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Oct 18, 2026, 2:27 AM

When Moral Certainty Meets Jewish History: Carter, Obama, and Israel

When Barack Obama recently told an audience in Belfast that Israel had taken land from Palestinians and that people had been expelled, he offered a profoundly incomplete account of Israel's establishment. Although he acknowledged centuries of Jewish persecution and...

Oct 16, 2026, 7:30 PM

Time to Tune Out Obama

It is an oft-repeated musing many make, wondering how society took such a hard pivot into lunacy. From Paris to New York, we see hordes of angry youths shouting slogans they do not understand, venting their fury over topics...

Sagit Alkobi Fishman

Oct 15, 2026, 11:21 PM

What Barack Obama’s Belfast Remarks on Israel Miss

In the weeks after September 11, 2001, the philosopher Michael Walzer took up a question that has lost none of its urgency: can the weakness of those who resort to terror excuse what they do? In his essay Excusing...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 7, 2026, 8:00 PM

An Iranian Coup Is Coming for the Strait of Hormuz

Washington’s most enduring and destructive foreign policy pathology is wishful thinking. For decades, the American foreign policy establishment has pinned its hopes on the mirage of Iranian moderation, treating the Islamic Republic as a conventional state acting on rational...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Aug 3, 2026, 6:33 PM

CENTCOM: Here Are Some Ways to Pressure Iran

CENTCOM’s search for creative ways to pressure Iran exposes a strategic failure. Airstrikes destroy facilities and delay programs but seldom dismantle the mechanisms keeping the Islamic Republic solvent and cohesive. Tehran earns hard currency, reserves scarce resources for loyalists,...

Aug 2, 2026, 4:53 AM

Which Truths Shape How Israel Is Viewed?

A few days ago, I was listening to the Commentary podcast when John Podhoretz quoted a remark Barack Obama made shortly after the October 7 massacre. I had almost forgotten the comment, but hearing it again brought back the...

Jul 1, 2026, 9:13 PM

The Reflecting Pool

I knew it would come down to this. It always does. When everything is said and done, they always find a way to blame the Jews. This time, it's the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC. It's become a...

Jun 23, 2026, 6:21 PM

Hey Israel, Wouldn’t You Trade Trump for a Democrat President Right Now?

Let’s be honest for a moment. No slogans. No campaign ads. No Facebook comments section. No uncle from Ra’anana explaining American politics to everyone within earshot. Just us talking here. Here's a simple question: Wouldn’t a lot of Israelis trade Donald...

Jun 21, 2026, 7:00 PM

Israelis’ Trump Love On The Rocks

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Israelis are waking up. They see that President Donald Trump is not the bosom buddy they insisted he was. As his peace negotiations with Iran have shown, the man is an egotistical, self-serving snake oil salesman. While sidelining Prime Minister...

Jun 19, 2026, 6:20 PM

Washington. Do we have a problem?

In recent years many Israelis believed the greatest threat to the US-Israel relationship came from the Democratic Party. In my role as Chair of American Democrats in Israel my cohorts and I felt and continue to feel this sentiment...

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