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Stephen M. Flatow

Stephen M. Flatow is president of the Religious Zionists of America. He is the father of Alisa Flatow, who was murdered in an Iranian-sponsored Palestinian terrorist attack in 1995, and author of A Father’s Story: My Fight for Justice Against Iranian Terror. (The RZA is not affiliated with any American or Israeli political party.)

Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in the Deir al-Balah camp, the central Gaza Strip, Sept. 9, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.
Column
The real test of Trump’s counterterrorism strategy
Will Washington impose consequences on countries that finance, protect or shelter terrorists, even when they are American allies?
May 12, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
U.S. flag. Credit: Tumisu/Pixabay.
Column
America gave Jews freedom of faith
For a people who had known expulsions, ghettos, forced conversions, restrictions, humiliation and violence across centuries of exile, that promise was revolutionary.
May 9, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Graduation ceremony. Credit: McElspeth/Pixabay.
Column
From Columbia to Michigan, Israel-hatred is being made respectable
What was once dismissed as a fringe campus problem is no longer staying on the fringe.
May 5, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Trump
Column
Moving a deadline only invites aggression
The regimes testing U.S. resolve are not operating under the same assumptions as in the past.
April 28, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Pope Leo XIV
Column
When a ‘just’ war becomes an unjust talking point
Jewish law distinguishes between wars that are discretionary and those that are obligatory. A war of self-defense is not merely permitted, but required.
April 21, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Civilians and security forces at the scene where a missile fired by Hezbollah from Lebanon struck a parking area in Safed, causing heavy damage, April 10, 2026. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.
Column
When ‘pro-Israel’ stops meaning defense
Weakening systems to stop missiles from falling down on Israel does not restrain conflict. It invites it.
April 14, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Red Hand Day, the International Day Against the Use of Child Soldiers, which has been observed annually since Feb. 12, 2002, is often marked by displaying red handprints of children. Credit: Paul Schäfer/Flickr/FishinWater via Wikimedia Commons.
Column
A regime that sends children to war is already losing
Doing so represents a grim admission: A country or army lacks the manpower, legitimacy or will to rely on adults.
April 7, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
The East Side of Midtown Manhattan. Credit: rosanna17/Pixabay.
Column
America learned to seize Iranian assets, but not to keep them
A case in point is the announced settlement between the U.S. government and the Iranian-linked Alavi Foundation over a Manhattan skyscraper.
March 31, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Pins worn by actor Javier Bardem during the 98th Oscars at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles on March 15, 2026. Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images.
Featured Columnist
Actors turned politicos
The question is why the Academy Awards have become a stage for geopolitical pronouncements at all.
March 17, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Henry Ford and President Warren Harding
Featured Columnist
From Henry Ford to Tucker Carlson: The politics of ‘just asking questions’
There is a clear line between legitimate debate and the revival of a familiar historical trope: the suggestion that Jews are manipulating great powers into wars for their own purposes.
March 10, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
Megillah Reading
Featured Columnist
A father thinks of Purim in a time of war
The great post-Megillah revolution of Jewish history is sovereignty.
March 3, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
US Qatar military air force
Featured Columnist
Qatar’s ‘indispensable ally’ problem is really Washington’s transparency problem
If Doha is confident in its role as a stabilizing partner, then it should welcome rigorous examination.
Feb. 24, 2026
Stephen M. Flatow
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