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OP-ED: Trump’s pick for civil rights can doom DEI racism

By JONATHAN S. TOBIN

(JNS.org) – Compared to some of the choices for posts in President-elect Donald Trump’s new administration, this one isn’t likely to garner nearly the attention that some of the others have generated. Trump’s decision to name Harmeet...

OP-ED: Hypocrisy on Israel in Australia

By MOSHE PHILLIPS

The Australian government’s refusal to grant a visa to former Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked is outrageous. It’s also incredibly hypocritical.

Australian Immigration Minister Tony Burke has said that Shaked will not be allowed to enter Australia,...

OP-ED: A necessary though imperfect deal caps Netanyahu’s finest hour

By JONATHAN S. TOBIN

(JNS.org) – There are a good many reasons to worry that the impending ceasefire with Hezbollah terrorists that Israel has chosen to accept is a bad bargain. A lot can go wrong, and there are no assurances...

OP-ED: October 7 aftermath books bring dislike of ‘woke’ factions abroad, those who shun country’s defense

By STEVE LIPMAN

The recent first-year anniversary of the October 7 atrocities in the area bordering Gaza brought a virtual flood of books commemorating, documenting, explaining, and trying to make sense (if you can make sense of evil) of the...

OP-ED: The international system is broken beyond repair

By CAROLINE B. GLICK

(JNS.org) – The announcement by the International Criminal Court on Thursday that it is issuing international arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant indicates that the bottom has fallen...

OP-ED: Trump’s Election Saved Jews, But He’s No Zionist

By MITCHELL BARD

For partisans, Donald Trump is either the devil or the Messiah. We will only know at the end of four years. We do know the Jewish community’s immediate well-being was spared by his victory. Israel’s fate is not...

OP-ED: Under US pressure to expel Hamas, Qatar keeps double-dealing

By YAAKOV LAPPIN

(JNS.org) – The United States is pressuring Qatar to expel Hamas leaders from its territory due to the terrorist organization’s refusal to consider even a short ceasefire and new suggestions for a hostage release deal with Israel.

According...

OP-ED: If Jewish unity means accepting bigotry and dehumanization, count me out

By LARRY YUDELSON

(JTA) — Even before the results were known in this most divisive of campaigns, the push was on for the Jewish community to heal its partisan divides, with a rally in Washington called Sunday to promote “Jewish...

OP-ED: Trusting the electorate

By ALAN SMASON

It’s taken four years, a pandemic, the aftermath of serious racial unrest in communities across the nation and the fallout from the January 6 insurrection to get to this point. Today is Election Day and it is...

OP-ED: Israel is the front line against radical Islam

By JOSEPH PUDER

(JNS.org) – Israel has been the West’s frontline against the forces of darkness almost from its inception.

During the height of the Cold War between the United States and the Communist Soviet Union, Israel’s utilization of U.S....