Hopefully, one day, the friendship between New York and Jerusalem will be repaired. But whatever politicians decide, our future will not be determined in City Hall.
Mr. President, do not allow the door to Palestinian democracy to be closed again. Your public support can keep it open - and help change the future of the Middle East.
Israel’s next strategic surprise could be a dangerous political transformation in a neighboring country, a technological or military development we have failed to anticipate, or something different.
British sanctions and a new film targeting Israel reflect a broader campaign to silence Israeli voices while ignoring the threats facing the Jewish state.
When films and investigations present themselves as fearless examinations of power, the public should apply the same scrutiny to them.
The wound of October 7 therefore remains open, and when your own wound is still open, it is difficult to look at somebody else’s.
The question raised by this story is not whether Katz helped a sick Israeli. He did. The question is what happens to the sick Israeli who does not have access to the health minister.
We should stop defending ourselves against the accusation and start challenging the accusation itself.
This Yom Kippur, Israel’s national camp needs a cheshbon hanefesh.
The combination of a weakened center-left in several countries, a strengthening Right, growing pushback against extremism at protests, and the return of security concerns may help things for Israel.
This reflects an ignorant progressive Left working in tandem with radical Islam. Will Western civilization realize too late that it caused its own demise?
