Author Archives: Victor Rosenthal

Do We Have What it Takes to Live in the Middle East?

Posted on May 5, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

The struggle to establish and maintain a Jewish sovereign state in Eretz Yisrael has lasted more than one hundred years. Since 1948, the existence of the state has hung in the balance several times. This is one of them. Our … Continue reading →

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Our Repeated Strategic Failures, or How We Never Learn from Experience

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

1. Failure to understand and respect our enemies. Since before the founding of the State of Israel, Palestinian Arab leaders have been saying that the land between the river and the sea is Arab land, land in which non-Arab (and … Continue reading →

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Confrontation with Iran: Who Won?

Posted on April 15, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

The West likes its Jews passive, dependent, and weak. When American officials say “Israel has a right to defend [herself]” they mean that they will allow her, and even assist her, to ward off the blows of her enemies. But … Continue reading →

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How Israel Lost the Information War

Posted on March 26, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

Yesterday I was listening to a news program on the radio while preparing dinner. The host asked his subject – I don’t recall who it was, probably an opposition member of the Knesset – this question: how can it be … Continue reading →

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America Takes the Side of Hamas

Posted on March 24, 2024 by Victor Rosenthal

It is with great sorrow – and trepidation – that I observe America taking the side of Hamas in what is nothing less than the first phase of a war against the existence of the Jewish state. Despite the declarations … Continue reading →

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What We Must Tell Blinken

Posted on December 4, 2023 by Victor Rosenthal

With the resumption of fighting in the Gaza Strip, American Secretary of State Blinken has informed Israel of the restrictions under which the US will permit her to operate. No displacement of the civilian population, and fewer civilian casualties (although … Continue reading →

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How To Get Our Honor Back

Posted on November 24, 2023 by Victor Rosenthal

Look for a moment at the Israel-Gaza war in a different way, a Middle Eastern way. Look at it in terms of honor and shame. Despite the fact that these ideas are almost gone from the West – replaced in … Continue reading →

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Betrayal

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Victor Rosenthal

The government of Israel has agreed to a stupid, shameful deal with Hamas. If the government continues along this path – and it seems almost certain to do so – it will mark the turning point of the war in … Continue reading →

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