Defense Minister Israel Katz says that if his new haredi (ultra-Orthodox) IDF draft bill were adopted, the number of haredim serving in the IDF per year would jump to 4,800 …
Founding coordinator of the Global Forum against Anti-Semitism in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office, and former senior advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Natan Sharansky. Israel office director of Canada’s Center for Israel and Jewish Affairs. A three-decade veteran diplomatic and defense columnist for The Jerusalem Post and many Jewish newspapers around the world.
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With Donald J. Trump moving in three days’ time back into the White House, Israel must carefully calibrate its relationship with the new-old president and his team. Jerusalem has to …
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Dealing Palestinian terrorists for Israeli hostages might be the moral thing to do, but it also may be the most disastrous.
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It’s Trump time: Handcuffs off versus Hamas and Iran. Therefore, hostilities are about to escalate – yes “escalate” – purposefully and usefully so.
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Know Comment: I see knockback against Iran, conflict with Turkey, a deal with Saudi Arabia, and ever-higher taxes.
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Palestinianism seeks to strip justice and authenticity from Israel’s very existence and to upend its alliance with the democratic world.