Opinion Articles

Embarrassed, isolated, still loyal: The dilemma of young American Zionists

For many US Jews, October 7 brought a stronger sense of identity and a deeper bond with Israel; now, that bond is clouded by growing embarrassment
Embarrassed, isolated, still loyal: The dilemma of young American Zionists
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Geopolitics

Getting upset with the world is not a strategy

Israel’s geopolitical reality is complicated by 4 factors that may be harnessed to the country’s advantage with careful statecraft
Geopolitics
Swords of Iron

Genocide and the Hague

To win the battle against us in The Hague, possibly an impossible goal in that anti-Israel body, we have to be sure not to say anything they can use against us.
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Swords of Iron

Returning to sites of the massacre, hard yet necessary

We should do whatever it takes! – to see the evil that so many Gazans unleashed upon us on October 7.
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Swords of Iron

Acknowledge the Religious Zionist Community’s Sacrifices in the War

Since the war in the Gaza Strip began, there have been a number of fallen soldiers from the religious Zionist community. Many of them grew up in or lived in settlements in Judea and Samaria
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Israel-Diaspora Relations

Trust Me, You’d Rather Live in a Pro-Israel America

Last week, the preening populist Tucker Carlson sneered that Ben Shapiro and other pro-Israel Americans don’t “care” about America “at all” and are too “focused on a conflict in a foreign country as their own country becomes dangerously unstable.”
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Geopolitics

Dennis Ross: On Gaza, ‘Netanyahu’s Far-right Ministers Aren’t Living in Reality’

Ambassador Dennis Ross has played an important role in U.S. Middle East policy in recent decades, being the point man in the peace process in both the George W. Bush and Bill Clinton administrations.
Geopolitics
Israel-Diaspora Relations

Non-Jews should lead the fight against Jew hatred

US leaders have consistently condemned Jew-hating incidents. every decent American should join them
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Identity and Education

Zionism: Still helping Jews save themselves

Israel’s government failed systemically, flamboyantly, from the coalition’s inception. The IDF’s border defense failed operationally and strategically.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

What’s the End Game for Gaza? Netanyahu Must Spell It Out

Since Benjamin Netanyahu was elected Israel’s prime minister for the first time in 1996, he has built up a career as someone who has consistently been dragged into various diplomatic, political and peace initiatives by the different American administrations with which he has worked.
Geopolitics