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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.

Then-Vice President Joe Biden meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in March 2016. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.
Column
The changing of the guard in US-Israel relations
As U.S.-Israel relations gear up for a great reset, the Obama administration’s parting shot may be the starting point for the Biden administration.
Jan. 20, 2021
Alex Traiman
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.
Column
Trump’s lasting legacy will be the Abraham Accords
The U.S. president’s policies towards Israel and the greater Middle East may well withstand the tests of history.
Jan. 12, 2021
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his ballot at a voting station in Jerusalem on March 2, 2020. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.
Column
Could a fourth election lead to Israel’s largest-ever right-wing government?
Just as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu crushed the Blue and White alliance that challenged him less than a year ago, he has similarly demolished the country’s greater left-wing camp.
Dec. 24, 2020
Alex Traiman
From left: Hillel Neuer, Arsen Ostrovsky, former Knesset member Dov Lipman, Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh, Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, Avi Mayer, Michael Dickson, Alex Traiman, Yosef Haddad in Jerusalem, Nov. 24, 2020.
Feature
JNS ‘top 40’ global advocates for Israel online assemble for Knesset panel
The network is on the frontlines of a multidimensional battlefield to fight delegitimization, misinformation, boycotts, legal challenges, propaganda and classic anti-Semitism.
Nov. 24, 2020
Alex Traiman
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and JNS Jerusalem bureau chief Alex Traiman at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem on Nov. 20, 2020. Photo by Ronny Przysucha/U.S. Department of State.
Feature
Pompeo to JNS: Abraham Accords are in ‘best interest of sovereign nations’
“You can see nations coming to understand that the Palestinians have rejected reasonable offers to negotiate time and time again. The leadership has simply failed its own people,” says U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
Nov. 20, 2020
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman light Hanukkah candles at the Western Wall on December 22, 2019. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.
Feature
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman: Mideast is ‘exploding with good opportunities’
“We’ve done more for the cause of peace within this region than any administration in the history of the United States. And, I think those opposing us just are not seeing the situation clearly,” America’s envoy to the Jewish state tells JNS in a wide-ranging interview.
Nov. 1, 2020
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a press conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on March 12, 2020. Photo by Alex Kolomoisky/POOL.
Israel News
Netanyahu: ‘I can only hope current US policy will continue in coming years’
The Trump administration has “isolated Iran ... recognized Jerusalem as Israel’s capital ... Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights [and] extended ... cooperations to Judea and Samaria,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Nov. 1, 2020
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivering remarks at Ariel University, along with U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.
Column
With bilateral agreements, Trump administration reverses Carter, Obama settlement policies
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the signing “an important victory against all those who seek to delegitimize everything Israeli beyond the 1967 lines.”
Oct. 28, 2020
Alex Traiman
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.
Column
Abraham’s seeds of peace were planted long ago; now they’re bearing fruit
“We are witnessing the fruits of the Netanyahu Doctrine … and this is only the beginning,” the Israeli prime minister’s strategic adviser, Aaron Klein, tells JNS in an exclusive interview.
Oct. 21, 2020
Alex Traiman
Yamina leader Naftali Bennett speaks during a plenary session at the Knesset in Jerusalem on Aug. 24, 2020. Photo by Oren Ben Hakoon/POOL.
Column
Is a ‘New Right’ ascending in Israel?
The sudden popularity of Naftali Bennett and the strengthening of Israel’s right-wing in recent polls could alter the face of Israeli politics for years to come.
Oct. 19, 2020
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the press regarding the extension of Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and its Jewish settlements, Sept. 10, 2019. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Column
The great myth of Israeli annexation, Part II: De facto sovereignty
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not make good on a repeated campaign promise to formally apply Israel’s sovereignty to contested lands. Yet the Arab world’s recognition of de facto Jewish sovereignty represents a major diplomatic achievement.
Oct. 12, 2020
Alex Traiman
Abraham Accords
Column
Abraham Accords are a paradigm shift of biblical proportions
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s strategic adviser Aaron Klein tells JNS: “It’s clear the Mideast peace train has left the station, and we are ushering in a new era of peace between Israel and the other children of Abraham.”
Sept. 15, 2020
Alex Traiman
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