Commentary
Russia Pushes Its Influence in the Middle East
Russia hopes to blow new life into a proposal for a multilateral security architecture in the Gulf, with the tacit approval of the Biden...
The Benefits of the UK Declaring Hamas a Terror Group
JNS.org - Britain’s official labeling of Hamas in its entirety as a terrorist organization came very late, but as the saying goes, better late than never. It is a very encouraging step. The British move also...
The University of Toronto’s Jewish Problem
As if to confirm the depth of its anti-Israel animus, the Student Union of the University of Toronto at Scarborough (SCSU) passed a poisonous motion during its virtual November 24th meeting, stipulating that the student...
AP Demotes Second Holiest Place in Judaism to ‘West Bank Site’
Imagine if one of the world’s leading news publications in a headline referred to Washington, DC, merely as a "City on the Potomac River." Yet this is exactly what the Associated Press (AP), a wire...
What the Muslim World — and the West — Can Learn From the UAE
A few days ago, I returned from a week-long trip to the United Arab Emirates...
Lighting a Candle in Hebron Beyond the Seventh Step
JNS.org - Is there something controversial, if not awful, about the president of the state...
Iran’s Military Gears Up for Vienna Talks by Vowing to Annihilate Israel
JNS.org - Renewed negotiations over a return to or revision of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive...
A Hanukkah Gift: Argue, Don’t Fight
JNS.org - There’s an enormous difference between an argument and an attack. Calling someone a...
White Noise and the Haters of Israel
The late atheist writer Christopher Hitchens used to refer to the theological arguments of his...
Russia Pushes Its Influence in the Middle East
Russia hopes to blow new life into a proposal for a multilateral security architecture in the Gulf, with the tacit approval of the Biden administration. For...
The Benefits of the UK Declaring Hamas a Terror Group
JNS.org - Britain’s official labeling of Hamas in its entirety as a terrorist organization came very late, but as the saying goes, better late than...
The University of Toronto’s Jewish Problem
As if to confirm the depth of its anti-Israel animus, the Student Union of the University of Toronto at Scarborough (SCSU) passed a poisonous motion...
AP Demotes Second Holiest Place in Judaism to ‘West Bank Site’
Imagine if one of the world’s leading news publications in a headline referred to Washington, DC, merely as a "City on the Potomac River." Yet...
What the Muslim World — and the West — Can Learn From the UAE
A few days ago, I returned from a week-long trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where I participated in a World Jewish Congress (WJC)...
Lighting a Candle in Hebron Beyond the Seventh Step
JNS.org - Is there something controversial, if not awful, about the president of the state of Israel visiting one of Judaism’s holiest shrines to celebrate...
Iran’s Military Gears Up for Vienna Talks by Vowing to Annihilate Israel
JNS.org - Renewed negotiations over a return to or revision of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—the nuclear deal between Iran and world...
A Hanukkah Gift: Argue, Don’t Fight
JNS.org - There’s an enormous difference between an argument and an attack. Calling someone a liar or a traitor is not an argument; it’s an...
White Noise and the Haters of Israel
The late atheist writer Christopher Hitchens used to refer to the theological arguments of his critics as “white noise.” As a non-believer, claims about the...
Israeli Archaeological Treasures Align with Hebrew Bible Accounts
Nothing helps us better understand the lives of the people who have lived in Israel than the archaeological artifacts that are dug up here. The...
Politico’s Biased Report on Biden and Israel
Politico has found the problem with the modern Middle East: Israel. The publication’s November 19, 2021, report, “Biden’s balancing act in the Middle East has a...
Erdogan Fosters Anti-Western, Anti-Israel, and Jihadist Sentiment in Turkey
The November 1 assault on an American sailor by Turkish nationalists reflects the anti-Western sentiment prevailing in Turkey, fostered by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. During a...
Hamas, the Enduring Thorn in Israel’s Side
JNS.org - Just recently, Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Lt. Gen. Aviv Kochavi reminded us that the IDF is currently fighting on six fronts—some...
New York Times Stealth-Corrects Claim that Jesus ‘Is Known in the Old Testament’
The New York Times devotes most of three broadsheet pages in Sunday’s paper — the SundayStyles front and two pages inside that section — to...
