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Ilhan Omar: Prove your Gaza genocide claims or stop making them - opinion

BY COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:47:37 GMT

By way of tangible evidence, here are some reliable facts to refute the lying, despicable congresswoman, who should bear the shame for her treacherous dishonesty.

Jewish success in AI is fueling an old debate about antisemitism - opinion

BY JACOB SIVAK — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:45:05 GMT

The poem asks God to choose another people, saying that the Jews have no more blood to sacrifice. They have run out of prayers and “have paid for every letter of the Ten Commandments..."

One detail in the IDF statement changes the whole Ro Khanna story - opinion

BY ZVIKA KLEIN — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:36:37 GMT

The army's account has one armed man. His tweet has settlers, plural, brandishing rifles. Somebody's description is wrong, and it can be checked.

Why American Jews don't have to choose between the US and Israel - opinion

BY BARBARA SOFER — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 22:18:34 GMT

After 50 years in Israel, one immigrant explores the enduring ties between her American roots and her Israeli home.

Israel must treat Hamas's drone smuggling as a national security threat - opinion

BY DAVID M. WEINBERG — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:41:32 GMT

On a tour of the Negev, I learned that the threat is not just the smuggling of weapons over Israel’s borders via drones – some of which can carry 150 kilograms of arms – but the drones themselves.

Israel's new death penalty law will only unlock more doors for terror - opinion

BY MICHAEL J. ZOOSMAN — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 19:46:39 GMT

The lesson is simple: calls for death fuel more killing. Once any society exposes itself to the Pandora’s Box of state-sponsored killings of prisoners, all bets on civilized humanity are off.

Twenty-six years after Camp David, Israel needs a new security doctrine - opinion

BY SHIMON REFAELI — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:59:05 GMT

The only practical foundation for any future arrangement will emerge only when a profound change in Palestinian consciousness takes place.

British Jews shouldn't fear requesting kosher meals in hospitals - opinion

BY JONATHAN LIEBERMAN — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 13:38:17 GMT

A kosher meal in a hospital should be boring, a footnote, one line on a dietary form swallowed up in the vast machinery of clinical care. Instead, it has become a test of nerve.

Iran's missile arsenal, not Gulf deterrence, is the Middle East's real problem - opinion

BY SALEM ALKETBI — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:11:14 GMT

Iran has not only built a massive missile program; it has turned missiles into a standalone strategic language, using them as a deterrent, a means of pressure, and a message of influence.

The Alaska perspective: A reminder that the world doesn't revolve around Israel - comment

BY HERB KEINON — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 06:10:26 GMT

In Alaska, one is reminded that the world neither revolves around Israel nor is obsessed with it.

Our future rests on prioritizing the common good, not the elections - opinion

BY JEFFREY KAHN — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 20:42:25 GMT

Democracy’s greatest strength has always rested upon something deeper: the belief that despite our disagreements, there exists a common good that is worth pursuing together.

My Word: Courting constitutional disaster - opinion

BY LIAT COLLINS — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:28:25 GMT

Criticism of the government’s resolution was voiced by President Isaac Herzog, embattled Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara, and a slew of party leaders from the opposition.

Middle Israel: Why Netanyahu's political formula no longer works - opinion

BY AMOTZ ASA-EL — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:48:01 GMT

Edelstein and Eisenkot are representatives of two populations that were wheels of the social wagon Netanyahu rode to Israel’s helm: the so-called Moroccans and Russians.

Israel might be headed towards its own January 6 moment - opinion

BY YAAKOV KATZ — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:44:18 GMT

This is far from trivial. Ever since taking office in January 2023, this coalition has done everything it possibly could to undermine the legitimacy of the Supreme Court and the attorney-general.

Editor's Notes: Israel-US alliance after the aid is gone must become a partnership, not an MoU

BY ZVIKA KLEIN — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:00:55 GMT

Israel should stop talking like a needy recipient. America should stop pretending this is philanthropy. Both governments have decided the aid era is over, and that something new must come next.

Withdrawal cannot be a gesture of faith: US, Israel must align on Lebanon - editorial

BY JPOST EDITORIAL — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 06:00:20 GMT

“We did not ask anyone’s permission to enter Lebanon, and we do not need permission to stay in Lebanon,” Israel Katz said, adding that Israeli forces would remain until Hezbollah is disarmed.

Trump’s business-first diplomacy with Turkey leaves Israel exposed - opinion

BY AVI BENAYAHU — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 03:00:19 GMT

Erdogan sees himself as the exiled “governor of Jerusalem” and seeks hegemony in the Middle East as the restorer of the Ottoman Empire.

Antisemitism is the most dangerous human rights violation in the world today - opinion

BY ALAN DERSHOWITZ — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 20:00:00 GMT

Antisemitism is increasing rapidly throughout the United States and in the rest of the world.

Hijacking history: How messianic extremists are weaponizing Israeli archaeology - opinion

BY CHEMI SHIFF — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 15:00:00 GMT

Right-wing extremists have spent decades perfecting the use of archaeology to promote their messianic ideology and sabotage diplomatic efforts.

At 250, America must remember what made it worth fighting for - opinion

BY MICHAL COTLER-WUNSH — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 13:32:25 GMT

America’s anniversary is a moment to celebrate its ideals and recognize the forces challenging the freedoms it was built to protect.

Turkey doesn't need F-35s to threaten Israel. It's already testing its arsenal in Libya - opinion

BY AMINE AYOUB — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 08:31:01 GMT

While Trump dangles sanctions relief and fighter jets in Ankara, the more revealing story about what Turkey does with advanced military technology is already unfolding on Libya's coast

Trump must not abandon his promise to people of Iran as collapse of Tehran deal looms - editorial

BY JPOST EDITORIAL — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 05:55:37 GMT

In January, US President Donald Trump told the Iranian people that help was coming; six months later, they deserve more than silence, bargaining, and regret.

Latin America’s shift redraws Israel’s media battle - opinion

BY LEAH SOIBEL — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 23:38:51 GMT

The rise of the Isaac Accords signals a historic opportunity for Israel - one that must be matched by a stronger presence in Spanish-language media.

America’s woke Right - What the Iran deal revealed about the American Right - opinion

BY JOHANNA MAMANE — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 18:00:00 GMT

The Right, whatever its other faults, saw Israel as a strategic partner in a shared civilizational fight. That story is getting harder to tell as hostility toward Israel on the Right grows, too

From McCarthy to Trump: How the politics of fear made a comeback - opinion

BY DOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Trump’s revival of anti-communist rhetoric echoes McCarthyism as Republicans battle fears of losing control of Congress.

I will survive! The essential guide to the US-Israel partnership - opinion

BY GIL TROY — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Such widespread Jew-hatred hasn’t polluted America since the 1930s. In New York City and Colorado, fanatically anti-Zionist candidates backed by the Democratic Socialists of America are winning...

Israel must reject permanent US military bases on its soil - opinion

BY ILAN POMERANC — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:36:13 GMT

Israel must balance its partnership with the US against the lessons of history regarding sovereignty, and national security.

Israel’s humanitarian mission to Venezuela reflects its national character - editorial

BY JPOST EDITORIAL — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:49:30 GMT

As Venezuela recovers from devastating earthquakes, Israel’s rescue mission reflects the values that have long defined the Jewish state.

In Colorado, AP serves as definitive sanitizer of antisemitism - opinion

BY TAMAR STERNTHAL — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 15:37:55 GMT

Indeed, the House overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution condemning the attack as antisemitic. Thus, Kiros’s position on it, in her home state, makes her an outlier even in her own party

Good thing it's over: Cristiano Ronaldo’s cult of personality became unbearable - opinion

BY OURIEL DASKAL — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:49:42 GMT

"In today’s media climate, the individualists with the most Instagram likes are celebrated, while players who know how to connect with their teammates are left to the soccer nerds."