Michael Freund

Jews are returning to the Temple Mount, reconnecting prayer, memory, and faith in the place their hearts have longed for.

Israel saw elected Hamas turn Gaza into a terror enclave, Hezbollah enter Lebanese politics while building a missile empire, and now al-Shaara massacre minorities while wearing a suit.

A segment of Israeli society – largely comprising traditional, Religious-Zionist, and secular Jews – carries the overwhelming weight of military service.

To place Ankara and Doha – two of the most vocal enablers of Hamas – in charge of shepherding Gaza toward peace is akin to appointing the tobacco lobby to run the World Health Organization.

Empires crumble, pain persists, yet Israel survives; Jeremiah’s words offer reassurance across generations.

The Iranian regime, like Pharaoh, has long encouraged the belief that it is untouchable. Yet the protests reveal a profound rupture between the state and the society it purports to lead.

'On that day, a great shofar shall be sounded, and those lost in the land of Assyria and those who were cast off in the land of Egypt shall come, and they shall bow to the Lord in Jerusalem.'

Beyond the politics, Israel’s recognition of Somaliland reveals a hidden Jewish past, from ancient cemeteries to the origins of the Yibir tribe.

King David’s final words are not a farewell. They are a summons. A summons to responsibility, to faith and to moral resolve.

For too long, Israel allowed international pressure to dictate Jewish life in Judea and Samaria. Terror flourished, deterrence eroded, and our enemies inevitably interpreted restraint as weakness.