Commentary
Stopping Study Abroad in Israel Encourages Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Hate
Supporting Israel has rapidly become a controversial position on college campuses. As the BDS movement and organizations like Students for Justice in Palestine grow...
Sukkot: A Different Kind of Festival
The ancient festival of Sukkot has numerous elements to it. First is the Sukkah. We value our homes and the security of our little palaces, yet during Sukkot, we set up temporary accommodation in which...
Is the PA Going to Deceive the US Into Opening the PLO Offices in DC?
Since its formation in 1995, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has created the most comprehensive system for funding, incentivizing, and rewarding terror and terrorism. As part of the policy that has been dubbed the PA’s “Pay-for-Slay” system,...
Afghanistan Has Lessons for the Gulf
The Gulf states appear to be stuck, for the time being, with a less committed US. That reality will push them to compensate for uncertainty over the US with greater self-reliance and a strengthening of formal...
How a Budget Standoff Demonstrated the Partisan Split Over Israel
JNS.org - The Iron Dome missile-defense system has long been one of the least controversial...
Five Lessons Israel Can Learn From the UAE on Water Conservation
JNS.org - The signing of the Abraham Accords agreement on Sept. 15, 2020, has created...
Bennett Doesn’t Have the Solution to El-Sisi’s Problems
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi grabbed...
TIME Magazine Includes Palestinian Terrorist-Supporting El-Kurd Twins in Top 100 List
Notorious anti-Israel activists Muna and Mohammed El-Kurd, who each have a record of supporting terrorism,...
A Sukkot Guide for the Perplexed
Here are some facts you may not know about the upcoming holiday of Sukkot. 1. The...
Stopping Study Abroad in Israel Encourages Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Hate
Supporting Israel has rapidly become a controversial position on college campuses. As the BDS movement and organizations like Students for Justice in Palestine grow in...
Sukkot: A Different Kind of Festival
The ancient festival of Sukkot has numerous elements to it. First is the Sukkah. We value our homes and the security of our little palaces,...
Is the PA Going to Deceive the US Into Opening the PLO Offices in DC?
Since its formation in 1995, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has created the most comprehensive system for funding, incentivizing, and rewarding terror and terrorism. As part of...
Afghanistan Has Lessons for the Gulf
The Gulf states appear to be stuck, for the time being, with a less committed US. That reality will push them to compensate for uncertainty over...
How a Budget Standoff Demonstrated the Partisan Split Over Israel
JNS.org - The Iron Dome missile-defense system has long been one of the least controversial aspects of the US-Israel relationship. Funding for the idea was...
Five Lessons Israel Can Learn From the UAE on Water Conservation
JNS.org - The signing of the Abraham Accords agreement on Sept. 15, 2020, has created an extraordinary opportunity for the State of Israel to develop...
Bennett Doesn’t Have the Solution to El-Sisi’s Problems
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi grabbed headlines in Israel last week, not necessarily due to its...
TIME Magazine Includes Palestinian Terrorist-Supporting El-Kurd Twins in Top 100 List
Notorious anti-Israel activists Muna and Mohammed El-Kurd, who each have a record of supporting terrorism, have been included in TIME Magazine’s annual list of the...
A Sukkot Guide for the Perplexed
Here are some facts you may not know about the upcoming holiday of Sukkot. 1. The holiday is named for the first stop during the 40-year-Exodus...
Does Jimmy Carter Support the Abraham Accords?
Arutz-7 reports: President Isaac Herzog called former US President Jimmy Carter on Friday to mark the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War...
American Islamists Pay Tribute to Bin Laden Sympathizer
Just days before the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, American Islamists hosted a memorial ceremony for a hard-line Kashmiri separatist leader who had reportedly...
Meet Esmaeil Khatib, Iran’s New Spymaster
Ebrahim Raisi was sworn in as the new president of the Islamic Republic of Iran on August 5, 2021. Six days later, he released his cabinet...
Durban IV: Time for Some Tough Diplomacy
JNS.org - The fourth Durban Conference, which convenes in South Africa on Sept. 22, is likely to be a reflection of the first Durban Conference,...
Top Agudah and Reform Rabbis Join Forces Over Temple Mount
JNS.org - We have witnessed a remarkable development as a result of the publication of an article by Rabbi Meir Soloveitchik in Commentary titled “The...
