Over the past two and a half years, I’ve often turned to my pen. While so much has been rattled and shaken - writing became my way to make sense of it all, and a source of comfort.
For the first time in centuries, Jews are not merely subjects of history but active participants within it.
Have the US and Israel achieved their objectives? These are not trivial questions. But the deeper issue is this: In today’s information environment, they may no longer have clean, binary answers.
France failed at the one job that it had: to earn the trust of the party it claims to want to help reach peace. And now it can't get the role of brokering peace talks.
The Iranians do not know what they will hit, and they don’t care. For all their professed love of Jerusalem, rockets and shrapnel have hit the Holy City, including close to sites sacred to Muslims.
The Western alliance has lost its compass, driver, and fuel. And since this alliance is brain-dead, a new one will have to come in its place.
For too long, Israelis were sold on the wrong expectation. Politicians deceived the public into believing that everything could be achieved quickly and decisively through military force alone.
A NATO member that underfunds collective defense, obstructs allied operations, downgrades relations with Israel, and restores ties with Tehran is eroding Europe’s credibility.
Qatar now funds the most-watched English-language news channel covering the Middle East. And it got there because the West stopped showing up.
If Hamas, according to Washington, does not understand that it is finished, it will pay the price heavily, along with the rest of the Gazans.
Israel mustn’t become Super-Sparta, featuring muscle-bound warriors with coarsened souls, and paralyzed consciences.
