Sovereignty

Parashat Acharei Mot-Kedoshim: The promise of permanence

The covenant endures. The people have returned. And, as the Malbim teaches, we shall never again be cast out.

That mission is rooted in the fusion of the sacred and the everyday.
If Lebanon is to survive as a sovereign, pluralistic state, it must remove Hezbollah from the military sphere.

Lebanon's choice: Disarm Hezbollah or accept an Israeli buffer zone - analysis

 Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Sovereignty under siege: The multidimensional war against Iran - opinion

US first lady Melania Trump presides over a United Nations Security Council meeting, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, March 2, 2026.

Trump, Netanyahu and the irony of Responsibility to Protect in Iran - opinion


Israeli will and leadership needed as events spin out of control - comment

If we do not find that common ground quickly, this crisis might spiral out of control and the tragedy might only worsen.

 A silhouetted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Israel's tough lessons from a year of Ukraine-Russia War - opinion

Undeniably, much of what has occurred in Eastern Europe testifies to uncomfortable truths about enduring global realities. 

 UKRAINE’S PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky presents an award to a Ukrainian serviceman at a military hospital in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, on Monday.

Hanukkah: One last taste of sovereignty

We know what sovereignty tastes like. For centuries, Hanukkah kept that taste alive. We never forgot how Jews were meant to live. Hanukkah would not let us forget. 

 BRONZE OIL lamp uncovered in excavations at the City of David, Jerusalem.

Iran says US trying to violate sovereignty over unrest, warns of response

Kanaani accused the leaders of the United States and some European countries of abusing a tragic incident in support of the "rioters."

 Iranian Americans, including two people dressed up as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Ebrahim Raisi, rally outside the White House in support of anti-regime protests in Iran following the death of Mahsa Amini, in Washington, US, September 24, 2022.

Reclaiming Israel’s national pride at Joseph’s Tomb

We have a state, we have Jewish sovereignty and we have a Jewish army. All we need now is to regain the will to use them.

 JOSEPH’S TOMB compound, Nablus.

Will Biden's visit challenge Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem? - opinion

The symbolic nature of this visit has been created to pave the way for the US administration to challenge Israel’s sovereignty over Jerusalem.

 THEN-US PRESIDENT Barack Obama meets with Palestinians at a youth center in Ramallah, 2013. ‘Not even Obama’ visited east Jerusalem on his presidential trip, says the writer.

Israelis and Palestinians must acknowledge each other's identity - opinion

 Israelis stand with an Israeli flag opposite to Palestinians with Palestinian flag next to Damascus gate to Jerusalem's Old City, on Jerusalem Day, May 29, 2022.

Israel shouldn't ban the Palestinian flag - editorial

A strong, confident country is not spooked or unnerved by someone else’s flag. Israel’s sovereignty is not at risk because of some Palestinian flags.

A man holds a Palestinian flag near young Jewish men holding Israeli flags in Jerusalem's Old City during Jerusalem Day celebrations, May 29, 2022.

The attempts to degrade Israel’s Temple Mount sovereignty - opinion

The nation of Israel’s history at and identification with the Temple Mount is longer and more ancient than others. It must exercise its sovereignty accordingly.

 A CAVALCADE of high-ranking Israeli officials have made pilgrimages to King Abdullah II of Jordan, while he chose only to visit Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, at least publicly.

If Israel does not assert sovereignty, it will lose it - opinion

The Palestinians are playing a long game, with a bright and clear goal: the elimination of Israel.

 If Israel does not assert sovereignty, it will lose it - opinion