Zina Rakhamilova

The IDF’s decisive preemptive strike against Hezbollah’s planned attack has restored confidence in Israel’s defense, reversing previous skepticism following October 7.

With Iran and Qatar emboldening Hamas through financial and military support, and the U.S. slow to act, the crisis will only get worse.

As the year progressed, I began to view the events of Yom Kippur 2023 through a different lens. I now believe that the threat facing the Jewish people is more insidious than internal division alone.

The true threat to both Palestinians and Israelis is Hamas and its supporters in Iran, who persist in sustaining this violence at any cost.

While it’s essential for Israel to develop an alternative strategic plan for Palestinians to prevent regional instability and security concerns, Israel has every right to proceed with this decision.

Heed this warning: Islamic fundamentalists may start with the Jews, but they won’t stop there.

This is a familiar pattern: Violence against Jews is dismissed, downplayed, or reframed.

Our community has long been aware of its antisemitic past, particularly during the Holocaust when Canada shamefully accepted only a negligible number of Jewish refugees.

Israel has reduced Hezbollah's fighting capabilities to such an extent that many don't understand why it would agree to stop when the terror group has been reduced to a pile of rubble.

Amid Syria’s shifting power dynamics, what's next for Israel and the Middle East?