Commentary
Erdogan’s Reckless Gambit: It’s Payback Time
Only three days after Turkey’s Islamist strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan sighed with relief at having side-stepped heavy European sanctions, he got slapped with heavy...
How to Keep Bipartisan Support for Israel Strong
Over the last year, much of the political rancor involving the US-Israel relationship was focused on the presidential race. Yet historiographical evidence reveals that Congress plays an extremely important role in the US-Israel relationship. In 1981,...
David Halbfinger’s Weird David Friedman Interview Ends Up Appearing More on Twitter than in the New York Times
The outgoing New York Times bureau chief in Jerusalem, David Halbfinger, interviewed the outgoing American ambassador to Israel, David Friedman — and the result, which appeared in Sunday’s print newspaper, was just weird. Halbfinger’s 1,500-word dispatch...
Democrat Hypocrisy and Pelosi’s Impeachment Push
JNS.org - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi currently has just one thing on her mind: impeaching President Donald Trump. Because Vice President Mike Pence won’t support invoking the 25th Amendment, which would strip Trump of his...
The Arab Spring Created a Consensus Against Middle East Interventions
JNS.org - The tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings has given...
The Media’s New Anti-Israel Slander — Vaccines
JNS.org - Israel’s extraordinary success in speedily vaccinating its population has been lauded globally. As...
Whither the Iran Nuclear Deal?
In an interview with Reuters on December 17, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi expressed disapproved...
In New Book, a Mohel Reveals All
So You Want to Make a Bris by Dr. Henry Michael Lerner, Outskirts Press, November...
President Biden Should Quash Abbas’ Newest Offensive
In December, both Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and Russian leader Vladimir Putin called...
Erdogan’s Reckless Gambit: It’s Payback Time
Only three days after Turkey’s Islamist strongman Recep Tayyip Erdogan sighed with relief at having side-stepped heavy European sanctions, he got slapped with heavy American...
How to Keep Bipartisan Support for Israel Strong
Over the last year, much of the political rancor involving the US-Israel relationship was focused on the presidential race. Yet historiographical evidence reveals that Congress...
David Halbfinger’s Weird David Friedman Interview Ends Up Appearing More on Twitter than in the New York Times
The outgoing New York Times bureau chief in Jerusalem, David Halbfinger, interviewed the outgoing American ambassador to Israel, David Friedman — and the result, which...
Democrat Hypocrisy and Pelosi’s Impeachment Push
JNS.org - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi currently has just one thing on her mind: impeaching President Donald Trump. Because Vice President Mike Pence won’t support...
The Arab Spring Created a Consensus Against Middle East Interventions
JNS.org - The tenth anniversary of the beginning of the Arab Spring uprisings has given rise to a deluge of commentary noting the contrast between...
The Media’s New Anti-Israel Slander — Vaccines
JNS.org - Israel’s extraordinary success in speedily vaccinating its population has been lauded globally. As of this writing, almost 13% of Israelis have already received...
Whither the Iran Nuclear Deal?
In an interview with Reuters on December 17, IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi expressed disapproved of President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to return to the JCPOA...
In New Book, a Mohel Reveals All
So You Want to Make a Bris by Dr. Henry Michael Lerner, Outskirts Press, November 2020. So You Want to Make a Bris was written because,...
President Biden Should Quash Abbas’ Newest Offensive
In December, both Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas and Russian leader Vladimir Putin called for the "Quartet" to be the sponsor of future negotiations...
Why American Jews Must Oppose Election Lies and Conspiracy Theories
The violent invasion of Congress by a mob of pro-Trump supporters has sent a paroxysm of fear across the United States, and the world. A...
The Importance of Modesty
I have watched more television this past year than I should have, and I have been struck by the incessant diet of sex, violence, horror,...
Now More Than Ever, Israel Must Avoid Complacency on COVID-19
JNS.org - Many countries around the world are in awe of Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign. In less than two weeks, 1 million Israelis were vaccinated...
Erasure of Faces and Facts: Anti-Zionism at Cornell University
This past fall, Ariella Aisha Azoulay, a guest lecturer from Brown University, was invited to Cornell University's architecture department to speak to students. Azoulay gave...
After the Abraham Accords, the Palestinians Have Lost the Arab Street
While the Algerian FLN lost its bloody struggle against the French army and settlers (during which it killed more Algerian collaborators than Frenchmen), it won...
