יום ראשון, י״ט אב תשפ״וSunday, August 2, 2026
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Our phones and computers can be gateways to inexhaustible knowledge and wisdom. Too often, however, they are distractions from reality, blurring the lines between the world as it is and the world as we want it to be.
Everything in this story is surreal. Imagine: Hillel Garmi believes that Hamas is nonviolent, and Luhar Altman thinks that Israel should not have an army. And a Jewish Palestinian wishes for “many more like them.”
By Jeff Dunetz
On August 9th, 2001 Palestinian terrorists blew up Sbarro pizza in the heart of Jerusalem killing 15 people including seven children and a pregnant woman, wounding 130. A month later, other Islamist terrorists blew up the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and attempted to destroy the Capital building
Step by step... it didn't have to happen this way.
By Forest Rain
Kite firebombs don’t sound like a real threat. Balloons sound even sillier (especially when the balloons are made from inflated condoms) but this is no game. The kites and balloons have been found up to 25 miles from Gaza,
By Paul Gherkin
In 2018, the State of Israel declared itself the Nation-State of the Jewish people. The public declaration has been made. The Jew is out of the closet. Deal with your anti-Semitism if you want to live next to Israel, and strike treaties and do business with the Jewish State.
O Felesteen, We shall free you from the prison of their wicked acts of farming, through blood and fire! Mostly fire, though. Lots of it.
I see the law as absolutely necessary to protect the Jewish state against the post-Zionist elite and the European-funded NGOs. But I also see the reaction of the Druze to the law as a major failure of our leadership.
By Jeff Dunetz
With the dropping of one bomb on Hiroshima Japan, mankind had finally found a weapon that could wipe out the entire population, literally at once.
By Fred Maroun
The nation-state Basic Law should have surprised no one. Those who were genuinely taken aback by the realization that Jews have a special place in Israel, have never understood what Israel is.
By Paul Gherkin
The few protests by Israeli Druze are sparked by the knowledge that the Jewish left and European funded-NGOs will embrace its cause and fight side-by-side in the streets. In the Jewish State there is a left-wing army that is willing to join their protests in a manner that never existed before.
By Jeff Dunetz
My response to the query, "How can you be both politically conservative and a Jew?” is usually “How can a Jew NOT be politically conservative?”
By JoeSettler
With a single question, we can determine if your opposition to the "Basic Law: Israel as the Nation State of the Jewish People" stems from unexamined populism or from an anti-Zionist ideology.
Why do they hate us? It doesn’t matter. It’s not worth arguing about who started it and who’s right or wrong, except as an academic exercise. What is important is that the conflict is not amenable to the solutions being offered
The weaponization of Palestinian Arab children by their own society, even by their own families, is so incomprehensible to outsiders that it seems many deny its reality for that reason alone.
If Israel declaring itself to be Jewish is wrong, how can the Arab and Muslim nations of the world declaring that they are Muslim and Arabic be right? The double standard is ubiquitous and has only one possible answer: There’s nothing wrong with an Arab and Muslim country, but something wrong with a Jewish country.
True democracy is difficult to obtain, and difficult to keep. We are fortunate in Israel to have the degree of democracy that we have
By Fred Maroun
The 2006 election of Hamas was not a mistake that Gazans have learned from, Hamas remains the most popular party in Gaza. Gazans therefore cannot be considered the helpless victims of terrorists,
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
For more than 100 years, the Arabs have killed while the Jews have built and cultivated. And this is precisely what we’ll continue to do.
By Paul Gherkin
Democratic governments like the US and Israel, with a finite term, must seek re-election from its citizens is vulnerable to having a short stint in office. Its “present” is fleeting. However, dictatorship, like EVERY Arab and Muslim nation, has no set term limit of being in office or caring much about the opinions of its populace. Its “present” might extend for decades.
By Jeff Dunetz
It is now clear to both Israel's friends and adversaries, that any peace must include a recognition of Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
The media has been screaming that Trump was a traitor, when it was their man, Obama, who sold out to Putin, while President Trump held the line on missile defense without caring about what Moscow thought.
By Fred Maroun
Israeli Arabs are noy affected negatively by the new law
he law is intended to set a bottom line, to build a fence around the fundamental Zionist principles of the state and keep them from eroding. It also makes an explicit statement about what kind of state we are and aspire to be.
By Paul Gherkin
An essential breakdown of the necessary to understand the 'controversial' new Basic Law called “The Nation-State of the Jewish People,”
I want to tell you about a dream I had this past Shabbat on Tisha B'Av..
By Paul Gherkin
According to the UN, in the unique case of Israel, where there is smoke evidently there is no fire.
Why have the Arab nations have allowed the issue of Palestinian refugees to continue? One simple reason which I call the First Principle of Arab Leadership: it is always more important to hurt Jews than to help Arabs.
By Jeff Dunetz
Throughout Jewish history, horrible things have happened to the Jewish people on or around the 9th day of Av. Even former Pres. Obama, the most anti-Semitic president in my lifetime has an eerie connection to this sad day.
The idea that the maps prove that Israel is gobbling land and making peace impossible is a pure falsehood.. The Obama map is a lie.
By Forest Rain
Statements from Jews, usually from America, prefaced by “my Jewish values” usually precede some sort of accusation against Israel that has little to do with facts – or an understanding of Jewish values. The basics are really simple, if you take the time to actually look at them:
Israel is presently weathering an intensely hostile political climate in a world where ethnic nationalism is considered evil. Rather than hide who we are, we should broadcast it. It might not make the world like us any more, but at least they will better understand what we are fighting for.
By Jeff Dunetz
Kavanaugh is an experienced and serious legal mind who believes the constitution should be interpreted by the courts not re-written. More than any other qualification that is the reason the man should sit on the court.
By Jeff Dunetz
Obama didn’t treat Israel as an enemy. He treated Israel worse than an enemy., worse than Iran
We have things backwards. We are the stronger power, and thus Hamas should be the ones begging for negotiations. We are not deterring them. They are deterring us
explain it to me. Explain how Israel is so villainous that the good that Israelis do can be dismissed. Explain why it is so important that its conflict overshadows all the other disputes in our contentious world. Explain why they support “solutions” that imply the replacement of Israel by a Palestinian Arab state.
Based on her decision, one might conclude that Judge Collyer’s thinking runs along these lines: Settlers are bad and need to be punished. She’s not blaming and punishing the victim, but the victim’s parents. It’s their fault the boys are dead.
By JoeSettler
David Bitton started no small amount of rumors, that Netanyhau offered Shaked the slot right below his in the Likud party.
By Paul Gherkin
To celebrate this great country’s Independence Day, I will leave the Democratic Party which now more closely resembles the alt-left Green Party and Working Families Party then the Democratic Party of 20 years ago. Join me in saying goodbye.
Supposed 'facts' of IfNotNow. The question is, 'When' will they tell the truth?
Why does the world try to maintain the laughable distinction between anti-Semitism, which they claim to abhor, and “criticism of Israel” that invariably includes demonization, delegitimization, and double standards? What forces them to take this position?
Did it never occur to these "experts" that Abbas was using his people as an excuse not to make peace, and that in fact the people want to end this useless situation already if only he would accept a couple more of Israel's security demands? I
By Jeff Dunetz
Think about it…we’ve had years of four justices who strictly follow the constitution (conservatives), four justices who believe they can create law (liberals), and Kennedy in the middle. A Trump pick will create a permanent 5-4 conservative majority.
What is the solution? Extreme vetting? Refund demands? A PR campaign explaining how Birthright is non-partisan? Extreme surveillance of the group? Or something else....
Find the American students, we are looking for Birthright participants.
We were born with a soul that presses us to search for Him. How to do that search? Which direction to go?
So let’s get this straight: the owner credits herself with heroism for making herself uncomfortable by asking Huckabee Sanders to leave thereby sparing her employees discomfort by refusing service to someone with whom they disagree.
By Jeff Dunetz
These Nazi or Hitler references are inappropriate because their hyperbolic nature cheapens the memory of the actual horrors that millions of people including six million Jews. From a journalistic point of view, the exaggeration is a sign of disrespect for their audience.
While Israel burns, world media fiddles tiny violins of unctuous sympathy fro the Palestinians.
By JoeSettler
Once again irresponsible residents caused a security call-out, this time, someone was seriously injured.
By Guest Author
An open letter to the members of IfNotNow from a sympathetic-yet critical-Rabbi, who made aliya
One thing does indeed overshadow all of the hate of the enemies of Israel: the LOVE of G-d for the Jewish People and the special Land given to them, the Land of Israel. What we read in the daily papers is nothing compared to what we read in our daily prayers
By JoeSettler
The American Jewish leadership don't realize yet how completely manipulated they were by Prime Minister Netanyahu.
The Rabbinut’s power is based on laws which have been passed because religious parties always are an essential part of coalition governments. This has been true for coalitions of the Left and Right since the founding of the state
By Forest Rain
It makes me physically ill to see Jews abroad and even my own government in Israel bend over backward to not seem “too aggressive” to the nations of the world who love to condemn Israel for defending her citizens.
By Fred Maroun
Brave words from an Arab who finds much in the Arab world disgusting, and much to be admired in Israel
By Jeff Dunetz
“I’ve actually heard a lot of people on both sides of the aisle say if we’re going to have our first female president, it could very likely be Nikki Haley,”
The more Israel refrains from self-defense because of fear of legal consequences, the more she will be threatened with such consequences. The cycle must be broken, both because it prevents us from acting and because it broadcasts weakness to our enemies.
The future of American Zionism is to be found among Jews who don’t care about respectability. They’re either from insular religious communities or have the same tough Queens attitude as Trump.
Many American Jews, especially younger ones, are not able to withstand the assault on their sense of peoplehood. It’s not surprising, because this identification has been suppressed by the American educational system and media from their earliest years.
By Paul Gherkin
Neither Jordan nor Egypt have laws that forbid the sale of land to Jews nor have they made statements that Jews are unwelcome in their respective countries. Meanwhile Palestinians neither permit the sale nor permit the presence of Jews.
Two Jews on a bus going the same -yet opposite directions, to hopefully, the same place.
By Forest Rain
The IDF didn’t go on a manhunt because they were ordered to. They certainly didn’t do it because it’s fun. They did it because we are one family
The brains and resources of the vaunted IDF are working night and day to create a defense against this latest innovative threat: Kites and Balloons
The question shouldn’t be “how can we stop incendiary kites?” Rather, we should ask “how we can hurt the Gazans – o badly, so disproportionately, that they will be very sorry that they tried to burn our country.
Of course the Palestinians have a culture; it is unique among Arabs. It is all about their historic sense of injustice, their obsessive certainty that all of their misfortunes are somebody else’s (usually our) fault, and their endless creative pursuit of strategies, tactics, and weapons that they hope will finally bring them to their judenrein promised land.
By Forest Rain
What fuels the violence is European leaders sending the message that Arab violence is only to be expected because Arabs feel wronged by the existence of Israel and her eternal ties to Jerusalem.
By Paul Gherkin
Discrimination still exists in Jerusalem and it is practiced against the Jews of the city.
By Jeff Dunetz
Wishing the great columnist Charles Krauthammer a refuah shleimah
Water extinguishes fire better than bullets. My commenter is right about that. And bullets deter racist-arsonists better than does water.
By Paul Gherkin
Times Whitewashes Motivation of Palestinian Assassin of Robert Kennedy
By Jeff Dunetz
Anyone who supports the Women’s March organization must recognize that it is led by Jew haters.
By Paul Gherkin
According to the polls, Palestinians are indeed fed up with their leadership, but more with Abbas than Hamas. That sentiment is more pronounced in Gaza (81%) than the West Bank (62%).
By Guest Author
One would think the Washington Post might do a little fact-checking on the op-eds they publish.
We have history on our side. Am Yisrael Chai!!
By Forest Rain
All our soldiers are precious, every life matters but sometimes you get a glimpse into a life and see a quality of character that is rich in everything we value most – kindness, decency, willingness to work hard and do for others, hope.
By Paul Gherkin
Palestinian Arabs have been given tacit approval to attack Israel for decades by the United Nations. Therefore shouldn't the UN cover the bill for the damage to Israel's security fence in violation of Israel’s sovereignty?
"In this thought provoking article Varda Meyers Epstein touches on the choices made by two very different societies – the choice to hate vs the choice to serve, to open doors and strive for something better. " Forest Rain Marcia
By Fred Maroun
It is not Israel that needs to change. It is not Israel that needs to be boycotted. It is the Arab world that needs to have a deep look at itself, how it behaves towards its own peoples and towards others, and how it needs to change.
A day of shooting at Israel, and then suddenly silence. What just happened?
By Ben Shapiro
The media coverage of Hamas’ and Islamic Jihad’s latest acts of terrorism has been skimpy at best because It’s rather inconvenient to the media’s narrative that Hamas and Islamic Jihad continue to be terrorists groups rather than peaceful protesters.
As a liberal consensus vanishes, the ADL is becoming an organization with no base. The ADL is too pro-Jewish for the left and not pro-Jewish enough for the right.
Ari Fuld takes us down to Israel's south were mortars are raining down.
By Paul Gherkin
Thomas Friedman, the three-time Pulitzer Prize winner for Middle East reporting seems to never be shy at demonstrating his complete ignorance, his willful naivete, and racist views on the region.
The 'identity politics' that supposedly grew out of concern for human rights then turns around and negates those rights. This supposed progress turns back time, hurting us all.
By Ben Shapiro
The NFL kneeling protest was always foolish. It was always counterproductive. And now it remains a polarizing issue played for gain by both sides.
It’s downright shameful that most of us don’t give more than a passing thought to Memorial Day. What could be more important than remembering the principles of freedom and those who sacrificed to preserve it?
Ari Fuld visits an Israeli factory in the Shomron. BDS doesn't like this place.
By Fred Maroun
Considering that Israel has a consistent history of being extremely careful to avoid civilian casualties, a friend such as Canada would be expected to give Israel the benefit of the doubt, and not to make unproven accusations.
There is no overall solution to Israel's media problem, but there are things that Israel could do...
By JoeSettler
We need to consider what the Iranians and Arabs actually saw on both sides of the split screen.
By Forest Rain
Kind, caring people, genuinely concerned people keep saying to me , Stay Safe!" Why do I find this so annoying?
What is Israel supposed to do? Bring their own slingshots and Molotov cocktails?! Of course they are going to protect themselves and the rest of Israel in the most efficient way possible. All while respecting human life.
By Jeff Dunetz
Only Republicans decided to attend the embassy opening in Jerusalem. Another surprise when one considers American Jews blind loyalty to the Democratic Party.
By Jeff Dunetz
Many ambassadors of European nations who oppose the move will skip it, including our ‘allies,” including those from the UK, France, and Germany. That’s not all, according to Axios, our EU ‘buddies’ tried to pass a resolution that would embarrass Pres. Trump for moving the U.S. embassy:
By Forest Rain
The embassy move is important. It is an end to ambivalence, a declaration of understanding that the Jewish people have always been connected to Zion and will never leave. It is up to the rest of the nations of the earth to make the same decision and officially give up the secret, or not so secret hope, that the Jewish people will somehow disappear.
July 31, 2026 
