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Yoseph Janowski

Oct 12, 2026, 7:52 PM

Macron, by attacking Israel, you attack France

France now has huge problems. Student unrest (they want more money for school infrastructure) is being used by others factions (left wing, pro-Palestinian etc.) to forment growing dissent. France’s economy is doing extremely poorly, so the government doesn’t have...

Oct 9, 2026, 8:43 AM

Gaza to Paris: How a Generation Learns to Protest

What does a Palestinian flag have to do with a French school that doesn't have enough teachers? Across France, teenagers have been blocking school entrances and taking to the streets, angry about overcrowded classrooms, missing teachers and deteriorating facilities. What...

Oct 7, 2026, 2:35 AM

No Disclaimers. No Retreat. Proudly Zionist.

The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin lights up with the Israeli flag in solidarity after a multi-front Hamas attack, October 7, 2023. (Press and Information Office of the Federal Government)

For years, many European Jews followed an unwritten rule: keep your head down, practice Jewish life quietly, and leave Israel out of polite conversation. The thinking was simple. If we kept our Zionism discreet, we could avoid conflict. We could...

Kostis Konstantinou

Oct 7, 2026, 2:25 AM

The West Still Thinks Oct. 7 Is About Israel

Three years after that nightmare of a day, the most disturbing lesson of October 7 concerns not Israel, but the West. Hamas invaded to bring it to its knees: to shatter its sense of security, ignite a regional war, derail...

Michael J. Salamon

Oct 5, 2026, 6:08 PM

France’s Unrest is a Warning to the West

About 12 years ago, a Muslim couple came to see me in my New York office. Both were professionals and had lived legally in the United States for more than 25 years. They had left a relatively moderate Muslim-majority...

Oct 3, 2026, 10:52 AM

Before You Lecture Israel, Look in the Mirror

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

Before You Lecture Israel, Look in the Mirror There is something increasingly difficult for me to accept when I listen to governments across Europe and beyond lecture Israel about colonialism, stolen land, occupation, violence and even genocide. It is not...

Oct 1, 2026, 11:27 PM

After FZ1073, Europe Spoke in Different Voices

The passengers, the captain, and the cabin crew of Flydubai flight FZ1073 are heroes. When catastrophe threatened, they acted. They fought back, helped regain control of the aircraft, and saved lives. What happened afterward was less straightforward. European capitals struggled...

Kostis Konstantinou

Sep 29, 2026, 11:14 AM

The Walkout, the Empty Seats, and the Story Sold

Hiram Johnson, the American senator — not Aeschylus, as often claimed — is credited with saying that truth is the first casualty of war. Nowhere has that seemed more apt than in Gaza. We have had the absurdities about genocide; fairy...

Sep 25, 2026, 5:41 PM

Will Iran Join a Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey Pact: What Would It Mean for the Houthis?

’According to Fox Business, oil began the week at $102 a barrel, fell to $97 by midweek, and is settling at $92.5 toward the end of the week. The decline signals that the oil market currently expects diplomatic easing...

Sep 25, 2026, 10:47 AM

The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy

When Benjamin Netanyahu walked toward the podium of the United Nations General Assembly, dozens of diplomats began walking in the opposite direction. Most delegations from Arab and Muslim countries left the hall, while the United Arab Emirates remained. Netanyahu...

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