Column
Unlike any other nation, the Jewish state is still fighting—day after day, week after week—to recover its citizens.
Frustration is mounting over a lost information war. Still, Israelis are right to think that persuading the world to stop believing blood libels circulated by Hamas cannot be their top priority.
What good is public diplomacy when Israeli “elites” parrot, if not craft, the enemies’ talking points?
The issue isn’t whether celebrities have the right to comment on international issues. But they should know what they are talking about.
Evyatar David and Rom Barslavski are not just hostages. They are symbols of a world turned upside down.
The international community, especially in Europe, appears more interested in rewarding Hamas than in stopping it.
Invoking past disasters to promote Jewish guilt about Gaza disgracefully manipulates history and the truth about the war, as well as bolsters those who wish to destroy Israel.
The notion that Israel’s fate should be held hostage to domestic fissures within other countries is offensive, and another reason to dismiss the mudslide of Palestinian state recognition as performative nonsense.
Hamas is now deploying its most powerful weapon of all—ignorant and credulous Western public opinion.
Emily Damari’s remarks to Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer echo growing concern in Israel over Europe’s push to recognize a Palestinian state.
Hamas terrorists are counting on Jewish empathy to let them survive to continue pursuing the genocidal war they began on Oct. 7. Anyone who does their bidding is despicable and dangerous.
The facts no longer matter. This is a moment of political faith, not of reason.