In-Depth Issues

“Shared Legacies,” a new documentary highlighting the relationship between Blacks and Jews during the Civil Rights era, and how Jews supported the Black community during their time of struggle, was the focus of an online program Aug. 27, sponsored in part […]

by Martha Lee (JNS) — The Florida branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) started livestreaming a series of events on Aug. 16 under the title “EXPOSED” — described as “a compelling series of interviews with former political prisoners […]

by Yoram Ettinger (JNS) — Western foreign-policy and national-security establishments — government, media and academia — have been overwhelmingly preoccupied with assessments of the future actions of the proposed Palestinian state. They have sidestepped the existing Palestinian track record. Major […]

Hesham Shehab by Hesham Shehab and Benjamin Baird (JNS) — Following the killing in police custody of Minneapolis resident George Floyd, several radical Muslim American organizations have joined in nationwide protests to show solidarity with black civil-rights protests. However, Floyd’s […]

by David Bedein Germany, which presents itself as a democratic power, is now the leading donor state of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency, which services the Palestinian refugees of 1948 war… and their descendants. Yet 54 percent of […]

The Judges of the International Criminal Court and eminent guests of the opening of the ICC judicial year 2019 held on 18 January 2019 at the seat of the Court in The Hague. Credit: International Criminal Court. by Israel Kasnett […]

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 Israel Kasnett (JNS) — As the world’s attention has been focused on […]

by Yishai Fleisher (JNS) — One hundred years ago this week, the British Balfour Declaration — which recognized the Jewish rights to the land of Israel — became international law. The Allies, the countries that defeated the Ottoman Empire in […]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting, at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, on Dec. 8, 2019. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL. by Alex Traiman (JNS) — On March 15, after a year of political deadlock, […]

Israelis count the remaining ballots at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on March 4. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90. by Gideon Allon (Israel Hayom) — With 99.9 percent of the votes from the March 2 general election counted, Israel’s Central Election Committee […]

Rev. Dr. Mae Cannon, executive director of Churches for Middle East Peace, speaks at the Christ at the Checkpoint Conference in Oklahoma in 2018. (Photo by Dexter Van Zile) by Dexter Van Zile (CAMERA) — Founded in 1984, Churches for […]