Commentary
The Imperative to Take a Stand Against Ilhan Omar
JNS.org - Standing up to hatred is hard. When those who take a moral stand against it act together, however, it can be confronted to...
Iran’s Nuclear Secrets Have Been Exposed
JNS.org - Spies steal secrets. Sometimes, those secrets must be carefully studied and analyzed by experts to turn them into products useful to policymakers. The spies I’ll be talking about here worked for the Mossad. The...
The Mossad Chief Got It Wrong
JNS.org - Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen is not naive. As one might expect, he is suspicious by nature and cynical due to his vocation. Yet, in his first interview after leaving the intelligence agency, he...
Thank You Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
This week, after 12 years as prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu left office. During his tenure, I was privileged to work with him in various postings as Member of Knesset, Deputy Minister of Defense, Minister of...
American Jews Need Wait No Longer, the Barbarians Have Arrived
“It is night, and the barbarians have not arrived,” the great modern Greek poet C....
An Appeal to Politicians, Journalists, and Scholars: Stop Excusing Jew Haters
The spectrum of antisemitism is widening. The call for murder, which is what modern antisemitism...
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Falsely Accuses Israel of ‘Killing the Two-State Solution’
On June 13, 2021, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-ever serving prime minister, was removed from power...
Can We Stand Up for Israel Without Alienating Ourselves?
Public opinion has shifted dramatically against Israel in the Western world. #FreePalestine has become the battle cry...
Changing the Focus of Israel Advocacy
In recent years, Israel has fared poorly in the court of public opinion. Palestinian advocates...
The Imperative to Take a Stand Against Ilhan Omar
JNS.org - Standing up to hatred is hard. When those who take a moral stand against it act together, however, it can be confronted to an...
Iran’s Nuclear Secrets Have Been Exposed
JNS.org - Spies steal secrets. Sometimes, those secrets must be carefully studied and analyzed by experts to turn them into products useful to policymakers. The spies...
The Mossad Chief Got It Wrong
JNS.org - Former Mossad chief Yossi Cohen is not naive. As one might expect, he is suspicious by nature and cynical due to his vocation. Yet,...
Thank You Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
This week, after 12 years as prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu left office. During his tenure, I was privileged to work with him in various postings...
American Jews Need Wait No Longer, the Barbarians Have Arrived
“It is night, and the barbarians have not arrived,” the great modern Greek poet C. F. Cavafy’s “Waiting for the Barbarians” concludes. “And some people...
An Appeal to Politicians, Journalists, and Scholars: Stop Excusing Jew Haters
The spectrum of antisemitism is widening. The call for murder, which is what modern antisemitism amounts to, is also becoming louder. On the left, on...
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria Falsely Accuses Israel of ‘Killing the Two-State Solution’
On June 13, 2021, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-ever serving prime minister, was removed from power when the Knesset approved a new government formed by Yamina...
Can We Stand Up for Israel Without Alienating Ourselves?
Public opinion has shifted dramatically against Israel in the Western world. #FreePalestine has become the battle cry of anti-Israel social media crusaders, as they attempt to make...
Changing the Focus of Israel Advocacy
In recent years, Israel has fared poorly in the court of public opinion. Palestinian advocates have engaged in a well-organized offensive campaign of disinformation, while...
A New Chapter in Israeli Politics
Naftali Bennett, head of the Yamina Party, and Yesh Atid party chief Yair Lapid have managed to do the unbelievable and put together a new...
Recovery From Netanyahu Withdrawal Won’t Be Easy
JNS.org - If the tone of discourse in the Knesset during the session in which Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his “government of change” were...
Comic Relief From a Serious Israeli Drama
JNS.org - The sight on Sunday night of the trendy Tel Aviv set celebrating the new Israeli government with great fanfare—flags and all—was nothing short...
200 Journalists Demand More Anti-Israel Hatred
A group of 200 journalists -- including reporters for The Washington Post and Los Angeles Times -- signed a letter demanding that news organizations be...
Is the Biden Administration Enabling Palestinian ‘Pay-For-Slay’?
Earlier this month, former US President Barack Obama sat down for an interview with Ezra Klein for The New York Times to discuss his legacy....
