Commentary
Turkey’s Erdogan vs. the Free Press
First the good news: Turkey, which is already the worst jailer of journalists in the world, may no longer need to put newsmen and...
UC San Diego Hosts Those With an Antisemitic and Anti-American Agenda
Over the past decade, University of California schools have been making headlines, not for athletic or academic achievements, but for the antisemitism pervading campus life. Case in point: the University of California San Diego (UCSD). An...
Outing UNRWA: State Department Is Complicit in Weaponizing the UN Against Israel
JNS.org - On April 18, 2018, 51 members of Congress signed a letter to President Trump requesting that he order the declassification of a document -- that was classified “despite no apparent national security threat or known historical precedent...
Our Hearts Break for the Lost Youths of Israel
JNS.org - I am in a state of shock. The 10 young people who lost their lives in a flooded riverbed in southern Israel on Thursday should have been my students at the Bnei Zion pre-military academy...
Something Is Rotten in Israel: It’s the New Israel Fund
The New Israel Fund (NIF) is ecstatic over its victory dismantling the Israeli government’s plan...
Middle East Braces for a Tense May
JNS.org - The month of May looks set to contain an unusually large number of potential...
‘Anti-Zionist and Jew:’ Behind Jeremy Corbyn’s Apology
JNS.org - “I refuse to characterize as opinion,” wrote Jean-Paul Sartre in Anti-Semite and Jew, “a doctrine...
The Tragedy in Syria Rests on the Shoulders of the West
President Trump’s characterization of the US attack on specific Syrian chemical storage and research facilities...
The Ongoing Myth of BDS Success
Anytime that a student government votes to divest from Israel or a celebrity chooses not...
Turkey’s Erdogan vs. the Free Press
First the good news: Turkey, which is already the worst jailer of journalists in the world, may no longer need to put newsmen and women...
UC San Diego Hosts Those With an Antisemitic and Anti-American Agenda
Over the past decade, University of California schools have been making headlines, not for athletic or academic achievements, but for the antisemitism pervading campus life....
Outing UNRWA: State Department Is Complicit in Weaponizing the UN Against Israel
JNS.org - On April 18, 2018, 51 members of Congress signed a letter to President Trump requesting that he order the declassification of a document -- that was classified...
Our Hearts Break for the Lost Youths of Israel
JNS.org - I am in a state of shock. The 10 young people who lost their lives in a flooded riverbed in southern Israel on Thursday should...
Something Is Rotten in Israel: It’s the New Israel Fund
The New Israel Fund (NIF) is ecstatic over its victory dismantling the Israeli government’s plan to deport illegal migrants from Africa back to friendly, third-party...
Middle East Braces for a Tense May
JNS.org - The month of May looks set to contain an unusually large number of potential escalation points that could converge to create a highly explosive...
‘Anti-Zionist and Jew:’ Behind Jeremy Corbyn’s Apology
JNS.org - “I refuse to characterize as opinion,” wrote Jean-Paul Sartre in Anti-Semite and Jew, “a doctrine that is aimed directly at particular persons and that seeks...
The Tragedy in Syria Rests on the Shoulders of the West
President Trump’s characterization of the US attack on specific Syrian chemical storage and research facilities as “mission accomplished” is technically accurate, as the intended targets...
The Ongoing Myth of BDS Success
Anytime that a student government votes to divest from Israel or a celebrity chooses not to perform in Israel, a cry goes out throughout the...
A Forgotten Mission: The True Responsibility of Being Jewish
There is a high price to pay for living as a Jew. One must be holy in order to be accepted. One is commanded to...
The Duplicitous Diplomat: Seven Deceptions Iranian FM Zarif Told ‘Face the Nation’
There’s a famous quote attributed to Henry Wotton: “An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.” Iran’s foreign...
Examining BDS and Other Anti-Israel Hate at Oberlin
Eliana Kohn is a third year student at Oberlin College, who has contributed a powerful chapter to Andrew Pessin and Doron S. Ben-Atar’s new book,...
Can Twitter Kill?
Every day on social networks people receive death threats for having expressed an opinion. Surprisingly few people seem concerned by this. Those who make the...
Kedoshim: How to Agree to Disagree
The most significant political revolution of the modern era is the idea that dissent is not rebellion. The prevailing view for thousands of years was...
