Yisrael Medad

Yisrael Medad, in Israel since 1970, Hebrew U. MA, resides in Shiloh and is an activist for Zionism and Judea & Samaria.

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Chaos of October 7: What any inquiry must uncover - opinion

An illustrative image of a reporter for Army Radio (Galei Tzahal) taken in 2019.

Is Army Radio a threat to Israel’s democracy? - opinion

 A PRO-PALESTINIAN protest takes place in Chicago on October 8, 2023.

Sacrificing the Jews will not save Western civilization - opinion


Israel’s 'supreme' democracy: Who really decides the nation’s values - opinion

From Barak to today’s High Court, a quiet revolution has ignited a fierce debate over democracy in Israel.

Former high Court president Aharon Barak is seen at a conference of the Israeli Association of Public Law (IAPL) in Haifa, earleir this month. Arguments over judicial overreach and activism in Israel have been ongoing for years, the writer notes.

‘One Ring’ of pro-Palestine propaganda shaping the war on Zionism – opinion

From academia to activism, weaponized language fuels an anti-Zionist narrative that distorts history and reshapes global opinion.

Occupation Against Antisemitism occupied a building at the Technical University in Berlin

Israel's self-declared gatekeepers should be locked out or locked up - opinion

Yair Golan’s rhetoric and Gali Baharav-Miara’s influence show how gatekeepers now shape the political arena as much as those they claim to restrain.

YAIR GOLAN, chairman of The Democrats Party, appears before his MKs at a parliamentary faction meeting in the Knesset last month. In Israel, hypocritical behavior is fairly standard, the writer argues.

Zohran Mamdani turning NY synagogue attacks into anti-Israel ideological warfare - opinion

During the past two years, demonstrators have gone after Jewish events connected with Israel held at synagogues.

NEW YORK CITY mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani speaks at a news conference at City Hall Park last week. Jews have a sacred obligation to their homeland; neither international law nor a mayor should obstruct them, the writer argues.

Tucker Carlson’s demon politics: Christianization leading to antisemitic extremism - opinion

Tucker Carlson gives guests on his show a virtual unfettered platform free of probing questions and fair pushbacks, who have attacked Israel, American Jews, and Christian Zionists.

TUCKER CARLSON speaks at a memorial service for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona, in September.

The thrice-turned screw: Mamdani's policies will leave no virtue for Jews of NYC - opinion

'Treating my monstrous ordeal as a push in a direction unusual… only another turn of the screw of ordinary human virtue,' Henry James wrote. My fear: That there will be no virtue for the Jews of NYC.

Democratic candidate for New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks after winning the 2025 New York City Mayoral race, at an election night rally in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, New York, US, November 4, 2025.

Alert! ‘Deep dark state’ rising: Conspiracy questions in the Sde Teiman scandal - opinion

Many questions remain unresolved about the Sde Teiman scandal and its leaked footage.

THEN-MILITARY advocate-general Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi attends a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman last year. Tomer-Yerushalmi and her entire office covered up their own crimes, the writer charges.

Is Israel’s unity with the Diaspora a one-way street? - opinion

Over the past two decades, various Jewish groups have significantly decreased the Zionist quotient factor of British Jewry.

Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism Minister Amichai Chikli

‘Anyone but Bibi’ becomes ‘it’s all about Bibi’ - opinion

The opposition's rallying cry has remained unchanged over the years.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, October 20, 2025

The need for penalty clauses: Punishments for breaking peace deals - opinion

Almost none of the dozens of agreements of the past seven decades have spelled out any specific penalties for infractions or for not following through on the parties’ commitments.

Slain Israeli Prime Minister Rabin with former US President Bill Clinton and former PLO President Yasser Arafat after signing the Oslo Accords at the White House on September 13, 1993.