Commentary
As Trump and Russia Align, Europe Should Be Worried
JNS.org - Two weeks ago, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with his Belarusian colleague Alexander Lukashenko, who is known as “Europe’s last dictator.” Lukashenko surprised...
If UNRWA Is Losing Students, Do We Really Need UNRWA?
UNRWA workers in the West Bank protested announced job cuts by UNRWA on Tuesday; 956 employees in Gaza and 194 employees in the West Bank were supposed to be trimmed from the rolls. The spokesman for the...
The Saudis Are Playing a Double Game on Israel
JNS.org - Saudi Arabia and Israel do not maintain official relations, but by the time Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah published the Arab Peace Initiative in 2002, bilateral ties between the two countries were already being established...
A Moment of Truth in Gaza
JNS.org - The winds of war have blown across the Gaza frontier, undoing the four years of relative quiet since Operation Protective Edge in 2014. Truth be told, both sides could find themselves mired in...
Despite Putin’s Despotism, Russia Needs Israel
Why has Russia under Vladimir Putin acknowledged Israel’s need to prevent the buildup of an...
How Students for Justice in Palestine Undermines Tolerance and Peace
In 1967, after the Six Day War, the leaders of eight Arab countries convened and...
Parsha Devarim: The Effective Critic
The first verse of Devarim, the fifth and culminating book of the Torah, sounds prosaic:...
Are the Jews of France Doomed?
Nice, France -- I was getting out of our car with my wife and children...
IDF: Hamas Plans to Strike Israel with Exploding Drones
As Israel moves more Iron Dome anti-missile batteries to its border with Gaza, Hamas terrorists...
As Trump and Russia Align, Europe Should Be Worried
JNS.org - Two weeks ago, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier met with his Belarusian colleague Alexander Lukashenko, who is known as “Europe’s last dictator.” Lukashenko surprised his...
If UNRWA Is Losing Students, Do We Really Need UNRWA?
UNRWA workers in the West Bank protested announced job cuts by UNRWA on Tuesday; 956 employees in Gaza and 194 employees in the West Bank...
The Saudis Are Playing a Double Game on Israel
JNS.org - Saudi Arabia and Israel do not maintain official relations, but by the time Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah published the Arab Peace Initiative in 2002,...
A Moment of Truth in Gaza
JNS.org - The winds of war have blown across the Gaza frontier, undoing the four years of relative quiet since Operation Protective Edge in 2014....
Despite Putin’s Despotism, Russia Needs Israel
Why has Russia under Vladimir Putin acknowledged Israel’s need to prevent the buildup of an Iranian military presence in Syria? Putin’s vision is to cement...
How Students for Justice in Palestine Undermines Tolerance and Peace
In 1967, after the Six Day War, the leaders of eight Arab countries convened and adopted the Khartoum Resolution. This resolution implemented “The 3 No’s”...
Parsha Devarim: The Effective Critic
The first verse of Devarim, the fifth and culminating book of the Torah, sounds prosaic: “These are the words that Moses spoke to all Israel...
Are the Jews of France Doomed?
Nice, France -- I was getting out of our car with my wife and children on a main thoroughfare in Nice when a young French-Jewish...
IDF: Hamas Plans to Strike Israel with Exploding Drones
As Israel moves more Iron Dome anti-missile batteries to its border with Gaza, Hamas terrorists are moving forward with plans to spread their arson-by-air attacks...
Linda Sarsour and the Rejection of Martin Luther King, Jr.
On a recent MSNBC news discussion show, left-wing anti-Zionist activist Linda Sarsour claimed: Dr. Martin Luther King warned us about people like Chuck Schumer. He said it...
A Message to the Pope: Peace in the Middle East Cannot Be Built With Platitudes
Pope Francis, arguably the world’s most influential religious leader, offered platitudes in his prescription for peace in the strife-torn Middle East. The pope recently spoke to a convocation of Christian clergy from the...
Have Putin and Netanyahu Struck a Grand Bargain?
Israel allegedly struck the T4 base near Homs, Syria on July 8, but did not conduct any airstrikes to stop the advance of Syrian and...
Anglo-Jewry Is Threatened From Both Without and Within
More than 10 years ago, I warned that the passivity of the Anglo-Jewish leadership would likely lead to disastrous political consequences and negatively impact the...
The Episcopal Church General Convention’s Sin of Scapegoating Israel
“Episcopalians are famous for taking words seriously,” proclaimed Bishop John Taylor at the Episcopalian Church’s 79th General Convention (GC) last week. If Taylor’s claim is...
