JEFFREY KAHN

Watching that scene, I couldn’t help thinking that Israel is sailing through its own sea of sirens and dangerous waters. How many of us long for peace and simple solutions to our complex reality

The failure is not the size of the investment. The failure is treating an existential national-security responsibility as a marketing challenge that can be outsourced.

Since October 7, Israel has fought on multiple military fronts. Yet there is another front that receives far less attention despite its strategic significance: delegitimizing the State of Israel.

Democracy’s greatest strength has always rested upon something deeper: the belief that despite our disagreements, there exists a common good that is worth pursuing together.

While Trump does not deserve a Nobel Prize in Physics, he may deserve recognition for discovering something about the physics of political perception.

The water is heating up for Jews, Israel, and the West, the question is whether we recognize the danger before it's too late.

The greatest strength of the US-Israel relationship has always been that it united two independent democracies pursuing common objectives while retaining the freedom to protect their own interests.

Militarily, these were masterpieces of intelligence and kinetic execution. Strategically, however, they have exposed a profound, almost catastrophic misunderstanding of our adversary. 

The Jewish community of New York is at risk.

The future of Israel will not be determined only by where its borders are drawn but by whether the nation remembers what made it a nation in the first place.