Opinion

A warning from the belly of the beast: the markers of conquest - opinion

They do not need to storm our gates; they believe we will fling them open ourselves. And I fear they are not wrong.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant are depicted behind bars at an anti-Israel protest in Tehran in June. The great cities of the West echo with the same sound as Tehran, says the writer.
Members of the National Guard patrol the National Mall past a banner of U.S. President Donald Trump hanging on the Department of Labor building, weeks after President Trump ordered National Guard and law enforcement to patrol the nation’s capital to assist in crime prevention, in Washington, D.C.

What are the key things we can take away from Trump's DC takeover? - opinion

A PRO-PALESTINIAN protester waves a Palestinian flag in front of the Greek parliament during a demonstration at Syntagma Square in Athens on August, 24, 2025. The chants echoing in our capitals are not background noise but warnings, the writer argues.

Revolution at our doorstep: The Left’s dance with Islamofascism - opinion

 Darkaynu women at the Kotel

The gap year: A journey that strengthens Jewish identity - opinion


The moments that decide Israel's future are quiet conversations – opinion

The real work for Israel happens in quiet spaces, not in big concert halls or at rallies.

Outgoing AUJS president Alissa Foster  left, and incoming AUJS President Noah Loven, right, seen during a havdalah ceremony during the 2023 Accelerate program in Sydney, August 2023.

When life doesn’t fit: How to adjust your angle for success - opinion

In Judaism, the concept of tzimtzum teaches us that if G‑d can make space for us, surely we can learn to make space for others and new possibilities.

 An illustrative image of mindfulness meditation.

Where I’d go on a one-way ticket: A vision of Israel’s future - opinion

The Jewish future is not only worth seeing. It is worth building, and it begins with us.

CHILDREN RETURN to school for the first time since the beginning of the war, in Kiryat Shmona, in March. ‘I would stand in Kiryat Shmona in the North and see how we rebuilt from heartbreak,’ says the writer.

Keir Starmer, heed Churchill's crocodile warning before it's too late for Hong Kong - opinion

By entertaining renewed extradition agreements, Britain risks becoming complicit in Beijing’s campaign of repression.

 The Hong Kong city skyline.

The suffering in Gaza from the war is inevitable - opinion

A huge number of Gazans leave their homes for areas outside the range of combat. Subsequently, some of their homes are destroyed due to the operational needs of conducting the war.

PALESTINIANS WHO fled Rafah, after the IDF began evacuating civilians ahead of a threatened assault, travel in Khan Yunis in 2024.

The caliphate will be televised, and the West will fall – opinion

In attacking Israel, Europe has quite possibly mortgaged its own future in a breathtaking form of self-sabotage.

PEOPLE MOURN in front of the Bataclan concert hall following a series of deadly attacks in Paris in 2015. The memory of such events lasts just long enough for the hashtags to fade, the writer laments.

Occupying Gaza - an Israeli blunder - opinion

Israel needs to withdraw from Gaza, regroup, elect a new leadership, and work on repairing all the diplomatic damage.

IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, August 1, 2025.

Europe's open borders give way to Islamic conquest without need for bloodshed - opinion

We are seeing increasing calls from Islamic fundamentalists to establish an Islamic Caliphate in Europe - a religious and political entity intended to govern the Muslim ummah.

Will democracy in Europe give way to a caliphate?

Israel's wartime Gaza aid is historically unprecedented - opinion

A military must balance its operational objectives with humanitarian imperatives, including the prevention of starvation and the protection of civilian life.

Empty UNRWA and World Food Program trucks head to the Kerem Shalom crossing to collect limited humanitarian aid and fuel, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, July 24, 2025

Beyond the headlines: An American hug in a Bat Yam apartment - opinion

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won't read about in the news.

For an entire day, these American women dedicated themselves to making Sylvia’s apartment habitable—scrubbing and cleaning as they deciphered labels on Israeli cleaning products.

Grapevine July 27, 2025: Changing the haredi image

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

HAREDI BOYS from Bnei Brak show their physical abilities.