Whether the anti-Hamas protests that have taken place, and put down, in Gaza herald any future larger revolution against the terrorist regime can’t be known. But Hamas’ evil is evident as always, and some Americans need to wake up to it, as you can read here.
President Trump’s executive order to dismantle the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees American independent news outlets like Voice of America, was greeted with cheers in some circles. In others, not so much.
To read about the issue, please click here.
My most recent Ami Magazine piece can be read here.
A rumination on the meaning of “Palestinian” can be read here.
An opinion column I wrote for the Boston Globe appeared on March 21 and can be read here.
No matter our desire to embrace a country or leader as a truly reliable friend, we all — especially we Jews — do well to remember that there may not be any such thing, a truism about which Chazal warned us millennia ago.
To read what evoked that thought, please click here.
Last Thursday, explosives destroyed three buses in Israel – empty ones. Yesterday, Nael Obeid, a notorious Hamas terrorist who was freed in a hostage exchange, fell to his death in East Jerusalem. As we prepare to welcome Adar, we pray for Hashem’s continued protection.
In order to return hostages to their families, Israel has had to release hundreds of prisoners, some of them convicted murderers.
There’s a way, though, to prevent future such releases. You can read about it here.
The public celebration that ensued when Hamas terrorists emerged, post-“deal,” in Gaza doesn’t bode well for peace (or for Gazans, including the celebrants).
Much else is nervous-making about the situation in Israel. To read about what I mean, please click here.
No one familiar with Russia’s penchant for poisoning dissidents or arranging for their unfortunate defenestrations should be surprised by the recent revelation of Moscow mayhem. To read about it, please click here.