Wednesday, October 28th 2026   |

Opinions

OP-ED: We dat!

With no comment from the NFL’s top official and no opportunity for redress from that infamous “no call” last in the NFC Championship Game, the fans of the New Orleans Saints could have cried in their beers and stayed bitter...

OP-ED: Jewish Voice for Peace Hits the Trifecta (anti-Semitism, racism and anti-Zionism)

By MITCHELL BARD

According to its website, “Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) is guided by a vision of justice, equality and freedom for all people. We unequivocally oppose Zionism because it is counter to those ideals.”

In rationalizing this position,...

OP-ED: Right-wing killings eclipsed all other extremist-related murders in 2018. The numbers don’t lie.

By JONATHAN A. GREENBLATT

NEW YORK (JTA) — Every year, extremism takes a deadly toll around the world. No region is immune — not the Middle East, not Europe, and not the United States. In 2018, there were at least 50...

OP-ED: Our call

This one hurts, maybe even worse than last year when the Minnesota Miracle, a last-ditch effort by a scrambling team, sent the Boys in Black and Gold back home from the playoffs to watch the Super Bowl rather than play...

OP-ED: The media’s anti-Semitism problem

By SEAN BURNS

— Adolf Hitler was a genocidal dictator who unleashed the most destructive war in the history of humankind and perpetrated the Holocaust. He was also a lover of animals and art who, initially anyways, brought...

OP-ED: Israel and the argument about Trump’s wall

By JONATHAN S. TOBIN

— It may be that supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump and those who back the Israeli government led by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are now so closely aligned that the latter have...

OP-ED: NY Times trashes Israel again (so nu?)

By MITCHELL BARD

Reading New York Times stories and op-eds about Jews and Israel reminds me of Ronald Reagan’s classic debate response to Jimmy Carter: “There you go again.” People often ask why the paper has such animus, and while many reasons...

OP-ED: 5 Questions about Israel’s political musical chairs

By JONATHAN S. TOBIN

(J — The old expression is that for every two Jews, there are three political opinions. In Israel, that cliché can be extended to also include four or five political parties. That’s never been truer than...

OP-ED: Hamas is too close for comfort

By NADAV SHRAGAI

 — Ramallah has suddenly reverted to a terrorist agenda. Hamas has raised its flag in the capital of the Palestinian Authority.

There, in that city of spacious homes, which in recent years has attracted banks and...

OP-ED: Punishing a Saudi prince

By CLIFFORD D. MAY

(Consult a map of the Middle East. Locate the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow sea passage separating the Arabian Peninsula from Iran, and connecting the Gulf – whether you call it the Persian...