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May 15, 2026, 1:13 AM

Nick Kristof’s Never-Ending Obsession with Israel

Kristof’s NYT column reads as the work of an illusionist who blurs the line between allegation and established fact. “Obsession” is commonly defined as “an idea or thought that continually preoccupies or intrudes on a person’s mind.” It is difficult to...

Feb 3, 2026, 11:26 PM

Essentialism and the Death of Campus Dialogue

On October 22, 2025, former Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert came to speak with Nasser Al-Qudwa, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Palestinian Authority, in front of the Yale Political Union (YPU). I stood up to...

Matthew Weinstein

Dec 21, 2025, 8:08 AM

My World Zionist Congress Lesson for Our JCRCs

My Lesson from the World Zionist Congress: American Jews Are Not in Sync with Netanyahu. Our JCRCs Should Reflect That. By Matthew Weinstein Last month I returned from the 39th World Zionist Congress in Jerusalem, where I served as one of the delegates...

Dec 11, 2025, 11:12 AM

Punishing Israel’s Arabs – and Good Governance

I’m still recuperating, a week after encountering the Times of Israel headline: “Social Equality minister roundly panned for plan to divert Arab economic development funds.” Shocked, of course, by the minister’s intention – but also encouraged by the criticism...

Oct 13, 2025, 11:04 PM

Israel at a Crossroads?!

For decades, Israel has been accused of rejecting precisely planned for Gaza. Critics call it stubbornness. Supporters call it self-defense. The truth lies between those poles: Israel did not reject precisely plan because it feared coexistence; it rejected precisely...

Menachem Rosensaft

Aug 20, 2025, 2:54 PM

Upholding the Values that Define Us as a People

Israeli President Isaac Herzog presenting the Presidential Medal of Honor to WJC President Ronald S. Lauder, Jerusalem, May 2025 (Photo Credit: Shahar Azran)

Ambassador Ronald S. Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, is demonstrating both courage and integrity in urging the leaders of the State of Israel to adhere to “the vision that Theodor Herzl or the founders of Israel...

Aug 20, 2025, 8:11 AM

A Reflection: August 17, 2005

Twenty years. Twenty years since the unilateral and complete removal of every Israeli and Jew, both residents and army personnel, from every one of the 21 yishuvim, towns, farms, and communities in the entire Gaza Strip. Twenty years since...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Aug 1, 2025, 11:45 AM

Stopping Ministerial Corruption: Full Financial Disclosure

Israel is not a Third World country by any means. But in one category, it’s up there with the worst: ministerial corruption, including the very top of the governmental pyramid. It’s an embarrassment for a nation with great pride...

Jul 21, 2025, 7:36 AM

The State of Israel at an existential crossroads

Since October 7th, 2023, the State of Israel has fought – and very successfully so from a military point of view – a war on multiple fronts. The tragic and horrific events of October 7th have traumatized the Israeli...

Richard J. Annen

Mar 2, 2025, 12:13 PM

The ‘Egyptian Solution’ can be part of the blueprint to end the conflict

On February 25, 2025, Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid presented a post-war governance plan for Gaza titled “The Egyptian Solution.” As with any viable peace plan, it is premised on the removal of Hamas from power in Gaza. Lapid...

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