Commentary
Turkey’s Relationship with ISIS Proves It Is Deserting Its European Allies
In view of Turkey’s increasingly divisive and destabilizing influence in the Middle East, the region’s biggest concern for the West could be President Recep...
Hopeful Signs as Israel-Lebanon Maritime Boundary Negotiations Are About to Begin
JNS.org - After a rift of more than 30 years since any meaningful negotiations took place between Lebanon and Israel, the two countries have now agreed to conduct discussions on their mutual maritime border. On October 1,...
The Palestinians Are Losing the Arab World’s Support
JNS.org - The recent wave of rapprochement between Arab countries and Israel -- and the Palestinian Authority’s glaring inability to prevent more nations from pursuing normalization with the Jewish state -- have left Ramallah stunned. The...
An Israeli ‘Dissident’ Demolished
JNS.org - The most scathing book review I have read in a very long time appears in the September 18 edition of the London-based journal the Times Literary Supplement (TLS). You might want to read...
Peter Beinart’s Grotesque Utopia (Part One)
This article is published as a series of three posts, which will appear on consecutive...
AOC’s Rejection of Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Crosses the Line From Extremism to Intolerance
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., the young folk hero commonly known as AOC, has crossed the...
Adolph Ochs’ Legacy at The New York Times
The New York Times’ Jewish problem is more than a century old. It dates to...
Trump Promises Quick Post-Election ‘Great Deal With Iran’
President Trump says that if he wins the presidential election, “we’ll have a great deal...
For Descendants of Austrian Holocaust Victims, Becoming a Citizen Has Never Been Easier
JNS.org - At some point during the video conference call, Scott Morse of Ashburn, Virginia...
Turkey’s Relationship with ISIS Proves It Is Deserting Its European Allies
In view of Turkey’s increasingly divisive and destabilizing influence in the Middle East, the region’s biggest concern for the West could be President Recep Tayyip...
Hopeful Signs as Israel-Lebanon Maritime Boundary Negotiations Are About to Begin
JNS.org - After a rift of more than 30 years since any meaningful negotiations took place between Lebanon and Israel, the two countries have now agreed...
The Palestinians Are Losing the Arab World’s Support
JNS.org - The recent wave of rapprochement between Arab countries and Israel -- and the Palestinian Authority’s glaring inability to prevent more nations from pursuing...
An Israeli ‘Dissident’ Demolished
JNS.org - The most scathing book review I have read in a very long time appears in the September 18 edition of the London-based journal...
Peter Beinart’s Grotesque Utopia (Part One)
This article is published as a series of three posts, which will appear on consecutive days. Part 1 is below. In the years I spent as...
AOC’s Rejection of Yitzhak Rabin Memorial Crosses the Line From Extremism to Intolerance
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., the young folk hero commonly known as AOC, has crossed the line from radicalism to anti-Americanism and anti-decency. Tellingly, she now operates...
Adolph Ochs’ Legacy at The New York Times
The New York Times’ Jewish problem is more than a century old. It dates to 1896, when Adolph S. Ochs, publisher of The Chattanooga Times,...
Trump Promises Quick Post-Election ‘Great Deal With Iran’
President Trump says that if he wins the presidential election, “we’ll have a great deal with Iran within one month.” The comment, made in an October...
For Descendants of Austrian Holocaust Victims, Becoming a Citizen Has Never Been Easier
JNS.org - At some point during the video conference call, Scott Morse of Ashburn, Virginia whipped out a faux Austrian-European Union license plate that read:...
Erdogan and His ‘Arab Brothers’
Neither the Ottoman nor the modern Turkish language has ever been short of racist proverbs denigrating Arabs and their culture. No more, said Recep Tayyip...
Return to Iraq of Ba’ath Archives Raises Fears for Jewish Archives
JNS.org - On Aug. 31, 2020, a stash of documents belonging to the era of dictator Saddam Hussein was quietly returned to Iraq. They were...
Golda Meir: The Civilian Who Exposed Israel’s Lack of Preparedness for the Yom Kippur War
JNS.org - On the eve of the 1973 Yom Kippur War, the Israel Defense Force’s alertness and preparedness were affected by two conceptions. Both were...
Will They or Won’t They? Saudi Recognition of Israel Is the $64,000 Question
JNS.org - Bahrain’s announcement that it would follow in the footsteps of the United Arab Emirates was as much a Bahraini move as it was...
Europe, Finally, Tells the Palestinians That Enough’s Enough
For six months, the Palestinian Authority (PA) has refused to accept tax revenues that Israel owes them under existing agreements, ever since Israel said it...
