Posts Tagged: israel
In ’60 Minutes’ Interview, Obama Downplays US-Israel Tensions During His Tenure
JNS.org -- In what was expected to be his last official interview, outgoing President Barack Obama downplayed the hit US-Israel ties has taken under his administration. Obama told the CBS Sunday program...
10 Things to Know About Israel’s Tourism Sector
JNS.org - Some 2.9 million people visited Israel last year, a 3.6 percent increase from 2015. Earlier this week, Israel’s Ministry of Tourism released a report summarizing international...
South African Opposition Leader Defies Call for Boycott, Visits Israel
JNS.org -- South Africa’s opposition leader traveled to Israel, meeting with top officials, just days after South African President Jacob Zuma called on his countrymen to boycott the...
Report: Qatar Trying to Broker Hamas Prisoner Exchange With Israel
JNS.org -- Qatar has reportedly attempted to broker a deal between Israel and Hamas, in which the terrorist group would return two living Israeli citizens and the remains of two...
Birthright Fostered My Optimism Following Harrowing UN Security Council Vote
JNS.org -- Two days into my first Taglit-Birthright Israel trip, during which I led a group of 40 Americans around Israel, I heard the news of...
Israeli Security Forces Uncover Gaza Smuggling Scheme, Goods Hidden In Washing Machines, Refrigerators
JNS.org -- A joint operation by Israel’s police, military and Shin Bet security agency uncovered a network of Palestinian smugglers who were funneling goods to the Hamas...
Extrajudicial Killings: Another Case of the Israel Double Standard
The reactions of democratic governments to extrajudicial killings vary greatly according to what country undertakes them. As usual, when it comes to Israel, there is...
John Kerry’s Israel Speech Dishonored Martin Luther King Jr.
JNS.org - In his recent speech about Israeli settlements, Secretary of State John Kerry unfairly blamed Israel and minimized Palestinian violence. But he also did something...
‘Illegal Settlements’ as Blood Libel: What Comes Next?
Many critics of President Obama's abstention from the recent UN Security Council vote, and Secretary of State John Kerry’s justification for this betrayal, underplayed or missed the...
John Kerry’s True Intentions for Jerusalem
Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent speech on Israel contained a potentially dangerous element that has eluded the attention of many, including the speech’s detractors. Kerry’s vision of peace seems fairly...
A Palestinian Defeat Is Good for All
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was photographed on December 21, carrying a copy of Nothing Less than Victory: Decisive Wars and the Lessons of History, by...
Celebrating Hanukkah With the Help of Azerbaijan
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Photo: Facebook. Last month, the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and Azerbaijan co-hosted a...
John Kerry’s Moral Turpitude
In a lengthy speech to lay out his “vision for Middle East peace” on Wednesday, US Secretary of State John Kerry engaged in customary moral...
Trump Taps Israel Adviser Jason Greenblatt for International Negotiations Post
JNS.org -- President-elect Donald Trump has named one of his campaign advisers on Israel as his incoming administration's special representative for international negotiations. In the announcement, Trump praised the...
