Commentary
With Saddam Statue, Abbas Thumbs His Nose at the US
JNS.org – While Americans have been tearing down statues that honor people who don’t deserve to be honored, Palestinian Arabs are doing exactly the opposite....
Is ISIS Dead? Not Really
As the city of Raqqa -- the capital of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) -- falls to the Free Syrian Army, the question is what the aftermath of ISIS will look like. The answer is threefold -- and...
Commemorating the ANZAC Liberation of Beersheba
Today, Australia is one of Israel’s best friends in the world -- in every respect. The origins of this relationship date back 100 years, with the spectacular victory of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC), which liberated Beersheba...
Year Zero: The Palestinians and the Balfour Declaration
JNS.org - For the Palestinians, the year zero is not 1948, when the State of Israel came into being, but 1917, when Great Britain issued, in the November of that year, the Balfour Declaration -- expressing support for...
Time to Boycott Trader Joe’s?
From the Trader Joe's website: Science has proven that elephants have better memories than most of their...
Why BDS Laws Don’t Violate Free Speech
The fate of a law is never sealed with its passage; even the best of laws...
Balfour, the Palestinians — and No Peace
JNS.org - It was a minor news story in the summer of 2016. Palestinian Authority (PA)...
What Will Saudi-Russian Relations Mean for the US and the West?
Saudi Arabia and Russia, the two petroleum superpowers, were not on good terms for much...
Conan O’Brien and Anti-Israel Lies
The anti-Israel activists who recently confronted Conan O’Brien as he walked along the West Bank’s security barrier...
With Saddam Statue, Abbas Thumbs His Nose at the US
JNS.org – While Americans have been tearing down statues that honor people who don’t deserve to be honored, Palestinian Arabs are doing exactly the opposite. A...
Is ISIS Dead? Not Really
As the city of Raqqa -- the capital of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) -- falls to the Free Syrian Army, the question is what the aftermath...
Commemorating the ANZAC Liberation of Beersheba
Today, Australia is one of Israel’s best friends in the world -- in every respect. The origins of this relationship date back 100 years, with the spectacular victory of...
Year Zero: The Palestinians and the Balfour Declaration
JNS.org - For the Palestinians, the year zero is not 1948, when the State of Israel came into being, but 1917, when Great Britain issued, in...
Time to Boycott Trader Joe’s?
From the Trader Joe's website: Science has proven that elephants have better memories than most of their wild animal counterparts, hence the saying, “An elephant never forgets...”...
Why BDS Laws Don’t Violate Free Speech
The fate of a law is never sealed with its passage; even the best of laws can fall prey to misinterpretation and skewed enforcement. That was the case...
Balfour, the Palestinians — and No Peace
JNS.org - It was a minor news story in the summer of 2016. Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he was suing Great Britain over...
What Will Saudi-Russian Relations Mean for the US and the West?
Saudi Arabia and Russia, the two petroleum superpowers, were not on good terms for much of the Cold War -- an ironic state of affairs, since Soviet...
Conan O’Brien and Anti-Israel Lies
The anti-Israel activists who recently confronted Conan O’Brien as he walked along the West Bank’s security barrier were not pleased. The leader of the group, marching toward Conan...
New York Times Displays Double Standards on Gay, Jewish Identities
A recent New York Times article was headlined “Classic Rock ‘n’ Roll and Its Gay Architects.” It extensively discusses Brian Epstein, who was the manager of...
Why Divergent Thinking Is Critical to Judaism
All of us have been shocked by the images of yeshivah boys and their rabbinic mentors disrupting traffic and causing mayhem in Israel. They were...
Columbia Professor Rashid Khalidi’s Cynical Use of Antisemitism
We’re nearing an age of peak cynicism, when a former PLO spokesman and decades-long anti-Israel activist claims to be more concerned about antisemitism than does Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Last...
Why Do Zionists Celebrate Unfulfilled Promises?
In the coming weeks, numerous Jewish organizations and institutions will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, and the 50th anniversary of the United...
The Russia-Iran Axis: The Nuclear Dimension
Part I of this analysis of the Russian-Iranian existential threat to Israel, which can be viewed here, focused on the conventional military dimension of the threat posed by Russia's...
