Commentary
Why Israel Will Be Blamed for the Absence of PA Elections
When Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and his advisors sit down to plan how to escape the possibility of holding elections for the...
Parshat Vayishlach: No Longer Shall You Be Called Jacob
One fact about this week’s parsha has long perplexed the commentators. After his wrestling match with the unnamed adversary, Jacob was told: “Your name shall no longer be Jacob, but Israel, for you have striven...
US Foreign Policy Threats to Israel’s National Security: Strategic Imperatives for Jerusalem
Though US President Donald Trump describes himself as pro-Israel, any serious analytic assessment of his foreign policies would point toward a different conclusion. On the surface, of course, Mr. Trump’s transfer of America’s embassy to...
The WhatsApp Crisis: Cracks in Iran’s Soft Power Strategy
The “WhatsApp crisis” in Lebanon revealed a crack in Iran’s grand diplomatic strategy of using its proxies to push ideological soft power concurrently with hard power. Since 1979, Tehran has been trying to brand itself...
With Friends Like Turkey’s Erdogan, Trump’s America Won’t Need Enemies
With the rise of Islamic State (ISIS) in large parts of Iraq and Syria in...
A UK Paper and ‘The Trouble With Jews Today’
In the run-up to the British general election, the UK media has, for the most...
Macron’s Unsettling Words: ‘Until Our Dead Can Sleep in Peace’
JNS.org - One of the criticisms leveled at the numerous Holocaust memorials dotted around Europe...
Don’t Let Bernie Sanders Get Away with Redefining ‘Pro-Israel’
JNS.org - Linda Sarsour did it again. The Palestinian-American BDS activist/anti-Trump “resistance” activist spoke at...
A Non-Aggression Pact Between Israel and Arab States Is a Good Place to Start
JNS.org - According to senior diplomatic sources in Jerusalem, Israel is trying to advance a...
Why Israel Will Be Blamed for the Absence of PA Elections
When Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and his advisors sit down to plan how to escape the possibility of holding elections for the Palestinian...
Parshat Vayishlach: No Longer Shall You Be Called Jacob
One fact about this week’s parsha has long perplexed the commentators. After his wrestling match with the unnamed adversary, Jacob was told: “Your name shall...
US Foreign Policy Threats to Israel’s National Security: Strategic Imperatives for Jerusalem
Though US President Donald Trump describes himself as pro-Israel, any serious analytic assessment of his foreign policies would point toward a different conclusion. On the...
The WhatsApp Crisis: Cracks in Iran’s Soft Power Strategy
The “WhatsApp crisis” in Lebanon revealed a crack in Iran’s grand diplomatic strategy of using its proxies to push ideological soft power concurrently with hard...
With Friends Like Turkey’s Erdogan, Trump’s America Won’t Need Enemies
With the rise of Islamic State (ISIS) in large parts of Iraq and Syria in 2014, Turkey became known as a “jihadist highway” that transported...
A UK Paper and ‘The Trouble With Jews Today’
In the run-up to the British general election, the UK media has, for the most part, been relatively sympathetic towards the Jewish community in the...
Macron’s Unsettling Words: ‘Until Our Dead Can Sleep in Peace’
JNS.org - One of the criticisms leveled at the numerous Holocaust memorials dotted around Europe is their alleged tendency to, as an American Jewish leader...
Don’t Let Bernie Sanders Get Away with Redefining ‘Pro-Israel’
JNS.org - Linda Sarsour did it again. The Palestinian-American BDS activist/anti-Trump “resistance” activist spoke at a conference of American Muslims for Palestine and let loose...
A Non-Aggression Pact Between Israel and Arab States Is a Good Place to Start
JNS.org - According to senior diplomatic sources in Jerusalem, Israel is trying to advance a non-aggression agreement with four Arab countries that do not currently...
Iranian Port City Bears Brunt of Crackdown
The Iranian port city of Bandar-e-Mahshahr has emerged as the scene of some of the worst violence in Iran’s brutal crackdown on recent anti-government protests. Bandar-e-Mahshahr is located...
Fighting for Control and Concessions: Hamas Pauses Border Riots to Quell Dissent
Since March 2018, Hamas has held near-weekly violent protests on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip. It sent busloads of Palestinian men to the Israeli...
Judaism and Capitalism
The popular narrative of the moment is that Capitalism has failed. Capitalism, it is argued, is not providing for the needs of a fair and...
Linda Sarsour Thinks You Can’t Hear or Read
The first thing Linda Sarsour likes to say in her speeches is that she is unapologetic. Unapologetically in favor of a boycott against the world's...
Jeremy Corbyn Should Not Get to Downing Street
By this time next week, Jeremy Corbyn could be the newly-elected prime minister of the United Kingdom. The gap in the polls between him and...
