Foreign Minister Lieberman cannot act as a Maverick…writes Isi Leibler

When our Foreign Minister announces major new policy initiatives without the approval of his government, he is truly advancing us towards a banana republic. Read more

Crucial that Netanyahu Creates Coherent Settlement Policy…writes Isi leibler

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu enjoys enormous public support. Read more

Obama’s Munich Reverberates but Israel is no Czechoslovakia…writes Isi Leibler

Now that we have absorbed the shock of Obama’s capitulation to the Iranians, it is time to face hard realities and plan for the future. Read more

New Religious Leadership Needed…writes Isi Leibler

There was hardly a murmur when former Chief Rabbi Metzger was arrested for the second time and placed under house arrest on suspicion of money laundering, bribery and obstruction of justice.  Read more

An End to Jewish Life in the Diaspora?…asks Isi Leibler

The recent Pew Research Center survey of American Jews has ignited discussions extending from gloomy predictions of the inevitable demise of Diaspora Jewry by assimilation to optimism over the finding that the number of Jews has risen from the 5.5 million estimated in the 2001 National Jewish Population Survey to 6.7 million. Read more

Turkey’s Erdogan – an Autocratic Islamist Bigot…writes Isi Leibler

After over 50 years of Israeli-Turkish intelligence co-operation and sharing, the Turkish disclosure to Iran of the identities of Mossad operatives – apparently subsequently executed, illustrates the depths to which Israel-Turkey relations have descended under Islamist autocrat, Prime Minister Recep Tayip Erdogan. Read more

Electing the Mayor of Jerusalem…writes Isi Leibler

Jerusalem is one of the most colorful and contentious cities in the world. Read more

Putin’s Russia Now a Force in the Middle East…writes Isi Leibler

President Obama’s abysmal failure to provide leadership during the Syrian crisis represents a turning point in the Middle East and has paved the way for President Putin’s Russia to emerge as the dominant regional force, a position it had surrendered after the breakup of the Soviet Union.  Read more

A Friendlier Australian Government…writes Isi Leibler

Australia’s election results are good news for the Israel-Australia relationship. Labor party incumbent Kevin Rudd, who held office for less than three months following a coup against former PM Julia Gillard, lost in a landslide, bringing an end to six years of Labor Government. Read more

Responding to the Syrian Nightmare…writes Isi Leibler

There are no simple solutions to the horrors unfolding in Syria. Had the West responded sooner, there might have been a remote chance for moderates within the rebel camp to form a functional political authority. Today, that possibility is inconceivable. Read more

Obama Appeasement will Result in Disaster…writes Isi Leibler

Reviewing Israel’s political situation after two weeks abroad is a disconcerting exercise. Read more

Claims Conference: Has it No Shame? …asks Isi Leibler

For more than a decade, there have been passionate pleas for the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the organization responsible since its inception for the distribution of over $70 billion of restitution payments, to review its management, governance and oversight procedures and prioritize the distribution of discretionary funds so that aged Holocaust survivors desperately in need of assistance could live out their remaining years with a modicum of dignity. Read more

En route to becoming a banana republic…writes Isi Leibler

In recent months there has been mounting indiscriminate criticism of Prime Minister Netanyahu’s policies by government officials. Read more

Will the Claims Conference Board Act Before it is Too Late?…asks Isi Leibler

On July 8, the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany (the Claims Conference), the wealthiest Jewish organization in the world, will hold its annual board meeting behind closed doors. Read more

Chief Rabbinate Electoral Machinations…writes Isi Leibler

The sleazy political machinations surrounding the impending elections for the Chief Rabbinate are shameful. Read more

Implications for Israel in the US Global Retreat…writes Isi Leibler

The appointment of Samantha Power as America’s UN ambassador combined with recent US foreign policy statements, reinforce concerns that the US administration is accelerating its policies of global withdrawal, engaging rather than confronting rogue states, and appeasing Islamic extremism. Read more

Religious Tolerance and Mutual Respect rather than Polarization…writes Isi Leibler

The pivotal breakthrough which now seems likely to oblige haredim to share the burden in terms of conscription and gainful employment, heralds a belated and dramatic review of the relationship between the State and Religion. The question is whether these changes will intensify the trends towards divisiveness and polarization or lead to mutual understanding and national unity.    Read more

Claims Conference gets deeper in the Mire…writes Isi Leibler

Julius Berman has circulated members of his Board with an 11 page diatribe in response to the recent flood of criticisms relating to the flawed management, lack of oversight and absence of transparency in the Claims Conference. Read more

Claims Conference Leaders must Resign Now!…writes Isi Leibler

Over the past few days, there have been additional mind-boggling exposures of further scandals, lack of transparency, cover-ups and ethical failures at the highest possible levels of the Claims Conference leadership and management. Unless these latest reports appearing in the Jerusalem Post and JTA are refuted, we must demand the immediate resignations of all those engaged in the subterfuges. Read more

Exposed: Devastating New Claims Conference Scandal…writes Isi Leibler

Last month I devoted a column to the ongoing disgrace of the Claims Conference and the failure by the management to take appropriate action to provide financial assistance to ailing survivors unable to afford food, medicine and other basic necessities to enable them to live out their remaining years with a modicum of dignity. Read more

Déjà Vu: “Peace in Our Time”…writes Isi Leibler

“Peace in Our Time” was proclaimed by Neville Chamberlain in 1938 in defense of his disastrous Munich Agreement with Hitler. History testifies that his policy of appeasement and failure to confront the aggressive Nazi barbarians virtually made World War II inevitable. Read more

Survivors Languish as Claims Conference issues remain Unresolved…writes Isi Leibler

Every day we hear additional heartbreaking stories depicting the appalling suffering of destitute elderly Holocaust survivors denied elementary needs such as food, medicine and other basic services to enable them to live out their remaining years with dignity. Read more

American Jewish Leaders: Stop the Rot Now…writes Isi Leibler

Visiting New York this week, I sought to assess the broader implications of the recent “International Peace Award” bestowed on former president Jimmy Carter by Yeshiva University’s Cardozo Law School. This unsavory display of groveling by a major Jewish institution to a committed foe of the Jewish people is not merely a stain on the entire Jewish community but highlights a dramatic erosion of Jewish values and Jewish dignity. Read more

Independence Day and the Zionist Vision…by Isi Leibler

As we launch into our 65^th Independence Day celebrations it is timely to review and rationally assess the extent to which our Zionist objectives have been achieved. Read more

Sanctimonious Jewish Bleeding Hearts…writes Isi Leibler

I was somewhat taken aback by a letter released in the wake of President Obama’s visit to Israel, signed by 100 American Jews including a number of rabbis, communal leaders and academics, many, if not most of whom are politically inclined to the left but regard themselves as committed Zionists. Read more

United Nations: Convergence of Hypocrisy, Deceit, and Evil…writes Isi Leibler

Israel was the first country to boycott the annual human rights review presented at the bogus United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Despite being tacitly rebuked by the US, Israel was justified in doing so. For years, whilst ignoring the rampant denial of human rights and the butchering of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians throughout the world, the proceedings of this despicably biased body were concentrated on relentlessly condemning, demonizing and delegitimizing the Jewish state. Read more

Australia tilts against Israel

In the diplomatic debacle at the United Nations General Assembly pertaining to the vote of recognition to the Palestinian Authority, two countries considered solid supporters of Israel, abandoned us at the crucial moment…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

The Jewish Struggle for Universal Human Rights

One of the conundrums associated with the enduring nature of global antisemitism which has soared exponentially in recent years, is why, having made such disproportionate contributions towards all levels of civilization and left major imprints on science, ethics, medicine, culture and the arts, we Jews continue to act as a magnet for such virulent hatred…writes Isi Leibler.
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Wistrich on “The Left, the Jews and Israel”

Robert Wistrich, Hebrew University professor of European and Jewish History and director of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of antisemitism has just published his 29th book titled “From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews and Israel”…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

J Street’s Soft Sell for the Uninformed

Jeremy Ben-Ami, founder and president of J Street, has written a highly misleading book titled “A New Voice for Israel” portraying himself as a passionate supporter of Israel and a dedicated Zionist and extolling the virtues of his purportedly “pro Israel pro-peace” organisation…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

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