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Israel Needs a Few More Months to Defeat Hamas and Restore Peace

This column was originally published in The Telegraph on July 5, 2025. Read it on The Telegraph’s website...

Netanyahu (GPO); an IDF soldier in Gaza (IDF)

Israeli Ministers Pressure Netanyahu to End the War in Gaza

Pressure on Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza isn’t just coming from the opposition and voices...

Benjamin Netanyahu and Yair Lapid. (GPO)

Could the Iran War Help Reduce Polarization in Israel?

While Israel has been struck by polarization in recent years, the war with Iran managed to break through...

Israelis at Bayt Furik checkpoint. (Screen grab used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law))

The Settler Violence Scam

On the face of it, settler violence seems to be an out of control phenomenon in Judea and Samaria. But...

For Both Hamas and Israel, Time Is Running Out

While the IDF’s operation in Gaza is very much ongoing, both Hamas and Israel are running out of time....

Ron Dermer at Israel's 70th Independence Day celebration in Washington D.C. (@ambdermer/Facebook)

How Ron Dermer Helped Shape History Behind the Scenes

He’s rarely in the spotlight, but few played as crucial a role in Israel’s war against Iran—and in convincing...

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The Most Important Political Move of This War

Despite Netanyahu’s government nearly collapsing right before Israel’s opening strike against Iran, it...

President Donald Trump in The Situation Room during the attack on Iran’s nuclear sites. (The White House)

Iran’s Great Sin Meets Its Historic Punishment

In Washington, it was still the longest day of the year—June 21st—while in Tehran, on June 22nd, the...

In Iran, Israel Must Be Wary Not to Overreach

What Israel has achieved in Iran in just one week seems to belong in a movie—making it more tempting...

Prime Minister Menachem Begin looking at an Israeli jet

Netanyahu Passes the Begin Test

This column was originally published in the Wall Street Journal on June 19, 2025. Click here to read...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (@netanyahu/X)

How the Iran Strikes Seal Netanyahu’s Legacy

One or two nuclear bombs would destroy Israel—the “second Holocaust” Bibi has always feared. And what...

As the Center-Right Collapses Across the West, Israel Bucks the Trend

Across Western democracies, the traditional center-right is collapsing. But there’s one notable exception:...

Benjamin Netanyahu with Aryeh Deri (GPO)

Can the Ultra-Orthodox Afford Elections?

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is about to fall—or at least, that’s what the ultra-Orthodox...

Netanyahu speaking at the UN General Assembly, September 2024. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)

The United Nations’ Undermining of Israel’s Existence

The UN and its agencies are actively opposing the distribution of humanitarian aid in Gaza by the American-led...

An Open Letter to Justice Noam Sohlberg

Israel’s Supreme Court is not only composed of liberal judges, but it nevertheless manages to silence—or...

Yair Golan Could Help Bibi Win the Election

Following national outrage over Yair Golan’s assertion that Israel is killing babies in Gaza “as a hobby,”...

Israel Isn’t Facing a Constitutional Crisis, But a Game of Chicken

With Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar having announced his retirement, and the High Court finally having ruled...

Israel’s Dramatic Humanitarian Experiment in Gaza

A dramatic experiment is currently underway in southern Gaza, with Israel preparing a Hamas-free humanitarian...

Why Haven’t More Palestinians Left Gaza?

Despite the continuous announcements and promises of mass voluntary migration from Gaza, there is still...

If Not Now, When?

The below essay was originally published in Sapir Journal on May 13, 2025. You can read it here. In March...

Trump and Netanyahu in the White House, April 2025. (@netanyahu/X)

Trump Isn’t Against Israel. He’s for America

While the U.S. has long been a key player in the Middle East, the Trump administration appears less eager...

Construction in Judea and Samaria. (@YESHA_council/X)

In Israel, Settlements Are No Longer a Debate

At the 18th anniversary celebrations for the settlement of Ofra, held months before the Oslo Accords...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri, January 2023. (@ariyederi/X)

Are Netanyahu and the ultra-Orthodox Set for a Break-Up?

For the first time in over two decades, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is publicly confronting his...

Netanyahu and President Donald Trump in Washington, April 2025. (@netanyahu/X)

Trump’s Blunders Put Israel at Risk

This column was originally published in the Wall Street Journal on May 7, 2025. Click here to read it on...

Israeli forces operating in Judea and Samaria, April 2025. (IDF)

The Supreme Court’s Surprising Criticism of the IDF

The rising cost of living hasn’t spared terrorists in Judea and Samaria either. An automatic rifle, which...

Israel’s 77th Birthday Marks an Astonishing Turnaround Since October 7

The devastating blow Israel endured on October 7 came as a complete surprise. But what unfolded in the...

IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir. (IDF Spokesperson)

Is Another IDF Chief Nearing a Confrontation With the Government Over Gaza?

When Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly clashes with Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar in the High Court,...

America’s Negotiations With Iran Are Not What You Think

Senior American officials from both the Biden and Trump administrations, high-ranking retired Israeli...

Is Further Israeli-Arab Normalization in the Air?

“Do you know what you’re looking at?” asks an American sitting on a restaurant balcony in the heart of...

Are Israelis Still Living In October 6?

From nearly the first day of this war, we were promised that reservists returning from the frontlines...

The Iranian Dilemma

An Israeli jet before an October 2024 strike on Iran. (IDF Spokesperson) Here’s the Iranian dilemma in...

Who’s Organizing Foreign Intervention Into Israeli Politics?

It was sometime back in the ‘90s, in Tel Aviv’s Yad Eliyahu sports arena, during a heated basketball...

Netanyahu’s Firing of Bar Turned Lemonade Into Lemons

‏In a secret meeting of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee last winter, Shin...

For Netanyahu, the firing of Ronen Bar is another step in a decade-long campaign

This morning marks exactly ten years since Israel’s 2015 election. It wasn’t Benjamin Netanyahu’s first...

In Israel, Even Daylight Savings is a Left-Right Debate

Naftali Bennett wants to borrow from Donald Trump’s playbook by creating an Israeli “DOGE” to trim unnecessary...

Will the IDF’s New Chief Bring Total Victory in Gaza?

According to Hamas, October 7 was merely a prelude. Open sources affiliated with the terror organization...

The September 2022 Massacre That Wasn’t

Israeli military and intelligence investigations reveal that Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar and Mohammed...

Trump Buries Wilsonian Foreign Policy

President Trump is working to undo the domestic policies of Joe Biden. In foreign policy Mr. Trump is...

This Israel-Hamas Deal Sets a Dangerous Precedent

Can God create a stone that He cannot lift? There is no answer to this philosophical question, but in...

Annexing Parts of Gaza Is the Way to Unleash ‘Hell’ on Hamas

According to ChatGPT, President Donald Trump made over a hundred promises during his 2024 campaign. However,...

When will the October 7th war end?

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 ushered in a new era around world, marked by less conflict and...

Kamala Harris’s Gift to Hamas

The war in the Gaza Strip is more about losing time than capturing territory. Time works in Israel’s...

About Biden, Netanyahu, and the Israeli Judicial Reform

A few weeks before the Netanyahu government publicly announced its planned legal reform in Israel, the...

Israelis Are Not Watching the Same War You Are

[You can listen to this episode of “The Ezra Klein Show” on the NYT Audio App, Apple, Spotify, Amazon...

Biden May Spur Another Netanyahu Comeback

Benjamin Netanyahu has had so many comebacks that he appeared indestructible—until Oct. 7. He was known...

Biden Breaks a 2004 Promise to Israel

How much is the American presidential seal worth? The majestic eagle circled by stars was, until recently,...

Biden’s Middle East Is a Fantasy World

When Joe Biden and officials in his administration talk about the Israelis and the Palestinians, they...

Trump Isn’t Alone in Gaining From Indictment

Benjamin Netanyahu’s delegation was shocked when they saw gold-plated toilets in Trump Tower during a...

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