Commentary
Arab Recognition of the Holocaust
Muslim World Society chairman Saudi Sheik Muhammad Issa visited Auschwitz on January 23 with a delegation of leading Muslim clerics. One of the most prominent was...
Trump’s ‘Take It or Leave It’ Mideast Gambit
JNS.org - For an American president who has turned the White House into a Rose Garden-variety reality TV show, with a steady dose of West Wing chaos, a special counsel investigation without collusion, and a...
Hamas Uses Humanitarian Programs to Support Terrorism
Israel's domestic intelligence agency, the Shin Bet, recently exposed a Hamas espionage ring operating in Israel. The ring is part of a wider and more disturbing trend, in which Hamas cynically exploits humanitarian channels to...
Is Haredi Refusal to Serve in the IDF Crippling Israeli Politics?
JNS.org - As Israel heads into its third round of elections in a 12-month period, one number continues to hold the political process hostage. Both leading parties -- Likud and Blue and White -- will...
Parshat Beshallach: Crossing Our Own Red Sea
Our parsha this week begins with an apparently simple proposition: When Pharaoh let the people go,...
Bernie Sanders and the Last Hurrah of Jewish Socialism
I view Bernie Sanders from the perspective of a historian knowledgeable about Jews and the...
Hebrew as the Proof of Jewish Continuity
Many have wondered about the underlying basis for the continuing existence of the Jewish people....
Is Israel an ‘Authoritarian Regime’? Not Quite
An official editorial in The Observer (the sister publication of The Guardian) on Brexit, “The...
Will Tehran’s Incompetence Lead to the Regime’s Downfall?
On January 8, Iranian forces shot down a Ukrainian passenger airliner shortly after it departed...
Arab Recognition of the Holocaust
Muslim World Society chairman Saudi Sheik Muhammad Issa visited Auschwitz on January 23 with a delegation of leading Muslim clerics. One of the most prominent was Lebanese...
Trump’s ‘Take It or Leave It’ Mideast Gambit
JNS.org - For an American president who has turned the White House into a Rose Garden-variety reality TV show, with a steady dose of West...
Hamas Uses Humanitarian Programs to Support Terrorism
Israel's domestic intelligence agency, the Shin Bet, recently exposed a Hamas espionage ring operating in Israel. The ring is part of a wider and more...
Is Haredi Refusal to Serve in the IDF Crippling Israeli Politics?
JNS.org - As Israel heads into its third round of elections in a 12-month period, one number continues to hold the political process hostage. Both...
Parshat Beshallach: Crossing Our Own Red Sea
Our parsha this week begins with an apparently simple proposition: When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them on the road through the...
Bernie Sanders and the Last Hurrah of Jewish Socialism
I view Bernie Sanders from the perspective of a historian knowledgeable about Jews and the American Left. Historically considered, he is the ideological heir of...
Hebrew as the Proof of Jewish Continuity
Many have wondered about the underlying basis for the continuing existence of the Jewish people. In their book Jews and Words (2012), Amos Oz and...
Is Israel an ‘Authoritarian Regime’? Not Quite
An official editorial in The Observer (the sister publication of The Guardian) on Brexit, “The Observer view on leaving the European Union,” Feb. 2, included...
Will Tehran’s Incompetence Lead to the Regime’s Downfall?
On January 8, Iranian forces shot down a Ukrainian passenger airliner shortly after it departed Tehran, leaving no survivors. The plane was carrying 176 passengers...
Will Trump’s Peace Plan Lead to Major Violence? Unlikely.
As the region absorbs the details of the Trump administration’s peace plan to tackle the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the IDF took the preemptive step of...
The Palestinians’ Bluff Has Been Called
JNS.org - Donald Trump’s Middle East “deal of the century” offers the Palestinians a state. They have rejected it and threatened instead to ramp up...
The US Peace Deal: What the Critics Are Missing
JNS.org -Last week, the Trump administration released its long-anticipated “deal of the century,” which it optimistically titled, “Peace to Prosperity: A Vision to Improve the...
Jordan: A Realistic Two-State Solution
A Palestinian state already exists. It’s called Jordan. There is no need for another one. The Oslo Accords removed the “Jordanian option” from the range of...
The US Peace Plan Is a Boon for Israel
President Donald Trump had already proven that he was an unprecedented friend of Israel when he recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, moved the US embassy...
