In-Depth Issues

From left: Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). Photo courtesy JNS. The battle over whether Israel should have allowed a visit to the territories by United States Representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida […]

General view of the West Bank city of Hebron with the new shopping center in the front, Jan. 28, 2008. Photo by Michal Fattal/Flash90 By Steve Frank (JNS) Nonprofit advocacy group J Street has recently been campaigning against Birthright Israel, […]

Palestinian businessman Sheikh Ashraf Al Jabari, co-founder of the Judea and Samaria Chamber of Commerce, hosting a kosher Iftar with Jewish neighbors near Hebron, May 13, 2019. Credit: Facebook. By Eliana Rudee (JNS) — In the context of the Trump […]

Photo: View of Route 4370, northeast of Jerusalem, which connects the Geva Binyamin area to Route 1, and separates vehicles of Israeli citizens and non-citizens, Jan. 10, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 By Stephen M. Flatow (January 14, 2019 / […]

Iraqi Christians hold a procession in the Christian village of Qaraqosh in northern Iraq. Credit: Aid to the Church in Need By Sean Savage (JNS) — As one of the three great Abrahamic faiths, Christianity has deep roots in the […]

If you care about Israel, and have been following the recent controversy about the new Nation-State law, then you know it’s touched some nerves. Here is an explanation of the law, why it is controversial, and how in some cases […]

News in August that the United States would stop its $300 million annual funding of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency set off different reactions — would it be the start of a humanitarian crisis, or the removal of […]