From the Shadows of Death to the Light of Life
October 23, 2025 | Justin Amler
To finally see [the hostages] home, safe and secure in the embrace of their loved ones, was like seeing a missing limb restored to the body of a people, making them whole once more. We could finally breathe again. Yet as we celebrate their return, we must also confront the sacrifices – 918 soldiers have fallen since October 7, both in the initial assault and in the subsequent ground offensive in Gaza.
“Too much disinformation to rebut in one letter”
October 17, 2025 | Jamie Hyams
As usual when Jack Waterford indulges his obsession with demonising Israel, there’s far too much disinformation in his October 11 column to rebut in one letter. Israel’s war was against Hamas, not civilians. Hamas are proscribed terrorists, not a “political group”.
A peace deal of hopes and fears
October 11, 2025 | Justin Amler
For the first time, the full weight of the Oval Office is behind a deal. And also for the first time, many Muslim and Arab nations, including countries with long-standing ties to Hamas such as Qatar and Turkey, have welcomed and supported the agreement. That’s no small thing.
In the wake of the Gaza ceasefire, Israel’s election countdown begins
October 30, 2025 | Ilan Evyatar
The next Israeli elections are not officially scheduled until late October 2026, yet the campaign season has plainly begun. The Knesset’s winter session opened on Oct. 20 with an acrimonious debate, reflecting a political system already in election mode.
Essay: Antisemitism – What everyone needs to know
September 19, 2025 | David Harris
Above all, antisemitism is an enduring and infinitely adaptable conspiracy theory. It ascribes to Jews, as a group, malevolent characteristics and aims. Even if historical circumstances should change over time, those essential characteristics and aims do not.
