The Free Library of Philadelphia. Credit: Tupungato/Shutterstock. by Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) — A public library system in Philadelphia is promising to make operational changes after drawing criticism for what some community members are considering an effort to indoctrinate children and […]
King Hussein of Jordan and Egypt’s Nasser by David Litman This article is part of an ongoing series of analyses of CNN’s recent six-part show, “Jerusalem: City of Faith and Fury.” You can find the first critique of the CNN […]
U.S. President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett in the Oval Office at the White House, on Aug. 27, 2021. Source: Embassy of Israel/Twitter. by Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) — After a number of delays as a result of […]
Hajj Amin al-Husseini, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, inspects Nazi SS troops during World War II by David Litman (CAMERA.org) — Beginning on July 18, CNN has been airing each Sunday a new, six-part series entitled “Jerusalem: City of Faith […]
Demonstrators in front of the White House protesting the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. Credit: John Smith 2021/Shutterstock. by Ariel Ben Solomon (JNS) — The Taliban’s quick takeover of Afghanistan has Middle Eastern countries deeply concerned about their dependence on the […]
by Eran Lerman (Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies) — In the wake of the sweeping Taliban victory in Afghanistan, the region now faces the symbolic impact of these dramatic scenes of U.S. failure unprecedented since Vietnam. To thwart the notion […]
by Meira Svirsky (JNS) — Human Rights Watch released a new report documenting rocket and mortar attacks launched in May by Palestinian terror groups in the Gaza Strip against Israel. In that conflict, “Operation Guardian of the Walls,” the terror […]
From left: UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani at the signing of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the […]
Jerusalem Mayor Mordechai Weingarten is accompanied by Arab fighters at the end of May 1948 to sign surrender documents to the city, specifically to the Jewish Quarter, where generations of Jewish families had lived and were forced to evacuate. It […]
In 2014, Maronite Patriarch Bechara Boutros al-Rahi declared he would make common cause with Hezbollah to fight against Isis and spoke of Israel as an obstacle to peace and development in the Middle East. Seven years later, he has condemned […]
Rashida Tlaib in 2018. Credit: Stephanie Kenner/Shutterstock. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — It appears that Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) may have finally gone a bit too far even for some of her left-wing Jewish allies and apologists. Speaking at an […]