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Home truths

Will unpalatable and uncomfortable truths continue to be swept under the carpet this year? The irresistible urge to avoid unpleasant realities is a dominant feature of political life in most democracies. When it veers into...

The View From Israel

inFOCUS: This issue assesses Iranian policy and the future of the Tehran regime, mostly from the American perspective. Give us an Israeli perspective, please. Dr. Dan Diker: The chessboard is being reset in the Middle East...

When Jimmy Carter Spoke In Forest Hills

Earlier this year, in a bid to reassure Jewish voters doubting the Democratic presidential candidate’s support for Israel, Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres and Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman publicly endorsed Kamala Harris, who then suffered...

Oblivious

As we transition to a new civil year, it is glaringly transparent that many remain deliberately oblivious to lurking threats and dangers. Whistleblowers are never appreciated, and their warnings almost inevitably fall on deaf ears....

Jimmy Carter’s aid to the Ayatollahs

With the passing of former US President Jimmy Carter, former Israeli envoy to Washington Yoram Ettinger discussed the tragic mistakes Carter made, many of which still affect the Middle East today. Ettinger recalled, "President Jimmy...

From Oslo to Be’eri: how the 30-years-long peace delusion led to Hamas’s 10/7 massacres

ABSTRACT The failure to prevent Hamas’s slaughter of some 1,300 Israelis on 7 October 2023 – the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust – is a direct result of an emergency phone consultation three...

The battle for Jerusalem-and the RPGs in Jenin

In the days leading up to Hanukkah, the rapidly intensifying battle in Samaria made clear that sooner rather than later, Samaria and Judea will soon replace Gaza, Lebanon, Iran, Syria and Yemen as the...

„Hudna“: Weder eine Feuerpause noch ein Waffenstillstand

Angesichts der Luftangriffe aus dem Gazastreifen und dem Libanon ist Israel eine „hudna“ angeboten worden, um die Kämpfe einzustellen; ein Begriff, der häufig als „Feuerpause“ oder „Waffenstillstand“ missverstanden wird. Dabei bedeutet eine hudna nicht mehr...

Israel’s Anti-UNRWA Campaign is Working

The IDF has gathered evidence that proves that dozens of UNRWA staff members took part in the atrocities — rapes, tortures, mutilations, murders — carried out by Hamas on October 7, 2023. In addition,...
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‘Pure Make-Believe’ – Separating Divestment from Antisemitism

Letter-writer Paul Cunningham picked an especially dreadful week for Jews to proclaim that antisemitism is not tied to divestment from Israel, a divisive topic in his home state of Maine. Tell that to the Jewish...