Commentary
Key Factors Behind the Improvement in Israel-India Relations
JNS.org - Israel-India relations are currently experiencing a renaissance. Links have been steadily growing in defense and security since the establishment of full diplomatic...
Ambassador Nides’ Delusions About Palestinian Terrorism
JNS.org - Numbers don’t lie, but what diplomats sometimes do with numbers is another story. US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides recently gave a fascinating interview to the Jewish weekly newspaper Hamodia. At one point, interviewer...
Welcome to the New Netanyahu Era
After five tumultuous election cycles held in the space of three-and-a-half years, and a government that lasted not much more than a year, the sixth Netanyahu government has reached the runaway and is ready to take...
Why the US Government Is Right to Use the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
The adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism is extremely important, but not everyone understands why. The key reason to adopt this widely accepted definition, in addition to responding to the rising anti-Jewish...
Where’s the Outrage Over Biden Comparing Illegal Immigrants to Holocaust Victims?
JNS.org - After two years of pointedly ignoring a problem largely of his own making,...
An Israel Prize Laureate’s Anti-Government Stance Reveals a Sinister View of the Jewish State
JNS.org - Anyone still puzzled by the outcome of the Nov. 1 Knesset elections should...
Can Israel Mediate an End to the Ukraine War?
JNS.org - The war in Ukraine precipitated tensions between Washington and Moscow that impaired their...
When Antisemitism is Mainstreamed
In 2019, the Jewish Museum of London mounted an exhibition entitled “Jews, Money, Myth,” focusing...
Jewish Soldiers Helped Liberate Palestine From the Ottoman Empire
A recent article from National Library of Israel suggests that T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia),...
Key Factors Behind the Improvement in Israel-India Relations
JNS.org - Israel-India relations are currently experiencing a renaissance. Links have been steadily growing in defense and security since the establishment of full diplomatic relations...
Ambassador Nides’ Delusions About Palestinian Terrorism
JNS.org - Numbers don’t lie, but what diplomats sometimes do with numbers is another story. US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides recently gave a fascinating interview...
Welcome to the New Netanyahu Era
After five tumultuous election cycles held in the space of three-and-a-half years, and a government that lasted not much more than a year, the sixth Netanyahu...
Why the US Government Is Right to Use the IHRA Definition of Antisemitism
The adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism is extremely important, but not everyone understands why. The key reason to adopt this widely...
Where’s the Outrage Over Biden Comparing Illegal Immigrants to Holocaust Victims?
JNS.org - After two years of pointedly ignoring a problem largely of his own making, President Joe Biden finally made a brief visit to the...
An Israel Prize Laureate’s Anti-Government Stance Reveals a Sinister View of the Jewish State
JNS.org - Anyone still puzzled by the outcome of the Nov. 1 Knesset elections should listen to professor Asa Kasher’s interview on Sunday with Kan...
Can Israel Mediate an End to the Ukraine War?
JNS.org - The war in Ukraine precipitated tensions between Washington and Moscow that impaired their ability to talk to each other directly. Diplomatic sources leaked...
When Antisemitism is Mainstreamed
In 2019, the Jewish Museum of London mounted an exhibition entitled “Jews, Money, Myth,” focusing on “myths and stereotypes that link Jews and money over...
Jewish Soldiers Helped Liberate Palestine From the Ottoman Empire
A recent article from National Library of Israel suggests that T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia), a strong supporter of Arab nationalism, also lobbied in favor...
The Devolution of Turkey
A decade ago, I published a piece entitled The Devolution of Pakistan, in which I expressed my sincere disappointment in the dramatic negative turn the...
A Warped View of Israel’s New Government, Courtesy of the Fake News
JNS.org - Israelis are paying, and they don’t even know it. Israeli society has been inundated by fake news for many long weeks, more than...
How Does Israel Interpret the Russian-Iranian Alliance?
JNS.org - It is perhaps a measure of Israel’s elevated stature in the world that its newly elected right-wing government is under scrutiny not just...
Israel’s Critics Are the Ones Attacking the Jerusalem Status Quo
JNS.org - Given that the new Israeli government was being pilloried from all sides before it had even been sworn in, it was not surprising...
Amanpour’s Disgraceful Comparison of Israel to Assad’s Syria
JNS.org - On Jan. 5, 2023, CNN‘s Christiane Amanpour once again demonstrated her deep-seated prejudice against Israel by implying that the actions of the Jewish...
