Coddling the PLO

As with all visitors to the Holy Land, I saw many fascinating things on my first trip to Israel, now many moons ago.
Anti-Israel Activists have No Interest in a Dialogue

A person who asks about a 12-year-old killed by Israeli soldiers isn’t interested in knowing that the IDF—more than any other army—is making an effort to avoid innocent casualties. He and his cronies are simply seeking to convince the free world that Israel is massacring innocent civilians.
Questions and Answers: The Emirate Plan

Every few days I receive queries from readers who want to know more about the “Emirate Plan,” an idea I have suggested as a solution to the Israel-Palestinian Arab conflict in Judea and Samaria as well as Gaza.
50 Shades of Anti-Semitism

Among Jews, there’s heightened concern about a rise of anti-Semitism.
Israel-Jordan Peace Agreement: The Emperor Has No Clothes

Israel sees Jordan as a security asset because Jordan acts as an eastern buffer zone between the Jewish state and the violent chaos in Iraq, Syria, and Iran. Israel is making a big mistake.
Arab Thieves Steal Israel’s Blessing of Honey

The thieves stole every last jar of honey, an entire season’s worth of labor. Nothing remained, not even the jar of prize-winning honey Farbstein had set aside as a keepsake.
Two Jewish Nations

The latest acts in the long running saga of Elor Azaria emphasize the deep divisions among Israeli Jews.
Minorities

It’s not yet clear that the commotions surrounding the Temple Mount and the incident in Amman are behind us.
When a Debate Turns Into Hate, We are Sealing our Fate

No emperor on earth has ever defeated us, but when we forgot that all Jews are responsible for one another, we sometimes defeated ourselves. Now, another such defeat is within sight.
The ‘Al-Aqsa Libel’ Lives On

Terrorism doesn’t seek peace, it doesn’t seek two states for two people or an end to the occupation. Terrorism appears because of incitement, hatred and blood libels. It seeks destruction and ruin, and it will find any excuse to reappear, both when the Palestinians are suffering because of the occupation and when they are thriving despite the occupation.