Commentary

No amount of rhetorical acrobatics can turn a terrorist invasion into a noble uprising, or a Hamas-run enclave into a Holocaust reenactment.

Israel Hayom has learned that French President Emmanuel Macron has been telling Western leaders that recognizing a Palestinian state could lead to reciprocal recognition of Israel by Muslim-majority countries. Earlier today, Indonesia's president said his country would agree to establish ties with Israel—if Jerusalem recognizes a Palestinian state.

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.

A severe failure in Israel’s public diplomacy efforts means that even its allies are beginning to forget the October 7 massacre. Internal conflicts, bureaucratic paralysis and governmental infighting are crippling the country’s outreach at a time when it is needed most.

Hamas launches an assault on Israel. In response, Israel initiates a military operation, forcing the IDF to fight in densely built-up urban areas, inevitably leading to significant civilian casualties and widespread destruction. One of the only things that might bring the war to an end are pressures like those currently applied in Lebanon or Syria.

The Canadian government has a moral and constitutional responsibility to protect all its citizens, including Jews. It shouldn’t take a foreign government to warn Canadian Jews that their safety is at risk.

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.

Nira and Ofir Sharabi, the widow and daughter of deceased hostage Yossi Sharabi, have returned from New York with a message that cuts to the heart of Israel's ongoing hostage crisis.

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.

A week in Europe exposed the disgrace of Israel’s missing public diplomacy. The harsh statements by Western democracies did not emerge in a vacuum, they were built by our enemies' propaganda long before the war, while Israel was asleep at the wheel. But the situation can still be reversed.