Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
Agenda for 2019: Defend Jewish Interests, Not Partisanship
JNS.org - 2018 will go down as a year in which hyper-partisanship reached new heights in the United States. Those on one side of the...
On Syria, Trump Is Wrong — and Contradicts Himself
JNS.org - Sometimes, wisdom means understanding that not all promises ought to be kept. The problem is that when you make multiple promises, you’re going...
Some Things Are More Important Than International Good Will
JNS.org - The recent spate of terrorist attacks against Israelis for which Hamas claimed credit launched a debate about what the Israeli government, led by...
Stinting on Compassion for Jewish Victims of Terror
JNS.org - In a moment that had to tug at the heartstrings of their listeners, a young Israeli couple whose baby was killed as the...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Jewish Connection
JNS.org - At a time when DNA tests are a national craze, as well as source of political controversy, we shouldn’t be surprised about claims...
Hezbollah’s War on Israel Takes Precedence Over Bibi
JNS.org - Maybe you thought that the discovery of tunnels built by Hezbollah under the border between Lebanon and Israel would generate a full-scale debate...
A Dangerous Future for J Street
JNS.org - At first glance, it’s a one-sided struggle. On the one hand, you have incoming House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland. On the...
American Jewry’s Hanukkah Hypocrisy?
JNS.org - The New York Times’s coverage of Jewish topics has long been fodder for those who study both media bias and the complicated relationship between the...
The Complicated Truth About the US-Israel Alliance
JNS.org - It got lost in the middle of a wide-ranging interview in The Washington Post that made headlines for other reasons. But when US President Donald Trump said...
BDS Is a Bust in the Middle East, but It’s Alive in America
JNS.org - BDS activists who think they are succeeding in isolating the State of Israel aren’t paying attention to the news. On Sunday, reports surfaced that...
Netanyahu: Israel’s Indispensable Man
JNS.org - He did it again. Despite being placed in an impossible position by the resignation of Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman over accepting another ceasefire...
Israel and the Death Penalty
JNS.org - It’s not every day that Israel decides not to vote with the United States at the United Nations. It happened, however, on November 13,...
Praising Netanyahu’s Caution
JNS.org - People demonstrated in the streets of Sderot on Tuesday, and who could blame them? They had spent days running back and forth to...
Hamas Rockets and the Idea of Two States
JNS.org - Does it really matter what started the shooting at the border between Israel and Hamas-run Gaza? To outward appearances, it looks like it was...
