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David H. Levitt

May 24, 2025, 1:50 AM

Steps to Prevent the Next Antisemitic Attack?

After the murder of two young Israeli embassy staff members in Washington, D.C. at the Jewish Museum, the condemnations (sincere and insincere) from domestic and foreign governments and various NGOs are rolling in, along with the obligatory statements that...

May 23, 2025, 5:05 PM

How Israel can stop trying to defeat itself, and start trying to defeat its enemies

Remembering our dear departed sister and brother, Sarah Lynn Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky, in this painful week for the Jewish people. May their memory be a blessing, may their loved ones be consoled, and may this kind of tragedy...

May 22, 2025, 3:53 PM

Two Jews Were Murdered. Social Media Cheered.

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Two Israeli Embassy staffers were executed on American soil, in Washington, D.C., outside the Capital Jewish Museum. And much of the internet? It cheered. This is what "Globalize the Intifada" looks like. Instagram posts reported on the killings. But scroll...

Cedric Vloemans

May 22, 2025, 3:51 PM

The myth regarding the occupation of Palestine

Israeli and Palestinian flags next to each other. (Wikicommons, Public Domain. CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated)

The Situation These developments underscore the urgency of a sustainable resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For decades, the Middle East has been a powder keg whose fuse never seems to be extinguished. Time and again — you could almost set your...

Gina Friedlander

May 22, 2025, 5:38 AM

Keffiyehs are Sexier than Kippot: A Fictional Conversation

Keffiyehs are Sexier than Kippahs: A Fictional Conversation. I've frequently heard from those following the news in the Middle East that Israel needs to do a better job of public relations. “Why can't we do as good a job as...

May 21, 2025, 9:56 PM

Thanks to Trump, Israel played chicken with Hamas, and Hamas won

President Donald Trump greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Monday, April 7, 2025, in the West Wing Lobby of the White House. (Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok)

It was a contest over who could be crueler – why would anyone expect Hamas to suddenly develop a conscience?

May 21, 2025, 9:05 PM

Challenges of A Post-Hamas Gaza

Yesterday, the Israeli government launched an extensive ground operation in Gaza, resulting in at least 103 fatalities. In parallel, it instructed residents of Khan Younis to evacuate immediately, having already cleared civilians from Rafah. This escalation followed weeks of...

May 21, 2025, 1:16 PM

An Act of Love: Remembering Inbar ‘The Pink Raven’

Dateline: April 2025 – Modiin, Central Israel On Route 443, near a junction which turns you off the Lod-Jerusalem highway towards the town of Modiin, there is a poster of a young woman’s image with the following legend in Hebrew: ‘Ani...

P. David Hornik

May 21, 2025, 10:13 AM

Trump’s ‘Bothsidesism’ on the Gaza War Imperils Israel

President Trump’s envoy for hostage affairs, Adam Boehler, says that Trump “continues to support Israel” and adds: He may say, ‘Hey, let’s try to end the war,’ and he may be firm about it, but his support for Israel is ironclad....

May 20, 2025, 5:34 PM

Jerusalem: City of Peace or of Provocation Protest? The Flag March is Coming

Pennant from 1970 celebrating Israel's 22nd Independence Day. From the Herzl and Zionism Collection of David Matlow, Toronto (www.herzlcollection.com). Photograph by David Matlow.

Jerusalem was united on June 7, 1967 during the Six Day War. From 1948 until that day, Jerusalem was a divided city with the Old City and other eastern portions under Jordanian control. During this time, half of the Old...

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