Commentary
The Starbucks Scandal and the Mainstreaming of Antisemitism
JNS.org - A fundamental red line has been crossed. For the first time in our collective memory, radical activists successfully used antisemitism to convince one of...
Alan Dershowitz: NBC’s Demonization of Bolton and Gatestone
When I was growing up, organizations that expressed any views at all similar to those expressed by Communist groups were called "Communist fronts." Anyone who defended on the grounds of civil liberties the right of...
How China Will Benefit From Trump’s Iran Nuclear Deal Withdrawal
During his presidential election campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump stated that it is necessary to reevaluate the great powers’ agreement on the Iranian nuclear program (the JCPOA). Support for the agreement should be withdrawn, he said,...
Wrong Man? Right Decision!
JNS.org – It took him 16 months to get around to it, but US President Donald Trump finally kept another campaign promise and pulled the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal. To his...
The Battle Over Abbas’ Successor Will Entail Conflict and Instability
At present, the issue of any leadership change in the Palestinian Authority (PA) is hypothetical. Mahmoud...
Cloak and Fashion: When a Museum Becomes a Tool for Islam
Look out, Anna Wintour. It's not you, but the world's Muslim women who now rule...
Did the Palestinians Ever Really Recognize Israel?
According to reports in various news outlets, including Al Jazeera and The Times of Israel, the Palestinian National...
Decertifying the Iran Deal Is a Dangerous Mistake
The decertification of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), popularly known as the Iran...
Abbas Reflects a Much Larger Problem
JNS.org – Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’ outrageous remarks about Jews may have rocked the world,...
The Starbucks Scandal and the Mainstreaming of Antisemitism
JNS.org - A fundamental red line has been crossed. For the first time in our collective memory, radical activists successfully used antisemitism to convince one of America’s...
Alan Dershowitz: NBC’s Demonization of Bolton and Gatestone
When I was growing up, organizations that expressed any views at all similar to those expressed by Communist groups were called "Communist fronts." Anyone who...
How China Will Benefit From Trump’s Iran Nuclear Deal Withdrawal
During his presidential election campaign, then-candidate Donald Trump stated that it is necessary to reevaluate the great powers’ agreement on the Iranian nuclear program (the...
Wrong Man? Right Decision!
JNS.org – It took him 16 months to get around to it, but US President Donald Trump finally kept another campaign promise and pulled the...
The Battle Over Abbas’ Successor Will Entail Conflict and Instability
At present, the issue of any leadership change in the Palestinian Authority (PA) is hypothetical. Mahmoud Abbas shows no sign of either abdicating or designating a...
Cloak and Fashion: When a Museum Becomes a Tool for Islam
Look out, Anna Wintour. It's not you, but the world's Muslim women who now rule as the "arbiters of style within and beyond their communities." That...
Did the Palestinians Ever Really Recognize Israel?
According to reports in various news outlets, including Al Jazeera and The Times of Israel, the Palestinian National Council (PNC), the legislative body of the PLO and the official...
Decertifying the Iran Deal Is a Dangerous Mistake
The decertification of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), popularly known as the Iran nuclear deal, by President Trump is most unfortunate. It seems...
Abbas Reflects a Much Larger Problem
JNS.org – Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’ outrageous remarks about Jews may have rocked the world, but they also exposed the international community’s disinterest in the...
The Post-Abbas Era
The Fatah movement and the PLO leadership are experiencing a deep internal and external crisis. In retrospect, its leader Mahmoud Abbas has failed to achieve...
Are the Palestinians Headed Toward Political Extinction?
JNS.org - These days, the Palestinian national movement is descending, before our very eyes, into an internecine struggle over the right to represent the Palestinians themselves,...
Why We Must Restrain Israel’s Supreme Court
Democracy is based on checks and balances between three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. For many years, however, the delicate balance between the legislative and...
Jewish Antisemitism Isn’t Merely Durham’s Problem, but America’s
Imagine you are an Jewish-American parent raising Jewish children in a very pleasant American city. But then an extremist organization begins spreading hatred against Jews,...
American Shame and the Iran Nuclear Deal
I grew up in 1970s and ‘80s America. It was a time inspired by soaring declarations of America as a guarantor of liberty and guardian...
