Editorials
Israel at 76: A difficult but definitive year forward for Israel
IJN Editorial StaffMay 16, 2024
Those who view this past year as terrible for Israel might wish to recall the view a year ago. On Israel’s 75th anniversary, the learned commentators said that Israel...
Will the real President Biden please stand up?
IJN Editorial StaffMay 16, 2024
President Biden's 180-degree turns are leading to a crisis in confidence for many American Jews. It’s becoming impossible to disentangle Biden’s professed deep...
There is no academic freedom
IJN Editorial StaffMay 09, 2024
Once the pride of American society, academia, or much of it, has squandered its reputation and stature. Putting aside the abysmal moral unclarity of the presidents of...
The worst
IJN Editorial StaffMay 09, 2024
The worst element in the anti-Israel demonstrations and mobs is the refusal to engage.
Eric Adams steps up. Biden and Trump could take a lesson
IJN Editorial StaffMay 02, 2024
It is not enough to condemn anti-Semitism. The message has to be unambiguous. New York City Mayor Eric Adams speaks without ambiguity; he speaks with action.
Do not gaslight us — we know what we saw, what we heard
IJN Editorial StaffMay 02, 2024
Anti-Israel activists would have you believe that “protesters” calling for Israel’s destruction on university campuses are merely exercising their free speech...
There is no ‘day after’
IJN Editorial StaffApr 25, 2024
The day after” the end of the war in Gaza . . . countless things will happen and will need to happen. But there is not going to be a “day after.” The rebuilding...
What is a reader to think?
IJN Editorial StaffApr 25, 2024
Communist and Nazi distortions were so blatant as to be transparent. The current distortions become more widely believed because they can be mixed in with facts.
Kudos: Praiseworthy Jewish community figures
IJN Editorial StaffApr 18, 2024
Every year the IJN salutes people known or obscure who bring freedom into our lives. Passover, with its message of gratitude to G-d for our freedom, is the appropriate...
Pay for slay? Perish the thought
IJN Editorial StaffApr 11, 2024
No longer will the Palestinian Authority pay people to kill people — on the books, anyway. “Your honor, I am not guilty of murder. All I did was hire the hit man.”