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Alex Traiman

Alex Traiman

Alex Traiman is the CEO and Jerusalem bureau chief of the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) and host of “Jerusalem Minute.” A seasoned Israeli journalist, documentary filmmaker and startup consultant, he is an expert on Israeli politics and U.S.-Israel relations. He has interviewed top political figures, including Israeli leaders, U.S. senators and national security officials with insights featured on major networks like BBC, Bloomberg, CBS, NBC, Fox and Newsmax. A former NCAA champion fencer and Yeshiva University Sports Hall of Fame member, he made aliyah in 2004, and lives in Jerusalem with his wife and five children.

William Daroff, CEO of Conference Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, presents U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides with a gift while Conference of Presidents chair Dianne Lob looks on. Photo by Alex Traiman.
Feature
Conference of Presidents mission aims to strengthen ties between Israel and American Jewry
CEO William Daroff: “The bottom line is that the relationship between America and Israel is strong. The relationship between American Jewry and Israeli Jewry is strong. We just need to ensure that together we work to find consensus to find areas of agreement and move forward.”
Feb. 20, 2023
Alex Traiman
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sit at the center of the traditional photograph of the incoming government at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Dec. 29, 2022. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.
Column
Israel’s historic right-wing government is the democratic will of the voters
While the left-wing opposition laments what it falsely calls “the end of democracy,” the overwhelming majority of Israelis disagree. The incoming government is not anti-democratic, it is anti-progressive.
Dec. 29, 2022
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (center) and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman in April 2018. Credit: U.S. Embassy in Israel.
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Mike Pompeo: ‘Anti-Zionist bias runs very deep inside of the Biden administration’—WATCH
In an interview with JNS, the former secretary of state chides Biden for policies on Israel, calls the FBI probe of Shireen Abu Akleh’s death “political” and says Netanyahu has the right to choose his cabinet ministers “full stop.”
Nov. 20, 2022
Alex Traiman
Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at party headquarters in Jerusalem on election night, Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Column
With overwhelming victory, Netanyahu set to form strong, stable, legitimate, right-wing gov’t
The vote was a national referendum on the tremendous damage caused cycle after election cycle by opposing parliamentarians who conspired to block the people’s choice from serving as prime minister.
Nov. 2, 2022
Alex Traiman
Likud chairman Benjamin Netanyahu visits the Malha shopping mall in Jerusalem on Election Day, Nov. 1, 2022.. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Column
The next 48 hours will determine if Netanyahu becomes prime minister
If the exit polls hold true, Netanyahu has a clear path to forming a right-wing government and returning to power. Yet, in previous election cycles, mandates shifted during the manual counting of Israel’s paper ballots.
Nov. 1, 2022
Alex Traiman
Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir. Source: Twitter.
Column
Why Israeli firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir is soaring in polls, and why the left calls him a racist
Speaking to JNS, the controversial right-wing Israeli politician said, “Our Tanach [Bible] teaches us that we are from here, we have come back to our land. I am not a racist, I do not hate Arabs, I hate terrorists.”
Oct. 25, 2022
Alex Traiman
Feature
Netanyahu to JNS: I intend to achieve peace with Saudi Arabia
In his brief time away from Israel’s top office, Benjamin Netanyahu has been feverishly working on his memoir, “Bibi: My Story.” However, his greatest hope is seemingly that there are still several chapters to be written. Netanyahu sat for a wide-ranging interview with JNS to discuss his memoir, upcoming elections and current events.
Oct. 23, 2022
Alex Traiman
U.S. Ambassador Thomas Nides (left) meets with JNS CEO Alex Traiman, Oct. 2022. Credit: David Azagury/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.
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US Ambassador Nides to JNS: Israelis and Palestinians ‘nowhere near two-state solution’
The U.S. ambassador to Jerusalem wants Americans to know that Israel is a democracy where, by and large, Arab and Jewish citizens get along just fine, and Israelis to know that America will always have their back.
Oct. 19, 2022
Alex Traiman
Prime Minister Yair Lapid leads a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, July 24, 2022. Credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.
Column
10 reasons faulty Israel-Lebanon gas deal smells foul
The best Israel can do now is hope that the accord turns out as Lapid insists, although he likely will not be the leader to see it executed. And unless it secures deterrence against Hezbollah and produces billions in revenue for Israel, Israelis will have many good reasons to protest.
Oct. 13, 2022
Alex Traiman
From left to right, Ben Shapiro, David Friedman and Jordan Peterson at Jerusalem’s International Convention Center on Thursday. Credit: Shimon Yair Cohen.
News
Conservative stars Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro address sellout crowd in Jerusalem
Shapiro, whose remarks delved into the theological realm, explained that “the Torah demands that [mankind] act morally” and that “G-d lays out a choice for each individual between good and evil.” Peterson called Israel the “cardinal model of the nation state.”
Oct. 6, 2022
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid delivering his speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22, 2022. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.
Column
With call for Palestinian state at UN, Lapid has defined Israel’s upcoming fifth election
By officially calling for “an agreement with the Palestinians, based on two states for two peoples,” Prime Minister Yair Lapid has changed the election paradigm from “anybody but Netanyahu” back to the issue that has divided Israel’s left and right since Yitzhak Rabin signed the infamous Oslo Accords in 1993.
Sep. 22, 2022
Alex Traiman
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides briefs reporters in Jerusalem, Sept. 9, 2022. Photo by Alex Traiman.
Israel News
US ambassador: Two-state solution needed to ensure Israel remains a Jewish and democratic country
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides said that American support for Israel is “an unbreakable tie,” while acknowledging that many Israelis don’t believe U.S. Joe President Biden has Israel’s back.
Sep. 7, 2022
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