Commentary
Palestinian Propaganda Is Infiltrating US Public Schools
Six years ago, a teenager in Newton, Massachusetts -- Shiri Pagliuso -- asked her father if it was true that Israel tortures and murders women activists in the Palestinian resistance...
Why the Temple Mount Crisis Is Calling Me Home — to Israel
This has been a particularly tough few weeks for the Jewish people. The 'crisis' at the Temple Mount has given extremists in the Arab world the opportunity to use fallacious arguments, staged violence, propaganda and a...
A Pakistani Lover of Hebrew
Despite the fact that my country -- Pakistan -- doesn’t have any diplomatic relations with Israel, and despite the ubiquitous antisemitism in Pakistan, I have mustered up enough courage to articulate my love for Hebrew...
UK Journalist Tweets Deceit About Israeli Reaction to Saeb Erekat’s Illness
The consistent failure of British news outlets to inform their readers about the drumbeat of Palestinian incitement -- and Palestinian support for violence -- is one of the most vexing elements of their reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Despite incontrovertible evidence that...
New York Times Art Critic Attacks Israel-Sponsored Exhibit on Eichmann Trial
Just when you may have thought that the New York Times couldn’t possibly sink any...
Trump’s Foreign Policy: The Light and the Darkness
JNS.org - As much as President Donald Trump enjoys taking a metaphorical sledgehammer to even the...
Why We Can Still Discover New Things About the Torah
One of the great puzzles of evolutionary theory concerns the existence of a human higher intelligence,...
Sophisticated Australian Airplane Bombing Plot a Warning to the West
Australia's arrest last Saturday of four men suspected of plotting a terrorist attack on a commercial airliner signaled more than...
Ending Iraq’s Humanitarian Crisis
Iraq, once the cradle of civilization,continues to experience one of the most horrific violent conflicts...
Palestinian Propaganda Is Infiltrating US Public Schools
Six years ago, a teenager in Newton, Massachusetts -- Shiri Pagliuso -- asked her father if it was true that Israel tortures and murders women activists in the Palestinian resistance movement. Then...
Why the Temple Mount Crisis Is Calling Me Home — to Israel
This has been a particularly tough few weeks for the Jewish people. The 'crisis' at the Temple Mount has given extremists in the Arab world the...
A Pakistani Lover of Hebrew
Despite the fact that my country -- Pakistan -- doesn’t have any diplomatic relations with Israel, and despite the ubiquitous antisemitism in Pakistan, I have...
UK Journalist Tweets Deceit About Israeli Reaction to Saeb Erekat’s Illness
The consistent failure of British news outlets to inform their readers about the drumbeat of Palestinian incitement -- and Palestinian support for violence -- is one of the most vexing elements...
New York Times Art Critic Attacks Israel-Sponsored Exhibit on Eichmann Trial
Just when you may have thought that the New York Times couldn’t possibly sink any lower when it comes to Israel or Jewish issues, along...
Trump’s Foreign Policy: The Light and the Darkness
JNS.org - As much as President Donald Trump enjoys taking a metaphorical sledgehammer to even the merest of slights against him, there is no reason to...
Why We Can Still Discover New Things About the Torah
One of the great puzzles of evolutionary theory concerns the existence of a human higher intelligence, and an innate desire for morality and ethics. Charles Darwin...
Sophisticated Australian Airplane Bombing Plot a Warning to the West
Australia's arrest last Saturday of four men suspected of plotting a terrorist attack on a commercial airliner signaled more than a resurgent terror threat to airplanes. Because the plot involved smuggling explosives...
Ending Iraq’s Humanitarian Crisis
Iraq, once the cradle of civilization,continues to experience one of the most horrific violent conflicts in modern history. It is hard to imagine the mammoth...
The Humanitarian Paradigm — Hobson’s Choice for Israel (Part I)
"…when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth" -- Sherlock Holmes in The Sign of the Four. "Hobson’s choice: a situation in...
Sex, Lies and Terrorism
A Nablus resident who confessed this week to having strangled, bashed in the head of, and buried his Israeli girlfriend two months ago told reporters...
Jared Kushner Is Right: There’s No Solution for Mideast Peace
JNS.org - When presidential adviser Jared Kushner said in a recent private discussion that “there may be no solution” to the conflict between the Palestinian Arabs and Israel,...
The More Things Change: Israel and Intersectionality
In an earlier column, I noted how common it is for people to act as though history begins with the present, and to lack perspective on the...
Iran Tries to Use the Temple Mount to Turn Arab States Against Israel
From Iran's Mehr news agency: Iranian official Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said attempts by certain Arab countries to normalize ties with Israeli regime “will get nowhere” due to public...









