Times of Israel – Op-Ed Journalist Michael Kuenne

Michael Kuenne is a journalist dedicated to exposing antisemitism, extremism, and the mounting threats facing Jewish communities in the 21st century. His reporting illuminates the dangers posed by radical ideologies, institutional complacency, and the unwillingness of Western democracies to confront the resurgence of Jew-hatred with necessary urgency.

Through incisive commentary and investigative reporting, Kuenne reveals how antisemitic narratives shape policies, distort public conversation, and fuel hostility toward Israel. His work appears in prominent international media, including The Times of Israel Blogs, where his op-eds reach a broad and engaged audience.

Kuenne stands as a firm advocate for Israel’s right to exist and defend itself. He challenges “humanitarian” policies that, in practice, embolden terror groups and blur moral lines. Instead, he calls for a restoration of true moral clarity, something he believes many Western leaders have abandoned.

Guided by an unwavering commitment to historical truth, Kuenne confronts the increasing distortion of the Holocaust in political rhetoric, the normalization of antisemitic conspiracies in popular culture, and the false equivalencies drawn between Israeli self-defense and the crimes of its adversaries.

His reporting dismantles sanitized language that whitewashes extremism, insisting on calling it out, whether it originates from the far-right, far-left, or Islamist movements. No euphemisms. No moral ambiguity. Just the truth.

Kuenne frequently draws on firsthand conversations with mayors, diplomats, public officials, security experts, and ambassadors. His journalism is rooted in facts, on-the-ground reporting, and interviews with people on the front lines of today’s political, cultural, and ideological battles.

Featured Op-Ed: There Is No Holocaust in Gaza

Published in The Times of Israel - Featured on the Front Page as a "Top Op-Ed"

In this widely shared, hard-hitting piece, I dismantle the grotesque distortion of Holocaust memory weaponized by anti-Israel activists worldwide. I expose the hijacking of Jewish trauma by those justifying Hamas terrorism and warn of the dangerous normalization of antisemitic rhetoric spreading through Western cities and institutions.

This article resonated globally, not because it was comfortable to read, but because it was impossible to ignore.

Featured Op-Ed: You Don’t Compare Gaza to Auschwitz Ever

Published in The Times of Israel – Featured on the Front Page as a “Top Op-Ed”

In this bold, unapologetic article, I confront one of the most offensive comparisons in contemporary political discourse: equating Gaza with Auschwitz. I challenge influencers, politicians, and activists who trivialize the Holocaust as a rhetorical weapon against Israel. This piece exposes the moral irresponsibility behind such claims and urges a return to respectful, factual remembrance of the Shoah.

This piece made global waves, not because it told people what they wanted to hear, but because it said what needed to be said.

Featured Op-Ed: Defending Jewish Life in Germany Made Him a Target

Published in The Times of Israel – Featured Article

In this reported op-ed, I document the near-fatal attack on Hudhaifa Al-Mashhadani, an Iraqi-born Arab educator in Berlin whose refusal to tolerate antisemitism made him a target for political violence. The piece traces how defending Jewish life in Germany, teaching the Holocaust, condemning Islamist terror, and insisting on coexistence now carries genuine physical risk.

Drawing on firsthand accounts, interviews, and on-the-ground reporting, the article exposes how threats escalated from symbols and intimidation to attempted murder on a Berlin subway platform. It also examines the institutional fatigue that follows such attacks and why Jewish leaders immediately recognized the pattern others hesitated to name.

This piece is not about ideology. It is about consequence, and about what happens when Europe fails to protect those who stand against antisemitism before violence decides for it.