Commentary
Turkey Goes After Israel and Its Allies in the Eastern Mediterranean
Turkey’s new policy vis-à-vis Cyprus, based on a two-state solution, is being heavily criticized by the international community. In a press statement, US Secretary...
More Anti-Israel Hatred Infests the University of North Carolina
This coming Fall, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is scheduled to offer a recurring course titled “The Conflict over Israel/Palestine,” taught by PhD student Kylie Broderick. Broderick is an outspoken anti-Israel activist,...
Hamas’ Top Priority in Gaza: Protect and Repair Terror Tunnels
I pointed out last week that some photos of streets in Gaza attacked by Israel show a characteristic cave-in pattern that indicates that a terrorist tunnel underneath the busy streets collapsed after Israeli earth-penetrating bombs...
Why Does the Media Uncritically Cite the Council on American-Islamic Relations?
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is no stranger to controversy. The organization bills itself as helping to promote the understanding of Islam, protecting civil rights, and empowering American Muslims. However, since its inception in 1994,...
American Immigrants Who Leave Israel Don’t Deserve Disdain
JNS.org - On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his parents’ aliyah from the...
Israel Should Maintain Its Mediterranean Alignment, Despite Signals From Ankara
JNS.org - There have been several signs over the past few weeks that the Turkish...
Is Israel Ready to Respond to Rockets From Lebanon?
The recent rocket fire from Lebanon into Israeli territory connects with Hamas’ overall strategy of...
My College Experience at Temple University Was Tainted by Antisemitism
In the Fall of 2018, I took my first political science course at Temple University....
Ideological Indigestion in the New York Times
Anyone familiar with the incessant criticism of Israel from journalist Mairav Zonszein is unlikely to...
Turkey Goes After Israel and Its Allies in the Eastern Mediterranean
Turkey’s new policy vis-à-vis Cyprus, based on a two-state solution, is being heavily criticized by the international community. In a press statement, US Secretary of...
More Anti-Israel Hatred Infests the University of North Carolina
This coming Fall, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) is scheduled to offer a recurring course titled “The Conflict over Israel/Palestine,” taught...
Hamas’ Top Priority in Gaza: Protect and Repair Terror Tunnels
I pointed out last week that some photos of streets in Gaza attacked by Israel show a characteristic cave-in pattern that indicates that a terrorist...
Why Does the Media Uncritically Cite the Council on American-Islamic Relations?
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is no stranger to controversy. The organization bills itself as helping to promote the understanding of Islam, protecting civil...
American Immigrants Who Leave Israel Don’t Deserve Disdain
JNS.org - On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his parents’ aliyah from the United States, Haaretz political correspondent Chaim Levinson paid homage to...
Israel Should Maintain Its Mediterranean Alignment, Despite Signals From Ankara
JNS.org - There have been several signs over the past few weeks that the Turkish government is seeking a “reset” with Israel. The most notable...
Is Israel Ready to Respond to Rockets From Lebanon?
The recent rocket fire from Lebanon into Israeli territory connects with Hamas’ overall strategy of expanding the scope of the confrontation between itself and Israel...
My College Experience at Temple University Was Tainted by Antisemitism
In the Fall of 2018, I took my first political science course at Temple University. In November of that year, Marc Lamont Hill gave an...
Ideological Indigestion in the New York Times
Anyone familiar with the incessant criticism of Israel from journalist Mairav Zonszein is unlikely to be surprised by her most recent contribution to The New...
The Media Abandons Facts to Talk About ‘Angelic’ Palestinian Activists
Let's begin by noting that the piece published in The Times (“The Gen Z activist twins of Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem,” July 17) by Charlotte Edwardes...
Turkey’s Erdogan Uses War to Deflect His Domestic Failures
The article “Give War a Chance: Arab Leaders Finesse Military Defeat,” by Daniel Pipes, president of the Middle East Forum, and published in the Summer...
The More Things Change…
JNS.org - One topic preoccupying pundits who write about Israel is whether anti-Zionism amounts to antisemitism. Those who claim that the two are equivalent, such as...
Selling Spyware Is Immoral, but Selling Weapons Isn’t?
JNS.org - French President Emmanuel Macron scolded Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett following a report that Moroccan intelligence services had used Israeli tech firm NSO...
Treblinka: The Uprising the World Forgot
In some ways, we're more aware of the Holocaust than ever before. Memorials to it stand in cities around the world. Oskar Schindler and Anne...









