September 23, 2024

Exploding Pagers, Hezbollah, Rocket Fire, and Why No One Can Predict What Comes Next

The location of one of the impacts. Notice the skeletons of three cars. These are the two houses that went up in flames. The owner of the house on the right decided to sleep in his bomb shelter. That saved […]
September 21, 2024

Getting a “deal done” is not a viable foreign policy

U.S. President Joe Biden talks on the phone with Egypt President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in the Oval Office, Aug. 6, 2024. Credit: Adam Schultz/White House. by Jonathan Feldstein I have strong opinions on many things, and know a little about […]
September 21, 2024

Why the reactions to Israel’s strikes against Hezbollah matter

Israeli soldiers evacuate wounded people who was severely injured when a missile fired from Lebanon hit the Ramim Cliff area, near the Israeli border with Lebanon, on Sept. 19, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — It […]
September 20, 2024

On the fourth anniversary, Abraham Accords still the key to stability in the Middle East

A delegation of young leaders from Abraham Accords countries on the steps of the U.S. House of Representatives. Credit: Courtesy of ISRAEL-is. by Joan Leslie McGill (USIEA) — September 15 marked the fourth anniversary of the Abraham Accords, signed by […]
September 18, 2024

The pro-Israel advocates are the real students for justice in Palestine

Activists with Students for Justice in Palestine participate in an encampment protest at the University Yard at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2024. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images. by Julian Markowitz (JNS) — With the new […]
September 13, 2024

What could Israel expect from a Harris administration?

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at an event at Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz., on Aug. 9, 2024. Credit: Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — The path to the Oval Office has seemingly been strewn with […]
September 13, 2024

The Islamic Kingdom of Jordan

King Abdullah II of Jordan. Photo by Gevorg Ghazaryan/Shutterstock. by Jonathan Feldstein September continues to go down as a bad month for peace in the Middle East, particularly relating to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Israel and Palestinian Arab terrorists. […]
September 12, 2024

Palestinians must want a two state solution before one can realistically be offered

View of the tripoint border between Israel, Syria and Jordan from northern Israel on Feb. 15, 2024. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90. by Joel Margolis (JNS) — Recent remarks by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris addressed the current war between Israel […]
September 12, 2024

Pro-Palestinian faculty band together to politicize academia

An inscription on the northern side of the gates of Pomona College in California bearing a quote from James Blaisdell, an American minister, theologian and academic administrator. Credit: Sdkb via Wikimedia Commons. by Mitchell Bard Students get all the attention […]
September 11, 2024

Restating the obvious: Hamas is not, and has not been, negotiating

Gal Hirsch, the government’s point man on missing and kidnapped citizens, attends the lobby for releasing the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip, at the Knesset, April 10, 2024. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90. by Ruthie Blum (JNS) — Protesters […]
September 9, 2024

Anti-government protestors in Israel and abroad playing the “useful” role Hamas’ Sinwar relies on

Israelis call for an immediate ceasefire deal with Hamas to secure the release of the hostages in Gaza, outside the Defense Ministry Headquarters in Tel Aviv, Sept. 7, 2024. Photo by Itai Ron/Flash90. by Gadi Taub (JNS) — When Hamas’s […]