Commentary
Damned If You Do… and Trump and Netanyahu Are Certainly Doing
JNS.org - Day in and day out, two men—two crucial world leaders—remain under a constant barrage of verbal attacks. They are subjected to an obsessional, unhinged...
Alan Dershowitz and the Qatari Quintet Have Whitewashed Qatar Amid No Visible Change
Alan Dershowitz has been a hero in the Jewish community for decades, for his brilliant defense of Israel. He has also been a personal hero to me. More recently, the role he played in helping...
New York Times Accuses Jews of Stealing Folkdances From Palestinian Arabs
Israelis stole folk dancing from the Palestinian Arabs in an act of “cultural appropriation,” The New York Times claims. The accusation is made in a question-and-answer style interview in the Times arts section conducted by a...
Might Trump’s Foreign Policy Approach End Up Hurting Israel?
When Donald Trump cut $65 million from US payments to UNRWA -- and threatened that if the Palestinians do not return to negotiations with Israel, he might stop US aid to them as well -- he set forth a new rationale...
Poland, Jews and the Kielce Pogrom — of 1946
I was somewhat understanding when the Polish cabinet recently approved a bill that would criminalize the use...
2018: The Year to Make Aliyah?
The founders of modern Israel came from contrasting ideological movements. Since their dispersion into exile, Jews who...
Why All the Silence on Syrian Refugees?
JNS.org - Palestinians, African migrants and even Dreamers now have everyone’s sympathy. Meanwhile, one of the...
Ireland: The Most Anti-Israel Country in Europe?
JNS.org - The Irish and Jewish people share a common history of both suffering cruel persecution,...
Deported Palestinian Inciter Calls US ‘Our Enemy’ at Turkish Conference
Deported Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) board member Sami Al-Arian denounced the United States as "our enemy" last...
Damned If You Do… and Trump and Netanyahu Are Certainly Doing
JNS.org - Day in and day out, two men—two crucial world leaders—remain under a constant barrage of verbal attacks. They are subjected to an obsessional, unhinged and...
Alan Dershowitz and the Qatari Quintet Have Whitewashed Qatar Amid No Visible Change
Alan Dershowitz has been a hero in the Jewish community for decades, for his brilliant defense of Israel. He has also been a personal hero...
New York Times Accuses Jews of Stealing Folkdances From Palestinian Arabs
Israelis stole folk dancing from the Palestinian Arabs in an act of “cultural appropriation,” The New York Times claims. The accusation is made in a question-and-answer...
Might Trump’s Foreign Policy Approach End Up Hurting Israel?
When Donald Trump cut $65 million from US payments to UNRWA -- and threatened that if the Palestinians do not return to negotiations with Israel, he might stop US...
Poland, Jews and the Kielce Pogrom — of 1946
I was somewhat understanding when the Polish cabinet recently approved a bill that would criminalize the use of the phrase “Polish death camps” in reference to Nazi-run...
2018: The Year to Make Aliyah?
The founders of modern Israel came from contrasting ideological movements. Since their dispersion into exile, Jews who for centuries endured Christian and Muslim persecution, maintained spiritual (and...
Why All the Silence on Syrian Refugees?
JNS.org - Palestinians, African migrants and even Dreamers now have everyone’s sympathy. Meanwhile, one of the great humanitarian crises of the century is unfolding in Syria,...
Ireland: The Most Anti-Israel Country in Europe?
JNS.org - The Irish and Jewish people share a common history of both suffering cruel persecution, and achieving national redemption against immeasurable odds. But today, modern...
Deported Palestinian Inciter Calls US ‘Our Enemy’ at Turkish Conference
Deported Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) board member Sami Al-Arian denounced the United States as "our enemy" last Tuesday at an Istanbul conference on Jerusalem, which was sponsored...
The Ten Commandments
If one had to think of Judaism’s major contribution to the world, one might think of the Ten Commandments. Everyone seems to approve of them...
‘Outside-In’ Is Inside Out
JNS.org - Recent strikes in the Sinai are a reminder that Israel should never count on Arab states to guarantee its safety. It’s the other way around. We’re...
The Sad Demise of a Landmark New York Movie Theater
On a recent night in Manhattan, people argued about movies for the last time, crunched the last kernels of popcorn -- and lamented the demise of...
Examining China’s Pro-Palestinian Foreign Policy
On December 23, 2017, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi noted in an interview on China’s main TV channel (CCTV), that “it’s been 70 years...
Muslim Brotherhood, Hezbollah and Palestinian Groups Unite to Praise Deadly Ariel Attack
There are many differences between Shiite, Sunni and Palestinian nationalist terrorist organizations. But they have one thing in common: a passionate hatred for Israelis and Jews. Shortly...
