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Why should human voices hold such authority in a halachic system which answers to Hashem?
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israel is the creator of its destiny; the White House is not.
By Alex Traiman
The protest organizers are doing irreparable harm to the state, its institutions and its economy, in a classic “cutting off your nose to spite your face” campaign.
“Behold, I accept upon myself the commandment of the Lord to love my neighbor as myself.”
Certainly he can never match his oldest brother's brilliance, and although sometimes he thinks that his second brother makes some good points, he is afraid of disappointing his parents; he is afraid of disappointing himself.
By Keshet Starr
Halachic Prenuptial Agreements are yet another critical vehicle for social change. Signing a prenup not only protects the individual couple involved but also helps cement a larger cultural message – that get refusal is not welcome here, in this home, in this shul,
The protests have nothing to do with judicial reform and everything to do with undoing the results of the last election.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The president’s attack on Benjamin Netanyahu is all about revenge.
More than 3,000 years before the Mayflower left England for the New World, Jews fled from Egypt.
By Alex Traiman
While the Israeli left has had no choice but to concede the government to a voter base shifting to the right, it is unprepared and unwilling to give up control of state institutions.
Those who fought back against the Nazis were able to obtain guns from criminal sources and from contacts in the Polish resistance Home Army.
Today’s version of slavery may be different, but the impact is the same. With our technological advancement, we currently live in the most physically comfortable time in human history. However, we also live with a kind of mental slavery imposed by none other than ourselves.
In religious terminology how do we balance between torah, peoplehood and land? Or, in Hebrew how do we balance between Torat Yisrael, Am Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael.
They seem to believe that such tactics are patriotic acts of democracy – but only when engaged in by the Left.
By Israel Hayom
The military's job is to win wars, everything else is a dangerous distraction.
By BESA CENTER
Hezbollah or Hamas will likely identify the current crisis in Israel over the new government’s proposed reform of Israel’s judiciary as an opportunity to act against it. They might be surprised, however, by Israel’s response.
Of course Minister Bezalel Smotrich is correct. Of course there is no Arab “Palestinian” people and never was an Arab “Palestine.” It all is a fraud. It’s just a fact. Repeat the truth: There never was an Arab political entity of “Palestine” and never a “Palestinian Arab nation.” The dizzying repetition of that Big Lie for so […]
Wherever Jews lived, they did not publicly challenge the occupation of the land by the empires of the East and West. They did so in their homes, sanctuaries, books and prayers. Religious rituals were instituted to remember the destruction of the Temple and the subsequent exile.
Similar support is given in public schools, where a large segment of the student population may also be English language learners; the only difference is the language being spoken.
By Bracha Goetz
The Babylonians deliberately took the smartest teens as captives to train them for service in the king’s court, with assimilation as a prerequisite.
Israel should seek a full investigation of the charges that have been leveled against its national. But it also has a responsibility to him as an Israeli citizen and a senior IDF officer to ensure that his arrest warrant isn’t politically motivated.
Our origin story has everything to do with who we are and where we are going.
Attempting to enact major change without a broad consensus can only result in controversy, polarization and, in the end, continuing unrest.
Far more important than a political strategy, history reminds us it is the economy upon which great nations rise or fall
Not according to any accurate application of the term
Israel voted for a right-wing government, and they want right-wing policy. They don’t want to be overruled by the side that LOST.
he Biden administration would do well to realize that a nuclear Iran is not just an existential threat to Israel; a nuclear Iran is major threat to the region, Europe, America, the world.
Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, will need to safely and swiftly maneuver through a domestic minefield without entangling the military in politics.
By Dror Eydar
Israel's justices have powers unparalleled by any court anywhere else, making them the de facto government.
the international community seems to be deliberately turning a blind eye to Palestinian teenage terror.
The New York Times has to bury the accords, because if it didn’t, it would have to admit that they failed.
By Eyal Zisser
The passing of Ahmed Qurei marks the end of an era, potentially bringing the armed struggle back to square one.
By Howard Blas
Still, it has its work cut out for it at the World Baseball Classic in Miami, where some of the best teams share its division, says Peter Kurz.
By IPT-Investigative Project on Terrorism
State Department Report Finally Released
By Ruthie Blum
Herzog’s attempt to broker a compromise by appeasing the “resistance” is a waste of time--The protest movement aims for a complete halt to the legislative process and the ultimate fall of the Jewish state’s democratically elected government.
The Israeli Supreme Court wields influence and enjoys a lack of accountability remarkably similar to that of Iran’s Supreme Leader.
During the late 1980s and 1990s, the legal establishment arrogated more and more power to itself
Whoever said that Muslims don't give infidels the freedom of choice?
By BESA CENTER
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has riled the energy markets of Europe and created opportunities for Israel’s energy sector that contain both risks and rewards
This conflict remains intractable because of the baseless canard that Israel stole Palestinian Arab land, and is thus an occupier of Arab land
By Guy Millière
"U.S. support for demonstrations in Tel Aviv isn't about the future of Israel's judiciary. It's about handcuffing Israel while Iran gets the bomb." — Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine, March 2, 2023.
Unilateral imposition of unpopular policies can backfire in the long run.
Prominent NYU social psychologist Jonathan Haidt recently argued that Gen Z (those born between 1997 and 2012), has been set up for failure due to a confluence of social media, bad parenting, and a culture that emphasizes victimhood.
The lowest level would be when introducing oneself at a social, political or other event, with no agenda other than to impress the person being addressed.
The issue exercising the Left is the growing realization that they have lost their grip on power and they are angry and frustrated about it.
By Ruthie Blum
That enemy eulogies of the Jewish state are given a boost by the Israeli press may be disconcerting, but it’s the price—and privilege—of free speech. Soldiers don’t enjoy such a luxury, however.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Its just-released assessment of Joe Biden’s first year as president whitewashes Palestinian terrorism.
So instead of starting each school day with a prayer, why don't we start each school day with the recitation of the First Amendment? Then the teacher can explain why prayer is a private matter – for the home, the church or the mind. It is not the job of the teacher to inculcate his or her religious views — or those of Mayor Adams.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. financial and political support of the Palestinians’ war against Israel is shameful.
By Dror Eydar
As we celebrate Purim, perhaps we should look at the Talmudic interpretation of the holiday to better understand our contemporary era.
By Ayoob Kara
As a former Israeli Minister, I support Azerbaijan as they file an arbitration case against Armenia under the Energy Charter Treaty.
When people become 'just spectators' to their own lives, they cannot act to improve their lives and to change what is going on in their lives any more than they can act to change what is going on in the movies or the soap operas.
Thanks to the Biden Administration's weak leadership, Iran has been able to make these major nuclear advancements. Unless the Biden Administration quickly emerges from its confusion, Americans may well have the questionable honor of Russia, China and Iran all aiming nuclear weapons at them at once.
Nides proudly claims spending “60% of my time trying to help the Palestinian people” – revealing that his role as Ambassador to Israel is undeserving of his attention.
Upon careful reading of Megillat Esther, we discover that Esther’s soirée with Achashverosh and Haman, and Haman’s sentencing to the gallows, took place on the first days of Pesach!
Palestinian prisoners warned in their letter to the minister that his measures will lead to a "war" outside the prison system and will hit the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and Jerusalem.
By Bassam Tawil
The way to be a real "pro-Palestinian" activist? These activists should be defending the rights of women and gays in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Being "pro-Palestinian" does not necessarily mean that one has to be anti-Israel.
The mission’s purpose was supposed to be to learn directly from Israel’s key elected leaders about vital and serious issues that confront Israel.
By Avi Ciment
Hashem, knowing all too well of life’s injustices, gave us a lesson for the ages about how He exacts reward and punishment.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“It’s forbidden to say you don’t want war.”
By Bassam Tawil
The Biden Administration appears to believe that building a home for a Jew constitutes a greater threat than gangs and terror groups carrying out lethal attacks against Jews.
If Bubbe hadn’t dropped off that bag, Purim would have been so much sadder that year. At the same time, it meant so much more to me to receive the one from her.
147 Americans have been killed by Palestinian terrorists since 1968, but not one of the killers has stood before a U.S. court.
IDF continues its counter-terrorism operations in Judea and Samaria and sends a warning to the terrorist organizations of its long reach.
In the face of terror, let our ancestors’ courage become ours.
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
Firm and forceful security and thriving Jewish communities are essential, yet to effectively eradicate the roots of terrorism, a novel approach is required.
The administration crosses two ominous red lines.
By Israel Hayom
While the terrorist attack took place without warning, preventing the IDF and the Shin Bet from taking pre-emptive action, the revenge of the Jewish settlers was written on the wall well in advance.
For an unelected body to wield power over an entire people is simply and utterly intolerable. Indeed, it’s totally indefensible.
By Eyal Zisser
If Israel has the capability to deal with the Iranian threat, it must place the gun on the table or use it.
By Ben Shapiro
What, pray tell, is "equity"? It certainly isn't equality — the presumption that Americans ought to be treated equally under the law as individuals.
By Atara Beck
“Our mission is to effectively minister to underserved communities in Israel with excellence, in the name of Yeshua,” says clinic’s founder.
By Bassam Tawil
funders do not even ask the Palestinian leaders, as a condition of their funding, to stop calling for violence and to stop rewarding murder. One has to ask: Why not?
By BESA CENTER
The current debate in Israel on a semi – constitutional reform is being carried out, as is often the case with Israeli strategic decision-making, in an improvised manner and under pressure.
One may ask, why is the senseless wrenching of young children from their mothers by the courts of concern to the Jewish community?
He became one of the most popular maggidei shiur in the yeshiva, [and] taught with a remarkable clarity and preciseness so that almost everyone could follow his shiur.
There is growing concern in Israel’s security establishment that teen recruitment receives broad social support and religious legitimacy, and will expand as the Palestinians move closer to Ramadan (March 22–April 20, 2023).
By JCFA- Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs
The world still believes that the “Two-State Solution” is the way to resolve the Israel-Palestine Conflict. But when the Arab Palestinians invoke this idea, they are holding something back.
ISRAEL AND MOROCCO SHOULD RECOGNIZE WHAT THE OTHER NEEDS FOR DEVELOPMENT, PROSPERITY AND SECURITY, AND HOW THEY CAN EACH CONTRIBUTE FOR STABILITY IN THE REGION.
He is facing new allegations that he stoked a wild anti-Israel and antisemitic conspiracy theory on Twitter.
The guiding principle is simple: If the left does it, it’s okay. If the right does it, judicial intervention is essential to protect democracy.
Get What They Voted For: Right-Wing Legislation
By Balázs Orbán
Hungarians have learnt the lesson: if you lead a successful conservative government, no matter what, you end up receiving heavy criticism from the mainstream liberal media.
FOR ISRAEL TO BE STRONG, TO PROSPER, TO BE A FORCE FOR GOOD IN THE REGION AND THE WORLD, AND TO FEND OFF INCESSANT POLITICAL WARFARE CAMPAIGNS, IT NEEDS TO BE UNITED IN THE BASIC QUESTIONS.
By Ruthie Blum
The idea that it’s possible at this juncture to conduct rational talks with hysteria-mongering judicial-reform rejectionists is tenuous, at best.
The administration backs the Israeli left’s campaign to thwart the will of Israeli voters.
He is, after all, facilitating Nuclear Cooperation between Iran's Mullahs and Russia
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Some of my fellow generals have crossed the red line.
A new book is essential to understanding the current lunacy over Israel and the global jihad.
The call had come the day before – someone was needed, could we fill that need? But the details had remained vague, and as we lit the Shabbos candles after a long day of waiting, we remained uncertain whether or not we would be called upon
How pleasantly surprised I was when I saw a page of the program dedicated, however briefly, to telling Shira and SPP’s story. This won’t give people a taste of who she truly was, I thought, but it’s a nice gesture nonetheless.
It is estimated that the Iranians will try to hit Israeli targets abroad or carry out attacks on Israeli targets using missiles and drones fired by its militias in the Middle East.
By Ben Cohen
Antisemitic ideology is highly adaptive, reinventing its obsession with supposed Jewish malignancy in almost any situation and winning supporters accordingly.
By Israel Hayom
The threat posed by incitement from Right and Left comes from a silent enemy who seethes angrily in the dark and suddenly decided to take action.
The left isn’t worried about democracy. It doesn’t like democracy. It likes its oligarchy.
The ‘cycle of violence’ lie won’t work this time, so watch the Palestinians’ supporters try to quickly change the subject.
By Ruthie Blum
The terrorist murder of two children and a newlywed didn’t put a dent in the demonstrations against the so-called “death of democracy.”
September 25, 2026 
