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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.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a video conference with European leaders to discuss international cooperation in dealing with the coronavirus, at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, on March 9, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Column
A tale of two Israeli leaders
With Blue and White MKs bucking the will of their party leader Benny Gantz by rejecting an alliance with anti-Zionist parties, the chances Benjamin Netanyahu will continue as Israel’s longest-serving prime minister have improved dramatically.
Mar. 10, 2020
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with the heads of the right-wing parties to discuss the results of Israel's March 2 elections. The Hebrew text on teh whiteboard reads "Zionist right: 58, Zionist left, 47." March 4, 2020. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Column
Netanyahu’s overwhelming victory and Gantz’s parliamentary putsch
Looking at the numbers emerging from Israel’s March 2 election, one has to wonder: How many votes does Netanyahu need to win by for the entire electorate to declare his victory?
Mar. 5, 2020
Alex Traiman
Head of the Blue White Party Benny Gantz with party members at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on election night, March 2 2020. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
Column
The undemocratic alliance bent on toppling Netanyahu
While the public has chosen to stand with Netanyahu even as he is about to face trial, the opposition is prepared to ignore the will of the public and twist democratic norms for their own machinations of power.
Mar. 4, 2020
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, address supporters on the night of the Israeli elections at Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv, March 2, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Column
Five takeaways from Netanyahu’s decisive third election victory
Once again, Israel’s overly vibrant hyper-democracy has proven by a definitive 20-mandate victory, that after 11 years at the helm it is only the voters that still want Netanyahu to be their leader.
Mar. 3, 2020
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a Likud Party event in Lod, Israel, on Feb. 11, 2020. Photo by Flash90.
Column
Netanyahu builds momentum in final days of third campaign
He has been demonstrating to his direct Likud supporters, as well as to members of his right-wing and religious party bloc, that after 11 years running he still wants the job more than ever.
Feb. 28, 2020
Alex Traiman
From left: Conference of Presidents CEO William Daroff, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, then-executive vice chairman Malcolm Hoenlein and then-chairman Arthur Stark speaking at the 2020 Conference of Presidents Summit in Jerusalem. Source: Conference of Presidents/X.
News
At Conference of Presidents’ summit in Jerusalem, leaders strive for consensus in era of polarized politics
New CEO William Daroff says the role of the organization is to ensure “that support for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship continues to stand above that partisan bickering.”
Feb. 19, 2020
Alex Traiman
Then-Blue and White Party leaders Yair Lapid (left) and Benny Gantz attend a faction meeting at the opening of the 22nd Knesset in Jerusalem, Oct. 3, 2019. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Column
Challengers Gantz and Lapid attack Netanyahu-Trump relationship
The Blue and White leaders are handicapping themselves before possibly entering office by violating any trust they may have hoped to build with the Trump administration.
Feb. 19, 2020
Alex Traiman
Executive vice president of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations Malcolm Hoenlein, Feb. 19, 2017. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Israel News
Conference of Presidents: Jewish mission to Saudi Arabia the result of ‘two decades of effort’
Much of the diplomacy takes place over time and under the radar, says Malcolm Hoenlein, longtime executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, “by building meaningful relationships across the board.”
Feb. 17, 2020
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem on Feb. 16, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Israel News
Netanyahu: Accumulation of power creates a new approach for Israel in the Middle East
Speaking to the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, the prime minister explained mechanics of the newly released “Peace to Prosperity” proposal, as well as changing relations between Israel and Muslim nations.
Feb. 16, 2020
Alex Traiman
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks during the Kohelet Forum Conference at the Begin Heritage Center, in Jerusalem, on Jan. 8, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Column
The deal within the ‘deal of the century’
While opponents of Trump’s peace plan have accused Israel’s premier of making a diplomatic blunder with the U.S. and failing to deliver on annexation, the two administrations have never been closer and delaying annexation until after Israel’s elections may actually play to Netanyahu’s advantage.
Feb. 10, 2020
Alex Traiman
Cathy Berx, the governor of the Antwerp Province in Belgium, as well as a legal scholar and university professor Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
For Antwerp leader Cathy Berx, Israel represents ‘the summary of humankind’
“Israelis tend to have a strong sense of what the challenges are throughout the world and finding very smart solutions to deal with them,” the governor of the Antwerp Province in Belgium told JNS.
Feb. 3, 2020
Alex Traiman
The Nobel Peace Prize laureates for 1994 in Oslo, Norway. From left: Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) chairman Yasser Arafat, Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Credit: Israeli GPO.
Column
‘Peace to Prosperity‘ plan shatters failed Oslo paradigm
With the U.S. peace plan, new realities are finally being acknowledged and the failed paradigm that has plagued the Israeli-Palestinian conflict for the past 27 years is finally being retired.
Jan. 29, 2020
Alex Traiman
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