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 THE WRITER speaks at a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee in September. Hatred of Jews is a central component of radical Islam’s rhetoric, but it is merely part of a greater objective – destabilizing the free world order, he maintains.

Calling the attacks in the Dutch capital antisemitic is burying our heads in the sand - opinion

By ALON DAVIDI
 RADICAL HUMANISTS believe so deeply in man’s inherent goodness that they struggle to acknowledge the existence of evil. Pictured: A child.

Israel haters have too much faith in humanity

Billionaire investor George Soros attends the Schumpeter Award in Vienna, Austria June 21, 2019.

Extreme left-wing billionaires George and Alex Soros endorse Kamala Harris

 SCULPTURE OF medieval Jewish scholar and later chief rabbi of Egypt, Moshe ben-Maimon, displayed in the city of his birth, Cordoba, Spain. The writer explains that according to Maimonides, the path of the wise is the ‘middle path.’

Finding the balance: What Jewish law teaches us about avoiding political extremes?

By HYIM SHAFNER
 A PROTESTER waves a Palestinian flag at a rally outside MIT’s Stata Center in May in Cambridge, Massachusetts. American and European institutes of higher learning harbor academics who promote the West as a sinful civilization, says the writer.

For Western students, Israel is a code word for US imperialism

By MICHAEL PARTEM
 STUDENTS CAMP out at the Diag at the University of Michigan, last month. These students are not only calling for divestment from Israel, but also from US ‘imperialism,’ the writer asserts.

Supporting Hamas is regressive not progressive

By Dominique Hoffman
 A rally in support of Israel that took place in November in Washington. Israel should inspire American Jews to focus less on what they have been doing - defense - and shift to what they have not been doing - attack, says the writer.

In her new book, Batya Ungar-Sargon speaks on why Jews need to rethink their alliances

By AMY KLEIN
 AT A demonstration in Tel Aviv, earlier this month, against the government’s plan for judicial change, signs read ‘The student protest’ and ‘Without democracy, there is no academia.’

Israel no longer 'liberal democracy' for first time in 50 years, research institute says

 A PROTEST organized by Palestinian solidarity groups and activists takes place in Copenhagen last month. The genocidal calls of ‘from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ are accompanied by massively financed and marketed Palestinian paraphernalia, scarves, flags, and posters.

Antisemitism must be criminalized before it's too late

 Rep. Andy Levin speaks at a press conference introducing his "Two-State Solution Act" on Capitol Hill, Sept. 23, 2021. He is flanked by Hadar Susskind, the president/CEO of Americans for Peace Now; Rep. Alan Lowenthal; Rep. Sara Jacobs; Rep. Peter Welch; and J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami.

Left-wing Zionist groups Americans for Peace Now, Ameinu to merge

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Liberal Jews feel abandoned by the Left - opinion

 THE STATE of Israel has been and will remain strong, and I am proud of my contribution to its strength as an army officer, a diplomat, and an adviser to one of Israel’s founding fathers, Shimon Peres,’ says the writer.

Israel must work to maintain progressive support - opinion

 PALESTINIANS INSPECT the damage of an IAF strike at the Magazi refugee camp, in central Gaza

Why is Israel struggling with public diplomacy in the war with Hamas? - opinion

 MK Sharren Haskel visits sites from the October 7 massacre in southern Israel

Haskel: Muslims almost done with Christians, Jews are next

 Randi Weingarten, President of the American Federation of Teachers, testifies about the effect of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic on students and schools in front of the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. April 26, 2023.

Randi Weingarten, teachers’ union leader, joins J Street board

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA
Survey findings indicate that a party led by the former Minister of Communications would secure eight seats.

Poll predicts 8 Seats for Yoaz Hendel's new right-wing party

The World Zionist Organization building in Tel Aviv, overlooking Leonardo da Vinci Street, displayes the Declaration of Independence September 12, 2023

Israeli Declaration of Independence displayed on WZO building

 THE WRITER takes part in a protest march from the Supreme Court to the Knesset in Jerusalem, last month.

The US, Israel aren't safe for liberal Jewish women - opinion

By TALIA KAINAN