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John C. Landa Jr.

Nov 1, 2026, 5:30 AM

Will American Anti-Jewish Violence Reach a Tipping Point?

I ran into an old friend at a wedding this summer. As we were catching up, I mentioned that a group was recently arrested for plotting to "kill as many Jews as possible" at my synagogue in Houston. He...

Oct 31, 2026, 5:19 PM

Is Israel a Democracy? Ask its Arab Citizens

Israel's two million Arab citizens make up about 21 percent of the total population. The ultimate test of a democracy is not whether its minorities are permitted to vote. It is whether the majority accepts their elected representatives as legitimate...

Oct 30, 2026, 11:14 PM

The Israeli right lives in la-la land

The Israeli right lives in la-la land, and I don’t mean Los Angeles. I mean that they are detached from reality. Yair Netanyahu, son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote after the election of October 27 that, "these elections...

Oct 30, 2026, 7:43 PM

The Palestinian Cause: Who Benefits, Who Pays?

Why Gaza dominates, while Sudan suffers in silence. Two wars began in 2023. Both are catastrophic. Only one has captivated the world. Sudan’s civil war, now in its third year, has killed somewhere between 150,000 and 400,000 people depending on whose...

Oct 30, 2026, 5:35 PM

Qāribāni wa-mirwāḥiyyatun

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Do you know the parable about the two boats and a helicopter? I remember becoming powerfully aware of it in 2005 right after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and environs. The story was everywhere online. A massive hurricane rages. An...

Oct 30, 2026, 3:54 PM

The Myth of Israeli Apartheid Unravels

The electoral performance of Israel’s Arab parties has exposed the contradictions in claims that the Jewish state operates a system of racial exclusion. The comparison with apartheid-era South Africa deserves closer historical scrutiny. An electoral result that demands scrutiny The results...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 29, 2026, 3:12 PM

Belize Slams Israel, Ignores Hezbollah in Corozal

Argentine investigators tracing the commercial fronts behind the 1994 AMIA bombing that killed 85 people later mapped a set of Lebanese import-export companies that had already penetrated Central American free zones by the late 1980s. Established primarily by diaspora...

Oct 29, 2026, 10:59 AM

You Can’t Have It Both Ways

On October 27, Amnesty International UK declared that Israel’s election exposed “apartheid at the ballot box.” Image: Ra’am (Arab) party leader Mansour Abbas and other party members stand on stage following the release of exit poll results in Sakhnin, Israel, on October 27, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

When “Palestine” Is a State, Except When Israel Holds Elections Israel has just held another national election. Israelis voted for the 120 members of the Knesset who will decide who governs the State of Israel. And, predictably, the international commentary has...

Oct 27, 2026, 12:05 AM

President Obama: You Know Better

Former US President Barack Obama speaks during a memorial service for former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid at the Smith Center in Las Vegas, January 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File) (Times of Israel)

Dear President Obama, First, congratulations on receiving an honorary doctorate from Queen’s University. It is yet another distinguished honor in a remarkable career. I deliberately waited before writing this letter, hoping you might reconsider and retract your remarks made in Belfast...

Jose Lev Alvarez Gomez

Oct 25, 2026, 1:03 PM

Christians Butchered in Jordan. The West is Quiet

Moral accountability in modern diplomacy relies entirely on a perverse hierarchy of victimhood. Minor, localized provocations by radical Jews in Jerusalem trigger immediate, synchronized international condemnation across every social media ecosystem. Conversely, a wall of institutional indifference meets catastrophic...

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