Times of Israel – Op-Ed Journalist Michael Kuenne

Michael Kuenne works as a journalist focused on antisemitism, extremism, and rising threats to Jewish life in the 21st century. His reporting continually sheds light on the dangers emerging from radical ideologies, institutional complicity, and the failure of Western democracies to confront the resurgence of Jew-hatred with the urgency it demands.

Through hard-hitting commentary and investigative reporting, Kuenne exposes how antisemitic narratives are shaping policymaking, manipulating public discourse, and fueling hatred toward Israel. His writings have appeared in several international media outlets—including the Times of Israel The Blogs, where his op-eds are frequently featured and widely shared.

Michael has become a powerful voice in defense of Israel’s right to exist, and to defend itself. He offers blunt, clear-eyed critique of so-called “humanitarian” policies that serve only to embolden terror, calling instead for a return to moral clarity, a clarity that too many Western leaders have abandoned.

With an unshakable commitment to historical truth, Kuenne’s work challenges the rising tide of Holocaust distortion in modern political rhetoric, the dangerous normalization of antisemitic conspiracy theories in mainstream culture, and the morally bankrupt comparisons drawn between Israeli self-defense and the crimes of its enemies.

His reporting dismantles the sanitized language that whitewashes extremism, and instead insists on naming it, whether it comes from the far-right, the far-left, or Islamist movements. No euphemisms. No moral fog. Just the truth.

In his op-eds, Kuenne frequently draws on direct conversations with mayors, diplomats, elected officials, security experts, and ambassadors. His journalism isn’t just opinion, it’s informed advocacy rooted in facts, field 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 and hard-hitting piece, I dismantle the grotesque distortion of Holocaust memory being weaponized by anti-Israel activists around the world. I call out the hijacking of Jewish trauma by those who justify Hamas terrorism, and I warn of the dangerous normalization of antisemitic rhetoric spreading through Western cities and institutions.

This article has resonated globally, not because it's comfortable to read, but because it's impossible to ignore.