9/11

Families of 9/11 victims launch petition to bar Zohran Mamdani from 25th anniversary memorial

More than 5,000 people have signed a petition launched by relatives of 9/11 victims urging organizers to exclude NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani from the 25th anniversary memorial.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives prior speaking about the fiscal year 2027 budget in New York City on May 12, 2026.
THE WRITER and his wife the elephants at the Family Friendly Farm in Chiang Mai.

Before Tisha B'Av: Lessons from Singapore and Japan for repairing Israeli society - opinion

Smoke rises following an Israeli strike on a metal foundry in Gaza City, July 12, 2026.

Hamas's Yahya Sinwar welcomed apocalyptic nuclear war if it meant destroying Israel - analysis

People attend a memorial service at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum in lower Manhattan on the 24th anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks on September 11, 2025, in New York City.

Naftali Bennett says 9/11 caused by unmanaged radical Islam in Middle East


20% of American Gen-Zers share positive view of Osama Bin Laden - poll

Among the participants between the ages of 18 and 29, 31% believed that at least Osama Bin Laden's views were good, while 8% said that his actions were also good.

 Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri

Hamas, Nazis, ISIS: Extremism and its dangerous allure - opinion

The Hamas killers relished in their carnage, taking a page out of the ISIS playbook by photographing their atrocities and sharing them via social media.

SARA  J. BLOOMFIELD speaks at the ‘What You Do Matters’ dinner in New York, in 2019.

The US must designate Qatar as a state sponsor of terrorism - opinion

Qatar has a long record of harboring and funding terrorist organizations. It's time the US holds them accountable.

 PHOTO: IRAN’S FOREIGN Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian (left) meets with Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Doha, Qatar, last month.

October 7 is historically unique

Even in Kishinev, only 49 Jews were murdered, 92 seriously wounded, and 500 lightly wounded. The news shook the world.

 FLAGS, CANDLES, flowers, and a teddy bear with a sign that reads ‘Return the hostages home immediately!’ are placed at Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv.

PM: Ceasefire demand is call for Israeli surrender

“Just as the US would not agree to a ceasefire after the bombing of Pearl Harbor [in 1941] or after the terror attack of 9/11 [in 2001], Israel would not agree to a cessation of hostilities."

 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen with elite Yahalom Unit soldiers on October 24, 2023

How the US invasion of Afghanistan is shaping the Gaza war - comment

MILITARY AFFAIRS: In some circles, 9/11 has also become synonymous with US overreach and wasting decades of blood and treasure in forever wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 TALIBAN MEMBERS walk in front of a military airplane a day after the US withdrawal, in Kabul, August 31, 2021.

Pete Davidson reflects on Israel-Hamas war in somber opening of ‘Saturday Night Live’

Pete Davidson's Jewish father was killed in a terror attack as a child, which meant the events of October 7 had a deeper impact on him.

Apr 23, 2023; New York, New York, USA; Comedian Pete Davidson during game four of the 2023 NBA playoffs at Madison Square Garden.

Senior diplomatic source: IDF will eliminate Hamas’ military capabilities

The invasion was ‘worse than 9/11,’ the senior diplomatic source said.

 IDF 'Chariot of Fire' drill.

The seeds of this crisis were planted by the Gilad Schalit deal - opinion

At that moment, Hamas understood that taking Jewish hostages was the surest way to wrest concessions from Israel and continue their murderous way.

 Gilad Schalit and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Be respectful when paying respects - opinion

The 9/11 Memorial and Museum should ask people to be more respectful and cognizant of their surroundings when posing for photos by the Memorial Pools, where almost 3,000 people were killed. 

 THE WRITER poses with Dan, her eldest son, on the viewing deck of the Twin Towers a few months before 9/11.