The Verdict of History and Benjamin Netanyahu
The prime minister is again the issue as Israel heads for another election. But the unseemly aspects of his quest for political survival are obscuring his achievements.
The Immoral Inversion of Victim and Perpetrator
Arad resident Aryeh Schiff shot a man stealing his car. Though he promptly called police and paramedics, he is now facing manslaughter charges.
Biden and Israel’s Unsteady Right
The Blue and White-Likud clash over Iran policy, like their clash over Israel’s national and strategic interests in Judea and Samaria, makes it clear that the farcical unity government has run its course.
Israel’s Center-Left is in Disarray
By pushing the country towards elections, Blue and White’s Benny Gantz is putting not just the party he heads but the entire bloc at risk.
JNS ‘Top 40’ Global Advocates for Israel Online Assemble for Knesset Panel
The network is on the frontlines of a multidimensional battlefield to fight delegitimization, misinformation, boycotts, legal challenges, propaganda and classic anti-Semitism.
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman: Mideast is ‘Exploding with Good Opportunities’ Under Trump
“We’ve done more for the cause of peace within this region than any administration in the history of the United States. And, I think those opposing us just are not seeing the situation clearly,” America’s envoy to the Jewish state tells JNS in a wide-ranging interview.
Fighting the New Commissars
The time for a reckoning with the social media giants has arrived, and not only in the United States.
Arab-Israeli Politicians Against Peace
The Joint List—the third-largest faction in the Knesset—is more hostile to Zionists than the sheikhs of Abu Dhabi and Manama.
Israeli Lawmakers Look to Bring all visiting Foreign Dignitaries onto Temple Mount
A suggestion was raised that visiting dignitaries be offered the opportunity to visit the Temple Mount.
Israel’s Cautionary Tale for Risk-Averse Republicans
The battle over the vacancy on the Supreme Court created by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death drives home the extent to which judicial politics have become polarized, ugly and disruptive.