The News

December 18, 2021

Israel “Bombs Auschwitz”

Blasts in Syria attributed to Israel on Dec. 30, 2020. Source: Twitter/ELINT News. by Rafael Medoff  It has often been said that if only the State of Israel had existed in the 1940s, its air force could have bombed Auschwitz, […]
December 17, 2021

Why the double standard in reporting on West Bank violence?

by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — To the casual observer of news from the Middle East, it would appear that the biggest story coming out of Israel lately is what some outlets are describing as a surge in settler violence against […]
December 17, 2021

Trump and Netanyahu: A formerly strong alliance now on the rocks?

U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Jan. 27, 2020, along the White House colonnade. Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. by Melanie Phillips (JNS) — For both fans and foes of America’s former […]
December 17, 2021

With two new PACs, AIPAC does first venture into campaign finance

AIPAC president Betsy Berns Korn addresses the 2020 conference in Washington, D.C. Credit: AIPAC. by Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) — For the first time in its existence, AIPAC plans to support financially the campaigns of pro-Israel incumbents and candidates by forming […]
December 17, 2021

Ukraine plans embassy move to Jerusalem

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) greets Israel’s President Isaac Herzog upon his arrival to Ukraine, in part to address an international gathering marking 80 years since the Babi Yar massacre, Oct. 5, 2021. Source: Isaac Herzog/Twitter. (JNS) — Ukraine’s Ambassador […]
December 16, 2021

In the Middle East, we can’t trust the CIA’s judgment

by Mitchell Bard (JNS) — Most people probably remember Jack Nicholson’s iconic line in the film “A Few Good Men”: “You can’t handle the truth!” After reading that CIA director William Burns said the agency “doesn’t see any evidence that […]
December 15, 2021

Why do so many countries vote against truth, history and the Jewish state at the U.N.?

by James Sinkinson (FLAME) — A few weeks ago, the United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution denying a Jewish connection to Jerusalem and the Temple Mount. This is the site of the two most important Jewish Temples — […]
December 13, 2021

Mike Evans: Why I Support the Bennett-Lapid Government

by Mike Evans I traveled to Israel on May 14 during the Gaza War to defend the State of Israel against a vicious antisemitic Muslim Brotherhood attack against Israel in the media. I mobilized the top evangelicals in America to […]
December 9, 2021

It’s Back? Israel prepares for outbreak of lone-wolf terrorism

by Yoni Ben Menachem (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) — Israel is preparing for the possibility of a new wave of “lone-wolf” terrorism, similar to the so-called “knife intifada” of 2015. Police in Jerusalem have been reinforced, and IDF units […]
December 5, 2021

First Israel-Iran war around the corner?

by Nir Barkat (JNS) — As a Jew and an Israeli, current events are nothing short of bizarre. Iran, a terrorist state behind a global axis of evil, is once again getting the last laugh. It is hard to watch […]
December 3, 2021

Extreme university BDS resolution includes ban on pro-Israel kosher food providers

The University of Toronto. Credit: JHVEPhoto/Shutterstock. by Faygie Holt (JNS) — Just days before a report concerning anti-Semitism on campus is set to be released, the student union at a branch of the University of Toronto voted in favor of […]