Commentary
Why Can’t Violent Settlers Be Held Accountable?
Last month, Israel’s Public Security Minister, Omer Barlev, created a firestorm when he said that he planned to increase the number of police in...
Judaism Rejects the Idea That Human Nature Is Good
In a December column published in The Algemeiner, Rabbi Pini Dunner presented a case that Judaism holds people and human nature to be fundamentally good. While no doubt sincerely held, his argument reflects a dangerous secular...
Parshat Beshalach: The Exodus and Life’s Ups and Downs
Life has its ups and downs. We have all experienced good times and bad. Just look at this week’s Torah reading. Pharaoh, reeling from the plagues, has told the Children of Israel to get out. Exhilaration!...
Emma Watson Is Not Antisemitic, But Questions About Her Palestinian ‘Solidarity’ Remain
The British media "debate" about British actress Emma Watson’s social media expression of "solidarity" with Palestinians isn’t really a debate of any real merit. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Emma Watson (@emmawatson) In fact,...
Washington Post Uses Piece About Israeli Cinema to Demonize the Jewish State
The Washington Post on January 10 published a piece by Bloomberg columnist Max Hastings titled...
Normalizing Terrorism? Irish Times Reimagines Mahmoud Abbas as Man of Peace, Israel as Obstacle to Two-State Solution
The Irish Times has reported on Mahmoud Abbas beginning an unprecedented 17th year in office...
Getting Away with Murder: The Campaign to End Kuwait’s Honor Crimes Law
After her uncle raped her, after she'd discovered she was pregnant, after she had given...
Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood Seek to Destabilize Both Sides of the Jordan River
JNS.org - Hamas’s attempts, led by Saleh al-Arouri, to infiltrate the West Bank worry not...
How Zionists Helped Defeat Segregation
This year, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day will be commemorated just before the 75th anniversary...
Why Can’t Violent Settlers Be Held Accountable?
Last month, Israel’s Public Security Minister, Omer Barlev, created a firestorm when he said that he planned to increase the number of police in Judea...
Judaism Rejects the Idea That Human Nature Is Good
In a December column published in The Algemeiner, Rabbi Pini Dunner presented a case that Judaism holds people and human nature to be fundamentally good. While...
Parshat Beshalach: The Exodus and Life’s Ups and Downs
Life has its ups and downs. We have all experienced good times and bad. Just look at this week’s Torah reading. Pharaoh, reeling from the plagues,...
Emma Watson Is Not Antisemitic, But Questions About Her Palestinian ‘Solidarity’ Remain
The British media "debate" about British actress Emma Watson’s social media expression of "solidarity" with Palestinians isn’t really a debate of any real merit. View this...
Washington Post Uses Piece About Israeli Cinema to Demonize the Jewish State
The Washington Post on January 10 published a piece by Bloomberg columnist Max Hastings titled “Israel’s Filmmakers Take Aim at the Nation’s Moral Ambiguities,” which...
Normalizing Terrorism? Irish Times Reimagines Mahmoud Abbas as Man of Peace, Israel as Obstacle to Two-State Solution
The Irish Times has reported on Mahmoud Abbas beginning an unprecedented 17th year in office as president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) -- a position...
Getting Away with Murder: The Campaign to End Kuwait’s Honor Crimes Law
After her uncle raped her, after she'd discovered she was pregnant, after she had given birth to her uncle's child, after she'd returned home again,...
Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood Seek to Destabilize Both Sides of the Jordan River
JNS.org - Hamas’s attempts, led by Saleh al-Arouri, to infiltrate the West Bank worry not only Israel but Ramallah and Jordan as well. Hamas' efforts...
How Zionists Helped Defeat Segregation
This year, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day will be commemorated just before the 75th anniversary of a remarkable but little-known campaign by American Zionists and...
Media Ignores Pro-BDS Congresswoman’s Checkered History on Israel
Congresswoman Betty McCollum (D) is not the most high-profile of politicians. Serving as the representative for Minnesota’s 4th Congressional District since 2001, her political endeavors...
Saudi Arabia Needs More Meat on the Bone of Reforms
Like Qatar and its bid for the World Cup, Saudi Arabia is discovering the pitfalls of seeking soft power, whether through sports or religion, without...
Abbas and Fatah Declare Support and Esteem for Terrorists, Imply Continued Terror Salaries
On the occasion of Fatah’s recent anniversary, Fatah leaders and officials, among them its Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, reiterated and emphasized their support and esteem for...
The Similarities Between Iranian and Russian Belligerent Foreign Policy
Two separate, high-stakes showdowns have played out in recent months on the world stage: the first concerns the Iranian nuclear program, while the second is...
Israel’s Government Is in Jerusalem, Not Tel Aviv, New York Times Correction Concedes
The New York Times has published a correction acknowledging that “Israel’s government is in Jerusalem, not Tel Aviv.” On October 26, 2021, the New York Times...
