Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to the United Nations General Assembly was a showcase of Israel’s strategic clarity and moral resolve. By emphasizing Israel’s non-negotiable security needs and spotlighting neglected regional…
Category: 7. Opinion
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Netanyahu’s UN speech was more spin than substance
For all his rhetorical skill — and he has plenty — the world expects the Israeli leader to present policy. That was missing. What he offered was more of the same. He did not even address President Donald Trump’s initiative.
Netanyahu’s…
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Empty gestures make Mideast peace harder
Hamas leaders openly celebrate these recognitions as vindication of their October 7 “armed struggle.” But beyond the obvious reward to Hamas, and the affirmation of its long-held stance that only violence can advance the Palestinian cause,…
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Why the UK’s Palestinian move rings hollow
Opinion: Starmer’s recognition of a Palestinian state ignores post–Oct. 7 realities; his plan for a demilitarized state free of Hamas reflects European naivety rather than Middle Eastern facts; yhe proposal lacks the foundation necessary for…
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The fantasy state of ‘Palestine’
Melanie Phillips, a British journalist, broadcaster and author, writes a weekly column for JNS. Currently a columnist for The Times of London, her new book, The Builder’s Stone: How Jews and Christians Built the West and Why Only They Can Save…
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Who was really behind the recognition of “Palestine”
This past week, Canada, the UK and Australia formally recognised the State of “Palestine”. There is now a decent possibility that the declaration of Israeli sovereignty over the “West Bank” is likely to follow. Hamas is now further from agreeing…
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Why I abhor the Left
It is usually wise not to hate what one is wiser to ignore. The problem is that I cannot ignore the left, because it affects my life and threatens what I love. My ancestors have a respectable record on the left. In the 19th and early 20th…
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Tunis Is turning to Tehran — this is what Washington should do
When President Kaïs Saïed received Iran’s foreign minister, Seyed Abbas Araghchi, at the Carthage Palace on 10 September 2025, the handshake was more than diplomatic theater. It marked the consolidation of a pattern that has quietly reshaped…
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Microsoft’s ban of IDF Unit 8200 raises fears of growing tech boycott of Israel
Thursday evening’s report on Microsoft cutting off the IDF’s Unit 8200 from its Azure cloud services landed with some surprise. Still, the military was not blindsided. According to various accounts, the unit had already withdrawn its stored…Continue Reading
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Israel lacks a genuine peace party
The remarks by Yair Golan in an interview with Radio 103FM — that “recognition of a Palestinian state is without a doubt a negative step for Israel” and that “talking about a Palestinian state is truly destructive for Israel” — are…Continue Reading