Opinion

The key lesson for the Israeli public from the Hungarian elections may be that polls should be treated with considerable caution.

If there are any winners during the war with Iran, one may be Vladimir Putin, the man Trump has frequently called his “good friend.”

With Israel as a model of resilience, diaspora Jewry must rethink its approach to security, identity, and collective responsibility.

The Iranian security establishment, aware of who currently drives narratives on social media – from TikTok to Instagram – has made a sharp pivot.

The Jew as victim is acceptable. The Jew as memory is acceptable. But the Jew who acts, who fights, and who refuses to wait for permission becomes a problem.

Even a modest security arrangement could create a platform for more substantive diplomacy over time.

Khan’s detention has coincided with broader crackdowns on his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Israel will only have real security when the Palestinians have real freedom, and the Palestinians will only have real freedom when Israel has real security.

It took the international responses to the October 7 massacre and the vicious antisemitism, the horrors, and the deaths for Israel to mature.

In this age of instant gratification, the speed with which everyone decreed who won or lost has been stunning.