Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Jonathan S. Tobin / JNS.org
Jews and Poles Don’t Have to Be Enemies
JNS.org - Jews and Poles spent most of the first half of the 20th century at each other’s throats. Must they continue on the same destructive...
What Did You Hear When Pence Spoke to the Knesset?
JNS.org - In Monday’s New York Times, columnist Max Fisher treated Vice President Mike Pence’s visit to Israel as just another expression of what he considers the...
Don’t Blame Trump for Abbas Rejecting Peace
JNS.org - Those who care about the Jewish state know that the Israeli people ardently desire achieving a lasting and true peace. But the pursuit of that...
I Despise BDS — but Israel’s New BDS Ban Is a Big Mistake
JNS.org - The term “blacklist” is one that brings up memories of McCarthysim to most Americans. But those on a new Israeli “blacklist” -- who are...
Threatening to Cut Palestinian Aid Is the Right Move
JNS.org - We didn’t need the publication of a new book to know that Donald Trump is an unconventional -- and, at times, inappropriate president. His...
Defining ‘Occupied’ — and the Semantic Battle for Peace
JNS.org - In a demonstration of how completely at odds his views are from those of the foreign policy establishment, US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman reportedly...
Trump’s Embassy Move Proved Abbas Doesn’t Want Peace
JNS.org - Earlier this month, more than 10,000 Israelis turned out for demonstrations in Tel Aviv against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Their purpose was to draw...
Ending the Silence on Abuse
JNS.org - In the last two months, the avalanche of stories about sexual abuse and harassment has touched virtually every sector of American society. The revelations...
Did Trump Help the Israel-Diaspora Divide?
JNS.org - If there's one thing that the overwhelmingly liberal American Jewish community generally agrees on these days, it’s President Donald Trump. The vast majority of...
Despite His Flaws, Defending Trump on Jerusalem
JNS.org - In the end, perhaps only a president so completely divorced from diplomatic reality and utterly indifferent to international opinion could do it. Despite the...
The Saudis Are Right: Trump’s Love of Russia Could Endanger the World
JNS.org - It’s difficult for Americans to sympathize with the rulers of Saudi Arabia. Though a longstanding ally of the US, the oil-rich theocracy has helped...
Time for a Peace Process Paradigm Change
JNS.org - What are the details of the Middle East peace plan that President Donald Trump will use to craft what he hopes is the...
Silencing Israel on Campus
JNS.org - One of the complaints about the organized Jewish community is that it is silencing criticism of Israel. Left-wingers paint a dismal picture of a...
The False Claims About Bannon and Antisemitism
JNS.org - Breitbart.com CEO and former White House senior counselor Steve Bannon has called himself a “Leninist.” It’s an apt description because, though a conservative, he...
