Opinion

The police arrests in defiance of a court ruling pose a real danger to democratic norms but in parallel, the court must take into account the reality of wartime. 

The Iran war was not just military; it targeted sovereignty itself across political, economic, and cognitive fronts, pushing the state to the brink.

Peace usually begins not with trust but with exhaustion. When both sides conclude that war no longer serves their interests, diplomacy becomes thinkable.

The UAE is redefining Gulf security, prioritizing capability and committed partners over rhetoric and ideology.

The success of the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast in Ottawa suggests that there is still a hunger for unity, moral clarity, and courage.

For Israel and the United States, a nuclear war in the Middle East could take place even while Iran is still non-nuclear.

For Israel, Iran’s repeated threats of annihilation and efforts to achieve its goal by different means makes this indeed a clean-cut case of necessity.

Recent polls from the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research show that even today, a majority of Palestinians in the West Bank, 59%, still believe Hamas’s October 7 massacre was right.

Israel is prepared to endure hardship until the region is safer than it was before October 7. But a public that continues to show resilience deserves more than malleable deadlines.

The Jews were never permanently welcomed anywhere, and now that they have their own homeland, they’re being told they cannot maintain it as a place identified with them.