The Great Myth of Israeli Annexation, Part II: De Facto Sovereignty

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not make good on a repeated campaign promise to formally apply Israel’s sovereignty to contested lands. Yet the Arab world’s recognition of de facto Jewish sovereignty represents a major diplomatic achievement.
Who Will Deal with Turkey?

How is the U.S. supposed to deal with Erdogan, the head of NATO member Turkey—a strategically placed ally, traversing two continents, that Washington has long viewed as indispensable?
Democrats and the Politics of Projection

The left’s embrace of anti-Semitism demonstrates that its hysterical claims that Trump loves Nazis is nothing more than projection.
CALL TO PRAYER: Trump and Melania Diagnosed with COVID-19

Prayers are requested for Donald, the son of Mary Anne, and Melania the daughter of Amalija, who were diagnosed with COVID-19.
Jewish Groups React to Trump Nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to US Supreme Court

If confirmed, the candidate would strengthen the conservative bent on the nation’s highest court with a 6-3 majority—two of whom, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh, were appointed under Trump in 2017 and 2018, respectively.
Fact-Checking Biden’s Almost Non-Stop Lies from the Debate

With the moderator and Biden double-teaming the President, the fact-checkers joined in as well. But the fact is, that Joe Biden and the truth were never on the same stage.
Can We Forgive Each Other in the Midst of a Tribal Culture War?

At a time when Jews are supposed to look within and admit fault, too many of us are virtue signaling and delegitimizing our opponents. Can we stop?
Israel’s Cautionary Tale for Risk-Averse Republicans

The battle over the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death drives home the extent to which judicial politics have become polarized, ugly and disruptive.
It’s Time to Look at Palestinian-Israeli Conflict with Fresh Eyes

How the Abraham Accords were achieved and what the “Palestinian cause” now requires.
RBG and How to Save a Corrosive Political Culture

The friendship between the late justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia provides a model for how all Americans should interact with political foes.