It’s time to abolish the UN’s pro-Hamas bureaucracy
Fifty years later, the world body still behaves as though “Zionism is racism” remains on the books.
Zionism
Our Foes Would Fill Doran’s Mideast Vacuum
Michael Doran might be jumping the gun in claiming that Donald Trump is channeling Ronald Reagan in the Middle East (Letters, March 10). We don’t know yet whether the president...
Op-eds
Targeting Iran’s agents of influence
The British government unveiled an important new measure to combat influence originating from Tehran. Now it has to get to work enforcing it.The British government unveiled an important new measure to combat influence originating from Tehran. Now it has to get to work enforcing it.
Op-eds
After 2 years, Iraq claims to be searching for kidnapped researcher Elizabeth Tsurkov
On March 5, Iraqi National Security Adviser Qassem al Araji told the Associated Press that “Iraqi authorities are working under the prime minister’s direction” to find Elizabeth Tsurkov, a Princeton University researcher who was kidnapped two years ago in Iraq.
Op-eds
Pro-Palestinian Activists Blame Bibas Children for Their Own Murders
The confirmation of the murders of the red-haired Bibas boys was a gut punch for Israelis. For some pro-Palestinian activists, it was an opportunity to blame the victims.
Op-eds
‘Divided Loyalty’: Australian Jewish Army Officer Stripped of Security Clearance Over Israel Links
‘Vulnerable to Influence’: A tribunal in Australia has upheld the decision of the Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) to strip the security clearance of...
Flash Briefs
Pro-Iranian Iraqi militia leaders gather in Lebanon for Hezbollah leader’s funeral
Delegations and leaders of pro-Iranian Iraqi militias traveled to Lebanon for the funeral of the late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah on February 23.
Op-eds
The vast majority of US Jews support Israel. Let’s act on that knowledge.
It’s past time for the rest to retort, “You don’t represent us,” and reflect that sentiment in the manner in which we run our communities.
Op-eds
‘Our Fingers are on the Trigger’: Houthi Leader Warns Israel of Renewed Attacks
Houthis Ready to Resume Attacks: The leader of the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen warned on February 11 that the group was prepared to resume its attacks on Israel. “Our...
Flash Briefs
A suppressed voice for truth from within the United Nations
Alice Nderitu sought to make forgotten conflicts in the world a topic of discussion and action, but everyone wanted her to focus on what she wouldn’t call a genocide in Gaza.
Op-eds
South African Anti-Israel NGOs Commemorate the Holocaust by Hijacking Its Memory
Anti-Israel groups commemorated the Holocaust by hijacking its memory. Gift of the Givers and other South African anti-Israel organizations marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day by screening a film that...
Op-eds
Lebanon and Israel Should Start Talking About Peace
I spent the last decade away from Lebanon in self-imposed exile. I became an intellectual and political pariah for demanding immediate and unconditional peace between Lebanon and Israel. I was told not...
Op-eds
The right to exist
Out of more than 200 states in the international system, the survival of only one of them—the State of Israel—seems to be up for debate.
Op-eds
Just how useful are the ‘useful idiots’?
Not very. Unlike the PLO, Hamas doesn’t care whether it has Jewish cheerleaders since its goal is to eradicate Jews from the face of the earth.
Op-eds
Attempted Bombing Attack on South African Jewish Community Center Remains Unsolved
The bomb in Cape Town may have failed to detonate on December 5, but it has sparked an independent investigation. South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein announced in mid-January that an independent...
Policy Briefs
Hamas celebrates
As Israelis cease firing and release terrorists to bring hostages home
Op-eds
A fake genocide meets a real one
The obsession with Jews and Israel diverts column inches and airtime away from humanitarian crises that are far more dire than Gaza and far more intractable.
Op-eds
Turning the Page on Intolerance: Egypt’s Textbook Reforms
Egypt has made significant strides in purging school textbooks of antisemitic content and other problematic material, revising over 350 state-issued books since 2018 as a part of an ambitious reform program....
Op-eds
The Shadow War
A review of Yonah Jeremy Bob and Ilan Evyatar, “Target Tehran: How Israel Is Using Sabotage, Cyberwarfare, Assassination—and Secret Diplomacy—to Stop a Nuclear Iran and Create a New Middle East” (Simon & Schuster, 2023).
Op-eds
Houthis, Hezbollah threaten Israel with ongoing war
Despite the Lebanon-Israel ceasefire, Israel continues to suffer threats from multiple fronts.