Editorials

For Hamas, disarmament is a euphemism. If Hamas were interested in the welfare of Gaza, and the welfare of Gazans, it would have disarmed, by itself, long ago.

And you thought politics was expensive. Next time you read how much money it took for a political candidate to win a local race, keep in mind: It was only one race. No matter how expensive, the win doesn’t hold a candle to the New York Mets, circa 2026.

A little over two decades ago, an event took place whose repercussions are felt today — in Israel, in the Middle East, and globally. At 6:40 a.m. on June 25, 2006 (Israel time), the Israel Defense Forces was informed that one of its soldiers, Gilad Shalit, had been kidnapped by Hamas and other terror groups into the Gaza Strip.

In New York City, 2026, the mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary excludes Jews, even though Jews are approximately 10% of the population. New York City welcomes Jim Crow.

Say it plain: If Israel did not have offensive weapons to counter Iran’s enormous capacity, Israel’s defensive weapons would run out. Would the United States be better off if it did not have Iron Dome, anti-missile, self-defense technology? That technology has saved thousands of lives both in Israel and around the world — including the lives of American allies outside of Israel.

David French is not a US Senator. Too bad. He has principles, unlike Senators Charles Schumer and Bernie Sanders, who are both Jewish, and who both rationalized away Graham Platner’s Nazi Totenkopf tattoo — which he kept for 18 years and which, one of his (many) ex-girlfriends told the NYT, he called “my Totenkopf.”

Amidst all of her bobbing and weaving, obfuscation, indirect answers, non-answers and deflections, Melat Kiros still manages to make herself clear. When asked whether Israel has a right to exist, and why she will not condemn the firebombing of a predominantly Jewish group that injured many and killed one Jew on June 1 in Boulder, Kiros’ intent becomes clear.

The anti-Zionism of today — the latest iteration of assimilation — is worse than the anti-Zionism of the Pittsburgh Platform. The early anti-Zionism damaged the Jewish body politic spiritually but did not damage Jews physically. There was no immediate threat to Jewish life in the assertion of anti-Jewish nationalism in the Pittsburgh Platform.

Whither USA on the birthdayof the world’s oldest democracy? Judging the foundation of the United States of America by the norms of the time, the signing of the Declaration of Independence 250 years ago was a fabulously positive turning point...

Remember when President Trump pronounced Gaza as the future Riviera of the Middle East? Remember when the US-imposed ceasefire in Gaza of Oct. 10 promised the reconstruction of Gaza premised on the disarming of Hamas? Remember — if only for the one week since it was signed — the US-brokered peace plan for Lebanon, based on the disarmament of Hezbollah?