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Apr 4, 2026, 10:53 PM

3 Western narratives boosting democratic suicide

1. “The war is taking longer than expected. Iran is gaining the upper hand - the US and Israel have no strategy.” Comfortably distant observers may consume it like a Hollywood-movie, but wars do not have a script. They have...

Sep 17, 2025, 8:23 PM

The Chancellor’s Tears

It was one of those human moments in politics that lingers long after and remains unforgettable. Like Willy Brandt kneeling in Warsaw and Helmut Kohl holding hands with François Mitterrand in Verdun. The chancellor's struggle with tears during his...

Aug 1, 2025, 8:02 PM

The viral Jihad and its willing helpers

A picture is circulating around the world. It shows five-year-old Osama al-Rakab. A pitiful little boy, skin and bones. Osama is the supposed poster child for the famine in Gaza. His image has prompted international media outlets to run...

Mar 21, 2025, 5:17 PM

How to Fight Europe’s Antisemitism Virus

Antisemitic hate speech dominates demonstrations in Austria, Germany and across Europe. In Vienna, an exhibition with portraits of Holocaust survivors is smeared with swastikas and their faces torn apart with knives. Conspiracy theories proliferate on the internet. The yellow...

Oct 20, 2024, 11:49 PM

October 7 – Between Solidarity and Stutter in Germany

On October 7, 2023 at 6.28 AM, the world in Israel was alright. Despite regular Hamas rockets on the cities and kibbutzim in the south, the terrorist attacks in Jerusalem and the daily threats from Hezbollah and the mullahs...

Sep 1, 2024, 6:10 PM

Letter to Carmel Gat

Carmel. we never met, and yet for the past ten months you became family. I watched your brother Alon fight for your life like a lion. How he told the world about you, your special soul. How he showed pictures of...

May 29, 2024, 1:32 AM

Israel is fighting not only for Israel. Israel is fighting for the Free World

Nothing has been the same since October 7. The shadow of the Holocaust got company. Since October 7, the bestial terror of Hamas accompanies us at every step, our abducted children, siblings and parents accompany us with every breath....

Jan 20, 2024, 3:58 PM

Thinking of Germany in the night – I’m actually at ease

The International Court of Justice in The Hague is becoming the scene of the decapitation of law and justice. South Africa accuses. The country of corrupt politicians, mass unemployment, growing slums and unleashed crime. This country is accusing Israel. At...

Nov 13, 2023, 11:58 AM

To our brothers and sisters in the diaspora

Since October 7, we don’t sleep like before. We don't breathe like we did before. We don’t live like we did before. Since October 7, the bestial terror of Hamas has been with us every moment of the day. Our...

Nov 4, 2023, 11:12 PM

Germany and the UN: abstention instead of a stance

Last week, I was proud of Germany. For five days, I accompanied the family members of Israeli hostages with German citizenship to Berlin. The result? From Federal President Steinmeier and the President of the Bundestag to the leaders of...

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Dr. Melody Sucharewicz is a German-Israeli political advisor and terrorism expert. She is a former foreign policy advisor to Benny Gantz. Her dissertation at King's College London examines deradicalization processes of former Islamist terrorists.

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