As Israel’s Supreme Court weighs in on unity government, how much power should it have?

In a landmark ruling, Israel’s Supreme Court rejected all petitions against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forming a new government while under indictment, and against the emergency unity government deal signed by Netanyahu and Blue and White leader Benny Gantz. Read more

Can IsraeI’s ‘haredi’ leadership learn from their mistakes made during coronavirus outbreak?

With some ultra-Orthodox (haredi) communities in Israel having been under complete lockdown due to the high rate of COVID-19 infections, a major controversy has been raging in Israel over whether the leaders of these communities were initially aware of the dangers of the virus and, if they were, whether they intentionally encouraged their followers to flout the government-imposed lockdown rules. Read more

Will Iran’s continued lies over coronavirus lead to popular unrest or nuclear breakout?

The Iranian people’s trust in its government is at an all-time low. Read more

Lebanon poses acute threat to Israel with Hezbollah, Iran controlling its government

The last several months have not been good ones for Lebanon, as it’s been wracked by economic and political instability. Read more

Russia’s displeasure with Israel simmers as Putin readies to visit for Yad Vashem event

Russian President Vladimir Putin will leave his controlled environment in Moscow to enter a media firestorm when he alights from his plane in Israel this Thursday as he arrives for the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial and museum in Jerusalem. Read more

Elections remain elusive for Palestinians, as Abbas searches for pretexts to postpone them

In an address to the U.N. General Assembly last September, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas pledged to a sympathetic gathering of world leaders that he would hold parliamentary elections. Read more

Should Israel sign non-aggression pacts with Arab countries?

Israel’s relationship with the surrounding Arab countries requires no shortage of diplomatic prowess to maintain good relations. Read more

Israel intends to fight back against war-crimes probe by International Criminal Court

Yet another U.N. agency has stepped into the minefield that is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and as a result, appears in danger of losing its legitimacy. Read more

Moscow’s trouble with Israelis has a deeper meaning

Israel has long had a complicated relationship with Russia. Read more

International Criminal Court hints Palestinians may be guilty of war crimes over ‘pay for slay’

The Palestinians were just hit by a judicial bombshell. Read more

Could a future US administration undo Trump’s new policy on Israeli settlements?

The announcement last month by U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo that Israeli settlements are not illegal was either warmly welcomed or hotly rejected, depending on how you interpret international law. Read more

New initiative seeks to remember the ‘forgotten’ Mideast Jewish refugees

The nine young Iraqi Jewish men hanging in the center of Tahrir Square (also known as “Martyrs’ Square) in Cairo in January 1969 after being accused by the Ba’athist regime of espionage were the subject of great interest that day, as hundreds of thousands of Iraqis came to view their corpses—not only causing a terrific traffic jam in Baghdad but also sowing deep fear throughout the millennia-old Jewish community there. Seven months later, three more Jews were executed. Read more

Israel’s targeted assassination of terror operative sends a double message

The Israeli missile that blasted through senior Islamic Jihad terrorist Baha Abu al-Ata’s Gaza bedroom window at 4 a.m. on Tuesday morning may have killed the man and his wife, but it also sent a broader message to Hamas and Iran. Read more

Facing tensions on multiple fronts, is Israel on the verge of an all-out war?

The big news in Israel is not that Iran attempted to send kamikaze drones into Israeli territory last week or that Israel targeted that terrorist cell in Syria; these are not completely out of the ordinary or even unexpected. Read more

Rejecting ‘opportunity of the century’ Bahrain workshop proves Palestinians not interested in peace

Despite bringing together a historic number of Arab states and prominent world leaders, the Bahrain economic conference, which seeks to be the first step in the Trump administration’s efforts to bring peace between the Israelis and Palestinians, has been buffeted and vilified, especially by the Palestinians, who called the Trump plan “dead on arrival” and have boycotted the summit. Read more

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Of annexation and Trump’s peace plan, what’s next on the post-Israeli election agenda?

Things move fast in the Middle East. Read more

As Israel’s election day nears, politicians whet their knives

The not-so-packed Jerusalem Post 2019 Elections Conference held at the InterContinental David Tel Aviv hotel attracted mostly older people interested in hearing representatives of each political party outline their platform ahead of next week’s elections. Read more

US recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over Golan ‘sends direct message to Arab world’

The formal recognition of Israel’s sovereignty in the Golan Heights by the United States could not have come on a more sobering day for Israelis. Read more

Fear over Kahanist Otzma Party grips left and right, but is it justified?

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to cut a deal with Bayit Yehudi, and its subsequent temporary union with right-wing political parties National Union and Otzma Yehudit, has created a political storm, being called “foul” and worse by some. Read more

In Warsaw, even the group seating shows how much has changed in Israel-Arab relations

A scene that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago took place this past week in Warsaw at the U.S.-led peace and security summit with 60 countries in attendance, including the United States, Israel and 10 Arab states, all sitting at the same table. Read more

Pressure mounts for Netanyahu to punish Palestinians over terror payments

They say it takes a village, but unfortunately, it took one woman, Ori Ansbacher, and her murder by a Palestinian terrorist for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to announce, after much public pressure, that he would begin deducting funds to the Palestinian Authority over its payments to terrorists and their families. Read more

New report highlights how UN gives singular treatment to Palestinian refugees

Uri Akavia, a researcher at Kohelet Policy Forum, recently published a new paper titled “Is UNRWA’s hereditary refugee status for Palestinians unique?” In it, of course, he details the origins of the issue since 1948, the year Israel was established, and its ensuing state of affairs. Read more

A desperate Abbas celebrates in New York as Palestinians take helm of major UN bloc of nations

Mahmoud Abbas is in New York City to witness the Palestinian Mission as it takes over leadership of the G77 bloc. Read more

As April elections loom, Israeli party leaders face daunting issues

Politics in Israel moves fast. National elections were just announced on Monday and immediately, commentators on television, radio, online and in print, as well as nearly every citizen in Israel, have begun making predictions. Read more

Will Saudi Arabia establish full diplomatic ties with Israel?

What do you do when you are condemned for allegedly ordering the murder of a journalist and your country is under fire for leading a war in Yemen?…writes Israel Kasnett/JNS. Read more

Impossible to promote peace when Palestinians are teaching hate

Palestinian incitement against Israel runs rampant in the West Bank and Gaza, with Palestinian school textbooks full of hatred and including maps of the Middle East often minus Israel. Read more

Is the situation with Gaza the ‘problem from hell?’

Avigdor Lieberman announced that he was stepping down as defence minister on Wednesday in protest of what he called the government’s “capitulation to terror.” Read more

Dedication of Peres Centre for Peace and Innovation spotlights Israel-China cooperation

Former Israeli President Shimon Peres addressed the crowd by video at the grand opening of the Innovation Centre at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation. Or did he? Read more

Rare event showcases potential of Israeli-Palestinian business cooperation

The Judea Samaria Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JSCOCI), an NGO that promotes Israeli-Palestinian commercial partnerships beyond the Green Line (the pre-1967 ceasefire line), held an event recently in the city of Ariel, an Israeli city in Samaria…writes Israel Kassnett. Read more

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