Defending Israel

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) donates an $80,000 security vehicle to the Israeli municipality of Ma’ale Adumim, March 2023. Credit: IFCJ. (JNS) — The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has donated an $80,000 security vehicle to […]

Palestinians attack Israeli security forces during a raid in Jenin, Jan. 26, 2023. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90. by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — The decision by Israeli security forces to conduct a large-scale counter-terrorism operation in Jenin during daylight hours on […]

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 […]