Commentary
The Real Palestinian Pandemic: Political Sclerosis
To be effective, politics requires leadership and organization -- and to be effective over the long term, changes in leadership and organizational renewal are...
Blaming the Victim: Theo van Gogh, Charlie Hebdo, the Media and End of Free Speech
As I write, on November 2, 2020, it is 16 years to the day since Dutch-Moroccan jihadist Mohammed Bouyeri, dressed in a djellaba and carrying a knife, a machete, and a gun, shot and stabbed...
UK Paper Publishes Letter on Labour Scandal Containing Antisemitic Smears
On October 30, a day after the EHRC report on antisemitism in the Labour Party was released, The Guardian published a series of letters, including the following, by a former MP: I have known Jeremy Corbyn for...
Knowledge Is Power Against Hate: Online Course Designed to Set Holocaust Record Straight
JNS.org - Anyone who still believes that ignorance is bliss hasn’t seen how easily it can be turned into hate. November 9 will mark 78 years since Kristallnacht, the "Night of Broken Glass” -- a night...
The Quadruple Threat: North Korea, China, Pakistan, and Iran
On September 8, 2020, a meeting took place between Chairman of National Security and Foreign...
25 Years Later: Silence and the Rabin Assassination
On a late Saturday afternoon last week, I walked the 15 minutes from my Tel...
The ‘Inside’ Palestinians vs. the Outsiders From Tunis
JNS.org - Tensions between Mohammad Dahlan supporters and Mahmoud Abbas loyalists have escalated in the...
Answering the Call: Parshat Vayera
The early history of humanity is set out in the Torah as a series of...
At the University of Connecticut, Acts of Antisemitism Are Also Acts of Hate
Hate, like many illnesses, often goes undetected until it becomes too severe to counter effectively....
The Real Palestinian Pandemic: Political Sclerosis
To be effective, politics requires leadership and organization -- and to be effective over the long term, changes in leadership and organizational renewal are also...
Blaming the Victim: Theo van Gogh, Charlie Hebdo, the Media and End of Free Speech
As I write, on November 2, 2020, it is 16 years to the day since Dutch-Moroccan jihadist Mohammed Bouyeri, dressed in a djellaba and carrying...
UK Paper Publishes Letter on Labour Scandal Containing Antisemitic Smears
On October 30, a day after the EHRC report on antisemitism in the Labour Party was released, The Guardian published a series of letters, including...
Knowledge Is Power Against Hate: Online Course Designed to Set Holocaust Record Straight
JNS.org - Anyone who still believes that ignorance is bliss hasn’t seen how easily it can be turned into hate. November 9 will mark 78 years...
The Quadruple Threat: North Korea, China, Pakistan, and Iran
On September 8, 2020, a meeting took place between Chairman of National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament, Mojtaba Zolnouri, and North...
25 Years Later: Silence and the Rabin Assassination
On a late Saturday afternoon last week, I walked the 15 minutes from my Tel Aviv apartment to Rabin Square in order to view a...
The ‘Inside’ Palestinians vs. the Outsiders From Tunis
JNS.org - Tensions between Mohammad Dahlan supporters and Mahmoud Abbas loyalists have escalated in the West Bank. In Ramallah, Palestinian Authority (PA) security forces entered...
Answering the Call: Parshat Vayera
The early history of humanity is set out in the Torah as a series of disappointments. God gave human beings freedom, which they then misused....
At the University of Connecticut, Acts of Antisemitism Are Also Acts of Hate
Hate, like many illnesses, often goes undetected until it becomes too severe to counter effectively. From a contemporary vantage point, hate is all too familiar....
Oslo and the Lack of Peace
Weeks ago, on September 28, it was the 25th anniversary of the Taba signing of the Oslo II Accord -- and no one celebrated. Hardly...
The Israeli Navy’s Strategic Challenges in the 21st Century
Israel is surrounded on three sides: it has countries to the north, south, and east. Its independence, economy, and security -- indeed, its very existence...
Iran’s Behind the Scenes Instigation During the Second Israel-Lebanon War
The BESA Center has published a new paper that presents a new perspective on the reasons for the outbreak of the Second Lebanon War against...
An Arabist Admits Mistakes — and Makes More
Aaron David Miller had a long and distinguished career in the US State Department -- distinguished that is by failure to achieve the objective of...
The New York Times: 128 Years of Blaming Jews for Spreading Deadly Disease
The New York Times home page has been featuring a small Covid-19 graphic with a list of “where cases per capita” are highest. When I...
