By Lawrence Solomon, published by Jewish News Syndicate Go to the publisher’s website here to read the original version of this commentary. El Al’s last commercial flight from Tehran departed 47 years ago, on Feb. 10, 1979, as the Islamic Revolution engulfed Iran. Its last flights from democratic Toronto and Brussels left in October 2022—barely three and a […]
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While western elites wring their hands, the Jewish state is quietly forging alliances through hard power, shared threats and raw mutual self-interest. By Lawrence Solomon, published by the National Post For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here. While much of the western media continues to paint Israel as a pariah […]
By Patricia Adams and Lawrence Solomon, published by The Epoch Times For the original version of this commentary, see the publisher’s website here. In a striking defiance of Beijing’s evacuation orders amid escalating conflict, thousands of Chinese migrant workers in Israel are choosing to stay, drawn by better pay and working conditions that starkly contrast […]
“Decolonization” in activist rhetoric often implies real, violent action rather than abstract academic discussion: Zineb Riboua. In Brief by Probe Media The contemporary condemnation of Israel and the United States is rooted in a Third-Worldist ideology that views the West as a perpetual oppressor and any opposition to it as inherently justified, asserts researcher and […]
By Lawrence Solomon | Published by the Jewish News Syndicate November 11, 2025 In a preposterous article in The Jerusalem Report, the Israel Democracy Institute’s Daphna Aviram-Nitzan extrapolates Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s view that Israel needs to become self-sufficient in arms into a claim involving economy-wide self-sufficiency. “Behind the prime minister’s insinuation that Israel might have to […]
By Lawrence Solomon | Published by Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) | Reprinted by Israel Today U.S. President Donald Trump’s plans to take over Gaza, resettle its 2 million residents and redevelop the territory have been excoriated in the United States and elsewhere as ruinously expensive and likely to see American troops mired in another conflict. […]
By Lawrence Solomon | First published by The Defense Post As became clear on October 26, when Israel’s fighter planes all returned home safely after destroying 20 Iranian military sites in three successive bombing waves, Iran has neither the aircraft nor the surface-to-air missiles capable of challenging the Israeli Air Force. Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin are the […]
By Lawrence Solomon | Jewish News Syndicate Israel is arguably more secure now than at any time in its history. Hamas has largely been dismantled. Hezbollah has lost two-thirds of its short- and medium-range missiles and all of its senior leaders. And Iran has lost one-third of its advanced ballistic missiles in futile attempts to […]
No other country devotes as large a share of its resources to the protection of countries threatened by belligerents and tyrannies. By Lawrence Solomon | Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) Israel devotes a larger proportion of its GDP to arms and security exports than any other country on Earth. That devotion makes it unique in another […]
By Lawrence Solomon | The Financial Post Despite the immense expense of Israel’s war with Gaza — predicted to total US$67 billion by 2025 in military and civilian costs — most segments of the Israeli economy are faring well. The overall economy grew by 2.5 per cent in the first half of this year and is expected to end the […]