Commentary
Abbas Consoles Families of Terrorist ‘Heroes,’ Proud of ‘the Martyrs of Palestine’
Intent on assuring the Palestinian people that he continues to support terrorists, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas made some propaganda phone calls to...
Palestinian Islamist Jihad Terrorists Aligning With Hamas’ Interests in Gaza — For Now
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror organization is often in the business of "jihad now, not later," an approach that has led to multiple deadly escalations between it and Israel in the Gaza Strip --...
Iran Poll Contains Different Messages for Biden and Raisi
“It’s the economy, stupid.” That is the message of a just-published survey of Iranian public opinion. However, the substance of the message differs for newly elected hard-line Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the Biden administration. Iranians surveyed last...
US Consulate in Jerusalem: The Bottom Line
JNS.org - The US administration’s declared intention to reopen its Jerusalem consulate as a representative body to the Palestinian leadership and to provide consular services to the population of the disputed territories is becoming a...
For How Much Longer Will the IDF Neglect its Reservists?
JNS.org - Many are of the opinion that Israel faces no existential threats today, and...
‘Mental Illness,’ ‘Lone Wolf,’ Unclear Motive: New York Times in Denial Over Islamist Terrorist Trend
When is an Islamist terrorist attack not an Islamist terrorist attack? When the newspaper reporting on...
Netflix and ‘Palestine’: How Media Reviews Enable Film to Be Used as a Vehicle for Anti-Israel Propaganda
When Linda Sarsour recently tweeted about Palestinian films and documentaries arriving on Netflix, her choice...
Expanding the Abraham Accords Requires a US-Saudi Reset
On September 23, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrated its 91st National Day, which the...
Israel Population Surprise: FDR Said It Couldn’t Be Done
“You know there is not room in Palestine for many more people,” US President Franklin...
Abbas Consoles Families of Terrorist ‘Heroes,’ Proud of ‘the Martyrs of Palestine’
Intent on assuring the Palestinian people that he continues to support terrorists, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas made some propaganda phone calls to parents...
Palestinian Islamist Jihad Terrorists Aligning With Hamas’ Interests in Gaza — For Now
The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror organization is often in the business of "jihad now, not later," an approach that has led to multiple deadly...
Iran Poll Contains Different Messages for Biden and Raisi
“It’s the economy, stupid.” That is the message of a just-published survey of Iranian public opinion. However, the substance of the message differs for newly elected hard-line...
US Consulate in Jerusalem: The Bottom Line
JNS.org - The US administration’s declared intention to reopen its Jerusalem consulate as a representative body to the Palestinian leadership and to provide consular services...
For How Much Longer Will the IDF Neglect its Reservists?
JNS.org - Many are of the opinion that Israel faces no existential threats today, and certainly none as serious as that it faced during the...
‘Mental Illness,’ ‘Lone Wolf,’ Unclear Motive: New York Times in Denial Over Islamist Terrorist Trend
When is an Islamist terrorist attack not an Islamist terrorist attack? When the newspaper reporting on it is the New York Times, which seems in denial,...
Netflix and ‘Palestine’: How Media Reviews Enable Film to Be Used as a Vehicle for Anti-Israel Propaganda
When Linda Sarsour recently tweeted about Palestinian films and documentaries arriving on Netflix, her choice of words was telling: “Educate yourself,” she told her followers....
Expanding the Abraham Accords Requires a US-Saudi Reset
On September 23, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia celebrated its 91st National Day, which the UAE commemorated under the banner of "#Together Forever KSA- UAE." While...
Israel Population Surprise: FDR Said It Couldn’t Be Done
“You know there is not room in Palestine for many more people,” US President Franklin D. Roosevelt told prominent American Jewish leaders in early 1938....
A New Look at Judaism and Tattoos
“Tattoo. What a loaded word it is, rife with associations to goons, goofs, bikers, tribal warriors, carnival artists, drunken sailors and floozies.” Thus wrote Jon Anderson...
German-EU-Israel Relations Are Important — and Not Just Because of the Holocaust
It is no secret that relations between Israel and Germany have been deteriorating in the last two decades. The relationship between Benjamin Netanyahu and Angela...
Some Ideas Must Be Debated, but Not Historical Facts
JNS.org - Some Jewish liberals say that they saw this coming. There were those who believed that the movement to stop the teaching of critical...
Iran is Cozying Up to Moderate States, and Israel Is Worried
JNS.org - The increasingly warm relations between Iran and a number of moderate states in the region are causing worry in Israel. Frustration is rising...
Israel on Campus, Post-Truth
In the post-truth world, Hamas apparently no longer exists. Thousands of rockets and incendiary balloons no longer fall on Israeli towns and cities, killing people...
