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Points of view from across the Jewish world

Jonathan S. Tobin
Jonathan S. Tobin
Editor-in-Chief
Ruthie Blum
Senior Contributing Editor
Fiamma Nirenstein
Fiamma Nirenstein
Senior Contributing Editor
Melanie Phillips
Melanie Phillips
Senior Contributor
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by his security detail, speaking with members of the public in the city of Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, just hours before polls close on Israel’s general election day, Oct. 27, 2026. Photo by Yaakov Lederman/Flash90.
Editor-in-Chief
Netanyahu is a realist about Israel’s foes, not a fear-monger
Disappointed critics rationalize support for the prime minister by demonizing him and patronizing his voters. They’d do better to rethink their denial about the intentions of Islamists.
October 30, 2026 12:00 PM
Jonathan S. Tobin
Navi Pillay, chair of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel, addresses a press conference. Credit: Jean-Marc Ferré/U.N. Photo.
Senior Contributing Editor
A ‘peace prize’ for the vilification of Israel
Honoring Navi Pillay highlights the moral rot of the United Nations and Nobel Committee.
October 9, 2026 08:34 AM
Ruthie Blum
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his Likud Party’s election headquarters at Binyanei HaUma in Jerusalem, following Israel’s general elections, early on Oct. 28, 2026. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
Democracy as common sense
Beyond the noise and character assassination, the election results show the enduring strength of Netanyahu’s strategy and persona at the center of Israel’s political battle.
October 28, 2026 02:00 PM
Fiamma Nirenstein
United Arab List (Ra’am) party chairman Mansour Abbas stands alongside fellow party members on stage following the release of exit poll results in the northern Israeli city of Sakhnin, on Israel’s general election night, Oct. 27, 2026. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.
Senior Contributor
The alarming rise of Islamic power
What happened in the Israeli election was the democratic version of Oct. 7.
October 29, 2026 01:14 PM
Melanie Phillips
Mitchell Bard
Mitchell Bard
Featured Columnist
Ben Cohen. Credit: Courtesy.
Ben Cohen
Featured Columnist
Rabbi Yossy Goldman. Credit: Ricci Goldstein Photography.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Featured Columnist
Benjamin Kerstein. Credit: Courtesy.
Benjamin Kerstein
Featured Columnist
Yisrael Medad. Credit: Courtesy.
Yisrael Medad
Featured Columnist
Israeli journalist Amit Segal in Tel Aviv, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90.
Amit Segal
Guest Columnist
From left: Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council Mohsen Rezaei, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, Chief Justice of Iran Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje’i, the chairman of the Expediency Discernment Council Sadeq Larijani and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi greet guests and family members arriving for a ceremony for the remains of slain Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran, July 3, 2026. Photo by Meghdad Madadi, ATP Images/Getty Images.
Iran
Diplomacy of desperation: Vance’s letter to an IRGC terrorist
What has happened inside the White House that “destroying and changing the regime in Tehran” remains taboo?
Oct. 29, 2026
Erfan Fard
Bananas in a supermarket. Credit: Pixabay.
U.S. Politics
Yes, we have no bananas
Socialism is not the answer to the price of food these days. Neither is blaming the Jews.
Oct. 30, 2026
Leonard Grunstein
Gerald Platt. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Selflessness: A Jewish perspective
Gerald Platt
Jack Simony
Opinion
From Tree of Life to ‘globalize the intifada’: Same lie, new costume
Jack Simony
Max Blankfeld. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Israel needs a coalition of the majority
Max Blankfeld
Opinion
Yes, we have no bananas
Leonard Grunstein
Yaakov Chaliotis. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Israel’s post-election uncertainty and the alliance built to outlast it
Yaakov Chaliotis
Opinion
The diplomacy of desperation: Vance’s letter to an IRGC terrorist
Erfan Fard
Alexandra Herzog
Opinion
In Ireland and elsewhere in Europe, Jews deserve more than just protection
Alexandra Herzog
Brian McDonald. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Eisenkot’s options are all bad, while Netanyahu’s remain good
Brian McDonald
Shane Shmuel. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The shadow of Bondi
Shane Shmuel
Nira B. Worcman. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Anger over schools finds a Jewish target
Nira B. Worcman