Op-ed: Iran's messages of support to France following the Paris attacks are hypocritical: Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism and has its own reasons for wanting to see Islamic State toppled.

Op-ed: President Rivlin's comments about a sick and racist society were well-meaning, but only served to further fan the flames and draw more international criticism; meanwhile, no one in the world press bats an eye at a series of arsons at refugee centers in Sweden.

Op-ed: The Islamic State has only tens of thousands of fighters, concentrated in two districts in Syria and Iraq. With a planned and powerful offensive, Western forces will be able not only to defeat the enemy - but maybe even destroy it once and for all.