Speaking frankly, it could have been worse.
I have been combing predictions from years past and find myself as smart and as stupid as everybody else.
It is always a guess. More than that…it is always a prayer.
Dear God…keep us safe.
Keep us from…
Category: 7. Opinion
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Trump’s Caracas thunderclap ends impunity for America’s hemisphere dictators
There are moments in history when the façade of invincibility surrounding a tyrant collapses in a single, electrifying instant. The predawn operation that carried Nicolás Maduro from the presidential palace in Caracas to U.S. custody was such a…
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Deep concern in Hamas for the fate of a Palestinian Arab State and Jerusalem
Hillel Fendel is researcher and editor, and Chaim Silberstein is founder and chairman of JCAP – The Katz Jerusalem Center for Applied Policy is the Zionist, Jerusalem-focused research and policy center dedicated to shaping the future of Jerusalem…
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We Must Take the Next Election Seriously, It May Be Israel’s Last – Opinion
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Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish…
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Why Israel’s Left Is Also to Blame for Gaza War Crimes – Opinion
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Trump’s celebration of power could backfire on Israel
U.S. Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio was tasked at Saturday’s Trump press conference with explaining to the world what “Trump 2.0” is really like and how to deal with him. “The 47th president of the United…
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New Yorkers: Be afraid, be vigilant, but gird your loins for battle
This may have been among the worst secular New Year’s of my life.
The only thing missing was Leni Riefenstahl’s camera to capture the symbolic pageantry of this second inauguration, a record of the grandiose promises made and cheered.
NYC’s new…
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The victims no one mourns: Why the “New Syria” is slaughtering minorities
When Bashar al-Assad fled to Moscow on December 8, 2024, the sigh of relief in Western capitals was audible .Policymakers, desperate to close the Syrian file, eagerly embraced the narrative of a “clean” revolution. They toasted the “New Syria”…
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Nothing to see here, folks
Excepting the USA and Israel, the Western world’s deliberate avoidance of the Iranian uprising speaks volumes. Opinion.
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Trump’s welcome warpath to peace
Ruthie Blum, a former adviser at the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is an award-winning columnist and a senior contributing editor at JNS. Co-host with Ambassador Mark Regev of the JNS-TV podcast “Israel Undiplomatic,” she…
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