Commentary
Someone in Syria Wants to Challenge Israel
JNS.org - The rockets fired at the Golan Heights from Syria on Saturday night seem intended as a signal to Israel. Saturday’s attack was not...
How a Top World Soccer Star Hates Israel — and Gets Away With It
Mohamed Salah is currently on top of the soccer world. Salah, hailing from Nagrig, a small Egyptian village, recently scored the winning goal of a game watched by nearly 200 million people around the world....
Does Michael Morell Actually Believe Tel Aviv Is the Capital of Israel?
Michael Morell is one of America’s foremost national security experts, widely respected by Republicans and Democrats alike. Over more than three decades of distinguished service at the CIA, he rose to become Director of Intelligence,...
The Secret of Jerusalem’s Magic
JNS.org - Who would have believed that 52 years have passed since that joyous day when we celebrated the unification of Jerusalem, that same city that for years served as a source of yearning and...
Israeli Democracy Is Not in Crisis
JNS.org - Israelis are rightly infuriated that their politicians couldn’t get their act together and...
The Grotesque Antisemitism of Lebanon’s Nabih Berri
JNS.org - In a puff piece on Nabih Berri, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament,...
Parshat Bamidbar: Leading a Nation of Individuals
Bamidbar begins with a census of the Israelites. That is why this book is known...
Finally, From Gaza, a Ray of Light
It has been painful and frustrating to watch the total dissipation of the effective deterrence...
Is an Iran-Israel Escalation Likely?
The recent rise in military tensions in the Persian Gulf between the US and Iran...
Someone in Syria Wants to Challenge Israel
JNS.org - The rockets fired at the Golan Heights from Syria on Saturday night seem intended as a signal to Israel. Saturday’s attack was not the...
How a Top World Soccer Star Hates Israel — and Gets Away With It
Mohamed Salah is currently on top of the soccer world. Salah, hailing from Nagrig, a small Egyptian village, recently scored the winning goal of a...
Does Michael Morell Actually Believe Tel Aviv Is the Capital of Israel?
Michael Morell is one of America’s foremost national security experts, widely respected by Republicans and Democrats alike. Over more than three decades of distinguished service...
The Secret of Jerusalem’s Magic
JNS.org - Who would have believed that 52 years have passed since that joyous day when we celebrated the unification of Jerusalem, that same city...
Israeli Democracy Is Not in Crisis
JNS.org - Israelis are rightly infuriated that their politicians couldn’t get their act together and form a government after national elections held on April 9....
The Grotesque Antisemitism of Lebanon’s Nabih Berri
JNS.org - In a puff piece on Nabih Berri, the speaker of the Lebanese parliament, published on the occasion of his 80th birthday last year,...
Parshat Bamidbar: Leading a Nation of Individuals
Bamidbar begins with a census of the Israelites. That is why this book is known in English as "Numbers." What is the significance of this...
Finally, From Gaza, a Ray of Light
It has been painful and frustrating to watch the total dissipation of the effective deterrence Israel managed to achieve in Gaza over the last three...
Is an Iran-Israel Escalation Likely?
The recent rise in military tensions in the Persian Gulf between the US and Iran introduces a heightened possibility that Iran will activate proxies against...
New York Times Promotes Palestinian Cookbook With False Refugee Claim
The New York Times has already devoted not one but two food-section articles to boycott-Israel-promoter Yasmin Khan’s book of “recipes and stories from the Palestinian...
The Bible and the Death Penalty
I have always been disturbed by the number of times the Bible declares “He, She or It, shall be put to death.” It doesn’t matter...
New Book Unmasks Ramallah- and Gaza-Based Academic and Cultural Boycotts of Israel
JNS.org - In the wake of Iceland’s pro-Palestinian gesture at Eurovision and related discussion promoted by the Palestinian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (PACBI),...
The Dangers of a Muslim Brotherhood Terror Designation
Amid reports that the Trump administration is considering designating Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist group, several longtime Brotherhood watchdogs and critics are urging caution. The...
BDS Continues to Normalize Antisemitism on Campus and Elsewhere
The most prominent aspect of BDS in May was the expanded policing on college campuses of pro-Israel support. At DePaul University, the faculty council officially...
