MY WORD: Liat Collins’s motto is “Putting the pun in pundit.” The veteran Jerusalem Post writer seeks to inform readers through her commentary on a broad range of topics including Israeli politics, current affairs, culture, and the Middle East, while keeping them entertained with a generous amount of wordplay.
Ehud Olmert’s revived peace plan reemerges amidst Israel’s conflict, risking further turmoil without offering a real path to peace.
The murder of six Israeli hostages by Hamas, after months of captivity, has sent shockwaves through Israel. While the world offers words of condemnation, Hamas continues its brutality without fear.
Biden has a vision of a peaceful Middle East “the day after Gaza.” If only Israel’s enemies shared the same vision. The terrorists are more inspired by Hamas’s “victory” than by Biden’s nice words.
Khan wanted to leave his mark. And he has. It’s a dark, bloody bruise. A stain on history.
If Israel is not able to defend itself – hitting back at its enemies – nobody will be safe. “Ironclad support” is meaningless if it translates as a steely grip preventing Israel from taking action.
We survive not just because we remember the past but because we understand that, no matter what, we have a future. Am Yisrael chai!
If Israel is not free to act without the blessing of Western powers, their support is a mixed blessing indeed.
Nothing is lost in translation, but there are still those who prefer not to read the writing on the wall in any language.
The Eurovision is scheduled to take place in May in the Swedish city of Malmo, which has a large Muslim immigrant community and a dwindling Jewish one, chased out by antisemitism.
The settler sanctions affair is closely related to another issue – another prize for terrorism.
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