The News

August 14, 2020

Flying High over Unexpected Israel-UAE Announcement

by Jonathan Feldstein The truth is, I saw something coming this week, but not this. I never expected that “it” would be peace with another Arab country. “It” was the subject of speculation on a webinar I hosted this week […]
August 14, 2020

Historic Israel-UAE deal could be just the beginning

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Oman’s Sultan Qaboos in the Omani capital of Muscat, Oct. 26, 2018. Credit: GPO. by Israel Kasnett (JNS) — A joint statement by U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and […]
August 13, 2020

Jones vs. Tuberville: Which Alabama Senate candidate is better for Israel?

by Richard Friedman  In the United States Senate race in Alabama between Doug Jones and Tommy Tuberville, which candidate would be better for Israel and the U.S.-Israel relationship? It comes as no surprise that the spokesmen for two national pro-Israel […]
August 13, 2020

Europe study says PA textbooks promote peace — but they actually studied Israeli textbooks

by Ariel Kahana (Israel Hayom/JNS) — A European Union-sponsored study to examine whether textbooks used by schools in the Palestinian Authority incite against Israel actually examined textbooks in Arabic used in the Israeli school system. The study concluded that P.A. […]
August 12, 2020

Kamala Harris seen as “more AIPAC than J-Street” and other V.P. picks could have been worse

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) speaking with attendees at the 2019 California Democratic Party State Convention at the George R. Moscone Convention Center in San Francisco, Calif. Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden announced on Aug. 11 that he picked Harris […]
August 11, 2020

As hurricane season approaches, Israeli drones help Fla. power company spot storm damage

Percepto’s Sparrow drone over a solar farm. Photo: courtesy By Brian Blum (Israel21c) — As the annual hurricane season hits Florida, Israeli-made autonomous drones are helping the state’s major power utility keep customers connected. Modi’in-based Percepto already provides six Percepto […]
August 8, 2020

Biden apparently intervenes to keep phrase “occupation” out of Democratic platform’s Israel positions

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden. Credit: Flickr (JNS) — Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, the presumptive 2020 Democratic Party nominee for president, personally intervened to keep the word “occupation” out of the official party platform, according to a […]
August 7, 2020

What really happened at the Port of Beirut?

Explosion at the Port of Beirut, August 4, 2020, screenshot of YouTube video by Lt. Col. (res.) Mordechai Kedar BESA Center Perspectives Paper No. 1,681, August 7, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: On Aug. 4, a massive explosion occurred at a warehouse […]
August 7, 2020

It isn’t difficult to figure out why Jews from Arab lands are such passionate supporters of Israel

By Hen Mazzig (JNS) — It’s Friday morning in Petach Tikvah. An older Iraqi Jewish woman rolls a spicy mix into balls of dough, preparing an ancient Iraqi Jewish dish known as kubbeh. Her grandchild looks up at her and […]
August 6, 2020

USC Student Government vice president writes resignation letter, citing anti-Zionist harassment

Rose Ritch wrote this Aug. 5 letter, resigning as vice president of the Undergraduate Student Government at the University of Southern California, due to harassment for supporting Israel. To my fellow Trojans, Today, I write to announce my resignation as […]
August 4, 2020

Misunderstanding abounds over the Israeli sovereignty proposal

by Larry Brook While the world has been occupied with responding to coronavirus, economic issues and the Black Lives Matter demonstrations, many who oppose Israel have warned that on July 1, thanks to the Trump peace plan, Israel was going […]