Opinion

Middle Israel: From Caesar to Netanyahu, Israel prepares to enter a post-charisma era - opinion

How long this transition will last is anyone’s guess, but for an Israel crushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s overbearing charisma, the post-charismatic era’s emergence will not be one day too early.

|ByAMOTZ ASA-EL
For an Israel crushed by Benjamin Netanyahu’s overbearing charisma, the post-charismatic era’s emergence will not be one day too early,’ the writer argues. Here, Netanyahu addresses the United Nations General Assembly in September.
A Jew is arrested by German soldiers in April 1943 after the uprising of the Warsaw ghetto during WW2. When the Nazis set up the ghetto in 1940, it held more than 300 000 Jews. Two years later most of them has either died from starvation or disease or been carted off to an extermination camp.

Holocaust memory compels us to reject false genocide claims and face Gaza’s agony - opinion

Whatever position one takes on the issue, the nature of Holocaust memory is in crisis.

|ByMENACHEM Z. ROSENSAFT/JTA, JAMES MCAULEY/JTA
Early Zionist pioneers sought not only to establish a Jewish homeland but to reshape Jewish life through physical labor, self-reliance, and collective responsibility.PremiumPremium

Keeping Jews Jewish is not enough - we must build them - opinion

Zionism built more than a State – it built a different kind of Jew

|ByADAM SCOTT BELLOS
The report found that in the half–year following October 7, the health funds and resilience centers provided mental care to less than 1% of Israel's population, while 38% reported significant symptoms

Beyond resilience: Israel's traumatized families need support, not just admiration - opinion

We can celebrate courage and still leave room for what comes afterward. Surviving does not tell us how someone is sleeping or whether they feel safe boarding another plane.

|ByGILA TOLUB

The Left has weakened Israel, only Bibi can save it - opinion

The elections are coming up, and for me, there is no contest. It is time for us to get behind Bibi. Return him to power. Let him finish the job.

OCTOBER 4, 2026ByURI GELLER
Prime Minister Netanyahu at the Ashdod Naval Base, October 4, 2026.

Three questions Israelis must ask themselves before voting on October 27 - opinion

Israel’s next leader must be evaluated on how they managed both their party lists and campaigns, what they believe are the nation’s main challenges, and their approach to foreign policy.

OCTOBER 4, 2026BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
An illustration of an Israeli voting at the ballot box.

Jews in Canada, it's time to talk about Aliyah

Rising antisemitism and growing insecurity have changed Jewish life in Canada. Community leaders should strengthen local institutions while also considering Aliyah.

OCTOBER 1, 2026ByIZHAK LAX
A poster against antisemitism is seen on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in Markham, Ontario, Canada on March 22, 2025.

No longer led like sheep to slaughter: Israelis' fight for the right to live - opinion

From the averted flydubai hijacking to multifront threats, Israeli action is not aggression, but the resolve of a people determined to fight for their own survival.

OCTOBER 1, 2026ByRONEN ITSIK
Israelis reunite with their loved ones who were on the hijacked flydubai flight at Ben-Gurion Airport on September 30 2026.

Inheriting moral instincts: How choices become a legacy – opinion

Our descendants absorb what we choose to do in times of crisis: they act based on what they watched us forgive, defend, and risk for others.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2026ByKENNETH BRANDER
A rabbi blows a shoat ahead of Yom Kippur at the Western Wall in Jerusalem in 2026.

B’Yachad promotes referendums to enable the disabled – opinion

The ADA established a decisive policy against disability discrimination; it’s high time Israel does the same.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2026ByZACH CUTLER
Naftali Bennett

‘NAZA’ isn’t the problem. Israel is, for supporting this government – opinion

A biased film criticizing Israel is nowhere near as dangerous as a society that will reelect the leaders that failed it on October 7.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2026BySHERWIN POMERANTZ
Rachel Szor and Yuval Abraham pose with the Special Jury Prize for ‘NAZA’ at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival in September.

Ireland-Israel tensions spill into sports, and the ball is in Dublin's court now - opinion

An upcoming soccer match between Israel and Ireland is sidelining sports, engaging in foul play instead in the form of biased, anti-Israel rhetoric.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
Irish coach Heimir Hallgrímsson.

Will Israel's 2026 election represent Liberman’s swan song? – opinion

The chair of Yisrael Beytenu still has one more goal to achieve before he bids farewell to his illustrious political career.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026ByORI WERTMAN
Yisrael Beytenu leader MK Avigdor Liberman leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, July 6, 2026

There is no ethnic cleansing in Israel and the West Bank - this is why - opinion

Statistics show the opposite, with an Arab population boom prevalent in the West Bank.

SEPTEMBER 27, 2026ByITAMAR MARCUS
Greek Orthodox clergymen walk in a procession in the Manger Square outside the Nativity Church complex in Bethlehem in January.