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Ceasefire Betrayal Leaves Israel Exposed There are moments in history when hesitation is not just a mistake but a danger. This is one of them. Many...
The debate is often framed as complex, nuanced, and open to interpretation, but in reality the truth is far more direct. Antizionism and antisemitism...
I grew up in the Netherlands in a secular family, shaped more by observation than belief. We had a deep respect for Jewish culture and religion, and,...
Truth Beyond the Noise I am a practical human being. I do not approach conflict through slogans, nor do I find comfort in emotional bandwagons. I look...
The Lie the World Wants to Believe The guns may be quieter in Gaza, but something far uglier has only grown louder. Across social media, in protests,...
Enough Lies Israel Will Not Apologize Ask the average person why there is war in the Middle East and you will hear the same reflex answer. Israel is...
In today’s media landscape, a troubling pattern has emerged. Whenever a journalist is harmed in a war zone involving Israel, the immediate global...
I have said it before and I will say it again. Living in the Netherlands today, the moment the word Israel is mentioned, something snaps in people. It...
An Open Letter to the Israeli Immigration Office I am writing to you from the Netherlands as a woman who has carried Israel in her heart for most of...
Survival of the Fittest: The Cultural Divide the West Still Pretends Doesn’t Exist There is a truth Western societies have spent decades avoiding...
Israel Cannot Win the Narrative War, No Matter What It Does There is a pattern so obvious that it should no longer be ignored, yet it continues to...
How Artificial Intelligence Is Eroding Our Moral Compass and Intelligence For more than twelve years, I have written daily about Israel and the...
History Cannot Be Rewritten Into Existence There is a difference between interpretation and fabrication. That line is being crossed with increasing...
War, Peace, and Life in Three Faiths If you look at Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the three traditions most often pulled into debate, you find...
From Isolation to Renewal: Israel’s Path For decades, South Africa stood as one of the most isolated nations in the international system. The root...
The signs are no longer subtle. Hate is back in the streets, visible, loud, and increasingly dangerous. Soldiers are back in the cities, armed and...
For years, Israelis have lived with a kind of fear that is difficult to fully grasp from a distance. It is the fear of sirens in the middle of the...
Strip away slogans and political framing, and a more technical reality emerges, one shaped not by activists or headlines but by those who study and...
Imagine there was no Jew hatred. No whisper of poison carried through centuries. No sermons of blame. No myths about secret power or ancient curses....
Understanding the symbolism behind flags used by Hamas is essential to grasp how the group presents itself to different audiences and why this creates...
When Peace Replaced Trust With Fear In the late 1970s, my parents had Israeli friends who represented something deeply human and often forgotten in...
How many fronts is Israel really fighting on? Ask the question casually and the answer seems simple. Seven fronts. That is what analysts,...
A Tiny Land of Miracles Israel is a small country on the map, but its landscape tells a story far larger than its size. Within only a few hours of...
The world has shown a striking double standard, mourning distant tragedies while ignoring the horrors faced by Israel. While Israel endured one of the...
When Hatred Is Tolerated, It Spreads I regularly post on a large pro Israel Facebook page. What I see there shocks me to the core. Under posts...
Let me say the quiet part out loud. The elephant in the room is Christianity and its relationship with Israel. Honesty is rarely welcomed. I know that...
Israel’s Knesset: Democracy in the Middle East Israel is often criticized in international debates, yet one of the most important facts about the...
The Wrong Side of History It is difficult to understand how anyone can sincerely claim to stand on the right side of history while supporting the so...
Silence Is Not Safety Is hiding your identity a sign of cowardice, or is it wisdom? This is a painful question many Jews in Europe are asking...
There is a moment in life when you realise that the place you were born is not the place where your soul belongs. People today identify as all sorts...
The last decade has felt like an endless war for Israel. Rockets, terror attacks, border conflicts, and international condemnation seem to arrive in...
The Struggle for Truth in the Age of Noise Time To Stand Up For Israel is facing enormous difficulties in convincing Israel haters and pro Palestinian...
The number 42 has fascinated people for generations. In modern popular culture it is famously known as “the answer to life, the universe, and...
The very first steps I set on Israeli soil were in Haifa harbor in January 1978. I was a Dutch teenager, only eleven years old. The moment my feet...
The Myth of One Way Aid For years critics of Israel have repeated the same tired claim. Israel survives only because of American money. Israel is...
The war that erupted on February 28 between Israel, the United States, and Iran has sent shockwaves through the international system. What began as a...
Imagine living in a country whose ancestors endured the most horrific persecutions in human history. A people scattered across continents, hunted,...
By Wise Guidance You Shall Wage War The phrase “By way of deception thou shalt do war” is often quoted in English as the motto of Mossad. Yet its...
The Day After the Darkness What if the day truly comes when Ali Khamenei is no longer leading Iran’s oppressive regime. What if the system that has...
There is a dangerous illusion circulating in today’s public discourse. It is the claim that anti-Israel activism is merely political criticism, that...
Imagine posting more than 1500 times a year about Israel. Sharing facts that are accessible, documented and verifiable. Facts about history. Facts...
If part one examined the democratic deficits of the so called stakeholders, and part two exposed the strategic double games of regional powers, part...
The Board of Hypocrisy Part 2 If part one exposed the contradiction of empowering states that do not even recognize Israel, part two examines a...
The Board of Hypocrisy Part 1 When global powers speak about new peace structures and international boards, the language sounds responsible and...
What Israel Learned the Hard Way about Safety There is an uncomfortable truth many people prefer to ignore. Some of the safest systems in the world...
...And How to Win It Back Israel is not losing on the battlefield. Israel is losing in the battlefield of perception. In the modern world, wars are no...
Throughout history, the Jewish people have often stood alone. Civilizations rose and fell, alliances shifted, empires conquered and collapsed, yet...
It is mindblowing how millions across the world openly support Hamas while repeating the tired mantra of occupation as if it explains everything....
The Underdog Illusion Once, long ago, when the ruled over the land we now call , crowds gathered in arenas to watch men fight to the death. When a...
When President Donald Trump publicly demanded that Hamas disarm before the rebuilding of Gaza could begin, he was right about one essential principle....
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