Commentary
A New Bipartisan Consensus on Israel
JNS.org - J Street and the radical wing of the Democratic Party have worked hard in recent years to chip away at the party’s traditional...
UNRWA Textbooks Still Contain Endless Incitement
In response to its critics, UNRWA reviewed its textbooks and teaching materials -- and found that three percent of the total pages were inconsistent with the UN values of neutrality, gender equity and age-appropriateness. To begin with, this three percent...
Vayakhel and Pekudei: Making Space for Others to Grow
This week’s double parsha, with its long account of the construction of the sanctuary -- one of the longest narratives in the Torah, taking a full 13 chapters -- presents us with a magnificent climax: "Then the cloud covered...
Not Indispensable, But Also Not Easily Replaced
JNS.org – For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legion of critics, it was all just a big distraction from the main event. As far as they are concerned, Netanyahu’s trip to Washington, DC, was just a...
Giving Islamic Racism a Pass
JNS.org – “The Jews who lived in Europe would always bake a large pastry ....
The Empty Talk of Two States
JNS.org -- Time was, the endorsement of a two-state solution by the executive director of AIPAC...
Punishing Syrian Chemical Weapons Use
The primary goals of American foreign policy are to make our citizens, friends and allies secure...
Hope and Optimism: The Indian-Israeli Relationship
The rapport that has built up between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime...
Israel: A Jewish Homeland With a Universal Heart
JNS.org - Jews in the Diaspora are increasingly at odds with mainstream Israel concerning some crucial...
A New Bipartisan Consensus on Israel
JNS.org - J Street and the radical wing of the Democratic Party have worked hard in recent years to chip away at the party’s traditional support...
UNRWA Textbooks Still Contain Endless Incitement
In response to its critics, UNRWA reviewed its textbooks and teaching materials -- and found that three percent of the total pages were inconsistent with the UN values of...
Vayakhel and Pekudei: Making Space for Others to Grow
This week’s double parsha, with its long account of the construction of the sanctuary -- one of the longest narratives in the Torah, taking a full...
Not Indispensable, But Also Not Easily Replaced
JNS.org – For Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s legion of critics, it was all just a big distraction from the main event. As far as they...
Giving Islamic Racism a Pass
JNS.org – “The Jews who lived in Europe would always bake a large pastry . . . mixed with the blood of a victim ....
The Empty Talk of Two States
JNS.org -- Time was, the endorsement of a two-state solution by the executive director of AIPAC wouldn’t have been news. But when Howard Kohr told those...
Punishing Syrian Chemical Weapons Use
The primary goals of American foreign policy are to make our citizens, friends and allies secure -- and to make our adversaries think twice. There are moments...
Hope and Optimism: The Indian-Israeli Relationship
The rapport that has built up between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has transformed New Delhi’s approach to Jerusalem. In...
Israel: A Jewish Homeland With a Universal Heart
JNS.org - Jews in the Diaspora are increasingly at odds with mainstream Israel concerning some crucial issues affecting the future of the Jewish people. These include...
New York Times Blames Israel for Stalin’s Antisemitism
The New York Times art critic last seen complaining that a Jewish museum exhibit was insufficiently sympathetic to the Nazi Adolf Eichmann is at it...
UK Media: Jerusalem’s Old City in Danger of Disappearing
A feature in Business Insider UK and republished in The Independent is a great example of the intersection of gross stupidity between United Nations bodies and the media. In “15...
Israeli Supreme Court Turnover: A ‘Win-Win’ for the Public and for Policy
JNS.org - Rising political star Ayelet Shaked just confirmed the fifth and sixth Israeli Supreme Court justices in her short tenure as justice minister. In a historical...
What Is Missing From New York Times Coverage of Netanyahu ‘Scandals’?
For all the ink that the New York Times has spilled on the supposed scandals involving Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, important questions have been...
Challenging US Colleges With Ties to Those Who Honor Palestinian Murderers
JNS.org - On the eve of the anniversary of one of the worst terrorist attacks in Israel’s history, advocates for terror victims are turning up the...
