Commentary
‘Moderate’ Critics of Israel at Toronto Universities Aren’t Moderate at All
This piece recently appeared in the Toronto Star: At the heart of a University of Toronto hiring scandal is an academic whose critique of Israeli...
Why Religion Must Be Part of the Peace Process
Notwithstanding legitimate skepticism and criticism of the recently signed Abraham Accords between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain, tucked away within them may be an earth-shattering breakthrough, one that most people are not...
Jon Voight: Why I’m So Supportive of Israel and Donald Trump
People ask me why I am so supportive of Israel and of Donald Trump. I was born in 1938, and therefore was alive through the time of the Holocaust, and I also witnessed the ratification of...
Warm Peace, Cold Calculation
JNS.org - On Oct. 18, 2020, Israeli and Bahraini officials signed a normalization declaration in Manama, yet another step towards an official peace treaty. The establishment of peaceful relations between Israel and Bahrain and Israel...
Israel Must Look Beyond the Coronavirus Crisis
JNS.org - The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that “noise kills thought.” We are in...
Erdoğan’s Costly ‘Make Turkey Great Again’ Program
JNS.org - Turkey’s per capita income is barely $8,900. Its economy is suffering from double-digit...
What the Ramallah Lynchings Taught Us About Palestinian Incitement
JNS.org - Twenty years ago, on Oct. 12, 2000, two Israel Defense Forces reservists, Vadim...
At What Point Should the Mainstream Media Report on the Biden Family Story?
JNS.org - One of the first things I read on Thursday morning was a news...
Israel-Sudan Treaty Deals Blow to Iran, Terrorism
JNS.org - The main achievement the Israel-Sudan peace treaty entails is not bilateral, but rather...
‘Moderate’ Critics of Israel at Toronto Universities Aren’t Moderate at All
This piece recently appeared in the Toronto Star: At the heart of a University of Toronto hiring scandal is an academic whose critique of Israeli settlements...
Why Religion Must Be Part of the Peace Process
Notwithstanding legitimate skepticism and criticism of the recently signed Abraham Accords between Israel, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain, tucked away within them may...
Jon Voight: Why I’m So Supportive of Israel and Donald Trump
People ask me why I am so supportive of Israel and of Donald Trump. I was born in 1938, and therefore was alive through the time...
Warm Peace, Cold Calculation
JNS.org - On Oct. 18, 2020, Israeli and Bahraini officials signed a normalization declaration in Manama, yet another step towards an official peace treaty. The...
Israel Must Look Beyond the Coronavirus Crisis
JNS.org - The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that “noise kills thought.” We are in a period with much coronavirus-related noise. Yet as the world...
Erdoğan’s Costly ‘Make Turkey Great Again’ Program
JNS.org - Turkey’s per capita income is barely $8,900. Its economy is suffering from double-digit inflation and unemployment rates. A quarter of Turkish youth is...
What the Ramallah Lynchings Taught Us About Palestinian Incitement
JNS.org - Twenty years ago, on Oct. 12, 2000, two Israel Defense Forces reservists, Vadim Norzhich and Yosef Avrahami, accidentally entered the Palestinian Authority-controlled city...
At What Point Should the Mainstream Media Report on the Biden Family Story?
JNS.org - One of the first things I read on Thursday morning was a news item on National Review Online (NRO) about the contents of...
Israel-Sudan Treaty Deals Blow to Iran, Terrorism
JNS.org - The main achievement the Israel-Sudan peace treaty entails is not bilateral, but rather regional: Another country has left the cycle of conflict and...
Will Iran ‘Pay the Price’ for Election Interference?
JNS.org - It turns out that Iran wasn’t content to merely listen to former US Secretary of State John Kerry’s advice to wait patiently for...
A Glimpse Into the Israeli Air Force’s ‘Operation Black Belt’
JNS.org - November 12, 2019 was no ordinary day for the Israeli military. At 4 am an Israeli Air Force (IAF) drone carried out a...
Honoring the Two-Year Anniversary of the Tree of Life Shooting by Strengthening Communal Bridges
JNS.org - Rabbi Jeffrey Myers, the religious leader of the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha synagogue, and several other survivors of the mass shooting that cut...
Is Iran Pushing an Arms Race?
JNS.org - While the United States has been busy with the presidential election and the blazing fires out West, the UN arms embargo on selling...
The IDF in the Shadow of the Pandemic
Despite the absence of a new defense budget amid the ongoing health, economic, and political crises plaguing the country, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is...
