יום ראשון, י״ב אב תשפ״וSunday, July 26, 2026
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By JCFA- Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
While Islamic tradition sees Christians and Jews as the “People of the Book,” they still retain only second-class status as “protected” dhimmi, an inferior status for not having accepted Islam.
One of the less-talked about aspects of the Shlav Bet recruitment of older soldiers by the IDF since October 7 is the army’s new willingness to accept applications from people with certain types of criminal records. Roz Lyons explains.
Israel's approach to combating terrorism has always been characterized by thoroughness and determination -- for which is usually put through the tortures of hell by the very countries it is working to save
By IPT-Investigative Project on Terrorism
Comparing the two situations shows how much has changed in the last four decades – none of it for the better.
By Ben Cohen
Dublin’s goal, according to Israel’s ambassador to Ireland, has been to undermine the Jewish state’s ability to defend itself by launching 'lawfare'
While much national attention is on the first 100 days of the Trump 2.0 presidency, there is growing reason to be concerned about the final days of Joe Biden's term.0
While much national attention is on the first 100 days of the Trump 2.0 presidency, there is growing reason to be concerned about the final days of Joe Biden's term.
Permanent Daylight Saving Time would force us to be late for about two months a year rather than two weeks. This would significantly affect the employment status of many people.
The fall of Assad will impact on Lebanon’s presidential election and Hizbullah’s future
By Jason Ciment
Like the Maccabees, these individuals fought not just with weapons but with purpose, resilience, and a deep love for their people and their land. Their stories remind us that, even when the odds seem stacked against us, miracles are possible – but we must take the first step.
This plan will excite the targeted populations and demonstrate that you care for them, especially in blue urban centers like New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles, which today are probably your weakest areas of voter support.
It also includes the usual selection of anti-Israel slurs: Israel is an apartheid state … it is engaged in a slow motion campaign of ethnic cleansing … the Al-Aqsa mosque has been desecrated again and again… and Israel is illegally holding over five thousand political prisoners (because the ICNA considers convicted Arab terrorists to be political prisoners).
Most analysts of Middle East geopolitics agree that Israel’s recent degrading of the military capacities of Iran and Hezbollah, the primary supporters of the Assad regime, convinced the rebels that there was an opportunity to topple it. Yet their background and current warnings to Israel suggest that they will not be an improvement over Assad.
We must unite against hatred and violence, actively challenging hate in all its forms.
It would be stupid not to recognize there are plenty of good people still in the Democratic party who abhor the Squad and other of their most extreme party members.
To stand in solidarity with Israel, two days after Oct. 7, the Australian government decided to display images of the Israeli flag on the sails of the Sydney Opera House. Palestinian supporters retaliated by gathering at that landmark (while the Jews were warned to keep away) to set alight the Israeli flag, which they stomped on while shouting profanities. Police stood by and watched.
Can anyone forget his legal gymnastics to conjure up a case against Donald Trump in the so-called hush money case?
The vision of the HTS is not limited to Syria. It aims to topple all national Islamic regimes, and establish a universal Islamic entity, as prescribed by the precepts of the Moslem Brotherhood, which has pursued its goals through politics, education, social welfare and affiliates, splinters and offshoots that engage in terrorism.
By Sara Lehmann
Minister Sofer: Israel needs aliyah. It is important for the resilience and solidarity of the State of Israel. To this end, we help with housing, with learning the Hebrew language through an ulpan, and with many new programs.
Military action against the Kurds in northern and eastern Syria threatens a U.S. ally that could prevent future Iranian arms smuggling.
By Bassam Tawil
[Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu] has not earned the title "The Churchill of the Middle East" for nothing.
Given the tremendous unmet needs of the survivors and an inefficient effort by the American Orthodox community to help observant European Jews, the Vaad insisted there be unity among Orthodox Jews or the mission of saving the Torah community in Europe would be doomed.
"Jewish people brought morality to the world thousands of years ago, and some people are still mad about it." — Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle, ynetnews.com, January 27, 2024.
By David Isaac
"The advantages of independence clearly outweigh the benefits of continuing the status quo," says Misgav Institute fellow Raphael BenLevi.
"Since October 7 [2023], a sort of quiet boycott of Israeli researchers has begun, of the kind that has never been seen before. This boycott is reflected in the cancellation of invitations to joint conferences, the rejection of articles for publication, the rejection of grants to Israeli researchers, and more." — Israel's National Council for Civilian Research and Development, December 2023.
Hopefully, the amputation of its longest, most powerful tentacle will, at least temporarily, hamper Tehran’s ability to keep the terrorists on Israel’s Lebanese border fortified with arms and manpower.
By Alan Zeitlin
Fans like to use sports to distract themselves from war, from family stress, job stress, not being as in shape as one would like, or at the very least, as a way to feel a part of something bigger than yourself – that you can cheer for and see tangible results. If only a rabbi could give a derasha and get 40,000 people to show up!
Ronen Shoval’s "Holiness and Society” explores Jewish political thought through the lens of the Bible.
By Ben Cohen
Turkey and Qatar, net gains; Iran and its Palestinian and Lebanese proxies, net losses; Syria is a big loser; For Israel, the jury is out
After our son's injury my life has suddenly been enveloped in a fog of doubt and uncertainty – on every front... My entire life has been put on hold – all my plans suspended as I try to be the best parent that I can possibly be.
The turning point for many Americans was the foiled assassination attempt on Donald Trump this past summer. It was a turning point for Mr. Trump as well. He proclaimed that he felt the hand of G-d saving him.
That the very first parcel of land purchased in Eretz Yisrael was a burial cave is remarkable. That acquisition was not a home or a building, but rather a memorial, an eternal memorial that connects us to our past, to our forefathers, and to our land.
By dvora
Great challenges are yet before us, but as I view the path we have taken together up until now, I am full of hope and faith in our marvelous people, our heroic soldiers and in the knowledge that this time as well, with God’s help, the Eternal One of Israel will not lie.”
Dennis Ross is on television and in news articles offering unsolicited advice to Israel. But from 1993 to 1994, he was a source of hot air.
One particularly dangerous tool is AI systems’ ability to perform sophisticated psychological manipulation.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"The intelligence services are facing a huge, unprecedented challenge.”
Bashar Assad’s fall is not an opportunity for the United States to return to nation-building or foolish interventions in wars where there are no good guys.
Some sort of coalition may form or it may devolve into a full-on civil war or quite possibly some combination of the two. The one thing the Middle East isn’t known for is stability.
By Guy Millière
"We have become the Gaza of Europe. I will NOT accept that. NEVER. The authorities will be held accountable for their failure to protect the Israeli citizens. Never again". — Dutch MP Geert Wilders, X, November 8, 2024.
Ultimately, this story isn’t about politics or war. It’s about shoes and the people whose feet are inside of those shoes.
Even though Western governments aren’t likely to officially turn on the Jewish people, they are not equipped to protect us either.
The Japanese attack on December 7th united an America that until that morning was seriously divided over its role in the world
The fallout from Israel’s success over Hamas and Hezbollah has triggered a domino effect threatening Syrian President Bashar Assad’s grip on power and Iran’s regional influence.
I am deeply thankful for our army as a remarkable unifier of our people. It forges immediate bonds and unites our entire nation into one family.
By Avi Ciment
Personally, I believe that many Modern Orthodox parents lack proper bitachon, as many actually believe that the only way their kids will become wealthy is if they attend a top school. Yet I know doctors and lawyers that graduated last in their class and they are doing pretty nicely for themselves…
By Marc Gronich
While attempting to defend the border and protect the local residents and workers under siege, we expected our leaders to demonstrate the same courage displayed so bravely by Omer and rise to the occasion on behalf of those who were killed and kidnapped, just as our beloved Omer showed until the very end.
Sorry, Joe, but it is too late. Achieving Middle East peace in your last two months in office is not realistic. It would be better for you to just get some rest.
To be sure there is a lot to be upset about here. President Biden offered the same selective prosecution argument as the reason for the pardon that Donald Trump made against his prosecutions but which was roundly debunked by the President and his amen corner.
The "debate" regarding [so called] Ultra-Orthodox who refuse to serve in the IDF (even during war) won't be solved easily, and of course, nobody can take life-dependent decisions based only on "the feelings of the heart", on the emotional hurt for all those that fell in this war.
By way of context, on top of these developments, The Jerusalem Post reports that over the past year Israel has reportedly carried out some 70 air strikes in Syria to prevent Iran from bolstering Hezbollah in Lebanon. Yet Assad, loath to take on Israel alone, received no help against them from its erstwhile supporters.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The fact that Iran has not turned the final screw of an active atomic device will likely be good enough for the United States to do effectively nothing.
A leftist-dominated educational establishment and its media enablers fear that he will make good on his vow to defund institutions that embrace DEI and tolerate antisemitism.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
What does a military rabbi do on the front lines?
By JCFA- Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
Iran's fear of an Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities is driving it to project a willingness for dialogue with the Trump administration
Joe Biden did not just pardon Hunter: he pardoned himself.
Ben Shapiro's musical 'We Will Rise' on the Warsaw Ghetto is set to open in Israel this week.
These latest attacks came from New York, Washington, and The Hague.
Bad news for America and Israel.
By Bennett Ruda
Discussing the artist's latest film, 'Pogrom(s),' about the October 7th massacre
How can I not thank Hashem deeply for protecting my beautiful Noam from this deadly attack?
By calling for the arrest of Israel’s leaders, the ICC is violating the Rome Statute.
America needs gratitude and fellowship now more than ever.
It is worth noting that the Palestinian Authority managed to be admitted to the ICC as a member “state” in 2015. This comes despite the fact that there is no “state of Palestine” and that the P.A., Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad are dictatorial terrorist entities that should be given no shelter in international institutions, such as the ICC.
By David Nabhan
Jewish-Americans bizarrely find themselves rebuked by a party they’ve supported in lockstep for an entire century. In spite of their loyalty, though, Democrats have had a Jews not welcome sign out for many decades, repeated year after year by party notables like Linda Sarsour, Al Sharpton, Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar and others.
Why didn’t the U.S. cite the resolution’s refusal to call on Hamas, as the perpetrator of October 7, to unilaterally lay down their arms.
The court is drawing a moral equivalence between terrorists who behead Israeli babies, gang rape scores of Israeli teenagers, and murder, mutilate and torch 1,200 Israelis, and the undeniably just war Israel is waging in self-defense.
The murder of Rabbi Kogan is not just a tragedy for Chabad or for his immediate community – it is a tragedy for us all. Jewish safety is a collective responsibility, and we must stand together to prevent further loss.
By Our Readers
A (Mostly) Pro-Israel Cabinet In reference to your recent editorial “President Trump and Israel” (November 22), I agree that President-elect Trump’s recent senior administrative staff appointments, who may not necessarily be qualified for the positions he has appointed them to since they were chosen more based on loyalty than competence, are all (with one possible exception) very staunch supporters […]
After the events of Oct. 7, ordinary people can only laugh at the thought of arresting Netanyahu. They know the truth and fear that the violence of lunatics and jihadists will be strengthened by the ICC’s ruling.
While we get the fact that J Street may disagree with this or that Trump policy, the fact is that Israelis preferred Trump over Harris 66% to 17% in surveys taken in the run-up to November 5.
The ceasefire with Hezbollah won’t ensure the safety of northern Israel. But could anyone else have resisted U.S. heat for so long and achieved as much?
In The Art of the Deal, Donald Trump writes, "I like thinking big. I always have. To me it's very simple: If you're going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big."
Offering to negotiate with Islamic terrorists is a statement of weakness.
Countries should be cutting diplomatic ties with Iran, imposing and enforcing serious primary and secondary sanctions, putting military options on the table, and fully supporting Israel and the incoming Trump WH in permanently ending to Iran's nuclear program as well as to its brutal, expansionist regime.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
As the president-elect rolls out his cabinet choices, we’re seeing a team stacked with figures who are fierce advocates for Israel.
With his attack on Israel while the nation is fighting for its life, the pontiff has taken the Vatican backwards into a very dark past.
France's adversarial attitude towards both Israel and America has regrettably been long brewing.
In the midst of all the energies we dedicate to social change, communal resilience, national solidarity, and more, we cannot lose sight of the day when the end seems near, and we will look around for those who will carry on the torch of our values.
Within days after the AFSI report was released, the Times’s language suddenly changed. The Times went from using that false sentence in every article about Judea-Samaria, to never using it.
"Obama broke the tradition where an outgoing president doesn't initiate significant new policies during the transition."
By Naomi Kahn
From the day the U.S. Office of Palestine Affairs was created, it has functioned as an independent diplomatic body.
In these turbulent times, we can only imagine the wisdom he might have shared, the guidance he would have offered. His voice is profoundly missed, especially now when his words could have offered clarity and hope.
Since the political climate is now propitious toward Jewish interests, we need to be proactive.
These illegals cannot be expected or trusted to integrate into our society as law abiding residents, and so should never be rewarded for their initial or subsequent unlawful behavior.
There can be no uncertainty about the message that President-elect Trump’s appointments to his Middle East-related team has sent to Israel’s friends and foes alike.
At all events New Yorkers should not be fooled. And they must remember all of this political legerdemain, and hold the offending officeholders to account should they again run for office.
There is nothing here even close to the insinuated quid pro quo that Mr. Trump got their message and determined to act in accordance with it.
Iran's neighbours would be relieved, its captive citizens could then be free to choose leaders better aligned with their aspirations, and a liberated Iran might even join the Abraham Accords....
If the priority of Israeli progressives were to rescue the hostages, they would demand that Hamas release them. "The slogan for freeing the hostages," wrote British journalist Douglas Murray, "... should never have been 'Being them home.' It should be 'Give them back.' Now."
Never underestimate the power of an administration's single term or the harm that policies – whether constructive or poorly-informed -- can have on the international stage. As President Joe Biden's administration approaches the end of its term, it is hard not to see the global volatility, emboldened adversaries, and fractured alliances. Those are lessons to […]
The real question, therefore, is what could Trump II do to restore America's prestige across the globe and reassert itself as the indispensable power that it still is? The answer is: plenty.
[W]e are likely to see more anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish pogroms in other parts of the world as antisemitism moves from the fringes to the mainstream.
Whether Britain and Europe follow suit or give up the ghost, Jews there aren’t in for an easy ride.
July 24, 2026 
