Opinion

Buzzwords and false allegations are Western human rights inversion - opinion

To fixate on flawed accusations against Israel while ignoring genuine, massive atrocities elsewhere is to repeat ominous historical precedents.

 Israeli soldiers seen on the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, January 15, 2026.
Syria's Ahmed al-Sharaa and Turkey's President Tayyip Erdogan arrive for a joint press conference at the Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey, February 4, 2025

Turkey is Trump’s Eisenhower moment: Will he set a precedent in Syria? - opinion

A protester holds a sign with an image depicting Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and German Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, in London, Britain, January 18, 2026.

Iran’s mullahs prove how antisemitism is a despot’s best friend - opinion

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 5, 2026.

End of a special relationship: Israel no longer wants to be America’s political football - opinion


No one will do Israel’s dirty work: Why PA, int’l orgs. can’t finish off Hamas - opinion

This is the moment to dismantle Hamas’s remaining capabilities. Israel can and must finish the mission, not out of ambition, but out of necessity.

MK Ohad Tal attends a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee.

A symptom of adult failure: Why 40% of Israeli teens exhibit violent, aggressive behavior - opinion

Teen violence is a wake-up call. It invites us to rebuild the social fabric that has unraveled. The choice of what the coming years will look like for this generation rests in our hands.

An illustrative image of a teenager with the word "HATE" written on their hand.

Netanyahu's pardon request: An act of sheer chutzpah, utter disrespect for democracy - opinion

President Herzog is indeed the last line of defense of an Israeli democracy shaken for the past three years by Netanyahu, who has consistently placed his personal interests above those of his country

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump share a warm moment in the Knesset in October 2025.

The kindness that kills: Wokeness, guilt, and Islamic radicalism - opinion

When we normalize systems in which women can be disappeared, we are not showing cultural sensitivity. We are rehearsing our own surrender.

PEOPLE WALK on a street in Tehran, Iran in November 2025.

Stuck in the middle: How President Herzog handles Netanyahu will define his legacy - opinion

Isaac Herzog assumed the office amid the COVID pandemic, followed by judicial reform unrest, and a multi-front war. Now he has the challenge of whether to pardon Benjamin Netanyahu.

President Isaac Herzog hosts the President's Decoration Award Ceremony at the president house in Jerusalem. October 22, 2025.

Miracles from Kfar Aza: The mothers the world must not forget - opinion

Their courage and relentless devotion to protecting their children is a reminder that motherhood is an extraordinary force for survival.

THE WRITER stands between survivors Maya (right) and Amit. Share the stories of Kfar Aza’s mothers, the writer urges.

October 7 exposed Israel's deepest fracture: The haredi exemption - opinion

As hundreds of thousands of Israelis mobilized for the war, the absence of the ultra-Orthodox was painfully clear.

October 7 and the war in Gaza have heightened the demand for all Israelis to serve in the IDF. A small number of ultra-Orthodox Jews serve in the all-haredi Netzah Yehuda Battalion.

As women join IDF combat units, military kit must be redesigned to fit them - opinion

For most of modern history, military uniforms have been built around the male body, as more women join combat units, it’s time for a redesign.

In Israel, even as more women take on  combat roles, their uniforms – and their equipment – remain very much designed for men, despite obvious differences in height, weight, and build.

The Lebanese 'reset': Hezbollah may survive in more limited, but dangerous, form - opinion

The Lebanese government's equivocation means that Hezbollah could yet survive in perhaps a more limited, but still highly dangerous, form.

LEBANESE PRESIDENT Joseph Aoun receives a letter of credence from incoming US Ambassador Michel Issa at the presidential palace in Baabda last month. Aoun is opposed to creating a distinct Hezbollah entity within the army, says the writer.

Israel must halt Houthi infiltration into Syria as Iran plans another multi-front war - opinion

Israel appears to have little choice but to undertake preemptive action to signal that a Houthi entrenchment in Syria will not be tolerated.

HOUTHI LOYALISTS hold up posters of then-Syrian president Bashar Assad during a march in Sanaa, Yemen, in 2013. During the Syrian Civil War, Houthi operatives were deployed by the Quds Force to fight Assad’s opponents, says the writer.