Back in September 1978, I started writing op-ed pieces as editor-in-chief of the Town Crier at Paul Revere Junior High School in Los Angeles. My topics ranged from on-campus controversies to headier stuff, like President Jimmy Carter’s shortcomings and the dangers of…
In his magisterial biography of Winston Churchill, the late Martin Gilbert described the visit Churchill paid Gaza in 1921. Gaza at that time had a population of about 15,000 Arabs as well a little less than 100 Jews, the tiny…
Don’t forget what Robert Gates had to say about Joe Biden. Gates, a Republican who served for a time as the defense secretary in the Obama administration and was one of the few somewhat-truthful Americans to serve in that administration,…
If one has read only the New York Times in the past week, it would be easy to think the most high-profile antisemite in America is Republican billionaire Elon Musk. I counted 11 articles from the paper since Nov. 15…
Israel has lost the initiative in its defensive war against Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip as conclusively demonstrated in the ongoing confusion in the release of hostages. The Friday hostage release was made, but on Saturday, Hamas had refused…
Truth is a rare commodity when it comes to international organizations. This is all the more so when it comes to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the internationally funded welfare organization for Palestinians. For decades critics have…
“Credibility, an editor once said, “is the lifeblood of our profession. Without it not one person will believe a single word that we write.” Hence, Reuters’ categorical denial of bias in reporting the Holocaust-like events of October 7 in the…
On Friday, the first 24 of a promised 50-hostage release by Hamas — 13 Israelis and 11 foreign nationals, none American — were delivered to the International Red Cross. In exchange for the 50, Israel will release 150 Palestinian terrorist…
It’s time to impose a moratorium on the allocation of public funds to non-profit organizations in the United States that support Hamas, the designated terror organization responsible for the Oct. 7 massacre that resulted in the murder of more than…
