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In Israeli eyes, Tehran is allied with Moscow because both are in conflict with the U.S. for different reasons, and that fact is far more important than any ideological overlaps between them.
The Biden administration and leftist groups insist that Israel pave the way for Palestinian sovereignty. But broad support for anti-Jewish terrorism explains why it’s a non-starter.
All major and minor operatives on the Israeli left have long insisted that if our elected leaders stray from the left’s positions on either domestic or strategic issues, the gates of hell will open to Israel on the international stage.
The attacks on Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount excursion defy reason.
Worries about terrorism, the alienation of allies and international condemnations are real. But denying Hamas a veto over Jerusalem and asserting Jewish rights also brings benefits.
The late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI formulated a mighty defense against Jew-hatred in all its forms.
Given their pernicious predictions about the end of democracy, Zionism and Judaism, the sore losers to Netanyahu’s new government will do even worse in the next election.
In order to stop Iran, and on the way make peace with Saudi Arabia, Netanyahu may have to wait out President Biden’s administration.
The Ukrainian president bartered opposition to an antisemitic resolution to pressure Netanyahu to join the war against Russia. The prime minister was right to say “no.”
The Netanyahu government cannot avoid responding to the Palestinian move at the United Nations.
Amichai Chikli ordered an immediate halt to his predecessor’s multi-million-shekel contribution to a leftist NGO promoting a progressive agenda.
Most Americans don’t like the Jewish state’s new government. But it still deserves their support against those who work to undermine and destroy it.