Commentary
Don’t Forget Iran, Netanyahu Hasn’t
JNS.org - Israel’s Channel 12 led its prime-time news broadcast on Thursday night with a leaked report that Iran had hacked the cellphone of...
Has the ‘Arab Spring’ Sprung in Gaza?
JNS.org - Hamas has failed in its attempts to silence media coverage of the protests in Gaza against the rising cost of living. Despite its efforts, these demonstrations continue. They are led by an independent youth...
To Keep Young Jews, We Must Tell Them to Question Their Teachers
For me, it is a great privilege to dedicate my life to Jewish education, and I wouldn't exchange it for anything else. But I have to admit that it's far from easy. On a practical level,...
Why Are Egypt’s Sisi and Other Brutal Dictators Afraid of Soccer Fans?
Ali Issa Ahmad, a British soccer fan, lingered in jail in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this year for wearing a Qatari soccer jersey during the 2019 Asian Cup (which Qatar won). Ahmad, who could...
Parshat Tzav: Only Demagogues Teach People to Hate the ‘Other’
This week's sedra, speaking about sacrifices, prohibits the eating of blood: Wherever you live, you must...
The People of Gaza Finally Rise Up
JNS.org - In recent days, we have witnessed unprecedented demonstrations in the Gaza Strip. The...
The New York Times Rewrites History, Claiming Most Jaffa Arabs Expelled in 1948
JNS.org - On April 26, 1948, General Sir Alan Cunningham, the British High Commissioner for...
On the Golan, Iran Talks, Israel Walks
JNS.org - The Israeli public received a reminder last week about the danger lying in...
Does Saudi Arabia Really Want Regime Change in Iran?
Officially, both Saudi Arabia and the US, which withdrew last year from the 2015 international...
Don’t Forget Iran, Netanyahu Hasn’t
JNS.org - Israel’s Channel 12 led its prime-time news broadcast on Thursday night with a leaked report that Iran had hacked the cellphone of Blue...
Has the ‘Arab Spring’ Sprung in Gaza?
JNS.org - Hamas has failed in its attempts to silence media coverage of the protests in Gaza against the rising cost of living. Despite its efforts,...
To Keep Young Jews, We Must Tell Them to Question Their Teachers
For me, it is a great privilege to dedicate my life to Jewish education, and I wouldn't exchange it for anything else. But I have...
Why Are Egypt’s Sisi and Other Brutal Dictators Afraid of Soccer Fans?
Ali Issa Ahmad, a British soccer fan, lingered in jail in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier this year for wearing a Qatari soccer jersey during...
Parshat Tzav: Only Demagogues Teach People to Hate the ‘Other’
This week's sedra, speaking about sacrifices, prohibits the eating of blood: Wherever you live, you must not eat the blood of any bird or animal. If...
The People of Gaza Finally Rise Up
JNS.org - In recent days, we have witnessed unprecedented demonstrations in the Gaza Strip. The demonstrators, mostly young people, initially took to the streets in...
The New York Times Rewrites History, Claiming Most Jaffa Arabs Expelled in 1948
JNS.org - On April 26, 1948, General Sir Alan Cunningham, the British High Commissioner for Palestine, wrote to Arthur Creech-Jones, the colonial secretary, about the...
On the Golan, Iran Talks, Israel Walks
JNS.org - The Israeli public received a reminder last week about the danger lying in wait in the north, amid reports of Hezbollah’s ongoing efforts...
Does Saudi Arabia Really Want Regime Change in Iran?
Officially, both Saudi Arabia and the US, which withdrew last year from the 2015 international accord that curbs the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program and imposed...
New Zealand’s Anti-Muslim Terror Abomination
If murdering innocent men, women, and children in a house of worship is not evil, then the word has no meaning. The white supremacist abomination...
A Tale of Two Protests: Hamas Crushes Internal Dissent While Fueling Violent Border Riots
Hamas is ruthlessly trying to crush dissent amid internal protests against the terror group's rule over Gaza that broke out last Thursday. Hamas officials reportedly...
The New York Post Erases Years of Palestinian Rocket Fire
If The New York Post was my newspaper, I’d fire a salvo of complaints to every writer, proofreader, and editor whose fingerprints were on a...
After New Zealand, We Must Unite American Minorities
The mass murder of innocent Muslim worshipers in the idyllic country of New Zealand by a white supremacist Islamophobe is a grave challenge to religious...
J Street’s New Trip to Israel Pushes a Political Agenda
After a year of protesting Jewish and pro-Israel institutions for their refusal to demand that Birthright Israel incorporate Palestinian voices during trips to Israel, J...
