Opinion

Opinions

Listening to Survivors, Learning to Face Life’s Struggles

There's only one thing certain about the flotilla making its way to Gaza this week: No good can come of it. The attempt by naive and misguided activists seeking to bring attention to the situation in Gaza is foolhardy at best and potentially lethal at worst. The question is: How much harm will be done? Israel is apparently taking all...

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Letters Week of June 29, 2011

A caption misrepesents a photo, the president's Israel policy is defended and other groups that send young people around the world are cited.

Columns

President's Chosen Path Paves the Way for a Secure Jewish State

By:

Stuart E. Eizenstat

As a government official in several administrations, an American and a Jew, I see Israel from multiple perspectives. Israel plays a strategic role in advancing American interests in the Middle East; Israel and the United States share a common set of democratic values; Israel is the Third Jewish Commonwealth, returning the Jewish people to their homeland after 2,000 years of...

Columns

Administration's Morally Confused Policies Put Israel in Grave Danger

By:

Newt Gingrich

Israel and America are at a dangerous crossroads in which the survival of Israel and the safety of the United States both hang in the balance. Terrorism becomes stronger each year, while the claims of terrorists become more acceptable to our European allies and more powerful in the United Nations. Iran, with its stated wish to annihilate Israel, is closer...

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