The draft exemption law is important because it lowers the level of hostility, halts the reflexive “anti” discourse, and creates space in which the Haredi public understands that it must change. Not change forced by a clenched fist, but change that can actually be implemented.
The critical mistake of the Trump-Kushner approach is the attempt to reduce a deep national, religious, and identity conflict to a cash-flow and urban-development problem.
From the Exodus from Egypt to modern Israel, the command remains the same: We do not leave our brothers behind.
The Israeli-American Council’s 10th National Summit, taking place January 15–17 in Florida, is not a celebration. It brings together Israeli-Americans, Jewish Americans, and Israelis not as separate audiences, but as partners confronting shared challenges and shaping shared solutions.
Tehran's streets surge with demonstrators, but fractured opposition and imprisoned leaders leave uprising without the organized force needed for revolution.
We came to the US to meet with President Trump. Our message is clear: there can be no “phase two” without the full completion of “phase one.” Ran, my son, was among the first to go out and fight on October 7, and he is the last one still being held captive. 815 days is an eternity.
36 years after the genocide carried out against us by the Somali dictator, a circle has closed with the one country that did not remain silent in our darkest hour. Now Israel and Somaliland are embarking on a remarkable journey rooted in shared trauma. Two nations that rose from the ashes and refuse to be victims.
During Hanukkah, it is important to recall a simple truth that is too often forgotten: we do not rely on miracles. A miracle is a last resort, not a work plan. We must build an international Jewish security network, adapted to the threats of the 21st century.
Confronted by unsettling social change, some Israelis projected their unease onto a figure who embodied it – Israel’s most dominant and resilient political figure.
Instead of criticizing Mike Huckabee's meetings with Jonathan Pollard, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, along with the criticism of his television ads before his appointment, Israeli media and public should be "celebrating" the fact that the United States finally has an ambassador who understands Israel's situation from the depths of his heart and defends it without any apology or reservation.
