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After debate backlash, California Democrat Scott Wiener says Israel carried out 'genocide' in Gaza

The California State Senator explained that he had been reluctant to call the war between Israel and Hamas a genocide because of the term's creation in response to the Holocaust.

San Francisco city supervisor Scott Wiener comments on a pilot program to permit private commuter buses to use public bus stops in San Francisco, California, January 21, 2014
TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev once stated: 'What is a public broadcaster worht if we cannot control it?'

Railway to nowhere: How Miri Regev, Likud politics stalled Israel’s role in IMEC corridor - opinion

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Moriah War Memorial College in Sydney, Australia on February 23, 2017.

Israel-Diaspora relations are fracturing - both sides must invest in repair - opinion

The Zionist Congress meeting in April 2023 in Jerusalem.

The World Zionist Congress must reflect reality across the Jewish Diaspora - opinion


What came first – Palestinian terrorism or Israeli ‘occupation?’ - opinion

Our closest Arab neighbors repeatedly state that terrorism will end only when the “occupation” ends. Despite this claim, they continue to deny Israel’s basic right to exist.

Washington, DC – November 04, 2023: A view of the massive Gaza Protest March at Freedom Plaza and the White House calling for a cease fire and an end to US aid to Israel and in ending the occupation.

A rabbinical message: Islam must recognize Israel - opinion

The Jewish state should be recognized as the manifestation of the divine promise to return the nation of Israel to its land, as mentioned multiple times in Islamic sources.

 RABBI OURY CHERKI: The State of Israel should not be regarded as a foreign entity imposing itself on the Muslim world.

Our self-serving leader is taking us down a dark path - comment

At no time could I have imagined a leader who would let down his people as unashamedly and for such a prolonged period as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has done these past few years.

 Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote on the state budget at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 13, 2024.

Israelis and Diaspora Jews must work to understand one another - opinion

We must recognize there are fundamental differences in our experiences that might impact our ability to appreciate the nuances of our identities and how we approach the world.

 Israelis holding Israeli flags as they make their way to the funeral of Israeli soldier Sergeant major Ilay David Garfinkel, near Moshav Sitria, on March 24, 2024.

To Jewish women everywhere, it is time to pray - opinion

This is a spiritual war against those who seek to destroy Israel, not because of its borders, but because of what it stands for as the world’s only Jewish state.

A FAMILY gathers around the Shabbat candles

Is this the end of the Zionist dream? - comment

Bruce Springsteen, in one of his more insightful lyrics, once wrote: “Is a dream a lie if it don’t come true? Or is it something worse?”

Personal belongings including a child's pram are seen on the road next to a car days after a mass infiltration by Hamas terrorists from the Gaza Strip, near Kibbutz Kfar Aza, in southern Israel, October 10, 2023

'75 Perspectives': Israel as a Jewish state - excerpt

Published by Academic Studies Press and set for an October 3 release, this collection is a singular nexus of thought.

 THEN-US ENVOY Dennis Ross meets with PLO leader Yasser Arafat in Nablus, 1988.

Israel's diverse protesters can't be labeled as anti-Jewish state - opinion

Douglas Altabef, chairman of the board of Im Tirtzu, has figured out, by himself, that the protesters are “new Jews who know nothing of their own tradition.” He has no way of knowing this factually.

 ACTIVISTS OPPOSED to the judicial overhaul demonstrate in Tel Aviv, earlier this month.

We must make Israel a Jewish state – we owe it to our ancestors - opinion

This “either/or” dichotomy does scant justice to the uniqueness of the Jewish people and their unprecedented return to their homeland.

 A PROTEST against judicial reform takes place in Tel Aviv, this past Saturday night. It has become increasingly clear that for those demonstrating against judicial reform, the real issue is an existential, not a political one, says the writer.

We must recognize internalized anti-Jewishness - opinion

We cannot shy away from engaging in the challenging discussions surrounding the impact of hate on our community. We should not allow ourselves to be bound by shame, and trauma.

 Thousands of Jews wave Israeli flags as they celebrate Jerusalem Day by dancing at Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, during Jerusalem Day, May 29, 2022