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That, of course, no one seems to care about because, when it comes to the Jews, ethics and morals fly out the window faster than the ink dries on empty promises.
Historian Richard Landes' book is a must-read for anyone trying to make sense of the mainstream media’s aggressively anti-Jewish and anti-Israel biases.
Why now? What does Lieutenant General Herzi Halevi know that the ordinary public currently does not?
In 2024, my brother’s home was vandalised with “Free Gaza” and “Jews kill babies” scrawled across his car window. Antisemitism in Australia is spreading like wildfire and becoming the norm.
How is this not the scandal of the decade?
Israel's hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas is necessary but unendurable. It is what Israel does from here that really matters.
Israel is uniquely burdened with trading its security for its citizens' lives, forced into lopsided hostage deals that no other nation would tolerate.
Dive into the murky multi-dimensional politics surrounding the Israel-Hamas deal, including domestic Israeli politics, Palestinian politics in Gaza and the West Bank, and international politics.
"I fear that Israel may have bought itself a great many problems for the future, but pessimists are not always right, even in the Middle East."
Despite decades of failed diplomacy and billions in international aid, the Palestinian Authority remains entrenched in corruption, extremism, and its refusal to recognize Israel's right to exist.
From diverse perspectives to emotional insights, our guest writers share their thoughts on the implications and impact of this week's Israel-Hamas deal.
These are the winners and losers from the proposed deal.
The outgoing U.S. secretary of state's plan is less a roadmap to peace and more a patchwork of impractical ideas that fail to account for the complexities of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
While mass casualties of war in Gaza are absolutely devastating, I think it’s easier to view pictures of war than it is to view video footage of sadistic evil.
There are no shortage of moral, strategic, and societal challenges of Israel negotiating a hostage deal with Hamas, balancing the urgency of saving lives with security concerns and regional stability…
Since living here since 2013, I’ve found Israel’s culture to have it all.
This is how Hamas has turned hospitals in Gaza into a combat zone.
Jews rose up from disenfranchisement but never forgot where they came from. It took a betrayal of epic proportions to separate them from the liberal movement and the world may never be the same again…
Imagine if the Black Lives Matter movement had framed its messaging around “All Lives Matter.” Such an approach would have been seen — rightly — as dismissive and counterproductive.