Editor notes

Editor's Notes: Israel just met the America that comes after Trump - comment

Here is a bet you can hold me to. The respect from the US lasts. The protection that used to come with it does not, and it gets tested before the year is out, probably in Lebanon.

US VICE President JD Vance and President Donald Trump listen to Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the White House, April 23, 2026, during an earlier round of talks. Trump leads now; Vance and Rubio are next. Israel was in the room as an ambassador, not a principal.
DF armored forces at a staging area in southern Israel near the border with Gaza. January 01, 2024.

Editor's Notes: High Court ruling on women in tanks deepens religious divide in IDF - comment

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu give thumbs-up at the White House in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.

US Jews are realizing that Netanyahu can handle war better than Trump can - comment

US President Donald Trump and Yakir Gabay.

Editor's Notes: Who is Yakir Gabay, the billionaire on Trump's Gaza Board of Peace?


March 4, 2019: Educate for peace

Letters

Playing with fire

Palestinians along the border with Gaza began using kites attached to incendiary devices as a simple but devastating weapon.

Palestinian children swing at a park in Gaza City November 9, 2018

Real talk

The JFNA GA may say they want to talk, but there are some parts of Israel which have the feeling that this American Jewish organization is not really interested in hearing what they have to say.

American Jews marching in New York with Israeli flags. How can we bridge the divide between Israel and the Diaspora?

Putting treason into perspective

As far as solidarity goes, it is a slim platform – but it’s an important start.

Iran's national flags are seen on a square in Tehran, Iran.

No Iran in Syria

Israel must demand a full accounting of the Iranian forces in Syria and that any agreements made on the south be based on verification.

Hama, Syria [file photo]

Stopping the S-300

It is in Israel's interest that Syria be stabilized, but it is in the world’s interest that weapons do not proliferate to terrorist groups and terrorist regimes.

The self-launching component of the S300 surface-to-air missile

Yogev’s diatribe

As long as Israel has no constitution that clearly protects individual basic rights, it is important that Israel maintain a strong, outspoken judiciary.

MK MOTI YOGEV listens to a colonel during a tour of Judea and Samaria last month.

A day for agunot

For well over a decade now Jewish women’s rights organizations have marked the Fast of Esther, which proceeds Purim and falls this year on Wednesday, as International Agunah Day.

THE AUTHOR has created tales of religious and personal conflict in the 15th century and today.

Can Israel remain strong and stable after Netanyahu?

A country is not measured by a single leader, no matter how powerful he or she might be.

Protesters hold signs as they take part in a rally calling upon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down in Tel Aviv, Israel February 16, 2018.

Editor's Notes: Is the Netanyahu era over?

The police recommendations might have chiseled a small crack in Mr. Teflon’s armor, but it is still far from shattering.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepares to give a speech in Tel Aviv, Israel February 14, 2018