May 6, 2021

Why is Human Rights Watch going after Israel’s Law of Return?

by Karen Bekker (JNS) — If you’re Jewish and live in the Diaspora, chances are there’s been some event in the news or in politics that at some point has made you say to yourself, “Well, if things really go […]
May 6, 2021

Despite high price, Biden administration ‘dead set’ on re-entering Iran deal

Negotiations in Vienna over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the existing Iran nuclear deal, May 2021. Source: Enrique Mora/European External Action Service/Twitter. by Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) — In recent days, conflicting reports have emerged over the ongoing negotiations in […]
May 5, 2021

Jewish leaders praise U.S. decision to skip 20th anniversary of Durban anti-racism “hatefest”

A panel at the World Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa, from Aug. 31 to Sept. 8, 2001. Credit: U.N./Ron da Silva. (JNS) — Jewish leaders on May 5 praised the Biden administration for announcing that the United States […]
May 5, 2021

Once again, media use Palestinian “TikTok Intifada” to spread slanders about Israel

by James Sinkinson Many mainstream media have written deceptively about riots or violent events in and around Jerusalem in recent days. These anti-Israel media distorted the story with fantastical headlines, like The New York Times’ “Israelis and Palestinians Clash Around […]
April 25, 2021

Missing Louisiana, first Israeli Arab in top Israel Basketball league excels

by Richard Friedman  “There is no difference between us when we are on the court,” says 25-year-old Shahd Abboud, the only Arab on Israel’s national women’s basketball team, and a former player at Northwestern State in Louisiana. Abboud was one […]
April 23, 2021

Speaker hosted by Temple U. Jewish Center calls for replacing Israel

Joyce Ajlouny. Photo from American Friends Service Committee by Moshe Phillips A speaker hosted by a Jewish academic center and a Philadelphia synagogue this week declared that she favors “a secular, democratic state” — that is, the elimination of Israel. […]
April 22, 2021

Syrian missile? What really happened over the skies of Dimona?

View of the nuclear reactor in Dimona in southern Israel. Aug. 13, 2016. Photo by Moshe Shai/Flash90. by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — Two days before a Syrian surface-to-air missile flew into southern Israel in response to reported Israeli airstrikes on […]
April 22, 2021

Who Is? Samidoun, promoting terrorism, not activism

by Tehilla Katz (JNS) — In February 2021, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz officially designated the Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network as a terrorist organization for its ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, itself considered a terrorist […]
April 21, 2021

Iftar gathering in Hebron brings Palestinians, Israelis together

Guests at an Iftar gathering attended by Jews and Arabs, and hosted by Palestinian businessman Ashraf Jabari in Hebron, April 2021. Photo by Josh Hasten. by Josh Hasten (JNS) — As the sun was setting over the ancient city of […]
April 20, 2021

At J Street, Sanders and Warren call for conditions on aid to Israel

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) speaking at the 2021 J Street virtual conference. Source: Screenshot. by Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) — Speaking at the virtual J Street national conference on April 19, former Democratic presidential candidates Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth […]
April 19, 2021

When did Palestine become Palestine?

by Martin Sherman (JNS) — “The Arabs didn’t provoke war with Israel in 1967 to achieve Palestinian independence… Arab rulers could have established a Palestinian state in those territories whenever they chose to do so. But Palestinian statehood was of […]