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OP-ED: Countering the Oct. 7 deniers

By BEN COHEN

(JNS.org) – Jews have long been accustomed to being history’s double victims. We are victims of its most murderous currents and the victims of subsequent attempts to revise, play down or even outright deny these episodes...

OP-ED: Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is about law and order, not free speech

By MARGAUX JUBIN

(JNS.org) – The recent arrest of Columbia University graduate student and activist Mahmoud Khalil has sparked outrage among progressives and pro-Palestinian activists who decry his detention as an unconstitutional attack on free speech. However, quite the opposite...

OP-ED: Israel redrawing its borders in Syria and Lebanon

By  YONI BEN MENACHEM

(Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs via JNS.org) – On Feb. 24, 2025, protests erupted in southern Syria, with several hundred demonstrators rallying in multiple locations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent call...

OP-ED: Trump should talk to anyone, anywhere, if it can save our hostages

By NOAM TIBON

(JTA) — If I found myself sitting across the table from one of the top leaders of Hamas, I don’t know if I would have been able to control my emotions and not try to kill him.

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OP-ED: With Trump’s backing, Hamas’s defeat is now possible

By JONATHAN S. TOBIN

(JNS.org) – For the last year and a half, it has been a self-fulfilling prophecy. Those who have claimed that Hamas couldn’t be defeated were right—but only because the rules of engagement of the war that the...

OP-ED: The unbreakable bond

By AVI ABELOW

(JNS.org) – Under the leadership of U.S. President Donald Trump, America and Israel are fully aligned in their shared missions: defeat Islamic terrorism, prevent a nuclear Iran and ensure Israel’s complete victory over Hamas. With his visit...

OP-ED: The ‘Hezbollahization’ of Gaza

By MEIR BEN SHABBAT

(Israel Hayom) – While Israel focuses on completing Phase 1 of the hostage deal and determining the fate of its next stage, the Arab world and Hamas are accelerating discussions on formulas that could lead to “the day...

OP-ED: Jewish foes of Trump’s Gaza plan remain Hamas’s ‘useful idiots’

By JONATHAN TOBIN

(JNS.org) – It turns out there are some people who still believe in the symbolism and power of full-page advertisements in The New York Times. Among them are a great many Jewish celebrities and rabbis who believe the institution...

OP-ED: I liked the AI Jews-against-Kanye video — and we should all be terrified of it

By RABBI JEFFREY SALKIN

(JTA) — I was drawn to the video, too.

Seeing celebrities like Jerry Seinfeld and Mike Bloomberg channel my rage and give a middle finger to Kanye West after his most recent antisemitic spree, which included...

OP-ED: End the war, clear Gaza and start again

By LARRY LEVINE

(JNS.org) – Oct. 7, 2023, was a day of infamy for every Jew on earth. It was the day our dreams of peace with Israel’s neighbors were shattered into millions of pieces as thousands of Hamas members and...