A recent photo of Hezbollah operative Hajj Fadi shows just how symbiotic the relationship between Hezbollah and Iran has become. Hezbollah needs Iranian support to survive; Iran needs Hezbollah to fight its global battles and help it buck U.S. sanctions.
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin, a devoted educator and scholar who combines Orthodox religious practice with a willingness to butt heads with the rabbinical establishment, insists that Israel and U.S. Jewry cannot give up on each other. "We don't have to agree but we have to listen," he says.
In two weeks or so, Likud officials will wait outside the Prime Minister’s Office to learn what role the prime minister has in mind for them for the next few years. While many dreams will be realized, others will be crushed.
In the recent flare-up of violence with Gaza, both Israel and Hamas racked up successes and failures. But it's still the Palestinian terrorists who decide when the fighting will start and when it will end, and Israel must change that equation.
Ahead of Independence Day, here are a few figures and numbers on what we have managed to do in this small country over the past several years.
Islamic Jihad has proved time and again that it refuses to play by the rules. The time has come for Israel to consider targeting the Iranian-backed terrorist group.
Seeking to entrench itself in the West Bank, and always willing to overlook the suffering of its people in Gaza, Hamas comes up with one scheme after another to funnel money to its operatives. The IDF and the Defense Ministry are busy tracking it down.
Commander of the Golan Division, Brig. Gen. Amit Fisher, talks to Israel Hayom about the challenges of ensuring that the Golan Heights remain Israel's quietest border in spite of "Iran creating legitimacy for terrorism on the Heights."
Linda Taha, a religious Muslim artist from Jaljulia, made the decision to remove her hijab two years ago. She reminds me of myself.
Passover is a celebration of the conflict that lies at the very core of our faith, which is what has allowed the Jewish people to adhere to a unique philosophy throughout their history.