Macron’s Palestinian state push: A dangerous lecture from a country in disarray

France is burning, and Macron thinks Israel needs a lecture?

France’s President Emmanuel Macron has joined the chorus of Western leaders pushing unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state—another reckless move wrapped in the language of “peace.” But coming from a country gripped by riots, antisemitic violence, and rising insecurity, Macron’s lecture to Israel rings hollow.

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In my new JNS column, I argue that Macron’s push isn’t about resolving the conflict—it’s about deflecting from his own political failures at home. Demanding concessions from Israel while ignoring Hamas’s terror is not statesmanship. It’s appeasement dressed as diplomacy.
👉 Read the full op-ed here

Stephen M. Flatow

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Fix your own country, Prime Minister Starmer

While Britain faces spiraling crime, growing antisemitism, and social unrest, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is more focused on pressuring Israel than fixing his own country. In his first major foreign policy moment, Starmer has threatened to recognize a Palestinian state if Israel doesn’t meet vague “peace” conditions—essentially handing Hamas a political victory.

Keir Starmer outside 10 Downing St.  Wikimedia Commons

In my latest op-ed for JNS, I challenge Starmer's warped priorities. How can a leader demand concessions from Israel while ignoring the terrorist entity on the other side? It’s not diplomacy—it’s dangerous moral failure.
👉 Read the full column here

Stephen M. Flatow

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Canada’s Dangerous Embrace of Appeasement

Canada’s new prime minister, Mark Carney, has chosen to make his diplomatic debut not by supporting democratic allies or condemning terrorism, but by rewarding it. In announcing Canada’s recognition of a Palestinian state—absent peace, negotiation, or even Palestinian renunciation of Hamas—Carney has joined a growing bloc of Western leaders more interested in appeasement than in justice. His decision doesn’t advance peace; it emboldens terror.

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In my latest column at JNS, I explain how this move undermines not only Israel but the broader Western effort to deter radical Islamist violence. Recognition without conditions means handing a victory to those who use murder as a political strategy. Canada once stood firmly against that. What changed? Read the full op-ed here:
👉 Canada’s Dangerous Embrace of Appeasement

Stephen M. Flatow

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The U.S. should stop paying for terror

 

Stop Paying for Terror: End U.S. aid to Palestinian Arab Forces that worship killers

Why should U.S. taxpayers be forced to bankroll those who hail our children’s murderers as martyrs?

In 1995, my daughter Alisa was murdered by Iranian-backed Palestinian Arab terrorists while studying abroad in Israel. She was 20 years old, full of life and hope, until a suicide bomber ended her dreams—and ours.

That’s why I, as an American, cannot stay silent as I watch the United States continue to funnel money into a Palestinian Authority security force that praises and elevates terrorists as heroes. This is not just an outrage—it is a travesty, one that dishonors the memory of those lost and endangers countless more innocents.

Pal. police        Flash90

The Wall Street Journal has published an editorial exposing how the U.S. State Department, through programs supposedly aimed at fostering stability, is bankrolling the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) police and security forces. The justification is that these forces help maintain order and fight extremism. But look closer, and you’ll see that this is a hollow argument, contradicted by grim reality.

To continue to the full column om Israel National News go here.

 Unity is Israel’s most powerful weapon

Its military victories have always depended on something deeper than airpower or intelligence: The unity of its people.

I write in my latest column on JNS.ORG:

The State of Israel has always lived by the principle that its survival depends not only on military might but on the unity of its people. A review of Israel’s modern military history—from the existential wars of 1948, 1956, 1967 and 1973 to more recent conflicts in Lebanon, the Gaza Strip and the 2025 strike on Iran—reveals a clear pattern: when Israeli society stands united, its military achieves clarity and strength; when it is divided, outcomes are murky, costly and inconclusive.

Nowhere has this been more evident than in the traumatic aftermath of Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists launched a surprise attack on Israeli communities near the border with Gaza. In that darkest of moments, the deep divisions that had wracked Israeli society for months over judicial reforms and political polarization were, at least temporarily, set aside. The country responded with a surge of unity not seen in decades.

The answer to the question of Israeli successes on the battlefield comes down to "unity."

If Israelis can re-embrace that unity, then perhaps this war—born of unimaginable loss—can also mark the beginning of national restoration. 

The full column can be read here.

Stephen M. Flatow