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September 3, 2019

Guide for the Perplexed: How Israeli Elections “work”

President Reuven Rivlin casts his ballot at a voting station in Jerusalem during the Knesset elections of April 9, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90. By Dov Lipman (JNS) — In just over two weeks, Israelis will head to the polls […]
September 2, 2019

Will Netflix Make A Joke Of Eli Cohen, Israel’s Most Legendary Spy?

By Moshe Phillips Netflix’s “The Spy” is a six-episode series about real-life Israeli Mossad hero Eli Cohen. “The Spy” stars Sacha Baron Cohen, most famous for his 2006 adult oriented comedy movie “Borat,” as the legendary Mossad agent. Will Netflix make a joke […]
August 30, 2019

Puncturing the Big Lie of Palestinian Identity

Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas (center) delivers a statement at a conference in Ramallah on Oct. 18, 2014. Photo by Flash90. By Melanie Phillips (JNS) — Mahmoud Abbas, the head of the Palestinian Authority, recently claimed that the Palestinians were the […]
August 29, 2019

Israel can’t treat its own destruction as just another legitimate opinion to discuss

U.S. House Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) (left) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Credit: EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo/Israel Hayom By Evelyn Gordon (JNS) When Israel barred two U.S. congresswomen from entering the country earlier this month, I initially thought it a stupid decision. […]
August 27, 2019

Attacking Zionism through the Myth of the “Arab Jew”

By Lyn Julius (JNS) Anyone who keeps abreast of the growing academic field of Mizrahi/Sephardic studies (Mizrahi: oriental, from the Middle East; Sephardic: originating in pre-Inquisition Spain) cannot help noticing that the vast majority of papers focus on the purported […]
August 22, 2019

Atlanta Israel Coalition hosting event with Anti-Semitism Special Envoy Elan Carr

U.S. Special Envoy for Monitoring and Combating Anti-Semitism Elan Carr is sworn in on a Hebrew Bible by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on April 11, 2019. Credit: Josh Katzen/JNS. Elan Carr, the United States Special Envoy to Monitor […]
August 21, 2019

Exactly What “Occupation” Is The Target of Activists?

By Steve Frank (JNS) — It seems that just about everyone wants to “end the occupation” in Israel. The call rings out from the editorial pages of The New York Times and The Washington Post, from pro-Palestinian NGOs, from progressive […]
August 20, 2019

They praised the killer of a Senator’s niece — and then organized Rep. Tlaib’s trip

Rep. Rashida Tlaib. Photo courtesy JNS By Moshe Phillips First, they praised the terrorist who murdered a United States Senator’s niece. Then they were chosen by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib to organize her now-canceled trip to Israel. Tlaib’s outrageous choice of […]
August 19, 2019

Without Israel, the Middle East is lost

By Tesfazion Gerhelase (August 19, 2019 / JNS) The Arab states of the Middle East have badly failed to create effective institutions. The Gulf monarchies, especially Saudi Arabia, have failed to diversify their economies and as a result are suffering […]
August 18, 2019

CUFI calls for return to bipartisanship on Israel

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman spoke at the CUFI Washington Summit in July. Just after the controversy involving Israel cancelling a visit “to Palestine” by U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, both of whom are Democrats and advocates […]
August 16, 2019

Palestinian groups behind Omar-Tlaib canceled trip express anti-Semitism, links to terrorism

Palestinian politician Hanan Ashrawi in her office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Jan. 31, 2012. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90. By Sean Savage (August 16, 2019 / JNS) The Palestinian groups that were part of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) […]