Analysis & Opinion

Gamla, an ancient Jewish community, in the Golan Heights. (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)

Opinion: Keeping the Golan – less talk, more action

While Israel is reportedly pressuring Washington to recognize the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, Jerusalem would be better served by creating realities on the ground that keep the Golan under Israeli sovereignty.
August 26, 2018
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, right, and Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Opinion: Germany is Israel’s friend in words but not deeds

While Germany’s Foreign Minister Heiko Maas recently described Auschwitz as “the most horrible place on earth,” his nation supports relations with the Iranian regime, which threatens to wipe the Jewish state off the map.
August 24, 2018
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 Opinion: Plea to Gal Gadot

Gal Gadot's decision to play Lisa Howard should be used as an opportunity to reveal the evil of the Cuban regime.  
August 22, 2018
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Opinion: UN enables Hamas war machine

A ceasefire may sound like a good idea, but in Gaza it sends a message to terrorist factions that bombardment of Israel is rewarded with economic and humanitarian projects funded by the UN.
August 14, 2018
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Opinion: Hamas Blackmail, Media Silence

Most sad of all is that because of the refusal of the international media to highlight human rights violations by Hamas, the Palestinians will suffer even more.
August 9, 2018
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Opinion: The absence of an Israeli voice in Arabic media

With the Arab media spectrum catering to Palestinians controlled by propaganda and indoctrination broadcasts, Israel must fill the gap, particularly now as the situation in Gaza escalates and relations with the Palestinian Authority deteriorates. 
August 7, 2018
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Obituary: Why we needed Charles Krauthammer

'As a proud American and as a proud son of the Jewish people, you harnessed your formidable intellect to defend liberty and the Jewish state,' Netanyahu wrote.
June 24, 2018
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Analysis: Israel’s Left veers to the Right

The moderate Israeli Left seems to have reached the conclusion that they must jettison classic leftwing positions and associations to remain politically relevant. 
May 29, 2018
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Israel braces for a tense May

Israel is facing several explosive dates in the coming month. Will it be faced by a multi-front war?
April 29, 2018
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Are Israel and Iran heading to war?

Iran’s preference for proxy wars stems from the Islamic Republic’s inferior military capabilities, preferring to avoid direct confrontations.
April 27, 2018
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Israel: 70 Years of Success Against All Odds

In just seven decades, the Jewish people rebuilt their ancestral homeland, transforming it into a thriving democracy and thwarting the onslaught of internal and external attacks on its sovereignty.
April 18, 2018
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US bombing of Syria – mission accomplished?

While one must not underestimate the savagery of Assad, his regional and global destabilizing impact is dwarfed by the impact of the ferociously tectonic Ayatollahs.
April 17, 2018
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Syria: Fighting over the corpse

Syria has reverted to its prior status as space across which the competing interests of bigger empires and armies are played out.
April 10, 2018