The battle against jihadists in Gaza is far from over. Hamas is relentless, and talk that is circulating about the Muslim Brotherhood offshoot being defeated is a hope, not reality. Hamas is governed by an ideology which cannot be defeated militarily. As fast as the IDF takes out one leader, another one arises, while Israel […]
Israel Moves to Protect Itself From Turkish Aggression
I assume that the attack on Abu Al Duhur airbase had two objectives. First, to destroy the main runway, which for some time will put the airbase out of commission. This means the Turks will not be able to fly in men and weapons. Second, to destroy radar and other air defense systems that the […]
U.S. slams Israeli strikes on Syrian base as ‘unnecessary escalation,’ but which side is really escalating?
We are deeply concerned that the confirmed Israeli airstrikes on Abu al-Duhur Airbase constitute an unnecessary escalation that does not advance regional stability. The Al-Sharra government has neither adopted a predatory posture nor maintained proxy forces. It has, in fact,… — Ambassador Tom Barrack (@USAMBTurkiye) August 18, 2026 This comes along with the news of […]
Israel Strikes Syrian Air Base
Israeli planes struck Abu Al-Duhur, a Syrian airbase, on August 18, dropping eight bombs, destroying a main runway and, even more important, devastating storage facilities containing what Israel knew was Turkish weaponry. Israel had information that the Turkish army was just about to deploy troops at the base, which could then be used both to […]
Jews May Now Bring Prayer Books To The Temple Mount
When the IDF captured the Old City of Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, the then Defense Minister, Moshe Dayan, aware of how stunned the Arabs were at their humiliating defeat, wanted to avoid further upsetting them. So he decided, on his own, that there would be restrictions placed on Jews wishing to visit the Temple […]
Northern Virginia Muslim salon owner throws Jewish client out of salon over Israel
Jihad Watch has a whole category about Islamic antisemitism. Dennis Prager interviewed Dr. Andrew Bostom about Muslim antisemitism and its roots in Islam HERE. Islamic antisemitism is also at the root of the Palestinian “resistance” (from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea). And the Palestinian cause is deemed the central cause of the Muslim […]
How the Wall Street Journal Distorts the Reality of Christian Life in Israel
A handful of ultra-Orthodox Israeli teenagers, have been spitting on, or more often on the ground near, Christians in the Jewish state. Presumably they are expressing their anger at traditional Christian antisemitism, or perhaps are angry that Christian bodies such as the Vatican and the World Council of Churches have adopted anti-Israel attitudes. Or perhaps […]
Eight Points in Defense of Israel
In response to my article “You Don’t Have To Be Jewish To Love Israel,” a reader, Edmund Casey wrote the following: Were a population that had been native to Palestine for over 1200 years denied their right to become a nation after the breakup of the Turkish Empire in 1918? I am a firm supporter […]
Israel’s UN Ambassador Danny Danon tells Security Council ‘We are not leaving Judea and Samaria’
Danny Danon has shown again his characteristic fearlessness and defiance in the face of evil and injustice. Why should Israel give up Judea and Samaria? Because jihad terrorists said so? Islamic State-linked activity has been on the rise in Israel, particularly in Judea and Samaria. The Jerusalem Post reported last May that “Israel’s defense establishment warned of a sharp […]
A Little Girl Gets on a Bus
Amid ongoing wild claims about a “Greater Israel,” Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann, the executive director of Chabad in Columbus, Ohio, nearly a year ago beautifully enunciated what Israel is fighting for, and what victory would look like. The full text can be found here: “The Ultimate Victory: A Six-Year-Old Oct. 7 Victim’s Answer to Terror,” by […]