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Jul 25, 2026, 11:21 PM

Netanyahu Is Not Putin and Israel’s War Is Not Russia’s

Thomas Friedman compares Benjamin Netanyahu to Vladimir Putin. I reject that false equivalence.

Putin invaded a sovereign country to conquer it. Israel is fighting enemies that openly seek its destruction.

Netanyahu can be criticized. His decisions can be debated. But Israel’s war for survival is not Russia’s war of conquest.

False equivalence is not analysis.

Read my full response: “Netanyahu Is Not Putin — and Israel’s War Is Not Russia’s.”

Thomas Friedman’s New York Times column comparing Benjamin Netanyahu, Donald Trump, and Vladimir Putin is forcefully written, but it is built around a false equivalence and a series of assumptions presented as established fact — especially when it comes...

Jul 25, 2026, 5:00 PM

Mamdani to Jews: Have A Nice Tisha B’Av, and Drop Dead

Words matter. They can cut like a knife. And they can rally gullible, foolish, addle-brained, TikTok minions to join the already vile radical Islamic creatures, whom without check, were allowed to infect Western cultures from seas to turbulent seas...

Jul 24, 2026, 6:02 PM

A New Security Order for the Gulf

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Recent attacks attributed to Iran clearly indicate that Gulf security can no longer be managed through fragmented national defenses or reliance on ad hoc American intervention. As missile, drone, and cyber threats increasingly transcend borders, Israel, the Gulf monarchies,...

Jul 24, 2026, 12:35 PM

No Current Reason to Bomb Iran Beyond Netanyahu’s Personal Interests

Here we go again. As expected, the United States is bombing Iran, the Israeli government wants to join the bombing party, and everyone is talking about it happening sometime this weekend. When everyone knows it is coming, it can only...

Jul 24, 2026, 9:15 AM

Israel needs tough love from the next US president

In about two and a half years, a new president will enter the White House. It is too early to know whether it will be Republican or Democrat, but one thing is already clear: US-Israel relations will not return...

Jul 24, 2026, 3:43 AM

Israel may replace Netanyahu without replacing Netanyahuism

The far-right currents that have consumed Israeli politics since October 7 are not irreversible. Reversing them, however, would require a deliberate political choice that none of the leading candidates has made central to his campaign. Netanyahu may leave office, but the messianic ethnonationalism he empowered, the institutions it reshaped, and the territorial realities it created will survive his departure. (AI-generated).

On Sunday, July 19 – two days after Israel’s 25th Knesset completed its statutory term and exactly 100 days before the October 27 election – Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir joined settlers and...

Jul 23, 2026, 9:28 AM

Israel Will Join the US in Striking Pickaxe Mountain

On Tuesday in the Oval Office, Donald Trump promised to hit Pickaxe Mountain "very heavily" and claimed Iran could do nothing to stop it. Hours later, before the Senate Appropriations Committee, his war secretary was asked a direct question:...

Jul 22, 2026, 10:26 PM

This Tisha B’Av, Israel Needs a Stronger Love

As Jews prepare to observe Tisha B’Av tonight — the annual fast day mourning the ancient destruction of Jerusalem and other catastrophes in Jewish history — American support for Israel appears to be entering a new and unsettling era....

Jul 22, 2026, 8:55 PM

Is International Law Broken? Can a New York Politician Arrest a Foreign Leader?

Every September, world leaders gather in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, a chance to speak on peace, justice, and to try to bring international order to our world. Yet, a new question increasingly arises: in a...

Jul 22, 2026, 3:56 PM

Rethinking Israel’s Military Doctrine

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The October 7 attacks exposed more than an intelligence lapse; they challenged the assumptions underpinning Israel's modern defense strategy. The country's emphasis on border fortifications, missile defenses, and rapid mobilization has delivered formidable tactical capabilities but has also left...

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