Commentary
Palestinian School Prayer: ‘Oh Allah, Cleanse the Holy Land of Jews’
Tuesday was the first day of the Islamic month of Rajab. Like in many places worldwide, Palestinian schools have various announcements meant to be broadcast...
Bernie Sanders, AIPAC, and Israel
Leading US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has announced that he will not attend the 2020 AIPAC policy conference, saying, “The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security. So do the...
Abbas Flounders at the UN: Last Gasp for Palestinian Statehood?
JNS.org - Despite his lack of meaningful achievement as head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas has been a formidable, pugnacious opponent of Israel in the 15 years of his four-year elected term. However, Abbas’...
Trump’s ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan Is Realistic and Fair
The sadly predictable knee-jerk rejection by the Palestinian leadership of all peace initiatives with Israel calls into question not only their commitment to peace but their concern for the Palestinian people’s welfare and safety. Palestinians...
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Is Provoking Israel to Spark an Armed Conflict
Despite recent Israeli concessions to Palestinians in Gaza, terrorists escalated attacks against the Jewish state...
The Palestinians Need to Accept the Reality of Jerusalem and Israel
Israel isn’t going anywhere, and Jerusalem will always be its capital. Period. Every head of state...
Trump’s Peace Plan Is Not a Plan of Action
The Trump administration's "Deal of the Century" carries with it a vital recognition of new...
AIPAC’s Response to Sanders
JNS.org - The long-simmering estrangement between the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel...
Polls, Gaza, Netanyahu, and Gantz
JNS.org - During live coverage of the bombardment of southern Israel by Islamic Jihad rocket...
Palestinian School Prayer: ‘Oh Allah, Cleanse the Holy Land of Jews’
Tuesday was the first day of the Islamic month of Rajab. Like in many places worldwide, Palestinian schools have various announcements meant to be broadcast over...
Bernie Sanders, AIPAC, and Israel
Leading US Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has announced that he will not attend the 2020 AIPAC policy conference, saying, “The Israeli people have the...
Abbas Flounders at the UN: Last Gasp for Palestinian Statehood?
JNS.org - Despite his lack of meaningful achievement as head of the Palestinian Authority (PA), Mahmoud Abbas has been a formidable, pugnacious opponent of Israel...
Trump’s ‘Peace to Prosperity’ Plan Is Realistic and Fair
The sadly predictable knee-jerk rejection by the Palestinian leadership of all peace initiatives with Israel calls into question not only their commitment to peace but...
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Is Provoking Israel to Spark an Armed Conflict
Despite recent Israeli concessions to Palestinians in Gaza, terrorists escalated attacks against the Jewish state over recent days. On Sunday, two Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)...
The Palestinians Need to Accept the Reality of Jerusalem and Israel
Israel isn’t going anywhere, and Jerusalem will always be its capital. Period. Every head of state that visits Israel meets the prime minister in Jerusalem, not...
Trump’s Peace Plan Is Not a Plan of Action
The Trump administration's "Deal of the Century" carries with it a vital recognition of new realities on the ground, and as such should be welcomed....
AIPAC’s Response to Sanders
JNS.org - The long-simmering estrangement between the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobby, and progressive Democrats, such as Senator Bernie Sanders, who...
Polls, Gaza, Netanyahu, and Gantz
JNS.org - During live coverage of the bombardment of southern Israel by Islamic Jihad rocket fire on Monday, a Red Alert siren sent a TV...
Why Israel’s Electoral Stalemate Isn’t a Disaster
JNS.org - Think Israelis are excited by the prospect of going to the polls for the third time in a year to elect a new...
Holocaust Survivor and Israeli Professor Is Being Targeted at Pittsburgh College
In the same city where the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue was met with an outpouring of support for the Jewish community,...
Two Memories of the Late Kirk Douglas
In the 1990s, while traveling out regularly to Los Angeles, I would often meet with and study Torah and other Jewish texts with Kirk Douglas. He...
J’Accuse! Our Dreyfus and Theirs
JNS.org - Two months after its shellacking in the United Kingdom’s general elections, the Labour Party continues to remind British voters of why they chose...
By Boycotting AIPAC, Sanders Hurts the Palestinians
JNS.org - When Senator Bernie Sanders blasted the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) on Sunday, while confirming he wouldn’t attend their annual conference, he...
