יום שבת, ח׳ תשרי תשפ״זSaturday, September 19, 2026
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By Bassam Tawil
If the Democratic senators have it their way, the future Palestinian state will also be controlled by Hamas and PIJ.
People will always want to censor but not be censored. — Dershowitz.
The fanatical anti-Israeli legacy of Erdoğan has "successfully" poisoned an already xenophobic society; it will probably take generations to clean up.
U.S. Policy Options in Light of Hamas's Invasion of Israel
By Gregg Roman
The current situation is not just an act of terrorism: it is an invasion, an orchestrated massacre gleaming with the sinister glare of genocidal intent.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Which is to say proportionally more than 6X the loss of 9/11
IDF readies for a Gaza ground operation.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The responses to Hamas barbarism must include Jewish unity; an end to biased media coverage of Palestinian terrorism; and a refusal to let these murderers profit from their crimes.
The IDF study is being administered by a number of branches, including intelligence, strategic planning, the Iran department and the Air Force.
Let's not be fooled. Extolling "ironclad friendship" between America are simply meaningless and phony words
Now is the time for the State of Israel and Diaspora Jewry to step up and invest in our heritage sites in Judea and Samaria.
PA: “Special Israeli forces from the army’s undercover brigades” are killing Israeli Arabs
Rather than imploring President Biden to at least close the borders, Adams has throughout focused on asking him for additional funding – unsuccessfully.
With every passing year, there are fewer old timers who remember the old times, the old melodies, and the other traditions.
By Eve Glover
They talked about how there are only 14 million Jews, and Musk said he always tells his Jewish friends to have more kids.
One day you realize that it is quite possible that your grown children are wiser and kinder and more resilient than you are.
The reality of where the Saudi national interest lay – that is, in rapprochement with Israel – has not and will not substantively change as the result of the Hamas attack and Israel’s military response.
The Yom Kippur War demonstrated that even when disadvantaged by a surprise attack, we could not be dislodged from Israel.
None of the countries in the Middle East cares about a Palestinian state. The US would do well to learn from them.
Religious coercion in Israel is simply a delusion.
By turning every single act into a mitzvah, we live with the sense that G-d is above us, and that every action in our lives can and should be done l’shem shamayim, for the sake of Heaven.
Stop basing your worth on the data from something as made up and inconsistent as your clothing size.
This focus on vulnerability and reliance on the Almighty does not translate to everyone being required to squeeze into small sukkahs in the name of humility.
Raisi’s triumphalism at the U.N. is a result of the West’s surrender
Israel can choose to join the woke army, erasing our heritage and identity in the name of so called “democracy” or we can remember and cherish our traditions while respecting others.
It will be recalled that when President Trump tied the COVID-19 outbreak to a leak from a toxic substance experimental lab in Wuhan China and began talking about a “Chinese Virus,” his critics called him a racist.
He has now set Israel’s recognition of a Palestinian state as a condition for US brokering of a normalization agreement between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The judge who was supposed to approve the deal refused to do so, noting that she had never before seen one containing these kind of leniencies – and in answer to her question, the government’s lawyers said he hadn’t either.
It is like the street demonstrations in Israel. One side gets a zillion people in the streets 38 weeks in a row, while the other side holds only two large rallies during that same time. Does that mean one side is stronger by 19 times (i.e., 38-2)? Or does it reflect that one side has enormous leftist-zillionaire funding from America that the other side does not? And that one side uses such street tactics while the other side, uh, votes instead?
For giving the world the existential threat of a New Axis of Evil – Russia, China, North Korea, Iran
By Sarah Stern
I hope that we, as a people, wake up and see the big picture, and understand that the evil intentions of our enemies are much more lethal to our existence than anything that can divide us.
At the U.N., the prime minister described an extraordinary vision of peace for the region and the world.
By Bassam Tawil
The Biden administration and other international parties that continue to promote the idea of a "two-state solution" are simply empowering Iran's Palestinian proxies and encouraging them to pursue their "phased plan" to increase terrorism, destroy Israel and replace it with yet another Islamist state.
Those of the American Jewish left who join protests at the United Nations have never stood outside of the UN to protest a terrorist attack in Israel.
Both sides need to decide on their own now that there will be no more victories of one side over the other and that from now on, key decisions on the country's future will have to be made by consensus.
What crime did these non-Muslim cities, nations, and continents commit against Muslims to deserve being targeted for violent conquest?
In the spirit of Yom Kippur, I publicly apologized to this person as I realized my words had obviously caused him pain. This interaction seems simple yet it wasn’t.
By Bassam Tawil
Gazans can no longer tolerate life under the Islamist movement of Hamas. They are not fleeing because of Israel.
A Palestinian event featuring Jew-haters at the University of Pennsylvania shows that in the age of DEI loyalty pledges, some forms of prejudice are tolerated on campuses.
Every sin is rooted in a deep-seated character flaw. Ignoring these flaws and focusing our teshuva solely upon actions or behavior increases the likelihood of recidivism.
By Alan Zeitlin
Obviously I’m against antisemitism, Musk told Netanyahu, adding that he’s against anything that promotes hate and conflict.
To be sure, the Biden Administration is seeking Supreme Court review. But isn’t it about time they gave democracy a chance? You know, the kind of government based upon things like the free market place of ideas.
Since the beginning of the so-called peace process, thousands of Israelis have been killed, wounded and maimed by Palestinians based in Palestinian controlled areas.
What is the current Israeli interest in Syria, and what should Israel be seeking from allies and partners in terms of the diplomacy on Syria?
Take this Rosh Hashanah political-security quiz and prognosticate on the future for the Jewish new year. (My predictions are recorded at the bottom of the article.)
The UN must recognize Israelis murdered by Palestinians as victims of religious violence
Charging a fee for absence from shul likely strikes many of us as unusual. A desire to avoid financial loss (about $260, when adjusted for inflation) feels like the wrong reason to pray.
By Bassam Tawil
The Palestinian list of demands for refraining from condemning a Saudi-Israeli peace accord can be seen as tantamount to blackmail. The Palestinian leadership is telling the Saudis and Americans that if they want to avoid Palestinian condemnation, they must pay the price -- with money and territory.
Every shul should do what they can to bring in children.
Remember: Until the seventh century there were not even any Muslims in the world, let alone Palestinians.
I authentically played the role of the 'Chutzie' and gently asked him if he did not feel any sympathy for international critics who pointed to the Supreme Court’s partiality and liberal activism?
Why the Palestinian leader can’t make peace with Israelis.
Perhaps most importantly, it should not be lost on Israel’s Arab neighbors that Abbas has plainly acted against their direct interests, whatever the reason.
Arafat: “You will see the Jews fleeing from Palestine like mice fleeing from a sinking ship”
I started the journaling project with the anticipation that it would bring focus and accountability to the month of Elul. I didn't anticipate, however, that my definition of teshuva would change.
I always found it quite incredible that the first mitzvah that we are called upon to do as Jews at the beginning of the year is to listen. To pay attention to exactly what it is that Jewish destiny is about.
We rather think that most people really don’t care whether or not Hunter Biden violated the handgun application law – except, of course, if he got favorable treatment.
The second reason is most liberals have chosen to believe that the Democratic Party is still the party of John F. Kennedy. They are fooling themselves
Congress Must Block Funding, Biden Should Reconsider His Decision to Join
Western colonialists are somehow more evil than others.
The “Rabbi” is G-dless, essentially a circus clown in a yarmulka. She — of course a woman “rabbi” — is so G-dless that she teaches a class session proclaiming to the young pre-BM kids: “God is random.”
By Ruthie Blum
A short memory may be helpful as a coping mechanism, but it is deadly in matters of foreign policy.
By Ben Shapiro
On 9/11, we learned that we have more in common than we do that separates us. One generation later, the president of the United States speaks about his fellow citizens as threats to democracy and declares that those who don't deal with him are existential problems for the republic.
Oslo is the root cause of today’s terrible epidemic of terrorist and crime shootings.
“Terrorism is a form of theater,”
By Justin Amler
UNESCO is supposed to be a body that preserves the cultural history of the world. Yet it is failing in its mission
The Palestinian Peace Process was meant to increase terrorism
By Howard Zik
Philosophy is a veritable ally of Jewish thought but should never be deployed to replace it
The Israeli left, the European Union and the Biden administration have a shared interest in repressing the Nazi roots of Palestinian nationalism.
They sat with him on the ground seven days and seven nights. None spoke a word to him for they saw how very great was his suffering. (Job 2:13)
It is an article of faith with us: in the deepest levels of the self there is a core of purity, of goodness. Beneath the cynicism lies an uncorrupted idealism; beneath the layer of envy, gems of generosity; beneath the crude will for power, the noble desire to serve.
As a result of a small thought experiment, I find myself less plagued by the idea that I may not “see” the Palestinians.
Viewing singles exclusively through a we-must-get-you-married prism has terrible ramifications.
Gentrification is a word Rabbi Overlander clearly dislikes, and when probed, both he and Rabbi Vogel say “no,” it’s not happening in Brownsville. A small percentage of homes are being sold to Orthodox Jews. Word of mouth spreads, and families, who come to see the homes, the parks, and other resources, decide to buy.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The unmaking of the American Jewish experience
By Hillel Fuld
There’s only one difference between leaving Egypt, jumping into the sea, entering the land, and today - today, coming to the modern state of Israel is a whole lot more fun.
Clearly the Democratic mantra that Trump is the quintessential criminal has not made significant inroads in Republican ranks.
The Oslo Agreement’s Self-Defense Mechanism
By Bassam Tawil
Instead of heeding the calls of young Palestinians to solve the economic crisis, the Palestinian terror groups, with the help of Iran's mullahs, are sending them to attack Israeli soldiers with explosive devices and deadly stones.
The religious leaders who supported me recognized, understood, and valued my emphasis on following the law while remaining committed to my religious values and chasidic tradition.
The obvious question raised by Dheibah’s rant was whether it reflected the broad sentiment in the region about whether there could be Arab peace with Israel without Israel agreeing to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
The distinction between hating Jews and hating Israel is bogus.
By BESA CENTER
Israel must end the political crisis soon for multiple reasons
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Descendants of conquerors the world over should take a long look in the mirror.
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
Loss of our path and fear of the Arabs living in our land led us not to go all the way in concluding the Six-Day War, paving the way to the Oslo Accords, for which we paid the price of thousands of victims
Israel is now home to some 60,000 migrants from Africa,
By Bassam Tawil
Does HRW really expect Israeli soldiers and policemen to ask someone who shoots or throws a Molotov cocktail at them how old they are before firing back to defend themselves?
A year and a half ago, Tehran took the strategic decision to significantly step up attacks on Israel using proxies and partners located within and around the Jewish state.
Which do you believe?
The Oslo Accords were viewed by the Palestinian Arabs as the first stage in Israel’s total defeat
September 18, 2026 
