December 8, 2024

Despite risks, fall of Assad in Syria a net gain for Israel

An armed woman flashes the V for victory sign as Syrian Kurds celebrate the fall of capital Damascus to anti-government fighters, in the city of Qamishli on Dec. 8, 2024. Photo by Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images. by Yaakov Lappin […]
December 6, 2024

Amnesty International’s antisemitic agenda is nothing new

Amnesty International activists protest outside the Israeli embassy in The Hague, the Netherlands, May 8, 2024. Photo by Pierre Crom/Getty Images. by Ruthie Blum (JNS) — Amnesty International released its latest broadside against Israel on Dec. 5, accusing the Jewish […]
December 5, 2024

Lebanon ceasefire “fiery” but “mostly peaceful”

Israeli tanks leaving Meiss al Jabal, Southern Lebanon, Dec. 4, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90. by Daniel Greenfield (JNS) — Is it a ceasefire if the fire has not ceased? A question from an era where words actually mattered and […]
November 27, 2024

Thanksgiving’s roots show the unique kinship between Israel and the U.S.

by Ambassador Yoram Ettinger Thanksgiving was initially celebrated in November 1621 by William Bradford, the leader of the “Mayflower” and the 1621 to 1657 governor of the Plymouth Colony (Massachusetts), who played a key role in establishing the civic foundation […]
November 27, 2024

Necessary though imperfect Lebanon deal showcases Netanyahu’s finest hour

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to IDF soldiers during a visit to the northern border on May 28, 2024. Photo by Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — There are a good many reasons to worry that the impending […]
November 26, 2024

“Globalize the Intifada”: Coming soon to a street near you

A sign reading “Globalize the Intifada” is seen on the ground in Brooklyn, N.Y., on July 31, 2021. Photo by Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images. by James Sinkinson and Jason Shvili (FLAME) — It sounds rather abstract when pro-Hamas demonstrators […]
November 20, 2024

The State Department’s last-gasp effort to sabotage an Israeli victory over terrorists

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks with Hossein Fereydoun (center), the brother of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, before they addressed an international press corps gathered at the Austria Center in Vienna after the […]
November 19, 2024

Mike Huckabee channeling Golda Meir

Golda Meir at Kibbutz Shefayim in central Israel, on July 24, 1950. Credit: Théodore Brauner/National Photo Collection of Israel via Wikimedia Commons. by Moshe Phillips (JNS) — When former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, the U.S. ambassador-designate to Israel, appears at […]
November 17, 2024

Iran’s radicalism and Hamas’s fundamentalism endanger Europe and beyond

Police face off against anti-Israel protesters at Dam Square in Amsterdam on Nov. 10, 2024. Credit: Courtesy of Bart Schut. by Pinhas Inbari (Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs) — With President-elect Donald Trump’s administration soon to enter the […]
November 14, 2024

Wikipedia’s anti-Israel propaganda mocks objectivity and destroys its credibility

Wikipedia’s Arabic site logo is draped in Palestinian flag colors, and the site professes loyalty to the Palestinian cause.  by Jason Shvili (FLAME) — If you search for Zionism on Google, you’ll quickly find this bizarre definition on Wikipedia: “Zionism is an […]
November 10, 2024

Europe at a crossroads: The Amsterdam “Jew hunt” pogrom

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport after an El Al emergency flight from Amsterdam on Nov. 8, 2024. Photo by Jonathan Shaul/Flash90. by Jonathan Feldstein A pogrom is a premeditated, organized, violent riot with the aim of […]