Canaanites in Gaza
As Michael Oren pointed out this week, three-fourths of the members of the United Nations have recognized a “state of Palestine.” He called on the remaining nations not to fall into that trap.
Andrew Brunson Case Proves US-Turkey Alliance has been Over for Years
As the crisis in U.S.-Turkey relations escalates, the time has come to imagine the unimaginable.
The Torah’s National Structure in the Jewish Nation-State of Israel
This week’s Torah reading is Parshat Shoftim, yet just a few weeks ago, the Jewish people observed Tisha B’Av, mourning the destruction of the first and second temples.
German Court: Bring Back Deported Jihadist
A court in Germany has ruled that the recent deportation to Tunisia of a failed asylum seeker
Why “Palestine” Would be a Dangerous Fiction
At the “bottom line,” this effectively unassailable conclusion does not suggest or imply any future Israeli surrenders or capitulation to “Palestine,” but only that Jerusalem fashion its own indispensable security policies at preeminently pragmatic rather than wishfully jurisprudential levels.
What the Hell is Going on with the Shin Bet?
I have a profound disagreement with Peter Beinart, and I’d rather dedicate an article to his distortions, but his questioning at Ben-Gurion Airport forces me to write an article against the Shin Bet instead. Not everyone who writes an article against Israel needs to be questioned.
Being Pro-Muslim in a Complicated World
Ultimately, people who hate, hate. Denigrating Muslims, just as denigrating Jews or any other race or religion, unhelpfully restricts the public from seeing with clear eyes the many causes leading to jihadist terrorism.
Peter Beinart’s Latest Publicity Stunt
Beinart is a major supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. This mere fact renders Beinart’s protestations of Zionism disingenuous, to put it mildly.
Parashat Shoftim: Surround Yourself with Cleanliness
By implementing the Torah’s laws in this realm – which should really not be too difficult, for after all, we’re only talking about throwing garbage in bins rather than in the streets
Fewest Number of Israelis Emigrating Since 1990
The rate at which Israelis are emigrating has reached an almost three-decade low. According to numbers published by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) this week, approximately 15,200 Israelis left the country in 2016 for a year or more, the lowest number since at least 1990.