Albert Wachtel
ARTICLES BY: Albert Wachtel
Never Forget – But Don’t Stay Trapped in the Past
Films that reawaken the horror of the Holocaust are an unfortunate necessity. They introduce that time of despicable inhumanity to the uninformed and misinformed, and...
Prayer on the Temple Mount Isn’t Necessary
The rebirth of Israel, 2000 years after Rome undertook to destroy the nation by calling it Palestine, deserves celebration. And now, in the face of...
Explaining the Roots of Islamic Terror
War is hateful, but when pitted against murderous aggressors, war must be fought. Northwestern Europe has not learned the lesson of the Chamberlain path to World...
Jihad, Cancer, and World War III
We are engaged in a third world war without knowing it. Unlike the 20th century wars, it is sprinkled across the globe in relatively small...
IS and Other Terror Groups Thrive on Mideast Oppression
The Islamic State is a flare up - certainly the most vicious - but just one of a swirling range fueled by Arab discontent. IS...
Israel’s Unspoken Problem: Money, Oil, and Influence
These days, money doesn't have to talk in the war of words. It pays others to talk for it. The most recent example of how that...
Peace in the Middle East is Possible
The unthinkable is happening, and it's time to build on it. After Israel traded Sinai for "cold peace" with Egypt, quietly entering a warm alliance on...
The Limits of Democracy in the Middle East
Programmatic do-gooders, people who think themselves morally bound to leap to the side of those who seem to be underdogs, unwittingly are asking Israel to...
Physical Violence and the Violence of Words: Israel’s Wars Against Hamas
In Israel's neighborhood, sticks, stones, and name calling are adult problems. The old children's adage says that the first two are dangerous, but argues incorrectly...
Israel’s Opponents Are Irrational
Belief in itself is by definition not reasonable. What facts and reason demonstrate leave no room for belief. The people of Israel had and still...
There is No Israeli Genocide
Inadvertently, the Obama Administration has acknowledged that Israel's conduct in the war against Hamas and other terrorists in Gaza is right. But the road to...
Gaza is Out of Joint: the Wages of War in Israel/Palestine
There is no moral high ground during a war. The wages of war, to adapt John Milton, is death. But the reason for fighting and...
The UN’s Tunnel Vision
The "offensive tunnels," through which Gaza terrorists crept into Israel eight years ago, killed two of Gilad Shalit 's comrades, wounded two others and kidnapped...
Neutralizing the Threat to Israel From Gaza
With Iron Dome in place and many above ground terrorist sites in Gaza destroyed, tunnels-- yet another technological horror Hamas owes to Iran--are the greatest...
