Analysis & Opinion

Analysis: Iran has few options to avenge Syria strikes

Iran has few ways to retaliate against Israel, with its leaders preoccupied with unrest at home and the impending collapse of the nuclear deal abroad.

May 1, 2018

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

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

Analysis: US Rejection of Term ‘Occupied Territories’ Brings Peace Closer

Israel is not an 'occupier.' Nor was it established as a 'haven for refugees from the Holocaust.'

April 26, 2018

Opinion: An open letter to Natalie Portman

A Montreal Jew tells Portman that her decision to refuse the prestigious Genesis Prize was 'very wrong.'

April 24, 2018

Assassination in Malaysia struck a heavy blow to Hamas

Even though it’s not clear to the Gazan public which projects engineer al-Batsch was involved in, the mood in Gaza indicates that his assassination has affected Hamas' operations and morale.

April 24, 2018

Truth finishes last at Hamas ‘Press Office’

Hamas wants journalists to show only one side of the story by solely focusing on Israel's response to the violent demonstrations, not on what triggered the response.

April 19, 2018

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

Stuck in strategic stalemate, Hamas uses Gaza border protests to pressure Israel

Hamas' 'March of Return,' which defies its 'peaceful' billing and is in fact quite violent, has placed the Palestinian issue back on the world stage. With the Jewish state standing firm, Hamas is failing.

April 17, 2018

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

Jewish national freedom comes at a price

Yom Hazikaron serves as a reminder that national freedom is a precious commodity that must be vigorously defended.

April 17, 2018

PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Israel and Russia: Friends or foes in Syria?

Putin and Netanyahu have built a relationship based on mutual understanding if not agreement. How does Syria fit in?

April 16, 2018

Anti-Israel protesters in Germany. (Boris Roessler/dpa via AP)

Pondering the ‘German Problem’ after Holocaust Remembrance Day

An examination of Germany's relationship with the Palestinians, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and its own sizable Muslim population raises more questions than it answers.

April 11, 2018

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

Hamas’ Gaza is nothing Like Martin Luther King’s Selma

To link the Gaza marches to Dr. King or the civil-rights movement sullies the memory of the sacrifice of genuine nonviolent protesters and human rights activists.

April 10, 2018

Gaza – The collapse of the ‘land-for-peace’ concept

It is clear from the violent demonstrations at Israel-Gaza border that the formula of land-for-peace has failed dramatically, disastrously and definitively.

April 8, 2018

‘Terrorism’ – Turkish Style

Erdoğan cynically refers to his opponents as 'terrorists,' thus stifling any dissent and free speech in Turkey.

April 8, 2018

New tactic by Hamas: Using human matchsticks to fuel the fire

After the missiles and tunnels, terror comes in the form of masses of people sent to storm the Israel-Gaza border.

April 5, 2018

Opinion: The Gaza march and the worthlessness of international opinion

If you support the Palestinian 'March of Return' and call for open borders for Gaza, you're actually advocating arming an Islamist terror group and destroying the Jewish state.

April 3, 2018

‘The banality of evil’ – ignoring Radical Islamist Jew-hatred

Sadly, Jessica Knoll, who lives in Israel, refused to recognize the source of the evil that ended her grandmother's life.

March 29, 2018

Analysis: What the Saudi Prince’s visit to US means for America and Israel

With America's encouragement, Saudi Arabia could lead a regional transformation that would be truly historic. Missing this opportunity to engage would be beyond tragic.

March 21, 2018

Analysis: Europe’s hypocrisy towards Israel, ‘Do as we say, not as we do’

Once again, the EU displays a brazen hypocrisy towards Israel by applying the policy of 'Do as we say, not as we do.'

March 18, 2018

Fighting yesterday’s Jew-hatred

The purpose of a conference on anti-Semitism was to discuss current and future challenges, but the expert panel appeared mentally stuck in the past.

March 14, 2018

Opinion: Trump is betraying American victims of Palestinian terror

It turns out that in some cases, the Trump administration can behave just like its predecessors.

March 12, 2018

To AIPAC’s CEO: Picture the perils of ‘Palestine’

An open letter to AIPAC CEO Howard Kohr addresses his call for the establishment of a Palestinian state at the organization's annual policy conference.

March 10, 2018

Abbas: Peace with Israel is ‘treason’

Why would the Palestinian leader make genuine peace with the Jews?

March 8, 2018

Will deal-maker Trump succeed in the Middle East?

Trump has always fancied himself as a deal-maker, and it's no surprise he might want to put his skill to use in the Middle East.

March 4, 2018

Analysis: Why this Polish Holocaust law is different from all others

Why has there been an international uproar against Poland but virtual silence concerning similar Holocaust-related laws in other Eastern European states?

February 28, 2018

PM Netanyahu at Munich Security Conference

Analysis: Two Munich summits – 1938 and 2018

Then, like now, what starts with the Jews does not end with the Jews.

February 25, 2018

Palestinians: Hamas and Fatah – united against Trump

While Hamas and Fatah continue to battle for control of Gaza, they are united in their war against President Trump.

February 20, 2018

Analysis: Police recommendations against Netanyahu – a coup d’état?

Netanyahu was elected as the Prime Minster, not as the Pope. Accordingly, he should be judged primarily on the basis of his political and strategic accomplishments, not his personal morality. What we are wit...

February 16, 2018

In an Orwellian era, celebrities support human rights by attacking Israel

Stars of the silver screen line up to condemn Israel in the name of helping Palestinians, while turning a blind eye to some of the worst human rights abuses in the world.

February 7, 2018

Changing the Israel conversation among Democrats

The deep rifts in American society, including attitude towards Israel, predate President Donald Trump.

January 25, 2018

Opinion: What did you hear when Mike Pence spoke to the Knesset?

How did Pence’s Knesset speech come to be seen as just another front in America’s increasingly bitter partisan wars?

January 23, 2018

Opinion: Why Trump’s Palestinian aid cut threat makes sense

Despite the fact that funding the PA is counterproductive, the so-called experts seeking to restrain Trump can’t seem to grasp this fact.

January 12, 2018

Analysis: Trump’s give-and-take plan for Arab-Israeli peace

Any final deal, financial or political, requires two sides giving and taking. Netanyahu and Trump certainly understand this reality.

January 4, 2018

Is Hezbollah eating the Iranian People’s bread?

The demonstrators are demanding that Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spend Iranian money for Iranian people -- and only for Iranian people.

January 4, 2018

Analysis: ‘United Jerusalem’ law paves way for tampering with Israeli capital’s municipal boundaries

The door is now open to tampering with the city's municipal boundaries in order to ensure a large Jewish majority.

January 4, 2018

Palestinian Ambassador to Pakistan Walid Abu Ali

Opinion: Palestinians always on the wrong side

The PA ambassador's participation in a rally together with an arch-terrorist reflects a longstanding Palestinian tradition of siding with evil.

January 3, 2018

Opinion: Iranian unrest can bring peace for Israel and beyond

Renewed protests in Iran against the regime and the deteriorating living conditions in the country could bring about positive change.

December 31, 2017

Opinion: France’s Macron submits to the Arab world

Macron is now showing a strategic empathy and commitment to the Arab-Islamic world. Is this statement a prelude to submission?

December 26, 2017

Analysis: The international embassy race to Jerusalem

Which countries will be the first to join the Americans in moving their embassies to Jerusalem?

December 24, 2017

Analysis: Nikki Haley, the Trump administration’s ‘breakout star’, shines for Israel

Whatever Trump may have gotten wrong, his choice of Nikki Haley as ambassador to the UN was a masterstroke.

December 24, 2017

Anti-Semitism can’t solve the Muslim world’s problems

Muslim masses are now less preoccupied with Jews and more focused on addressing the serious socio-economic problems in the Arab world.

December 19, 2017

Analysis: Austria’s new government to resist ‘Islamization’

A coalition between two Austrian parties is poised to catapult the country to the vanguard of Western Europe's resistance to Muslim immigration.

December 17, 2017

Analysis: Recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital equals recognizing reality

As the first US president coming from outside the establishment, Trump brings a fresh dynamic and approach to the Middle East and beyond.

December 8, 2017

Palestinians burn Trump Netanyahu posters

Analysis: The real Palestinian response to Trump’s Jerusalem speech

Palestinian leaders and spokesmen strive to create the impression that Trump's policy regarding Jerusalem will bring the region down in flames.

December 7, 2017

Analysis: From Amman to Jerusalem

Rather than heeding Abdullah’s threats of violence, Trump can tell him to prevent that violence by ending his media’s antisemitic incitement.

December 4, 2017

Analysis: PLO office open, path to peace closed

The US decision to reverse its decision to close the PLO’s Washington office is disappointing but hardly surprising.

November 30, 2017

Analysis: Egypt looking for answers to Islamic terror in Sinai

The terrorists who killed over 300 people in the Sinai mosque on Friday provided the first major test for army chief Field Marshall Muhammad Farid Hegazy.

November 27, 2017

Arab states will abandon Israel when Iran threat dies, security expert warns

Sunni Arab states will abandon Israel as US abandoned the Kurds, leading Israeli national security analyst warns.

November 25, 2017

Opinion: How 10 Dem (dumb) Congress members encourage the use of child terrorists

Ten members of the 'progressive caucus' of the Democratic Party are giving terrorist leaders more reason to use young terrorists to kill even more innocent civilians.

November 23, 2017

Dershowitz: California Student Newspaper Refuses to Publish My Response to Anti-Semitic Op-Ed

On November 3, The Daily Californian published an op-ed by Matthew Taylor, explicitly accusing me of having "blood on his hands" and being "culpable for the perpetuation of... atrocities." The article was wors...

November 10, 2017

The Israel-Saudi connection: Iranian aggression is the matchmaker

The Iranian threat has pushed Saudi Arabia to seek secret cooperation with the only power in the region with the capability and willpower to stop Iran’s aggression: Israel.

November 8, 2017

Opinion: Britain should apologize for undermining the Balfour Declaration

Anti-Israel activists demand that Britain apologize for the Balfour Declaration, but in fact they should apologize for undermining the historic document.

November 7, 2017