Guest Column

I arrived in Denver 15 years ago. I always felt safe. The children go to public school wearing necklaces with their names in Hebrew. But now the fear is tangible.

I'm filled with guilt, even though I know it's not my fault. It's not my fault that I was kidnapped, that I survived, that I was released. But if I don't act, don't speak out, that will be my fault. So I speak, I tell, and I hug those I want to hug - to show, to prove, to explain why they must be brought back - now.

Celebration alone is not enough. Jerusalem Day must be a call to action, a moment to build a vision that is both ambitious and practical, not just for the coming decade but for the next half-century.

The Israeli Left longs for peace as the gateway to normalcy, but there is no making peace with a society that turns territorial concessions into Gaza, post-2005.

In assessing leftist hostility to Israel, conflating naïveté with antisemitism helps no one – least of all the Jews.

We are standing at a critical crossroads: education or extinction. Those who forget the past are doomed to relive it - which is why the struggle to preserve the memory of the Holocaust is a moral imperative.

The Taiwan question is a legacy of China’s civil war. Since 1945, Taiwan has not been a foreign colony or under foreign occupation, and there is no question of people’s right to self-determination. Cross-Strait relations are between the central and local authorities, and the future of Taiwan can only be determined by the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people, including Taiwan compatriots.

Seven years since that day, and with a certain symbolism, the judge sentenced the two men responsible for the deaths of Gali, Agam, Ilan, Ella, Shani, Yael, Maayan, Adi, Tzur and Romi to seven years in prison. Seven years that won’t bring our children back, but may restore some of the trust we lost, and affirm the basic principle that the sin of pride must be met with punishment.

The Chinese government will encourage more investment in people through funds and resources to create more opportunities, improve quality of life and foster a better environment for people’s development. Investing in people is emerging as a new trend for private capital, unlocking significant potential in such sectors as education, healthcare and elderly care services. This will undoubtedly open up broader prospects for China-Israel practical cooperation.

Arab Muslim societies missed a golden opportunity to weaken or even outright defeat Zionism. Instead, these societies' anti-Jewish rage fueled the new Jewish state and served as further evidence of its necessity.