My Word

My Word: Gazan performance art - opinion

An opening act chanting “Free Palestine” and falsely accusing Israel of genocide sets the stage for more violence.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026|ByLIAT COLLINS

Singer Ed Sheeran appears on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Center in New York, U.S., June 6, 2023.

My Word: From 9/11 to October 7, the dates that changed the world - opinion

Twenty-five years after the Durban Conference, there is a tidal wave of antisemitic attacks; 25 years after 9/11, Christian communities are being targeted no less than the Jews.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2026|ByLIAT COLLINS

Marwan Barghouti is tightly guarded as he leaves a hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court in 2012.

My Word: The Marwan Barghouti effect - opinion

As Hollywood embraces Barghouti, collective memory is being reshaped to turn a terrorist into a hero.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2026|ByLIAT COLLINS

Ireland's new government jet, which lacks the Elbit-manufactured FalconEye technology that allows it to land in fog.

My Word: It’s a funny old world - opinion

The “baby-killer” blood libel is by now so entrenched that it’s almost impossible to set the record straight, but a UNICEF-led report published last week showed the extent of the lies and hypocrisy.

AUGUST 14, 2026|ByLIAT COLLINS

My Word: Sanctioning settlers and the two-state obsession

The settler sanctions affair is closely related to another issue – another prize for terrorism.

FEBRUARY 9, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS

A BANK Leumi in Jerusalem. The settler sanctions affair is closely related to another prize for terrorism – the ‘two-state solution

My Word: UNRWA’s ‘Un’-doing

The whole concept of “human rights” has been hijacked by terrorist organizations. This is the pervasion of justice that should be on trial in an international court.

FEBRUARY 2, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS

PALESTINIANS RECEIVE flour bags distributed by UNRWA in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip last November.

My Word: Unsocial media and the Gaza war

You can believe in the free market and you can believe in freedom of expression, but Facebook’s refusal to remove the ad belies a very deep problem – one that challenges the entire free world.

JANUARY 26, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS

PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrators protest in New York City, on January 20.

My Word: South Africa's hypocrisy was loud at ICJ Gaza genocide hearing

South Africa is trying to boost its own international standing and deflect attention from its failed state condition at home.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS

SUPPORTERS IN Johannesburg await the arrival home of South Africa’s Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola and other members of the South African legal team representing South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, on Sunday.

My Word: Security and solidarity

I’d rather belong to a nation willing to wage war and pay a price to bring home a collective child than to identify with a would-be country that teaches its children to worship the cult of martyrdom.

JANUARY 12, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS