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By Someone Who Checked the Footnotes

Their national identity is based solely on hating Jews and destroying Israel. That is their mission statement. If they accomplished their goal, they would have no other purpose.

This peace proposal might seem unlikely or even virtually impossible, revolutionary or counter-culture, and certainly imperfect — yet one that could very well deliver what so many of us want to see.

Peace does not require lies. In fact, accepting these fabricated narratives only strengthens the ideological foundation of those who have long sought to erase Jewish history and identity.

Australia sneezes, America catches the flu, and Israel gets pneumonia.

Let’s be real: This was never about “saving Palestine” or the like. “Palestine” is a costume. A personality cult. A fetish.

Hamas declared the most hideous war on Israel and Jewish People, and the world did nothing. Israel can easily deal with Hamas if it is given the freedom to prosecute the war properly.

Guess what? Israeli lives matter, too.

The Jews do not seek world domination. We do not need to. What we have built is something far more effective.

That the epicenter of modern Jew-hatred over the past year is Columbia University in New York City is no accident.

The Jewish doctor's socio-political views reflect his broader ideological commitment to a segment of the Left that supports and perpetuates anti-Israel, anti-capitalist, and anti-Western narratives.

The famed essayist and mathematical statistician Nassim Taleb called Israel a fragile country. He might be partly right, but Taleb overlooks many factors that make the country uniquely resilient.

The decision to deport Mahmoud Khalil is most remarkable for its grasp of America's spirit and academia at their best.

Antisemitism forces Jews into survival mode — and then condemns us for how we survive.

Here are a few of the many peculiar and often contradictory alliances formed against Israel over the decades.

That's the lesson of Purim, a Jewish holiday celebrated this week to commemorate the saving of the Jews from genocide in ancient Persia.

I hate to break it to you, but Israel isn’t “stolen land.” Every nation was built on war. Here's the history and lessons they won't teach you.

For the last 40 years or so, the West has thought entirely in terms of individual rights and not in terms of collective responsibilities.

The Anti-Israel Propaganda Network includes the usual suspects — Hamas, the Muslim Brotherhood, Iran, and Qatar — but it doesn’t end there.

Sometimes Jewish trauma is weaponized against Jews. Other times it's raised as a prop for "social justice." Where is the empathy for actual Jewish persons?

The U.S. recently holding direct talks with Hamas, unprecedented in nature, is yet another example of Westerners making the Israeli-Palestinian conflict worse, not better.

Some 98 percent of reporters cite casualty figures fabricated by Hamas. Only five percent mention Israeli data. Jihadi propaganda has gone global.

Israel is not a cause. It’s a country. It exists so that Jews — real, breathing, imperfect, wonderful Jews — have unapologetic control of our own destiny.

If the Jews of 1898 — who were fleeing persecution in Europe — could push Islam back (which they did), it signified an intolerable theological disaster of Islamic weakness.

Accusing a country of genocide — the gravest crime humanity has defined — has real-world consequences. This isn’t just rhetoric; it’s jet fuel for a global surge in Jew-hate.

The claim that "Zionism is colonialism" is a falsehood that leads to more conflict.

American negotiations with Hamas, unprecedented in nature, should infuriate Israelis. But more than that, they should inspire us to rethink what real independence means.

The Jewish People have forgotten how to be a people, but that doesn’t need to last forever.

The emerging Right-wing “love affair” with Israel is no coincidence. It reflects a deep ideological realignment that goes far beyond Israel itself, exposing what the Left has become.

“A people who will persevere in war beyond a certain limit ought to know the consequences.”

Of the many reviews of the newly Oscar-winning documentary “No Other Land,” none of them even hint at the facts. The film is pure propaganda meant to incite people to hate Israel.

Middle East expert Daniel Pipes delivers a profound and piercing reality check: Israel has not won because it has never pursued outright victory.

I propose that those who accuse Zionists of “settler psychosis” actually suffer from “folie antisémite à plusieurs,” an antisemitic group delusional disorder.

The terror group thought it could manipulate history. Now Israel is using Hamas' own tactics to defeat these Islamist barbarians.

With this awakening, again, of antisemitism, I called a survivor of Auschwitz and two death marches at the ripe age of 14. I felt a need to speak with him.

And let’s be clear: The fight against Israel isn’t just about Israel.

We can act with greater wisdom when we recognize the dialectical nature of history.

The entire field is centered around attacking Israel — not around studying Palestinians. If Israel did not exist, neither would “Palestinian Studies.”

The words of Yarden Bibas, the recently released Israeli hostage who just buried his wife and two sons, was a profound and painful reflection of what it means to be a Jew. Jews everywhere must listen.

Why in a million years would any Westerner put up with a “religion” that is so barbaric, just to prove how “tolerant” they are?

We watched a husband and father forced to bury his wife and two children, who should have been safe in their home, not torn from it by terrorists. In this war, we have no choice but to win.

The world will be a better place as long as international leaders don't step in the way of Israel finishing off the terror group in Gaza once and for all.

The dithering Europeans must step up if the latest misguided plans for Gaza are to have a chance of succeeding. Do not hold your breath.

This was written by my daughter, who is a student in high school.

What are they thinking?

In the realm of politics, some leaders transcend the mundane roles of governance and ascend to the status of near-mythic figures.

“We have to send them a message that their children are not safe.”

Last I checked, supporting the mass murder of Jews counts as, well, hate — under pretty much any definition and pretty much anywhere — except, apparently, here.

Don't be surprised by Hamas' Islamic barbarism. Be surprised by your neighbors, colleagues, and friends who excuse it — and then do something about it while you still can.

The real moral corruption is allowing a fantasy national identity known as "Palestinian" to justify perpetual war and genocide.

I have finally embraced this treacherous identity that is so filled with sorrow and tragedy, but also with resilience.

It is not an Israel that watches its children murdered in captivity, while the world debates the “complexity” of terror. It is not an Israel that should ever have had to endure this pain.

The question before Israel is not just how to win a war, but how to do so without breaking the very moral fabric that defines the Jewish state.

The truth is, it’s the liberals rushing to defend Islamists who fail to demonstrate real empathy.

We did not originally think we were “gap year in Israel” people. I need to start there, because this is a story about Israel, and not Bermuda or France.

Shocked at the would-be jihadist nurses? Then you haven't been hanging around universities lately.

As the war between Israel and Hamas hits its 500th day today, the question shifts from the present battlefield to the future: What will the next 500 days look like?

This almost guarantees that Arab proposals for post-war Gaza will be duds in terms of any regional political advancement, even if they would rebuild the Strip.

Being merciful to the cruel ultimately makes you cruel to the merciful.

Indigenous identity is not determined by sociopolitical trends; it is cultivated by history, culture, archaeology, and genetics. By all these measures, the Jews have an uninterrupted claim to Israel.

One party goes to such lengths to protect their children, while the other so readily sacrifices their lives.

It is a culture and civilisation deeply rooted in our land, our relationship with God, and our peoplehood.

“Occupation” is a hoax and a tool in the anti-Israel smearing campaign.

The terror group’s attempts to rebrand this moment as a “strategic pause” cannot mask the reality: They are running out of options.

To understand the link between misogyny and antisemitism, we need to look at one of the biggest crisis points in Jewish history — nearly 2,000 years ago.

A terrible slur often made by Palestinians against Israelis, but does the cap fit more accurately the other way?

Inside Hamas' hostage crisis tactics, Israel's strategic response, and the geopolitical implications of U.S. President Donald Trump's ultimatum.

A friendly and slightly comical guide for parents on how to raise proud Zionist children by teaching them confidence, resilience, and the ability to counter misinformation with knowledge and humor.

The only "famine" in Gaza has been suffered by Israeli hostages held captive for 15 months in unimaginable conditions.

“We plan to eliminate the State of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for the Jews. ... They will have no choice but to leave.”

If martyrdom is glorified, then Israel's retaliation should, by the Palestinians' own standards, be considered a favor.

“What the Jewish F*ck” is a new series in which we bring you the most outrageous and absurd developments from around the Jewish world.

There’s something intrinsically anti-Jewish about being an "anti-gun" person. We have an obligation to each other, but the anti-gun Jew can’t meet it. That should be a source of shame, not pride.

At the very least, the “Gays for Gaza” would be able to visit the Strip without fearing for their lives at every turn.

Every year, the world mourns the Holocaust, only to turn around and justify new forms of antisemitism. If we can’t recognise its latest disguise, what exactly are we remembering?

October 7th was not just an act of war; it was an attempt to break Israeli morale. Instead, it did the opposite.

“Best we can do is Polish propaganda, graphic rape of survivors, and hyper-fixation on non-Jewish saviors.”

The West should get out of it now, before it's too late.

For Israeli Jews, the picture could not be clearer. For Jews outside Israel, this moment ought to serve as a wake-up call to the limits of goodwill and alliance-building.

First, admit that we can't. Second, treat it like a manageable chronic condition, not a curable bug.

In the name of “balance” — a mysterious thing reporters chase, but never seem to find — they have reported as though the democratic State of Israel and the jihadist terror group Hamas are equivalent.

Stop chanting and listen to this.

If you can root yourself in reality — and that is what Judaism does — you are inoculated against dangerous ideologies such as “Woke.”

Israelis are not being conditioned to fear Hamas; we are being conditioned to ensure that Hamas, or any group like it, is never again allowed to thrive and embed itself in power.

Israel constantly gets blamed for the so-called "Palestinian plight" — but, in reality, it has little to do with the Jewish state.

We must prove to the world that we meant it when we said “NEVER AGAIN.” If we do not, this will happen again and again and again. Our enemies promised us that.

For many Palestinians, the desire to destroy Israel is stronger than the wish to build their own state. Not only is this bad news for Israel, but it's bad news for the Palestinians too.

I’ll take this “Hamas victory” any day.

If politicians think they can get away with, at best, taking Israel for granted, and at worst, disparaging the Jewish state, without any repercussions, they will do so.

The Irish are committing genocide against themselves.

Some so-called "feminists" have become so entrenched in their own confirmation bias — that reason, research, or even a smidge of empathy for someone outside their bubble has become impossible.

The “situation” is not that complicated. The Arabs — who have violated the world’s peace for over a century — have never had to sacrifice anything for peace. And the time has come for that to happen.

The Jews essentially invented liberalism. In recent years, nefarious actors have corrupted it beyond measure.

“What the Jewish F*ck” is a new series in which we bring you the most outrageous and absurd developments from around the Jewish world.

There are four fundamental principles underlying much of the West's technocratic view of war and peace, including the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

That, of course, no one seems to care about because, when it comes to the Jews, ethics and morals fly out the window faster than the ink dries on empty promises.

Historian Richard Landes' book is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of the mainstream media’s aggressively anti-Jewish and anti-Israel biases.

Why now? What does Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi know that the ordinary public currently does not?

In 2024, my brother’s home was vandalised with “Free Gaza” and “Jews kill babies” scrawled across his car window. Antisemitism in Australia is spreading like wildfire and becoming the norm.

How is this not the scandal of the decade?

Israel's hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas is necessary but unendurable. It is what Israel does from here that really matters.

Israel is uniquely burdened with trading its security for its citizens' lives, forced into lopsided hostage deals that no other nation would tolerate.

Dive into the murky multi-dimensional politics surrounding the Israel-Hamas deal, including domestic Israeli politics, Palestinian politics in Gaza and the West Bank, and international politics.

"I fear that Israel may have bought itself a great many problems for the future, but pessimists are not always right, even in the Middle East."

Despite decades of failed diplomacy and billions in international aid, the Palestinian Authority remains entrenched in corruption, extremism, and its refusal to recognize Israel's right to exist.

From diverse perspectives to emotional insights, our guest writers share their thoughts on the implications and impact of this week's Israel-Hamas deal.

These are the winners and losers from the proposed deal.

The outgoing U.S. secretary of state's plan is less a roadmap to peace and more a patchwork of impractical ideas that fail to account for the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

While mass casualties of war in Gaza are absolutely devastating, I think it’s easier to view pictures of war than it is to view video footage of sadistic evil.

Who really created Hamas?

There are no shortage of moral, strategic, and societal challenges of Israel negotiating a hostage deal with Hamas, balancing the urgency of saving lives with security concerns and regional stability.

Since living here since 2013, I’ve found Israel’s culture to have it all.

This is how Hamas has turned hospitals in Gaza into a combat zone.

Jews rose up from disenfranchisement but never forgot where they came from. It took a betrayal of epic proportions to separate them from the liberal movement and the world may never be the same again.

Imagine if the Black Lives Matter movement had framed its messaging around “All Lives Matter.” Such an approach would have been seen — rightly — as dismissive and counterproductive.

History matters. And perhaps, by understanding it better, we can all help move closer to a peaceful reality that has eluded us for far too long.

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.