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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.

From left: UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyani, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump and Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Al-Zayani at the signing of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020, Credit: White House/Joyce N. Boghosian.
Feature
Friedman’s ‘The Abraham Accords’ comes to life, and the big screen, at gala Jerusalem premiere
“We are on the cusp of ending the Israeli-Arab conflict and changing the region for the next 100 years,” says former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman at the launch of his new documentary series on the historic agreements.
Oct. 12, 2021
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid at the Knesset, on June 13, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Column
Yair Lapid’s foreign-policy follies
Israel’s foreign minister and prime minister-in-waiting has been free to operate without much attention or criticism. Yet, since taking office, he’s overseen some highly questionable diplomatic moves that harm critical Israeli national-security interests.
Oct. 12, 2021
Alex Traiman
The U.S. Consulate on Agron Street in Central Jerusalem on March 4, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Column
Will Bennett allow US to roll back recognition of Israel’s capital and redivide Jerusalem?
A push to reopen a shuttered consulate to the Palestinian Authority in Jerusalem is a first major foreign-policy test for Israel’s fragile coalition. Former Mayor Nir Barkat warns that Israel’s prime minister “must not allow a move that will divide Jerusalem, the capital of Israel forever and ever.”
Jul. 15, 2021
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid attend the first government meeting, at the Knesset on June 13, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Column
Can a Bennett-Lapid government rise to the challenges facing the Jewish state?
The new alliance has succeeded in its first mission of unseating Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. The public will see if it has the mettle, wisdom and skill to weather the obstacles ahead.
Jun. 13, 2021
Alex Traiman
U.S. President Donald Trump listens as U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman delivers remarks during the announcement of normalization of relations between Israel and Bahrain on Sept. 11, 2020, in the Oval Office of the White House. Credit: Tia Dufour/The White House.
Feature
Former Ambassador David Friedman: ‘Trump administration would have given Israel free reign to defend itself’
He tells JNS: “Opening another consulate or mission for Palestinians in Jerusalem would violate the Jerusalem Embassy Act.”
May. 27, 2021
Alex Traiman
Palestinian protests on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem on May 21, 2021. Photo by Jamal Awad/Flash90.
Column
10 takeaways from the latest conflict between Israel and Hamas
If sending Israelis in and out of bomb shelters for nearly two weeks is a victory for Palestinian factions, so be it. Israelis came out virtually unscathed. Yet many serious challenges lie ahead.
May. 24, 2021
Alex Traiman
Smoke rising from the Al-Jalaa tower in Gaza City after an Israeli airstrike, which according to the Israel Defense Forces housed Hamas intelligence and weaponry. Several media outlets also had offices in the building, including the Associated Press and Al Jazeera. May 15, 2021. Photo by Atia Mohammed/Flash90.
Column
AP, Al Jazeera and the mainstream media are tools in Hamas’s war against Israel
If Israel had targeted those outlets for their open and intentional support of its enemies—not simply hit the Hamas building in which they were housed—it may have been justified on those grounds alone.
May. 16, 2021
Alex Traiman
Police officers clash with protesters during a protest over tension in Jerusalem, in Ramle, on May 10, 2021. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Column
How old politics in Ramallah, Gaza, Jerusalem and Washington have set Israel ablaze
Israelis and Palestinians will suffer the consequences of shifting back to the failed policies of the past, likely descending into a new era of chaos instead of a hopeful time of opportunity.
May. 11, 2021
Alex Traiman
Knesset Member Yair Lapid and Education Minister Naftali Bennett in the Netiv Avot neighborhood in Gush Etzion, on July 23, 2017. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.
Column
Lapid and Bennett officially on the clock to end Netanyahu’s tenure
Naftali Bennett had explicitly pledged that he would not sit in any government with Yair Lapid, “not with a rotation and not without a rotation,” because he “is right while Lapid is left.” It is now clear that he was negotiating the terms of a rotation the entire time.
May. 6, 2021
Alex Traiman
Mount Meron, following a fatal crowd crush during the celebration of the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer, April 30, 2021. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.
Column
Who’s responsible for the Meron disaster?
No single factor is to blame. A perfect storm of elements simultaneously came together, exposing a system filled with flaws—many of them cultural in nature.
May. 2, 2021
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem on April 7, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Column
Netanyahu’s latest mandate is trial by fire
Despite the start of sensational trial, plus a parliament and media that want his tenure to end, Benjamin Netanyahu remains the strongest player in the field. And the mandate to form the next government is officially his.
Apr. 7, 2021
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters on election night at Likud Party headquarters in Jerusalem, March 23, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Column
In fourth consecutive campaign, Netanyahu secures largest-ever electoral lead
Israel’s longest-serving prime minister thanked Israel’s citizens, tweeting: “You gave a huge victory for the right and the Likud under my leadership.”
Mar. 23, 2021
Alex Traiman
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