Analysis: Who is controlling the Biden presidency?
One thing appears certain: It is not President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. He gives incoherent, rambling speeches, and often declines to take questions.
September 22, 2021
Analysis & Opinion
War on terror – not a bad record: Opinion
The worst setback for terrorists is the growing rejection of the ideological pretensions that legitimizing terror in the name of religion.
September 19, 2021
Analysis: Biden administration blocks rescue of persecuted Christians from Afghanistan
According to the World Watch List, which ranks the 50 nations in which Christians are most persecuted for their faith, Afghanistan is the second-worst nation, followed on the heels of the worst nation, North Korea.
September 17, 2021
Pope Francis is wrong: The laws of the Torah do give life, says leading rabbi
Each Torah law, or 'mitzvah,' is the practical and concrete expression of an otherwise abstract idea about how to live a moral and virtuous life.
September 17, 2021
Analysis: Why is Israel making concessions to the Palestinians?
Among other things, after saying he was going to change how Gaza receives aid, Prime Minister Bennett is discussing returning to the original method of transferring cash in suitcases.
September 16, 2021
Terrorists’ escape from prison: A wake-up call for Israeli society: Analysis
Whether Israelis recognize it or not, they are in a state of war with their enemies.
September 15, 2021
Giving the Taliban international legitimacy would be a disastrous mistake: Opinion
The last time the Taliban controlled Afghanistan, beginning in the 1990s, the militants received recognition from just three nations: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
September 14, 2021
Analysis: Two decades past 9/11, Islamic holy war is here to stay
For the West, there are no 'forever wars.' Its wars are either won or lost; there are victors and vanquished. For Islamic extremists, war is indeed forever; defeat is only temporary.
September 11, 2021
WATCH: Iranian political analyst questions 9/11, Bin Laden’s death, claims US promotes terrorism
Iranian political analyst Emad Abshenas said that the U.S. government was behind the 9/11 attacks, questioned Osama Bin Laden's death and argued that President Biden's only concern is undermining the security of the Middle East.
September 10, 2021
Analysis: In addressing anti-Semitism, honesty matters
The lack of response to President Biden’s lie about visiting the site of the Pittsburgh synagogue mass shooting reminds us that when discourse about Jew-hatred is tainted by partisanship, the Jews come out the losers.
September 6, 2021
Analysis: Israel still the ‘strong horse’
Israel's rising stature as a military power in the region is clearly a by-product of the new U.S. policy decision to reduce its own military presence in the Mideast.
September 4, 2021
Opinion: Flattery and empty promises won’t preserve Israel-US alliance
Bennett’s efforts to ingratiate himself with Biden were necessary. But Biden’s new Iran pledge should reassure no one about America still being a force to be reckoned with.
September 2, 2021
Opinion: Successful Failure? Biden Takes Credit, Blames Trump for Afghanistan
Trump’s decision to end the war in Afghanistan was the right one, Biden argued, but also the wrong one.
September 1, 2021
OPINION: The failed state of Lebanon to combat ‘normalization’ with Israel
Lebanese dying for lack of medication could not care less about 'normalization' with Israel.
August 30, 2021
WATCH: US withdrawal from Afghanistan signals decline of ‘American era’
Egyptian political analyst Islam Al-Ghamri said that the American withdrawal from Afghanistan is the “bugle call” signaling the end of the era of American influence.
August 30, 2021
ANALYSIS: Islamism’s brutal face is back on display
Discussing divisions between the Taliban and Islamic State eludes the point that these groups are united in their fundamental worldview against 'Crusaders and Jews.'
August 29, 2021
Opinion: Israel must transition from local to regional warfare
Israelis need to be prepared for a war such as the country has not seen since the War of Independence.
August 29, 2021
Analysis: Hamas escalates again as it plays the long, radical game
Hamas practices long-term strategic patience, and a degree of tactical flexibility, enabling it to agree to temporary ceasefires when this serves its interests.
August 29, 2021
WATCH: US has never been more vulnerable to terrorism, says former US official
Thomas Douglas Homan explains why the influx of migrants at the southern border and those traveling from Afghanistan could pose a national security threat.
August 29, 2021
Analysis: As nuclear diplomacy stalls, Israel places military option back on table
The IDF’s Strategy and Third Circle Directorate, which is coordinating the strike option for Iran’s nuclear program, is guided by the concept of “going to the tree trunk, not the fruit” when dealing with a threat as big as Iran.
August 27, 2021
WATCH: Sean Hannity says Biden got bullied into submission by the Taliban
Sean Hannity blasts President Joe Biden and his administration for calling the Afghanistan evacuation a success
August 25, 2021
Analysis: Taliban’s victory is also a victory for Iran, Russia, China and Pakistan
Pakistan has not only historically helped the Taliban militarily and strategically, it also has increasing economic, military and strategic ties with China.
August 23, 2021
Caroline Glick: Joe Biden’s catastrophic judgment may implicate meeting with Bennett
As the president rejects all criticism of his personal failure in Afghanistan, there is effectively zero chance he will reconsider his policy of 42 years on Iran.
August 22, 2021
Opinion: Biden is Obama 3.0 on embracing jihadists
As the disaster in Afghanistan sadly illustrates, it is especially Biden's "doctrine" in the Middle East that is nothing other than Obama on steroids, more like a super-charged Obama 3.0 than even Obama 2.0.
August 21, 2021
Analysis: Will Polish anti-restitution law permanently harm ties with Israel, Jewish community?
Israeli over-reaction to Poland may cost the Jewish state a bigger ally than it realizes.
August 18, 2021
Analysis: More aggressive Tehran ready to pounce on Afghanistan
Iran is poised to pull Afghanistan into its influence and disrupt the Mideast.
August 17, 2021
Caroline Glick: What Hezbollah learned this month – nothing to fear from Israel
Like many Israelis, Hezbollah now understands that Israel will make no move in Lebanon without a green light from Washington that will never come.
August 15, 2021
Analysis: How Abraham Accords have already impacted the Mideast
Israel-UAE trade has reached nearly $600 million and should reach $1 billion by the end of the year.
August 15, 2021
Opinion: Jewish Jew-bashers – the greatest danger facing the Jewish people today
Those who know nothing about Judaism may therefore think that the malevolent views such Jews express about Israel represent authentic Jewish values. Certainly, many of these anti-Israel Jews themselves think that.
August 14, 2021
Analysis: Biden’s Mideast policy – will he avoid past mistakes?
Biden’s Middle East policy has been impacted by the growing clout of Progressive Democrats who advocate a Third World-oriented policy, while ignoring and oversimplifying the intra-Arab and intra-Muslim reality.
August 14, 2021
Opinion: The BDS ice-cream war has created a political taste test
Israel faces far more daunting challenges, but the Ben & Jerry’s controversy is turning into an advocacy proxy war that neither side will want to lose.
August 12, 2021
Analysis: Iranian protests spread again, but so far, the regime has them under control
'The political discourse in Iran since 2017 has shifted from reform to revolution,' said Saeed Ghasseminejad, an Iran expert and senior adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
August 6, 2021
Opinion: Why does the media ignore the only true democracy in the Middle East?
Israeli democracy has been quietly improving for years, even according to the media's own metrics.
August 5, 2021
Opinion: ‘Violations’ the UN does not care about – PA and Hamas
Thanks to the UN Security Council's obsession with Israel, the PA and Hamas wantonly kill and imprison Palestinians.
August 3, 2021
Caroline Glick: How Putin understands the Lapid-Bennett government
Russia’s decision to assist the Syrians in intercepting Israeli strikes on Iranian assets is a major strategic blow.
August 1, 2021
Opinion: Joe Biden silent as Iranian regime kills protesters
The White House turns a blind eye as Iranians risk their lives to protest an autocratic regime.
August 1, 2021
Analysis: The deceptive nature of current quiet in Judea, Samaria
It rests on the ongoing ability of Israeli security forces to thwart nonstop Hamas terrorism recruitment.
July 30, 2021
Opinion: Hollywood’s war on Judaism
Judging from TV and movies, one would be hard-pressed to know that traditional Judaism produces happy and healthy people.
July 28, 2021
Opinion: Jews as racial villains – from Jewish blackness to Jewish whiteness
In a familiar pattern, social constructs of race ultimately assign Jews the most negative possible label.
July 28, 2021
Analysis: Will Lebanon fall into the hands of Iran?
There is growing concern among the Lebanese and other Arabs that Iran is planning to exploit the severe political, economic and financial crisis in Lebanon to complete its takeover of the country.
July 26, 2021
Analysis: Jews gaslighting Jews – poll on US Jews’ attitudes towards Israel
A recent poll purports to capture the attitudes of American Jews regarding Israel and politics, but a closer look shows it was presented with a clear narrative arc designed to manipulate the respondents.
July 26, 2021
Caroline Glick: In America, Corbyn won
When push came to shove, the British Jewish establishment stood up for the Jews, even at the price of turning its back on progressive intersectional slogans.
July 25, 2021
Opinion: ‘My Unorthodox Life’ doesn’t tell the true story of Orthodox Jewish women
Netflix show undermines achievements of Orthodox women and creates perceptions that hurt all Jews.
July 22, 2021
Analysis: Iran using murderer’s ‘election’ to pressure US on nuclear deal
Tehran is "'queezing the State Department, which wants to be squeezed' to clinch a quick nuclear agreement.
July 20, 2021
Opinion: Biden’s reward to Anti-Israel UNRWA for bad behavior
Every syllable of the 'Framework for Cooperation' between the US and the U.N agency is a lie, but journalists were bowled over by the inclusion of 'anti-Semitism' in the list of false denunciations.
July 20, 2021
Analysis: King of Jordan’s visit to Washington – implications for Jerusalem
The US administration is putting wind in Jordan’s sails as it seeks to fend off Saudi claims regarding custodianship of Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem.
July 19, 2021
Caroline Glick: The Lapid-Bennett government’s childish foreign policy ‘doctrine’
Under Lapid’s stewardship, Israel’s foreign policy isn't based on Israel's national interests, but on sucking up to the cool kids—the progressives in America, the jetsetters in Brussels and the Palestinians.
July 18, 2021
Analysis: Are Israel and Jordan ready to turn over a new leaf?
Israel aims to mend relations with Jordan through gestures like economic and water deals, but the Palestinian issue and Iran remain major obstacles.
July 15, 2021
Analysis: How Palestinian leaders are deceiving Americans
Abbas will take the U.S. financial aid while at the same time his security forces are chasing Palestinians who do business with Jews.
July 13, 2021
Analysis: Marxist, extremist support for Palestinian terrorism leads to Jew-hatred throughout West
Leading politicians have chosen to support the "Palestinian cause" while staying blind to the viciousness of Palestinian terrorism.
July 11, 2021
Stabbing of Chabad rabbi in Boston is not ‘fit to print’ in New York Times – opinion
Perhaps at least part of the reason the Times can’t bear to share the news is because a fair-minded, thorough investigation might eventually force the paper to examine the role that its own coverage has played in inciting the violence.
July 7, 2021
Caroline Glick: Bennett and the Religious Zionist elite
The Religious Zionist leadership’s decision to avoid a showdown in Evyatar guarantees that the next showdown will be far worse.
July 4, 2021
Biden’s promise on Iranian nukes is worthless – analysis
The president pledged that Tehran will not acquire nuclear weapons on 'my watch.' But if he reinstates Obama’s deal the crisis will occur after he leaves office.
July 1, 2021
Canada’s Liberal Party follows US Democrats – opinion
The Liberals’ cold-blooded pragmatism and their lack of any serious concern for ‘Jewish issues’ should be extremely troubling not just to Canadian Jews, but to all Canadians who believe in a balanced, fact-based approach to Middle East issues.
June 30, 2021
Lapid, don’t count on courting Democrats – analysis
Israel’s new foreign minister ought to be rethinking the kind of American bipartisanship that’s even attainable, let alone desirable.
June 29, 2021
Israel’s new leadership likely to advance Abraham Accords, put Palestinians on backburner – analysis
Dealing with the Palestinian issue could 'lead to the government’s breakup in a year-and-a-half to two years,' analyst says.
June 23, 2021
Analysis: Washington doublethink and the Iran deal
The Biden administration ought to take home the gold in the George Orwell Olympics for considering Ebrahim Raisi’s election an opportunity for a swift return to the JCPOA.
June 22, 2021
Israel: New government, new threats – analysis
The new government both faces and invites new challenges and threats from Hamas, from Iran and from Washington. If he follows through on them, Lapid’s policies will guarantee that his government will fail to meet them.
June 21, 2021
Analysis: Biden administration backs Palestinian human rights violations, supports crackdown on PA rivals
The Biden administration's aid to Ramallah isn't conditioned on the PA ending human rights violations.
June 21, 2021
Opinion: ‘Self-hating Jew’ who slammed South Africa’s chief rabbi in press must be sued for libel, says attorney
Former politician and 'self-hating Jew' Ronnie Kasrils has opened himself up to a massive lawsuit, says a practising South African advocate.
June 20, 2021