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In the light of the self-evident, almost decades long Democrat campaign of conjuring up legal cases against Donald Trump, several of his family members and colleagues, that concern seems rather rich.
Hamas seems to be convinced that the deal will enable it to keep control of the Gaza Strip and prepare for more massacres of Jews.
Israel needs to see the return of the hostages, especially the elderly and children. But Bibi also wants to retain his new title as Winston Churchill reincarnate
Senior Israeli security officials have proposed a series of measures that President Trump could implement if the hostages are not released by the time he assumes office on January 20, 2025
Issues include the involvement of PA security forces in terror attacks, and the “pay for slay” stipends Ramallah pays to terrorists imprisoned in Israel.
The gates finally begin to crack open.
Hamas delayed the hostage release, delayed disclosing the names of who was being released. More psychological torture? Does this delay rise to the level of breaking the "ceasefire"?
By Bennett Ruda
capitalism is one of the best remedies for antisemitism. How does that work?
Israel will have to play along with President Trump’s priorities such as the hostage deal and a Saudi deal. If Israel does so, it will be well placed to expect a return from Trump down the line on other issues – ranging from Israeli assertion of sovereignty in parts of Judea and Samaria, to pushback against nasty international organizations that are at Israel’s throat, to US supply to Israel of heavy ordnance weaponry necessary for striking Iran, and more.
When a terrorist group "negotiates" with a democracy, it always has the upper hand.
By Nadav Shragai / Israel Hayom
Does the proposed deal not violate our contract with all citizens of the state?
With the deadline looming, concerns remain over the Lebanese Armed Forces’ readiness to enforce the ceasefire agreement and curb Hezbollah’s resurgence.
By Canaan Lidor
"If Israelis don’t control it, they don’t control Gaza,” Middle East analyst Daniel Pipes says of the Philadelphi Corridor.
In his first term, Trump announced an executive order that was to deny federal funding to colleges and universities that do not sufficiently combat discrimination against Jews. The order clarified that anti-Zionism is antisemitism, and therefore the hatred of Israel is hatred of Jews. But Biden and Emhoff did not take steps to ensure its implementation.
By Guy Millière
It is hoped that the Trump administration will allow no place for jihad in the US or the West.
By Meir Indor
What should be done? The responsibility lies with the public to protest persistently. Even if we don’t achieve everything, it will strengthen the government’s resolve in the face of external pressures.
By Susie Dym
80% of released terrorists return to their terror activities, and the ratio of release to murder is nearly 1:4.
The wilder part of me thinks that Israel should only return terrorist corpses and finally institute a death penalty for terrorists with blood on their hands.
By Guest Author
The students of Talmud Torah Netzach Yisrael in Beit Shemesh have launched a meaningful learning project in memory of a fallen soldier from Jerusalem that they never met.
The Trump administration is being tricked into adopting the Biden administration's Hamas policy.
Israel has earned the right to defensible borders and non-threatening neighbors, having been forced over the years to defend itself in wars of survival with its predatory neighbors precisely because of its defensive inadequacies. In a very real sense Israel has more than paid its dues.
One of the most pervasive myths of the Palestinian protest movement is that Israel has denied statehood to the Palestinian people. To the contrary, Israel agreed to Palestinian statehood in 1937-1938, 1947-1948, 1967, 2000-2001, and 2007. In each case, it was the Palestinian leadership that refused to agree to the two-state solution that would […]
By Sara Lehmann
“If there is peace in Israel, then there is peace in the world.”
Our enemies have made it very clear to the world since October 7 that they believe Palestine should extend ‘From the river to the sea.’ In fact, they attacked the Gaza Envelope, not Judea and Samaria.
The most accurate and literal translation of Derech Eretz is the ways of the world. Every society establishes its own codes of conduct to ensure more polite and civilized interactions. These codes of politeness are highly context-specific and differ from period to period and from location to location.
The court’s ruling did not touch on Mr. Trump’s substantive presidential immunity or lawfare defenses. Nor did it appear to follow any heated debates over them.
By Ariel Kahana
From Tehran's nuclear ambitions to a Gaza war resolution, the incoming president arrives with a detailed blueprint for the Middle East.
The American Historical Association’s allegation discredits them more than it does Israel. Yet it illustrates how corrupt and anti-intellectual the leftist-dominated academic world has become.
To their enemies, the Jews cannot do anything right. They are hated when they are strong; they are hated when they are weak. They are hated when they are poor; they are hated when they are rich. They are hated when they win; they are hated when they lose.
ADL’s claims that Mark Zuckerberg’s decision will harm Jews show their partisanship and liberal frustration over Trump’s defeat of the censorship-industrial complex.
By Bennett Ruda
Khan had been using a pro-Palestinian law firm in connection with the case, raising questions regarding his impartiality
Security sources confirm that Hamas’s military wing has recruited thousands of new fighters, who have undergone military training, in exchange for money, humanitarian aid, and medical treatment.
Achdut takes time, a conviction and a commitment . But above all, it will require a sense of urgency.
Let us be honest. For many people, who are not unusually holy and spiritual, which night of Chanukah is the most exciting – the first, or the last?
Currently, Israel follows a policy of “respecting and suspecting him,” and so far, it has not established open or secret communication channels with al-Jolani.
By Sara Lehmann
Determining the value of life is a question of moral relativism on the left. Whether life is sanctified or not depends on whose life it is.
We in the Jewish community also had special concerns with Mr. Carter both during and after his one term in office that went beyond those we necessarily shared with our fellow Americans – centering around his feelings about Jews and the Jewish State of Israel.
We must recognize Israel's achievements under difficult circumstances, even as we strive in a positive way to help Israel continue to improve its relations with its Arab populations, but we must not permit criticisms for improvement to stigmatize Israel.
The claim that Israelis are indifferent to the suffering in Gaza is false; its purpose is to demonize Jews while ignoring Palestinian support for genocide.
The mitzvah to honor parents solidifies the structure of the family. By honoring those who have sacrificed to build and nurture the family, we reinforce the values that underpin family life.
Palestinians claim UNWRA is a vital lifeline for the needy, while Israel has determined that it is a dangerous cover for Hamas with several of its employees having taken part in the October 7 massacre and cannot be allowed to continue in operation.
Trump is once again being true to his America-First convictions.
The reality of America at the start of 2025 is far more nuanced than any one side would have you believe.
What we should be watching for in the year to come
By Louis P Welz
COJO Flatbush certainly has plenty to be proud of, and I look forward to even greater growth in the coming decade, with more programs, services, and partnership opportunities with elected officials representing our city’s diverse communities.
Whenever there has been public daylight between the U.S. and Israel, Hamas has pulled back from a ceasefire and release of hostages, the secretary said.
It wasn’t long before Klein ran into the roadblocks erected by the U.S. State Department to keep Jews out of the U.S.
What's Wrong with the "Mainstream" Media?
Time to re-engage in the fight for Israel with passion and conviction, not apologetics or apprehension. A new film and book show the way.
[I]t is the tiny nation of Israel that has found itself largely alone in the desperate fight to preserve the West's Judeo-Christian ideals. It would be to the West's advantage if its other nations would join Israel in this noble task.
How can we unite our various branches while maintaining our distinct and complementary characteristics? What does it take to hold together differing tribes as we pursue our shared destiny?
America has not fallen, no more than it did when the clock struck midnight on December 31, 1912.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
This year will go down in history as the year Israel re-asserted itself and Trump regained the presidency.
The moment I first heard about the mass murders in New Orleans, I knew in my bones that the car rammer and shooter was a Muslim.
By Jason Maoz
It was with no apparent sense of irony that Jimmy Carter’s 1976 campaign autobiography was titled Why Not the Best? That very question would come up with increasing frequency in the years after Carter’s election, only then it was being asked not as a rhetorical device to sell books but by Americans who refused to believe that this ineffectual, uninspiring milquetoast was the best a great nation could do.
While the list of companies and institutions abandoning their voluntary DEI programs continues to grow, there are many that have not wavered and show no signs of doing so.
By Marc Gronich
Hochul also expressed, as only she can, her disgust with the Electoral College, calling for it to be abolished as she presided over the 60th general proceedings of the state’s delegation to the Electoral College in Albany.
Fanny framed the need to share Jewish stories in terms of education. She wanted others to learn about Jews. The implied reasoning behind this is that antisemitism emerges from a lack of knowledge, and as such, teaching people about Jews would fix the problem.
Mr. Blum’s father had no idea how the American official would react to his brazen request. But he felt strongly that he could not take an oath without his head covered. This small act of courage resulted in great liberation.
Currently, the IDF is dealing with the hundreds of terrorists who remain, demonstrating the scale of the challenge posed by a well-entrenched adversary.
Paradoxically, even as the Pope was delivering his calumnies, the Palestinian Authority, which of late has begun a crackdown on terrorists in the West Bank in order to present itself as an alternative to Hamas control of Gaza, confirmed Israel’s position.
This article discusses the final category: federal holidays that are religious in origin but are now seemingly celebrated secularly, with New Year’s Day as an excellent example of that.
That Israel's right to defend its civilians is being questioned every day all around the world demonstrates how important books that rise beyond rhetoric are – and that’s what these books do.
If Abbas really wants peace – as J Street and the State Department keep telling us – he would not have heaped praise on Shubaki in his eulogy.
Lest “The New York Times” be accused of basing its entire screed on anonymous sources, it made sure to include a quote from—you guessed it—a Gazan.
The Jews are not committing genocide against Muslims in Gaza, whose population grew almost 3% last year. Muslims, however, are committing mass murder via jihad against Christians in Africa. Yet the Pope cowers from defending his own flock.
Never again will I be able to look at secular Israelis–be it in Israel or in the diaspora–the same way I have in the past.
The apparent lack of sensitivity to the needs of the observant Jews was visible in a number of areas
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
Don't let the Haredi draft or the hostage issue divide our camp and topple the government.
Israel's enemies in Gaza today, like the Philistines of old, constitute a mortal threat to the nation, although that threat diminishes as Israel again succeeds in overcoming its enemies.
The election of Donald Trump and the collapse of the Assad regime in Syria will compel a recalibration of recalibration of France’s past policies.
Sadly, the discussion of the fate of Gaza in general, and of the “Day After” in particular, is taking on an eerily familiar look—ominously reminiscent of the discussions of yesteryear.
As the State of Israel achieved more international recognition, including peace deals with Arab neighbors, many Israelis saw this recognition as the basis of our rights to the land. They no longer felt a need to rely upon the Bible as the basis of their rights and, thus, of their identity.
If the mitzvah of lighting candles is zecher l’Mikdash, then some form of mehadrin can be compared to other forms of hiddur mitzvah. But if the mitzvah is for pirsumei nisa, then mehadrin, especially mehadrin min hamehadrin, takes on new significance.
In terms of military action taking out Iran’s nuclear development sites, Israel has clearly demonstrated that the sites are well within reach of Israeli air power – and certainly that of the United States.
The Hebrew words Hanukkah (חנוכה), inauguration (חנוכ), and education ((חנוך possess an identical root.
This pathology in human herd mentality has been successfully exploited by Russian Communists, German Nazis and Arab Islamists over the past century, and has led to disastrous results, not least for the inhabitants of those nations. Standing diametrically opposed to this superficial populism is the Jewish people.
I began putting on tefillin daily for the first time in nearly five years, more out of a transactional hope – a gumball machine theology – than genuine devotion. I figured if I gave something to G-d, maybe He’d give something back.
The IDF Rabbinate’s guidelines aim to answer many of the countless questions of Jewish law it has received in recent weeks regarding how to best fulfill the mitzvah of lighting Chanukah candles during wartime.
Ms. Ocasio-Cortez made a lot of progressive noises from the moment she entered Congress in 2019 as its youngest female member... She quickly became the face of disruptive progressivism in Congress and seemed destined to ride to future fame and prominence on the crest of a wave of progressive inevitability.
The perpetrators of the senility coup must be held accountable.
By Bennett Ruda
And sure enough, if you do a search, you will find responses that echo the Secretary General's excuse for Hamas, applied now on social media to Luigi Mangione
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).
October 30, 2026 
