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Apr 26, 2026, 9:39 PM

Time for equal treatment

The Deputy President of Israel's Supreme Court, Justice Noam Solberg, together with four other judges, is to be congratulated on having ruled to prohibit the granting of financial advantages to those who refuse to serve in Israel's Defense Forces...

Apr 15, 2026, 8:20 AM

The Treacherous BBC

Once again, the BBC is pursuing its antisemitic, woke agenda and attacking the Jewish State. This time its focus is on the beleaguered, suffering population of southern Lebanon. Its latest anti-Israel diatribe from its correspondent, Hugo Bachega, tells us that...

Jan 12, 2026, 3:37 PM

Where are the bleeding hearts?

One has grown accustomed to those bleeding hearts that assemble each week in cities across the globe, from New York to London to Sydney, to protest against Israel's treatment of the Palestinians. They accuse the Jewish state of genocide strangely...

Jan 8, 2026, 10:08 PM

Time to Shut Down the BBC

The BBC's anti-Israel bias has been fully documented over the years. It never misses an opportunity to condemn the Jewish State even though it has been forced on a number of occasions to issue retractions when the facts proved...

Dec 29, 2025, 1:19 AM

Jesus was Palestinian

No one should be surprised by the billboard in Times Square during Christmas week paid for by the American-Arab Discrimination Committee claiming that "Jesus is Palestinian". After all, it is only weeks since the Pope unveiled the Vatican's annual nativity...

Nov 23, 2025, 1:06 AM

Israel’s Last Chance

Anyone looking at what is happening in the world should be anxious for Israel's future. How could it be that a city like New York, that has more Jews than any other, should have elected a mayor who accuses Israel...

Nov 20, 2025, 10:13 PM

Conscription or Draft Dodging?

It was the prophet Jeremiah, who said over 2,500 years ago: "Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear" (5:21). It is wishful thinking to believe that...

Oct 30, 2025, 10:58 PM

‘Death to the Terrorists’

Following the horrific and barbaric events of October 7, there are those in Israel calling for terrorists who have been caught to be put on trial and, if found guilty, sentenced to death. Last month the Knesset's National Security Committee...

Oct 29, 2025, 9:49 AM

What to do with the Haredim?

The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) announced in its 2024 Statistical Report that "There was a dramatic increase of 8.5% in the number of yeshiva students in January 2024 relative to January 2023. This is the largest increase we have seen...

Oct 26, 2025, 1:58 AM

The BBC is at it once again

The BBC has a long history of publishing anti-Israel reports. Early on in the Gaza war, they accused Israel's armed forces of carrying out summary executions. They were later forced to publish an apology to the effect that "we had not...

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About Me

Michael Boyden made aliyah from the UK in 1985, is a former President of the Israel Council of Reform Rabbis, Director of its Beit Din (Rabbinic Court) and rabbi of Kehilat Yonatan in Hod Hasharon, Israel.