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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
Sbarro Pizzeria Bombing 2001
Editor-in-Chief
After 25 years, the Sbarro bombing and its aftermath still matter
The Second Intifada massacre, like the slaughter on Oct. 7, stands as a grim reminder of the folly and hubris of the makers of peace plans and deals with terrorists.
July 31, 2026 06:15 PM
Jonathan S. Tobin
Anti-Netanyahu protesters outside the Jerusalem District Court where the Israeli prime minister's trial is being held, April 25, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Senior Contributing Editor
A tale of three ‘anybody but Bibi’ stooges
Eyal Megged, Ronen Tzur and Dan Shilon can’t explain the source of their hatred for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, so they attack interviewer Sharon Gal and i24News.
August 3, 2026 08:42 AM
Ruthie Blum
Trump Camp David
Senior Contributing Editor
The illusion of peace cannot erase the reality of war
Diplomatic initiatives have not changed the strategic reality facing either Iran or Hamas.
August 2, 2026 01:30 PM
Fiamma Nirenstein
US American Israeli flags
Senior Contributor
The tragic Israel wedge
Jewish leaders need to quickly close the gap that has opened up between Zionism and Judaism.
July 30, 2026 01:15 PM
Melanie Phillips
Ben Cohen. Credit: Courtesy.
Ben Cohen
Featured Columnist
Israeli journalist Amit Segal in Tel Aviv, Sept. 15, 2024. Photo by Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90.
Amit Segal
Columnist
Benjamin Kerstein. Credit: Courtesy.
Benjamin Kerstein
Featured Columnist
U.S. President Donald Trump and John Ratcliffe, director of the CIA, depart after a Cabinet meeting at the Camp David presidential retreat in Thurmont, Md., on July 31, 2026. Photo by Nathan Howard, POOL/Getty Images.
Iran
Tehran has entered a tunnel of strategic collapse
Washington’s indecision and confusion are forcing CENTCOM—and, more broadly, the CIA—to rethink its approach to the Islamic regime.
Aug. 3, 2026
Erfan Fard
Trump G7 Egypt
Middle East
The Red Sea security debate
Washington should not allow Cairo’s geopolitical preferences to impose limits on Addis Ababa’s legitimate national interests.
Aug. 1, 2026
Habtom Ghebrezghiabher
Brian McDonald. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Israel’s Ceuta mistake could cost it a pro-Israel Spanish government in 2027
Brian McDonald
Stephen M. Flatow. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Why aggressors keep winning at the negotiating table
Stephen M. Flatow
Haim Ben Yakov. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
One road to Jerusalem began in Semlin
Haim Ben Yakov
Opinion
Tehran has entered a tunnel of collapse
Erfan Fard
Zach Bauer. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Battle for the soul of American Christianity runs through Israel
Zach Bauer
Omri Tubi. Credit: Courtesy.
CAMERA: Eye on the Media
A little help for Ezra Klein
Omri Tubi
Joseph Puder. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
Unassimilated Muslim migrants in Germany are compromising its future
Joseph Puder
Menachem Glik. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The myth of the ‘Palestinians’
Mendi Glik
Meir Deutsch. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
It’s time to choose the Negev
Meir Deutsch
Efrat Last. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
The battle behind the story: Victim-blaming as a new tactic
Efrat Last
AMERICA TURNS 250
The Patrouille de France conducts a flyover above the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of American independence, June 9, 2026. Photo by Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images.
Editor-in-Chief
On its 250th birthday, Jews mustn’t abandon the fight for America
If the United States is lost to the woke left or the woke right, the consequences for Jews and the world are unimaginable. Now isn’t the time to write it off.
July 2, 2026
Jonathan S. Tobin
Jack Simony
Opinion
We are not tenants in America
Jack Simony
Ben Cohen. Credit: Courtesy.
Column
God bless America
Ben Cohen
Opinion
Unabashedly American and Jewish at 250
Leonard Grunstein
Joseph Puder. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
America’s covenantal heritage and the Jews
Joseph Puder
Jeffrey Levine. Credit: Courtesy.
Opinion
On Tisha B’Av, we remember why we lost the land
Jeffrey Levine
Opinion
What America’s 250th says about Iran’s future
Erfan Fard