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Jul 14, 2026, 4:40 AM

Brussels Wants to Sanction Israel. Its Own Companies May Pay the Price.

The danger is not in the vote in Brussels. It is in how compliance departments will implement it. As the European Commission prepares to lay out trade options before the bloc’s foreign ministers meet on July 13, the debate in...

Jul 13, 2026, 11:27 PM

The DSA Is a Trojan Horse the Democratic Party Must Drive Out

In January 2023, I wrote about "The Undeniable Link Between Antisemitism and America's Decline". I described a convergence between the radical left and radical Islam, the red-green alliance. It was attacking the liberal values that make America exceptional, using...

Hande Gençünal

Jul 13, 2026, 10:58 PM

Not at the Table: The Sociology of Israel’s Own War

Being inside a field and sitting at the table where that field's rules get written are not the same thing. Bourdieu's distinction is simple but easy to lose sight of, an actor can be inside a field, affected by...

Jul 13, 2026, 1:16 PM

Reform Judaism must reject the DSA

For more than six decades, my Jewish home has been within Reform Judaism. I grew up in its youth movement and summer camps. I received my rabbinical education in its seminary. I have prayed and led worship in its...

Benyamin Moalem

Jul 13, 2026, 7:22 AM

The Democrats’ post-Netanyahu illusion

Former White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University in Tel Aviv, July 8, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

The expectation that Israel will fundamentally change under a different prime minister misunderstands where Israelis stand today

Jul 12, 2026, 7:12 AM

Stop Turning Israel Into America’s Political Stage

Israel welcomes debate. Israelis argue with each other every day. They criticize their leaders. They question Israeli policies. That’s what democracies do. But there is a profound difference between criticism born from shared responsibility and criticism that turns Israel into...

Kelsey Maurine Brickl

Jul 12, 2026, 7:06 AM

Foreign Policy as Electoral Performance

Within several days, four stories moved through Washington, Muscat, New York, and the occupied West Bank. Each arrived under its own headline. Together they described a political order in which domestic performance has begun to consume the work of...

Jul 12, 2026, 5:26 AM

Rahm Emanuel’s Dangerous Daylight Doctrine

Sadly, few Democrats these days—apart from an outlier like Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.)—can summon even the most elementary, unambiguous support for the Jewish state. Which brings me to Rahm Emanuel, former White House Chief of Staff under President Obama. His...

Sheldon Kirshner

Jul 11, 2026, 5:23 PM

The Graham Platner Fiasco

Graham Platner, the Democratic nominee who was contesting the US Senate race in Maine, was a problematic candidate from the very start, yet his blatant shortcomings were willfully dismissed or ignored by the powers that be in his party. As...

Barry Mellinger

Jul 11, 2026, 12:32 AM

The Acceptable Jew

Rabbi Menachem Margolin, Chairman of the European Jewish Association and one of Europe’s most prominent Jewish leaders, was right to be outraged. When CNN’s Elex Michaelson said Jon Ossoff “may not read as Jewish” as Josh Shapiro, he wasn’t...

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