Commentary
Setting the Record Straight on Allegations Against Israel
A news article by Marcy Oster on the JTA news agency/wire service website dated December 24 stated, “The Palestinian village of Deir Yassin was...
It’s Time to Apply True Maximum Pressure to Iran
JNS.org - The Trump administration has called for “maximum pressure” on Iran for nearly two years, with the aim of causing the terror-sponsoring regime to change its “malign” behavior. The administration has proposed 12 changes that Iran should make to...
The War Against Christians
JNS.org - Grinch that I am, in the days leading up to Christmas I immersed myself in The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of its Christian Minorities, 1894-1924. The authors of this recently published, extensively researched, 500-page...
Political Games at the Hague
JNS.org - Most well-intentioned international political initiatives do not end well, and the International Criminal Court is no exception. The ICC was created in the context of the negotiations that ended in 1998 with the...
Just Another Way for the Palestinians to Avoid Peace
JNS.org - The announcement by Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court...
There Are No Judges at the Hague
JNS.org - Israel’s strategy for dealing with the International Criminal Court has collapsed. Fatou Bensouda, the...
Interview With a Holocaust Denier: A Physics Conundrum
There’s generally a broad line between antisemitic conspiracy theorists and legitimate scientists, but this week,...
Happy Hanukkah From Trump and Johnson
JNS.org - Politicians across the globe have been issuing holiday greetings in public statements and...
Talking Turkey, Islamism, and Genocide on Capitol Hill
Will Turkey’s current hostility towards the West be long-lived, as is post-revolutionary Iran’s -- or...
Setting the Record Straight on Allegations Against Israel
A news article by Marcy Oster on the JTA news agency/wire service website dated December 24 stated, “The Palestinian village of Deir Yassin was the...
It’s Time to Apply True Maximum Pressure to Iran
JNS.org - The Trump administration has called for “maximum pressure” on Iran for nearly two years, with the aim of causing the terror-sponsoring regime to change its “malign”...
The War Against Christians
JNS.org - Grinch that I am, in the days leading up to Christmas I immersed myself in The Thirty-Year Genocide: Turkey’s Destruction of its Christian...
Political Games at the Hague
JNS.org - Most well-intentioned international political initiatives do not end well, and the International Criminal Court is no exception. The ICC was created in the...
Just Another Way for the Palestinians to Avoid Peace
JNS.org - The announcement by Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court at the Hague, that she is prepared to begin an...
There Are No Judges at the Hague
JNS.org - Israel’s strategy for dealing with the International Criminal Court has collapsed. Fatou Bensouda, the ICC’s chief prosecutor, has already adopted doubtful legal arguments made...
Interview With a Holocaust Denier: A Physics Conundrum
There’s generally a broad line between antisemitic conspiracy theorists and legitimate scientists, but this week, the gap got a little smaller in one particular instance. On...
Happy Hanukkah From Trump and Johnson
JNS.org - Politicians across the globe have been issuing holiday greetings in public statements and on social media. It’s a standard practice every December, particularly...
Talking Turkey, Islamism, and Genocide on Capitol Hill
Will Turkey’s current hostility towards the West be long-lived, as is post-revolutionary Iran’s -- or will it fade with the inevitable demise of its mercurial...
The Holy Land in the 19th Century
JNS.org - Following his journey through Sinai, Scottish artist David Roberts arrived in southern Palestine in 1839. After visiting Hebron, Roberts arrived in Jerusalem, the...
Time to Shut Down the Palestinian Hanukkah and Christmas Scams
JNS.org - It used to be confined to an annual piece of theater staged by the Palestinian Authority every Christmas. The festivities in Palestinian Authority-governed...
The Media Turn Anti-Israel Art Into Big News
JNS.org - A major media event has hit the biblical town of Bethlehem, Jesus’s birthplace, just days before Christmas: The secretive artist Banksy has produced...
Jesus Was Not a Palestinian, He Was a Mizrahi Jew
JNS.org - Every year, in the days leading up to Christmas, the “Jesus was a Palestinian” talking point surfaces off- and online. Every year, anti-Israel...
Democrats for Palestine?
While teaching seminars on the history of Israel, I was occasionally asked about a president’s evident discomfort with the Jewish state. Jimmy Carter was a...
