Commentary
The Israeli Security Situation: Wandering Through a Maze
The discourse that tends to swirl around events like this week’s sharp Gaza escalation generally involves a clichéd discussion about “the loss of deterrence.” But the...
Anti-Israel CAIR Leader Who Slammed Interfaith Dialogue Wins Community Award
Last month, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) leader Zahra Billoo said that "pro-Israel work is pro-terror, pro-violence ... and pro-apartheid." Days later, Billoo received the Community Builder Award from People Acting in Community Together (PACT) during...
Dual Loyalty and the Jews
The murder of 11 Jews at a synagogue in Pittsburgh was followed by the release of an FBI publication, which reported that 60 percent of all religiously biased hate crime incidents in 2017 were anti-Jewish. This...
Hamas Rockets and the Idea of Two States
JNS.org - Does it really matter what started the shooting at the border between Israel and Hamas-run Gaza? To outward appearances, it looks like it was something of an accident when a routine security operation inside...
The 13-Year Tragedy of Gaza
JNS.org - The United Nations -- the incredibly morally defunct, hypocritical organization that thinks it has some kind...
Should We Be Fearful of Religion?
Being religious is fraught with danger. People are often pulled in directions where they can...
Why Is the BBC Still Ignoring Palestinian Torture?
As regular readers may recall, the BBC has been ignoring an unusual story unfolding in...
Donald Trump’s Accelerating War on Truth and Justice
For US President Donald Trump, policymaking by imposed chaos and deliberate incoherence has become the...
Pittsburgh 2018: A French Moment for the American Jewish Community
October 3, 1980 was a special day on the Jewish calendar. Jews around the world...
The Israeli Security Situation: Wandering Through a Maze
The discourse that tends to swirl around events like this week’s sharp Gaza escalation generally involves a clichéd discussion about “the loss of deterrence.” But the gauge...
Anti-Israel CAIR Leader Who Slammed Interfaith Dialogue Wins Community Award
Last month, Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) leader Zahra Billoo said that "pro-Israel work is pro-terror, pro-violence ... and pro-apartheid." Days later, Billoo received the Community...
Dual Loyalty and the Jews
The murder of 11 Jews at a synagogue in Pittsburgh was followed by the release of an FBI publication, which reported that 60 percent of all...
Hamas Rockets and the Idea of Two States
JNS.org - Does it really matter what started the shooting at the border between Israel and Hamas-run Gaza? To outward appearances, it looks like it was...
The 13-Year Tragedy of Gaza
JNS.org - The United Nations -- the incredibly morally defunct, hypocritical organization that thinks it has some kind of higher moral authority to dictate to others -- said that a...
Should We Be Fearful of Religion?
Being religious is fraught with danger. People are often pulled in directions where they can easily break their necks. To be religious is to allow...
Why Is the BBC Still Ignoring Palestinian Torture?
As regular readers may recall, the BBC has been ignoring an unusual story unfolding in Israeli courts for well over a year: "BBC News ignores...
Donald Trump’s Accelerating War on Truth and Justice
For US President Donald Trump, policymaking by imposed chaos and deliberate incoherence has become the new normal. Again and again, we learn that this president's...
Pittsburgh 2018: A French Moment for the American Jewish Community
October 3, 1980 was a special day on the Jewish calendar. Jews around the world celebrated both Shabbat and Simchat Torah that day. Inside Copernic...
How Will the 2018 Elections Impact US National Security Policy?
While national security and foreign policy did not play a role in the November 2018 Congressional elections, the outcome of that election will impact President...
Hamas Warns Ashkelon Residents: Entire City Is a Military Target
Hamas has issued a warning to residents of Ashkelon, telling them to stay away from the entire city since, "The [Israeli] army uses the city in its...
Trump Doesn’t Know History, but He Knows Iran
JNS.org - Donald Trump got just about the welcome he should have expected when he showed up to take part in the commemorations of the centennial...
‘Palestine Was the Biggest Victim of World War I’
The first sentence of this article in Al Madenah News by Dr. Mustafa Yousef Alddawi, marking the centennial of the end of World War I, is one...
Parshat Vayetse: When the ‘I’ Is Silent
This week’s parsha relates a powerful, primal vision of prayer: Jacob, alone and far from home, lies down for the night, with only stones for a pillow....
