Defending Israel

Navi Pillay, chair of the “United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel,” addresses a press conference. Credit: U.N. Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré. by Anne Bayefsky (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) — Antisemitism at the […]

by Susan Eisensten (JNS) — The school board of Newark, N.J., is drawing attention from Israel advocacy and education organizations as well as parents for adding an anti-Israel book to its mandatory curriculum. The book “A Little Piece Of Ground” […]

by Irit Tratt (JNS) — In a $2 billion contract sealed last summer, the global investment firm Apax Partners announced that it would be acquiring EveryAction, a fundraising portal that currently hosts more than 18,000 organizations and serves as parent […]

by Amir Avivi and Or Yissachar (JNS) — Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, one of the architects of the war in Afghanistan, made a point of distinguishing between the “known knowns” (already known variables), the predictable, though still […]

Representatives from the Israeli and U.S. Air Forces during a meeting in July 2021. Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — Representatives from the U.S. and Israeli Air Forces met last month to discuss a remarkable development: what […]

Hamas militant holds up child during military parade, 2017, image via IDF online by Larry D. Weiss (BESA) — In recent years, Israel has fared poorly in the court of public opinion. Palestinian advocates have engaged in a well-organized offensive […]

Deputy Consul General Alex Gandler by Richard Friedman Israel and Jews everywhere who feel an attachment to the Jewish state are fighting a two-front war. Each battle is perplexing and dangerous in its own way. The first is the asymmetrical […]

From Israeli Foreign Ministry‘s website by Richard Friedman As Jews, we are taught all Jews are responsible for one another. Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day, provides a sacred framework for all Jews remembering one another. This powerful truth was brought […]

Hadar Cohen will never marry, have children or comfort her parents in their old ages. She was a heroic, 19-year-old Border Policewoman stationed at the Damascus Gate of the Old City of Jerusalem when she was murdered by terrorists, February […]

Chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court Fatou Bensouda, December 2019. Credit: Mike Chappazo/Shutterstock. by Sean Savage (JNS) — The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in the Hague announced on March 3 her intention to open an investigation […]

by Jennifer Roskies (JCPA) — “A Jewish Argument for Divestment,” the opinion piece in the Columbia Daily Spectator on Sept. 23, is distressing on two counts. First, that it was penned by two Jewish Columbia University students, who take pride […]