Opinion

Public opinion shapes political pressure. Political pressure shapes military decisions. And media narratives shape public opinion.

Without a governing constitution, the court has no solid legal basis on which to make its decisions, therefore setting itself up for conflict and criticism.

While Israelis were told that deterrence had been restored after airstrikes on Hezbollah and that Hezbollah understood the price of escalation, the reality in the North tells a different story.

The Torah does not begin with the story of Moshe Rabbeinu; it begins instead with Bereishit – with creation.

The restoration of national sovereignty is Lebanese President Joseph Aoun's priority.

History will not remember the diplomats who managed decline. It will remember the leaders who built the future.

We can bemoan those departing Israel at its greatest hour of need, in the face of open miracles and hard-won victories, but I believe that Israel will survive without them.

Our Sages explain that Shavuot is considered a “Rosh Hashanah” for the Torah. It is an appropriate time to dedicate ourselves to learning a specific part of the Torah or to join a Torah class.

Netanyahu and his coalition partners have decisively chosen a path that goes against the mostly liberal US Jews.

Hamas has forcefully preserved its monopoly on violence and remains the only Palestinian governing authority in the areas still under its control in Gaza.