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With the war in Ukraine, some European diplomats and think tanks have started noticing the potential of the Abraham Accords for Europe’s security and energy needs.
Attempts to shoehorn European political leaders into a neat equation about fascists, authoritarians and democrats doesn’t advance Jewish interests or make sense.
Conservatism is about honoring one’s identity and connecting it to the present, rather than whining about the past.
Israel’s touter of “national unity” had the nerve to propose an “end-of-the-country interview” in the event of a Likud victory on Nov. 1.
Join the editor of JNS in guessing what will happen in the New Year.
As Jews celebrate the Rosh Hashanah holiday, perhaps they can also offer a prayer to relieve the salty tears of the Iranian mothers and fathers who have lost their children during protests.
For 12 years, under Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud, Israel pursued a foreign policy based not on dependence on the U.S. but on Israeli economic and military power. The results speak for themselves. The results of the Benny Gantz-Yair Lapid U.S.-reliant appeasement policies also speak for themselves.
By officially calling for “an agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples,” Prime Minister Yair Lapid has changed the election paradigm from “anybody but Netanyahu” back to the issue that has divided Israel’s left and right since Yitzhak Rabin signed the infamous Oslo Accords in 1993.
Lapid’s support for a Palestinian state compounds a disastrous error.
Reform movement criticism of Ron De Santis’s publicity stunt illustrates cluelessness about the consequences of the open-borders immigration policies it supports.
With a disaffection from the Jewish state growing among Jewish liberals, pro-Israel rabbis are attempting to change the narrative. It’s an uphill battle, but one worth fighting.
That Leslie Stahl and her “60 Minutes” team were “surprised” by the thuggish behavior of the Iranian president—all because of the “cordial conversation” that preceded it—is as ridiculous as the media’s response to his Holocaust remarks.