Yedidya Atlas
ARTICLES BY: Yedidya Atlas
Perspectives on Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut 5774
As we experienced the double days of Israel's Yom HaZikaron (the memorial day for Israel's fallen soldiers & terror victims) and Yom Ha'atzmaut (Israel Independence...
Nothing New Under the Sun: ‘Slaves of the Revolution’ Revisited
The other day, my wife finally got me to go through some old cartons in our storage room that I had managed to not disturb...
Why I Didn’t Attend The “Suckers” Demonstration
Why I didn't attend last week's "Draft the Haredim" mass protest demonstration is simple: I have nothing against Haredim and I have everything for service...
Smoke and Mirrors on the Campaign Trail
In his April 18th column for RealClearPolitics, Senior Elections Analyst Sean Trende notes that the upcoming presidential elections between the incumbent,...
Israel: Why Land Matters, Part III
It is an undisputed fact that Israel's army reserves are the backbone of the IDF in times of war. The question, therefore, is: how does...
Israel: Why Land Matters, Part II
Conceding Israeli control of the 34-mile-wide area known as Judea and Samaria to any of Israel's actual or even potential enemies means a return to...
Israel: Why Land Matters, Part I
In the years that followed the 1967 Six Day War a prevailing conventional wisdom developed among Western policy makers - especially in Washington — that...
Reflections on Yom Hazikaron for Israel’s Fallen Soldiers & Victims of Terror
As we approach the double days of Israel's Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzma'ut this week, I once again reflected on the meaning of this juxtaposition...
“Let Jonathan Pollard Go!”
It what can only be described as malicious, Marc Goldberg felt the need to vent his spleen against the official Israeli demand to free Jonathan...
The Palestinian Grinch Who Stole Pesach!
With the advent of the Jewish holiday of Passover (Pesach in Hebrew) this week, we are witness to another astonishingly brazen attempt by the Palestinian...
The “Objective Truth” in the Strange Case of Migron
Sara Hirschorn, in her recent op-ed in The Times of Israel, "Who Has the Monopoly on Truth at Migron?", challenged my article "Something is Rotten...
Something is Rotten in the State of Israel: The Strange Case of Migron
Some years ago, a national-religious organization whose public operations had been authorized by Knesset Law found itself being challenged by the Leftwing MK's (members of...
When in Doubt, Kill a Jew
When in doubt, kill a Jew. That seems to be the de rigueur thing to do. Even after a cold-blooded and ruthless radical Muslim killer...
Orthodox Jews in the IDF are a Blessing for Israel
The other day I received an email from a friend in Canada to which he attached an article written last week by a Nathan Hersh...