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Ehud Olmert’s War Crimes Accusation
Dear Editor:
What would Ehud Olmert have Israel do to defend itself against the Islamists bent on destroying it? Surrender? Cut Israel in half, hoping to placate the terrorists?
Did we surrender to Germany in WWII? No. We fought until the Nazis had enough and quit. Then we cut Germany in 4, tried and hung their leaders and occupied it until we felt they had expunged the evil from their society. Only after the war did we send in aid.
Israel was savagely attacked on Oct. 7, 2023. On Oct. 8, the Jew-haters swung into action. 40,000 dormant social media sites spewed antisemitic propaganda. Posters and flags were delivered to campuses all over the world. Hezbollah, Iran and Houthis fired into Israel.
Zionism means Jews fight back. Ehud Olmert should work to save the hostages, not their aggressors.
Sincerely
Len Bennett, Author of ‘Unfinished Work’
Deerfield Beach, Fl
The Difference Between Fact & Libel
Dear Editor:
Enough! Unless you are a graduate of Harvard or Columbia and have been indoctrinated by radical left-wing Islamists, you should be able to distinguish between a fact and a libel. You may even be capable of reading a dictionary and testing its definitions with what passes for journalism in some media or statements uttered by politicians and NGOs.
Let’s start with “genocide”, a term loosely thrown about when libeling Israel. In 1948, there were 500,000 Muslims (they were not called Palestinians then) in the areas now controlled by Hamas and the PA. Today there are 2,700,000. By what definition, or historical example, do the victims of a genocide actually grow exponentially?
“Apartheid” is a particularly ugly word. It reminds us of the institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa from 1948 to the early 1990s. A 1-day visit to any Israeli city would dispel you of this notion. On the streets and on public transportation you will see people of every color and hear English, French, Arabic and Hebrew spoken everywhere. Arabs are proportionally over-represented in academia. In hospitals you will see Jews and Arabs, male and female doctors, staffs and patients. This ethnic and gender mingling exists nowhere else in the Middle East and North Africa.
Call Judea and Samaria the West Bank, if you wish, but don’t say it is “occupied”. Under international law, Israel includes Gaza, Judea and Samaria (see article 80 of the UN charter). The charter cannot be over-ridden by UNGA resolutions. Under the Oslo Accords, 100,000 PLO supporters came into Israel and occupied parts of Judea and Samaria, while 60% (area C) remained totally under Israeli control.
Continued misuse of these terms is antisemitism, whether by ignorance or malice.
Sincerely
Len Bennett, Author of ‘Unfinished Work’
Ontario, CANADA
“Free Palestine” Are Code Words for “Kill the Jews”
Dear Editor:
The flames in Boulder, Colorado, were not just literal — they were symbolic of something far darker rising in our nation. When Mohamed Sabry Soliman launched a premeditated firebomb attack at a Jewish gathering using Molotov cocktails and a flamethrower, his aim was explicit and unambiguous: to “kill all Zionist people.” He injured at least a dozen men and women whose only “crime” was to attend a peaceful vigil for Israeli hostages. And as he carried out his heinous act of terror, witnesses heard the same phrase we’ve now come to dread — the words “Free Palestine” shouted as a harbinger of hate, as fire engulfed human beings.
Let us stop pretending. That phrase, once a slogan of political dissent, has become a blood-stained euphemism for “Kill the Jews.” It was also shouted just last week in Washington, D.C., when two Israeli Embassy staff members — Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgram — were gunned down in cold blood outside a Jewish-organized event. These were not random outbursts of violence; they were deliberate, ideologically driven acts of antisemitic terror.
This is not “protest.” This is not “activism.” This is not even “anti-Zionism.” These are crimes rooted in a visceral and ancient hatred — Jew hatred, plain and simple — now emboldened by a culture that has become perilously tolerant of antisemitic incitement masquerading as political critique.
As The New York Post and other honest outlets have reported, antisemitism in the United States has skyrocketed to catastrophic proportions. Universities have become hotbeds of anti-Jewish hostility. Social media platforms are littered with threats and conspiracy theories. Synagogues are vandalized. Jewish students are physically attacked. Diplomats are murdered. And now, Jewish Americans are being burned alive in their own country.
When the Holocaust survivors warned us, many nodded solemnly and said “Never again.” But today, those words ring hollow. Because “again” is happening — right here, right now — and it is accelerating.
Let us be crystal clear: this is not a fringe phenomenon. It is global, it is coordinated, and it is growing with frightening momentum. Hamas chants “from the river to the sea,” and in New York, San Francisco, and Boulder, others echo the same chant as Jewish blood spills on American soil. The message is unmistakable: Jews, wherever you are, you are not safe.
Soliman’s attack was premeditated, ideological, and vicious. He applied for asylum, was denied, yet still gained entry and attempted mass murder. How many more like him walk among us, plotting their next act of so-called “resistance”? How long will we allow our leaders to minimize, rationalize, or worse — ignore?
The American Jewish community must awaken to the fact that we are witnessing not the prelude, but the early chapters of another attempted Holocaust. This time, not in the heart of Europe, but in our own cities, under our own flag, in a nation that once promised refuge.
It is no longer enough to “raise awareness.” The time for statements is over. The time for serious, coordinated action — from government, law enforcement, and civil society — is now.
Sincerely,
Tamar Jacobowitz
Rego Park, NY
Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Is the Bold Reform America Needs
Dear Editor:
As a proud American who has witnessed the erosion of national confidence and economic stability under the current administration, I write to express my unequivocal support for President Donald J. Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” — a visionary legislative blueprint that promises to restore prosperity, sovereignty, and common sense to the American people.
In a political era marked by empty rhetoric and regulatory overreach, this bill stands out as a masterpiece of pragmatic governance. As The New York Post has rightly underscored in its recent coverage of economic policy debates, this proposal is not simply a tax bill — it is a national revival plan.
The bill enshrines the largest tax cut in American history, delivering an average $5,000 savings to working families and a double-digit reduction in tax burdens for middle-income earners. This is not abstract economic theory — it is tangible relief for Americans who are being crushed by inflation, rising interest rates, and stagnant wages.
But fiscal reform is only one pillar of this comprehensive package. President Trump’s legislation restores the integrity of our borders with historic investments in ICE and Border Patrol, funds to complete the wall, and resources to deport over a million illegal immigrants annually. Unlike the Biden administration’s passive and porous border policies, this bill secures the homeland and upholds the rule of law.
The One Big Beautiful Bill is also an unprecedented blow to the green grift that has lined the pockets of climate activists and Chinese manufacturers at American taxpayers’ expense. By repealing hundreds of billions in so-called “green” tax credits, Trump is ending the radical left’s stealth war on American energy. His proposal reopens federal lands to responsible drilling and mining, repeals electric vehicle mandates, and finally puts America back on the road to energy dominance.
Moreover, this bill delivers justice to the hardworking taxpayer by ending abusive Medicaid financing tricks, repealing Biden’s student loan bailouts, and restoring accountability to universities swimming in endowment wealth while indoctrinating our youth. At last, the burden of elitist policies will be lifted from the shoulders of the American middle class.
Let us be clear: this is not just a Republican bill — it is an American bill. It champions the family farmer, the gig worker, the Border Patrol agent, and the single mother trying to balance childcare and employment. It is sweeping, unapologetic, and urgently needed.
In a time of bureaucratic bloat and cultural decay, President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill is a testament to bold leadership. Congress should pass it — without apology, without delay.
Sincerely,
Michael Devereaux
Baton Rouge, LA