Commentary
As It Hopes for a Long-Term Truce, Israel Prepares New Battle Doctrine for Gaza
JNS.org - In the final days of 2020, the IDF released its annual figures for the year, and the data revealed that the Gaza...
Three New Year’s Resolutions for Israel
The spirit behind New Year's resolutions is often reflective, as we look into the mirror, face hard truths, and then make concrete plans to improve. In 2021, it is not only individuals who should be...
Open Letter: Campaign at Tufts University on Banning Police Exchanges With Israel
Dear President Monaco, We are a coalition of Tufts University alumni, donors, and senior law enforcement professionals who are writing to express concern about a recent campaign at Tufts to ban police exchanges with Israel. The so-called...
Lincoln’s Jewish Chiropodist and Spy: Issachar Zacharie
E. Lawrence Abel has written a timely, scholarly biography of Issachar Zacharie (various spellings), a mostly-forgotten Jewish figure from the American Civil War era. The lines between legitimate rags-to-riches success stories and clever charlatanism were blurred...
Will Christian Peacemakers Condemn the PA Prime Minister for His Blasphemy?
Are Palestinian Christians and their allies in the United States and Europe up to the...
After Political Partition Between the PA and Hamas’ Gaza, Now There Is an Economic Boycott
Since time immemorial, preventing hostile alliances and dividing the ranks of enemies have been the...
How Israel Is Adapting to the Growing Threat of Terror Armies
In November 2019, when the IDF and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fought a brief conflict,...
Terror Attack Survivor Seeks Answers in Award-Winning Documentary
Jack Baxter was only a few feet outside Mike's Place in Tel Aviv in 2003...
‘Guardian’ Article Spreads Antisemitic Falsehoods on Vaccine
In a time of heightened anxiety, it's natural to seek comfort in things that make...
As It Hopes for a Long-Term Truce, Israel Prepares New Battle Doctrine for Gaza
JNS.org - In the final days of 2020, the IDF released its annual figures for the year, and the data revealed that the Gaza Strip...
Three New Year’s Resolutions for Israel
The spirit behind New Year's resolutions is often reflective, as we look into the mirror, face hard truths, and then make concrete plans to improve....
Open Letter: Campaign at Tufts University on Banning Police Exchanges With Israel
Dear President Monaco, We are a coalition of Tufts University alumni, donors, and senior law enforcement professionals who are writing to express concern about a recent...
Lincoln’s Jewish Chiropodist and Spy: Issachar Zacharie
E. Lawrence Abel has written a timely, scholarly biography of Issachar Zacharie (various spellings), a mostly-forgotten Jewish figure from the American Civil War era. The lines...
Will Christian Peacemakers Condemn the PA Prime Minister for His Blasphemy?
Are Palestinian Christians and their allies in the United States and Europe up to the task of criticizing Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh? Or...
After Political Partition Between the PA and Hamas’ Gaza, Now There Is an Economic Boycott
Since time immemorial, preventing hostile alliances and dividing the ranks of enemies have been the objectives of small states in dangerous environments. Israel, whether by...
How Israel Is Adapting to the Growing Threat of Terror Armies
In November 2019, when the IDF and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) fought a brief conflict, a new "member" of the Israeli military helped detect targets...
Terror Attack Survivor Seeks Answers in Award-Winning Documentary
Jack Baxter was only a few feet outside Mike's Place in Tel Aviv in 2003 when a suicide bomber sent him flying in the air,...
‘Guardian’ Article Spreads Antisemitic Falsehoods on Vaccine
In a time of heightened anxiety, it's natural to seek comfort in things that make us feel most safe, most at home, most ourselves. For The...
Saudi Arabia vs. the Muslim Brotherhood
The Muslim Brotherhood was established in Egypt in 1928 to engage in three pursuits: to fight the British occupation of Egypt, to struggle against the...
UK Paper Takes Anti-Israel Vaccine Smears to the Next Level
Though we’ve published two posts calling out The Times and Telegraph for erroneously suggesting that Israel was responsible for the COVID-19 vaccinations of Palestinians governed by...
The Fight Against BDS Enters 2021
The year 2020 saw the BDS movement pushed back to academia and progressive politics. The normalization of relations between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco,...
More False Attacks Against Israel on COVID-19 Vaccines
“Palestinians,” the former Associated Press journalist and author Matti Friedman wrote in 2014, “are not taken seriously as agents of their own fate.” A December...
Addressing Raphael Warnock and Antisemitism
Although I'm a New Yorker, Georgia is not foreign to me as a place to raise a voice of moral conscience against politicians who have...
