Commentary
Do the Lessons of 9/11 Still Apply in a Post-COVID World?
JNS.org - For some of us, it seems like it happened yesterday. For others, the 9/11 attacks are ancient history or just a meme...
An Insider’s Look at ‘Corona Hotels’ Operated by the IDF Home Front Command
JNS.org - As the Israeli cabinet weighs increasingly stringent steps to deal with the growing number of confirmed coronavirus cases, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)'s Home Front Command is playing an increasingly essential part in...
Belarus and Russia’s Fear of Popular Revolutions
For Russia, the crisis in Belarus caused by the August presidential election result is of a geopolitical nature. Moscow might not be openly stating its geopolitical calculus, but in its eyes, the Belarus problem resembles...
The History of Israel and ‘Palestine’
Are Palestinians the descendants of the original inhabitants (Canaanites) of the Land of Israel, as claimed by the Palestinian Authority (PA), or are they descendants of recent waves of immigration? Arab migration within the Middle East...
Practical Zionism Today
Historically speaking, both the “political” and the “practical” approaches to Zionism were necessary in the...
A Jewish Childhood Disturbed in Iran
From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran by Jacqueline Saper (Potomac Press of...
This Is the Time for a ‘Zionist Spring’
JNS.org - Israel-haters must not be very happy these days. All of a sudden, the...
The Deafening Media Silence: Hamas’ Terror Attacks on Israel
JNS.org - For weeks, while communities in Israel burned, many major US news outlets kept...
A (Cautious) Defense of Identity Politics
Identity politics has never wielded more power than it does today, and has never been...
Do the Lessons of 9/11 Still Apply in a Post-COVID World?
JNS.org - For some of us, it seems like it happened yesterday. For others, the 9/11 attacks are ancient history or just a meme about...
An Insider’s Look at ‘Corona Hotels’ Operated by the IDF Home Front Command
JNS.org - As the Israeli cabinet weighs increasingly stringent steps to deal with the growing number of confirmed coronavirus cases, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)'s...
Belarus and Russia’s Fear of Popular Revolutions
For Russia, the crisis in Belarus caused by the August presidential election result is of a geopolitical nature. Moscow might not be openly stating its...
The History of Israel and ‘Palestine’
Are Palestinians the descendants of the original inhabitants (Canaanites) of the Land of Israel, as claimed by the Palestinian Authority (PA), or are they descendants...
Practical Zionism Today
Historically speaking, both the “political” and the “practical” approaches to Zionism were necessary in the Jewish pursuit of national rebirth in the ancestral homeland --...
A Jewish Childhood Disturbed in Iran
From Miniskirt to Hijab: A Girl in Revolutionary Iran by Jacqueline Saper (Potomac Press of the University of Nebraska Press, October 2019) Jacqueline Saper's comfortable childhood...
This Is the Time for a ‘Zionist Spring’
JNS.org - Israel-haters must not be very happy these days. All of a sudden, the big lie that nourished their anti-Zionist venom for so long...
The Deafening Media Silence: Hamas’ Terror Attacks on Israel
JNS.org - For weeks, while communities in Israel burned, many major US news outlets kept silent. Hamas, the US-designated terror group that rules the Gaza...
A (Cautious) Defense of Identity Politics
Identity politics has never wielded more power than it does today, and has never been more fervently opposed. This paradox is particularly evident in the United...
More Than a Missed Opportunity for the Palestinians
JNS.org - If you had any doubt that the era in which the Arab world would continue to grant a veto over Middle East peace...
Viral Apathy in Israel
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a joint press conference on Monday evening with Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, and...
The Pakistan-Saudi Spat: Hitting the Kingdom Where It Hurts
Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureishi has stirred a regional hornet’s nest by challenging Saudi leadership of the Muslim world. Complaining about lack of support...
Palestinian Anger at the Arab League Explodes in Public
The Arab League was founded, in large part, in response to Zionism. Its first major actions were to gain consensus among Arab states for boycotting...
How Coronavirus Makes This Rosh Hashanah More Meaningful
Louis Pasteur reportedly read a French translation of a tractate of Talmud Yoma, saying that a person bitten by a mad dog should be fed...
