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Aug 18, 2025, 8:16 AM

Jews Are Colonizers: Ancient and Modern Hypocrisy

In the wake of yet another round of Middle East violence, the Israeli leader sent a delegation to meet with representatives of the people that launched the attack, saying, “Why have you decided to make war on my country?” The...

Aug 5, 2025, 12:08 AM

Defeating an Idea with Tanks

AI-generated illustration (Nissan Ratzlav-Katz)

If you listen to Israeli media for any length of time nowadays, you will eventually hear some military expert or former officer make the claim that militaries can’t defeat terrorists or that you can’t destroy an idea with tanks...

Oct 15, 2023, 6:55 PM

It’s Not Our 9/11, It’s Not More Pogroms

Many people are comparing the mass Hamas-led attack on Israel last week to the infamous 9/11 Al-Qaeda attacks on America. Others are saying it is like the vicious pogrom-massacres our people have faced in Europe and elsewhere over the...

May 16, 2021, 6:49 PM

Jerusalem Ethnic Cleansing: Still Doing It Wrong

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., said that the deputy mayor of Jerusalem had endorsed “ethnic cleansing.” “Ethnic cleansing is a serious crime, and tepid discouragements or expressions of concern from the Biden administration fall drastically short of what this moment calls...

Dec 10, 2020, 10:23 PM

About 2160 Years Ago… Or Yesterday

King Antiochus sent a harsh message for the Israelis of his day, which went something like this (a very light paraphrase of the source material): "Know this: you are occupiers in the land, and you must divide Jerusalem. You...

Mar 3, 2018, 11:39 PM

Abu Mazen the Mushriq

Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas told the United Nations Security Council on 20 February that the Palestinians are actually Canaanites. Let’s humor this Arabian Nights-style dream. The Palestinian lineage would stretch back to before the Children of Israel entered Canaan...

Oct 31, 2017, 1:10 AM

Why Does the IDF Have ‘No Intention’ of Killing Jihad Terrorists?

This blog entry is going to be pretty short. The headline said: “IDF says it didn’t mean to kill senior Islamic Jihad members in tunnel blast”. The body of the report quoted an IDF spokesperson as saying, “There was no intention...

Oct 20, 2017, 3:48 PM

What’s Really Wrong with the Hamas-Fatah Reconciliation

Hamas and the Palestine Liberation Organization-led Palestinian Authority (PA) reached an agreement to rule in a unified, brotherly kleptocracy. Wonderful. As Hamas is a genocidal Islamic fundamentalist terrorist organization, Israel announced it would not negotiate with the Hamas-PLO hydra. The...

Oct 14, 2016, 5:30 PM

The sidesplitting humor of UNESCO

Ahem, Israel is full of World Heritage Sites that formally acknowledge the Jews' long history in this land...

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About Me

Nissan Ratzlav-Katz is an experienced marketing communications professional, as well as a published columnist and former senior opinion page editor. He can be reached through www.nrk-online.com. And you can read more of his freewheeling musings at ratzlavkatz.substack.com.