The fallout of the Obama doctrine: Global chaos and its implications for Israel and the Jewish people President Barack Obama’s determination to downgrade U.S. international power has generated massive global instability and chaos with especially ominous implications for Israel. The Obama policies have undermined longstanding alliances within the...
A time for unity against dangerous new Obama initiatives U.S. President Barack Obama continues to ignore the catastrophic global repercussions of his flawed policies toward the Middle East, where hundreds of thousands of Arabs have been butchered in civil wars and millions displaced from their homes. The...
Rivlin’s regrettable cancellation of Australian state visit Israel today has few genuine friends willing to stand up and defend the Jewish state and counter the many nations that apply bias and double standards in ongoing harassment. Australia, an important Western middle power, has a track record of...
The tragedy of Ehud Olmert in retrospect The image of former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, now 70, entering Maasiyahu Prison to serve a 19-month sentence for bribery and obstruction of justice is a shocking stain on the entire nation. To witness such a talented man fall to such depths...
Should we stand by knowing that Hamas intends to attack us? Few envy the painful decisions that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will be obliged to make in the months to come. He faces grave challenges that impact on the life and death of Israelis. The current wave of Palestinian terror seems to be...
The requiem for the Oslo Accords warrants a unity government The controversy over the Oslo Accords, which bitterly divided the nation over the past quarter century, is no longer a contentious issue. The late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin personally told me on numerous occasions of his concern that the deal...
The challenge facing Education Minister Naftali Bennett Anyone following the leftist media in Israel could be forgiven for believing that Israel is undergoing a Kulturkampf and that a desperate struggle is taking place in the secular school stream to retain freedom of expression from an extremist...
Thinking out of the box needed to combat terror The “lone-wolf” stabbings, shootings and other actions by individuals designed to kill Israelis are not a new phenomenon. Nor are they “popular” responses to settlements, poor living conditions or alienation due to the “occupation.” They...
Jewish terrorism must be cauterized like a cancer Israelis shuddered when viewing the widely publicized extracts of the wedding video in which youngsters in large white knitted kippot brandished knives like savages, sang a hymn of vengeance and gleefully danced around photographs of the victims of...
President Rivlin must eschew politics Prime Minister Netanyahu was widely criticized last year for his efforts in trying to prevent Reuven Rivlin from being elected president. However, in the light of his recent engagement in politics, which is constitutionally beyond the jurisdiction...
