeking to find favor with majority fashions or ideologies, while at the same time, we face campaigns from the outside to denigrate and disenfranchise Jews.

“They don’t want to talk about the conflict. They want to talk about investments, business, and economic opportunities, bilateral relations between Israel and their countries.”

And so does most of the mainstream liberal media.

The success of the Zionist project has placed Jews — both within and outside of Israel — in complex and oftentimes fraught positions.

The Jewish state has repeatedly conceded territory. The only result was more terrorism and more attacks on its citizens.

Trauma is an invisible force that shapes the way we live, the way we love, and the way we make sense of the world.

The fact that some Israelis have now descended into parroting pro-Hamas propaganda is shameful and an indication of how insidious and successful Hamas has truly been.

To defy the obscene assault on truth by many Palestinians and their morally depraved supporters, let's get back to the lost art of fact-finding, Israeli style.

Avoiding accountability is the Palestinian national trait, to the extent one can call a cluster of Islamist terrorists a nation. And the broader "international community" enables this. It must stop.

It is time we Jews cut through the crap. To hell with being “accepted” and “acceptable.”

Believe women? Nope. An organized campaign is afoot to undermine the realities of targeted violence against Jewish women on October 7th.

European political and media establishments sell out women, Jews, gays, and democratic principles in general — all to pacify radical Islamists and perpetuate the illusion of multicultural harmony.

Democratic Party presidential nominee (and current U.S. Vice President) Kamala Harris' Israel policy sounds reasonable — but is carefully worded code for far-leftist and Islamist ears.

From idealism to realism, there are a multitude of viewpoints about the Israeli hostages, and all of them are equally valid.

“I want to dedicate my acceptance of this award to the people of Israel who in the face of death, choose life.”

Defense and deterrence are not one in the same. If Israel is to survive long-term, it must restore its all-important doctrine of uninhibited deterrence, no holds barred.

How did our open-minded, progressive kids come to stand side by side at protests and encampments with those condoning terrorism, murder, kidnapping, torture, and rape?

The terror group is manipulating the Israeli public to pressure its government to bend to Hamas' demands as part of a ceasefire-for-hostages deal. It is psychological warfare at its finest.

Progressives have made “Palestine” so central to their worldview and activism that they ignore every other issue on Earth.

In our post-October 7th world, the need for Jewish diversity has never been more crucial.

The two-state solution is an ignorant idea because it will not afford Israel security, not bring peace, and not liberate Palestinians from dictatorship. It fails on all counts.

“Once we are not economically dependent on them, the partnership can flourish on its own merits.”

We cannot be expected to contribute to the general good at the cost of our committing collective suicide.

When you apply the opposite to “pro-Palestinian” sayings, they always seem to make a lot more sense.

When it comes to a broad and detailed analysis of antisemitism, the late Robert Wistrich was in a league of his own.

The vast majority of Israelis on the Right-wing spectrum are there as a matter of practicality, of survival.

First a bookstore employee looked into my background and opted to shut down our scheduled event. Then I got a flood of eye-opening phone calls.

For those who are so concerned about their countries funding initiatives abroad, maybe they should start by telling their governments to end corrupted foreign aid to the Palestinian Territories.

It would be a major mistake to assume that political leaders with Jewish family members will automatically be pro-Israel and good for Jews in their country. Their policies and decency must be tested.

By preemptively attacking Hezbollah today, Israel likely prevented a far more devastating Hezbollah attack and thus an all-out war. Now it is time to apply the same working logic to Iran.

Only a fundamentally unserious person could consider the two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict a serious policy.

Let's give Israelis more dignity, honor, and respect.

Arab and Palestinian leaders have been explicitly and openly supporting anti-Israel, anti-Jewish, and anti-Zionist positions for many decades. When will more people listen?

In Western countries, we often group religions together, but this is a monumental mistake — because all religions are not “created” equally.

The obsession with Israel and the Palestinians allows actual genocides, ethnic cleansings, and other crises across the world to go ignored.

If we truly want to return as many of the hostages as possible and prevent more October 7th-like attacks in the future, a ceasefire is the last thing we need.

“The real significance of this war is that it is for you as well as for us, and not only for the Jewish People but for protecting the free world.”

Jew-haters are extorting U.S. voters and the Democratic Party to cower to their un-American demands. And it seems to be working. Jews in the U.S. must take notice and quickly change our tactics.

The row in Australia about taking refugees from Gaza is going to play out across the West. The level of denialism about Islamism and the threat it poses is extraordinary. Australians should fret.

Subscribers to Zionism are, for no good reason, made to feel dirty, defective, and controversial. Now more than ever, we must reclaim the term and — more importantly — its meaning, value, and purpose.

Or so it seems.

No other country is expected to even remotely come close to living up to the expectations and judgments that plague Israel for no other reason than the fact that it is a Jewish state. Keyword: Jewish.

Why is Whole Foods Market, a subsidiary of Amazon, allowing hecklers just outside of their stores who are championing a make-believe "cause" that directly funds Islamist, genocidal terrorism?

Israeli settlements habitually grab headlines, while the mainstream media never show the Palestinians' outrageous illegal construction over ancient Jewish archaeological sites in Judea and Samaria.

Deterrence does not work when sitting across the table from antisemitic, genocidal, death-cult terrorist organizations. But the Israelis are negotiating as if it does.

The country is a microcosm for the Western world increasingly becoming a joke — a well-deserved one — and Israel would benefit from keeping its distance.

Equating antisemitism with Islamophobia is a tactic designed to conflate the victims and perpetrators of racism and reduce antisemitism to just another form of bigotry.

President Joe Biden’s team is, in effect, representing Hamas at ceasefire negotiations. Meanwhile, Israel is represented by its lonesome self, as America lies about its "ironclad" support for Israel.

According to one very experienced American political pundit, who is not Jewish but is a Democrat, “antisemitism has become marbled into the Democratic Party.”

Some Jews believe it is permissible to visit and pray at the Muslims' Temple Mount in Jerusalem, while others do not. This is the backstory.

Based on much evidence, Israel is clobbering Hamas, Hezbollah, and even the Islamic Iran of Republic — for the betterment of the Western world. One day, more of the West will thank us.

Since the reestablishment of Israel in 1948, Jews know that they can mourn in relative peace, because they now live in the reconstitution of their third commonwealth after 2,000 years of exile.

"Don't" has been one of the U.S. president's favorite words. If only he would actually walk the walk.

Arguably the most successful “pro-Palestinian” strategy, the BDS movement spells disaster — for Palestinians.

Many blame Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for Israel's handling of this war. The reality is that most people do not understand how peace in the Middle East is actually achieved.

Israel could beat Hamas' ideology with the right international help. Too bad the Western world is an enabler that does not understand Islamism and has the spinal fortitude of a jellyfish.

A large swath of people are engulfed by the illusion that "Palestine" is a lot more important than it actually is.

Especially after October 7th, is the time to recall that the enemies we Jews face — in Israel and elsewhere — are profoundly influenced by our enemies from the darkest chapter in Jewish history.

Israel, with the aid of its regional allies, must start taking a significantly more aggressive posture against the Iranian regime — on Iranian soil — to create a safer, more stable, less war-torn Middle East.

Blinken, Biden, and other Western leaders are deceiving us. As long as Iran and its proxies are enabled, no less empowered, the battles might temporarily end — but the war will continue to rage on.

Ideas can no longer be challenged, since every course of study has begun to embed an ideology that is working to divide people and demonize select groups, like us Jews.

Now it is time to dismantle the Jihadist regime in Iran and its nefarious nuclear program, while this option is still plausible.

Hezbollah's worsening attacks on northern Israel show U.S. defense credibility has reached a nadir. Frankly, it is pathetic. Israel bears some responsibility, too.

It is a strategy that provides Palestinian leaders with a cover for their rampant kleptocracy, plus an easy-to-sell narrative that nefariously generates billions of dollars in international aid.

Why is there an enemy camp on Israel’s sovereign and sacred grounds?

“We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. Sometimes we must interfere.”

Judging the Jewish state as if it was a quintessential member of "the West" only puts unrealistic and misguided expectations on Israelis and, by extension, the Jewish People.

A "moderate" Islamist is like a married bachelor, something that cannot exist in any possible world — except, it seems, in the world of mainstream news media.

What too many people do not understand is that historical associations of Jews with blood are among the most ancient and pernicious ideas in Western civilization.

Since World War Two, Israel has probably assassinated more people than any other country in the Western world — and there is nothing wrong with that.

Antisemitism is never about the Jew. It is solely about the antisemite.

"Gold medal for Israel."

Neither Donald Trump nor Kamala Harris is driven by an excess of love for the Jewish state — and antisemitism plagues both of their parties.

By acknowledging and appreciating this trauma, we can begin to realize the extraordinary Palestinian-led PR trick that has cast Israel as the “Goliath” in the Middle East.

The individual Jew might disappear, but the people won’t.

It seems to me that the time has come to put an end to all the stories of the "poor Palestinians."

Far-Right Israelis want the Jewish state to have sovereignty over Gaza and Judea and Samaria (aka the West Bank). They think this is the path to security and peace. It is worth analyzing their case.

When children die in Gaza, the world becomes a collective Palestinian parent. But when children are killed in Israel, folks tend to respond with a strange mix of justification and silence.

This is a guest essay written by Pat Johnson, including 15 things to consider about antisemitism and “anti-Zionism.”

For centuries, the role and standing of Jews in the world has been given symbolic status well beyond their numbers or actual importance, and this has often revolved around questions of freedom.

The alliance between the “progressive” Left and Arab/Muslim antisemites is now a formidable portion of the Democratic Party — and electing Harris as the 47th U.S. president would make it even worse.

No one can deny that there have been tremendous tragedies in this war, but anyone who places the blame on Israel when Hamas has been planning this war for a decade is either foolish or antisemitic.

If you would deny your own people the same right that you would fight for on behalf of others, well, that is an act of self-sabotage that is more of a you problem than an Israel problem.

The international community is trapped in binary thinking that equates a two-state solution with supporting the Palestinians and opposing it as being against them. This is senseless.

The dehumanization of politicians and their supporters distorts society's ability to deal with sociopolitical conflicts and divisions.

“Pro-Palestinian” is like the term “family values” in the 1980s and 1990s. It sounds harmless. But in reality, it is not.

In a world where entities do not come close to agreeing on the so-called “rules of the game,” international law cannot be valid. Indeed, it is not.

"That day, we were orphans."

Anyone who wishes to see a stable and safe Middle East needs to stand against Iran’s axis of evil, and support Israel’s fight against Iran and its proxies — in Yemen, in Gaza, in Lebanon, everywhere.

Dr. Tal Becker, a would-be peace maker and advocate of power, has an urgent message for Jews across the world.

Israel and the Jewish world are filled with contradictions, which is perfectly okay. Holding space for opposites allows us to embrace the complexity of our human experience.

The Palestinians are trying to weasel their way out of their Oslo Accords responsibilities via the quasi-legal entity known as the International Court of Justice.

The presence of antisemitism in these movements — even a hint of it that is left unchallenged — undermines everything progressives and liberals do on every other issue.

Actually, the more accurate question is: What if Palestinians saw Israeli lives as equal?

Welcome to life in Israel, both past and present.

The Palestinian Territories have dismal economies that barely function, yet many of their leaders, administrators, and supporters flaunt lavish lives of sheikhs. How is this the case?

Generally, journalistic standards have been in significant, exponential decline. Dishonesty about coverage of the Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah war shows how bad it has become.

If you are looking for a black-and-white scope through which to judge Israel's prime minister, you won't find it here. Politics lives in the gray, and this situation is no different.

Convincing others is not their goal. Causing hurt to Jews is.

The political hypocrisy is pungent and completely unproductive to building a better country, both in the United States and Israel.

Things are getting weird. Israel is aligning with the European Far-Right and its Sunni Arab neighbors. The global political order is shifting — and the Jewish state must tread carefully.

To end a particular situation you have to find out what is causing it and then remove the cause.

While many Democrats are truly well-intentioned, their foreign policies and general views of other countries are typically more aligned with idealism that is irrelevant in the Middle East.

When we accurately view the Western “pro-Palestine” movement not as a serious campaign for justice, but rather as a masturbatory exercise in virtue exhibitionism, the pieces begin to click into place.

We know who stands a chance to benefit from the much-talked about "permanent ceasefire" deal between Israel, Hamas, and Hezbollah — and it sure as heck ain't Israel.

While Israel’s story is indeed remarkable, the over-romanticism often overshadows its complex realities on the ground.

“The artist and curators of the Israeli pavilion will open the exhibition when a ceasefire and hostage release agreement is reached.”

Israel must not, under any circumstances, acquiesce to the West’s delusional, corrupted, conceited approach to the Israel-Hamas-Hezbollah war and a potential hostage deal.

The word "apology" has two very different meanings. I prefer the old-school one, if any, when it comes to my undying support for Israel and the Jewish People.

No other country or group would be able to get away with the Palestinians’ (unfathomably abhorrent) conduct.

Hezbollah will not accept a ceasefire unless Hamas does. Hamas will not agree to a ceasefire. Hence, Israel will go to war against Hezbollah.

Since the Hamas-led atrocities in Israel, I have been on an emotional and psychological rollercoaster like many others across the world. Here are some of the ups and downs.

While making assumptions sometimes makes people feel good in the moment, they don’t say for no reason: “Assuming makes an ass out of you and me.”

Against the backdrop of a potential hostage and ceasefire deal with Hamas, the Jewish state would be wisest to resist international pressure to choose an illusion of "peace" over existential security.

“If you came here to survive, you’re in the wrong place. We’re not surviving, we’re cultivating.”

Jews in America will be the first to feel the adverse effects, but the buck will not stop with them. All non-Muslim Americans should be terrified — because the takeover has already begun.

It is time to question why so many people raised in Reform Judaism become “anti-Zionists” and why many Reform Jewish spaces tolerate antisemitic rhetoric.

Trying to do so enables their destructive behaviors and make-believe narratives, which only pushes plausible solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict further away.

The Labour Party is poised to win the UK election this week. Soon-to-be Prime Minister Keir Starmer may claim to have purged his party of antisemitism, but British Jews remain worried. Rightly so.

“An abnormal reaction to an abnormal situation is normal behavior.”

No one seems to care or mention that it would not be a democracy. Indeed, quite the opposite.

The Democratic Party, at least under President Joe Biden, is not what they brand themselves to be. Jewish Democrats and other such Americans ought to urgently take notice.

Codifying so-called "Anti-Palestinian Racism" in Canada is harming Jewish Canadians and infringing on our rights, liberties, and safety.

There are "Jewish Israelis" and then there are "Israeli Jews." How each Israeli defines themselves according to this paradigm determines how they perceive the Jewish state and its conflicts (generally speaking, of course).

If your principles are killing the very people you claim to be advocating for, maybe water down the wine.

Claims that Israel is colonialist and imperialist are unabridged nonsense. A dictionary and a map are all that is needed to prove it. Too bad that both seem to be in short supply.

If you bitch about all the “women and children” in Gaza but don’t have much to say about the women and children in Israel, then you are not a humanitarian, apolitical organization.

What’s going on is the constant blurring of truths to fit one narrative — as has always been when it comes to Israel — and it is exhausting.

Here’s what we should do instead.

Thousands of people who have made donations to “the Palestinians” are effectively funding Palestinian terrorist organizations.

In pre-Holocaust Europe, Jews were told to go back to “Palestine.” Now we’re being told to get out of “Palestine.” Which one is it, exactly?

Jews are in a "competition" of victimhood. But they didn’t want it and they didn’t start it.

Of course it can. The terror group is not just some amorphous concept that solely exists in the mind.

News Alert: Engaging in rape denial or justification doesn’t make "pro-Palestinian."

The West has convinced itself, against all evidence, that the Palestinians are fighting for their own state — and that creating one will bring peace. Spoiler: It won't.

Unfortunately for us, philosophy tends to produce more questions than answers.

The ancient Chinese taught us: “Know your enemy.” Too bad many of us have not been listening.