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Dan Schueftan

Theodor Herzl, 1897. Credit: Public Domain Photo.

A Zionist success 125 years later

The Zionist movement’s stellar success is rooted mainly in its success in persuading the Jews who have been attracted to it for non-Zionist reasons to convert their passions into real fervor.

August 29, 2022

IDF (Israel Defense Force) Artillery Corps seen near the Israeli border with Gaza on August 7, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Israel’s ‘Operation Breaking Dawn’ shattered an old paradigm

When radicals are no longer mainstream, Israel can ignore or attack them without much consequence.

August 10, 2022

Israeli police on the streets of Lod during a riot by the city's Arab residents. May 12, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

It’s time to turn the Palestinian mindset against terrorism

Hamas cannot be remunerated with protection money while it instigates terrorism from the West Bank and Lebanon, and among Israeli Arabs.

May 10, 2022

A war drill conducted by the Israel Defense Forces’ 74th Armored Battalion in the Golan Heights. Credit: IDF Spokesperson Unit.

Ukraine’s rude awakening

The Ukrainians are learning a crucial lesson that Israel already has: Western democracies cannot be relied upon.

February 22, 2022

Those involved with the Abraham Accords Peace Institute convene at its inaugural “Trade and Investment Forum” in the Emirates Palace hotel in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, December 2021. Credit: Courtesy.

Time is on Israel’s side

Israel is, in the eyes of its residents, in the eyes of the leading countries in the world and, to a growing extent among the Arabs themselves, an outstanding success story.

February 9, 2022

Israeli Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and Supreme Court justices arrive to petitions against the Jewish Nation-State Law, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Dec. 22, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The legalists’ steamroller politics

Discussions about a plea deal for opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu underscore how far Israel’s justice system has strayed from its democratic mandate.

January 23, 2022

The Human Rights and Alliance of Civilizations Room of the Palace of Nations, in Geneva. The room is the meeting place of the U.N. Human Rights Council. Credit: Ludovic Courtès via Wikimedia Commons.

Countering the human-rights cult

This new Inquisition has swept through much of Europe, ending careers through a reign of terror.

January 5, 2022

Israeli police on the streets of Lod during a riot by the city's Arab residents. May 12, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.

Addicted to the illusion of calm

A frightened government that is loath to confront violence—whether from Gaza or in Israeli society itself—is in effect responsible for its spread.

December 21, 2021

Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, Dec. 2, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel needs a national action plan

In a slow but deep-seated process, the public’s willingness to shoulder some of the burden is being eroded.

December 8, 2021