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Shmuel Katz

Dr. Shmuel Katz is a fellow of the Israeli Surgical Society, the American College of Surgeons and other medical societies.

Israeli demonstrators protest against judicial reform in Tel Aviv, July 18, 2023. Photo: Miriam Alster/Flash90

A proper education can save Israel

Responsible people should stop listening to self-serving malicious instigators.

August 17, 2023

Thousands of Israelis rally in Tel Aviv against the government's judicial reform program, Feb. 25, 2023. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.

The insanity of self-destruction

Reflections on the impact of judicial reforms.

April 10, 2023

Israeli Supreme Court president Esther Hayut and fellow justices arrive for a court hearing on petitions demanding the annulment of the appointment of Shas leader Aryeh Deri as a government minister, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, Jan. 5, 2023. Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

The Israeli judicial system under scrutiny

Justices must follow laws objectively and be accountable to the people in order to prevent mistrust and contempt.

March 2, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Feb. 12, 2023. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

The new government must be serious about combatting deception

Due to rampant anti-Israel propaganda, a serious effort should be made to go beyond simple ‘hasbara.’

February 16, 2023

The Al Jazeera English newsroom. (Wikimedia Commons)

The dangers of foreign media coverage

The Israeli government must stop allowing vicious incitement and deception everywhere.

January 23, 2023

An anti-Israel protest in Rafah, in the Gaza Strip, June 15, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

Incitement and deception must be stopped

The free world will benefit from exposing and marginalizing evil.

December 4, 2022

Israelis cast their ballots at a voting station in Jerusalem during the third round of elections on March 2, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Not to vote is to vote

Everyone will have to consider the fact that whatever decision they make will affect them and their families personally and directly.

September 7, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Yerevan, Armenia, to take part in the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on Oct. 1, 2019. Credit: Gevorg Ghazaryan/Shutterstock.

When bullies try to dominate, good people are the losers

The weakness of the U.S. government has given rise to new aggressors with a dark agenda for the world.

May 4, 2022

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Richard Nides visits the Hall of Names at the Yad Vashem holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Dec. 2, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Anti-Semitism today and Yad Vashem’s changing approach

Only a bold and comprehensive approach to the problem of anti-Semitism will address it properly and to the benefit of all.

February 9, 2022