My Word

My Word: When Europe fiddles and burns - opinion

France’s riots are more than protests. They reflect a growing assault on national identity, civic values, and the security of Europe’s Jews.

OCTOBER 23, 2026|ByLIAT COLLINS

Masked protesters stand next to burning bicycles amid clashes during a demonstration against the cost of living and rising fuel prices near the Place de la Republique in Paris as part of nationwide protests called by the "Yellow Vests" movement, joined by French high school and university students,

Flydubai passenger Uri Pintov onboard flight flight 1073.

My Word: A hijacked world agenda - opinion

The flydubai attack could have been an Israeli 9/11. Instead, ordinary passengers became heroes and took control of their own survival.

OCTOBER 9, 2026|ByLIAT COLLINS

Singer Ed Sheeran appears on NBC's "Today" show at Rockefeller Center in New York, U.S., June 6, 2023.

My Word: Gazan performance art - opinion

An opening act chanting “Free Palestine” and falsely accusing Israel of genocide sets the stage for more violence.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2026|ByLIAT COLLINS

My Word: From 9/11 to October 7, the dates that changed the world - opinion

Twenty-five years after the Durban Conference, there is a tidal wave of antisemitic attacks; 25 years after 9/11, Christian communities are being targeted no less than the Jews.

SEPTEMBER 11, 2026|ByLIAT COLLINS

The warning signs in symbols and slogans of the pro-Palestine cause - comment

Nothing is lost in translation, but there are still those who prefer not to read the writing on the wall in any language.

MARCH 1, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS

PRO-HAMAS protesters with red paint on their hands wear masks of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they hold signs reading ‘Stop arming Israel,’ near Big Ben in London, earlier this year.

My Word: The Eurovision and the drums of war

The Eurovision is scheduled to take place in May in the Swedish city of Malmo, which has a large Muslim immigrant community and a dwindling Jewish one, chased out by antisemitism.

FEBRUARY 16, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS

ISRAEL’S EDEN GOLAN – on her way to Eurovision?

My Word: Sanctioning settlers and the two-state obsession

The settler sanctions affair is closely related to another issue – another prize for terrorism.

FEBRUARY 9, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS

A BANK Leumi in Jerusalem. The settler sanctions affair is closely related to another prize for terrorism – the ‘two-state solution

My Word: UNRWA’s ‘Un’-doing

The whole concept of “human rights” has been hijacked by terrorist organizations. This is the pervasion of justice that should be on trial in an international court.

FEBRUARY 2, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS

PALESTINIANS RECEIVE flour bags distributed by UNRWA in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip last November.

My Word: Unsocial media and the Gaza war

You can believe in the free market and you can believe in freedom of expression, but Facebook’s refusal to remove the ad belies a very deep problem – one that challenges the entire free world.

JANUARY 26, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS

PRO-PALESTINIAN demonstrators protest in New York City, on January 20.

My Word: South Africa's hypocrisy was loud at ICJ Gaza genocide hearing

South Africa is trying to boost its own international standing and deflect attention from its failed state condition at home.

JANUARY 19, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS

SUPPORTERS IN Johannesburg await the arrival home of South Africa’s Minister of Justice Ronald Lamola and other members of the South African legal team representing South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice, on Sunday.

My Word: Security and solidarity

I’d rather belong to a nation willing to wage war and pay a price to bring home a collective child than to identify with a would-be country that teaches its children to worship the cult of martyrdom.

JANUARY 12, 2024ByLIAT COLLINS