Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
‘Pay to Slay’ and Why the ‘Occupation’ Continues
JNS.org - To Israel’s critics, there really is only one issue to discuss with respect to the conflict with the Palestinians: the “occupation.” For them, Israel’s...
Heeding the Lessons of Jewish Unity and Democracy from Natan Sharansky
JNS.org - Natan Sharansky is exiting the center stage of Jewish life. The 70-year-old former Soviet dissident and prisoner turned author, Israeli politician, and for the...
What Germans Understand About BDS
JNS.org – Who ever thought Germans would have a better grasp of the need to stand up against antisemitism than the Scots? It’s been more than...
Kushner’s Truth-Telling Message to the Palestinians
JNS.org – For all of its economic, military and cultural strength that has made it a regional superpower, the State of Israel remains a little...
Learning the Lessons of Gaza
JNS.org – In the view of many Israeli security experts, the results of the 2014 Gaza war were decisive. “Operation Protective Edge” -- the counterattack against...
Antisemitism at the United Nations Cannot Be Ignored
JNS.org - It was just another day at the office for UN officials. As it has done innumerable times in the last 50 years, on...
Will American Jews Answer These Letters?
JNS.org – Is peace still possible between Israelis and Palestinians? After the events of the last 25 years, the answer from most Israelis seems to...
A Lesson From Roseanne: Let’s Abolish Jewish Celebrities
JNS.org - Like any embattled minority that needed positive role models, early- and mid-20th-century Jews living in the United States embraced celebrities with any sort of...
Why the Palestinians Can’t Say ‘Yes’ to Trump
JNS.org - Can the Palestinians finally not miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity? That paraphrase of Abba Eban’s famous quote provides the key question to...
What’s Wrong With Defining Antisemitism?
JNS.org – If there is one issue on which there ought to be a political consensus eve in an era of almost unprecedented partisan division,...
An End to Iran Defeatism
JNS.org – Everyone was eager to hear from the new US secretary of state, but they didn’t care much for what he said. Many international...
Wrong Man? Right Decision!
JNS.org – It took him 16 months to get around to it, but US President Donald Trump finally kept another campaign promise and pulled the...
Abbas Isn’t the Real Problem
JNS.org – Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas shocked The New York Times with his latest speech. After years of apologizing and rationalizing Abbas’s behavior, the paper’s editorial column had...
How Not to Beat BDS
JNS.org – The BDS movement hasn’t won many victories in the United States in recent years, but Israel’s opponents had to be thrilled when they...
