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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.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaking at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
Ambassador Friedman: Hamas breaching the Gaza border a ‘suicide bomb on a large scale’
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman met with leaders of the White House Faith Counsel Initiative the day after the celebratory opening of the new American embassy in Jerusalem.
May. 15, 2018
Alex Traiman
Thousands of Palestinians protest by the border fence, as seen from the Israeli side, on the same day that the new U.S. embassy opened in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Photo by Flash90.
Israel News
Former IDF commander: Hamas are ‘gangsters holding 2 million Palestinians as hostages’
“Billions of dollars [have been] invested in the Gaza Strip. [The] result is all this money goes to Hamas leaders, rockets and to tunnels instead of creating greenhouses and factories,” said former IDF Southern Commander Maj. Gen. Yoav Galant.
May. 14, 2018
Sean Savage, Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and then Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman at a meeting of the Likud-Beiteinu faction in the Knesset on March 11, 2014.
U.S. News
Waiver clause threatens integrity of Israeli equivalent to America’s Taylor Force Act
“We managed to get Taylor Force passed without any type of waiver whatsoever, which was a difficult and noteworthy accomplishment,” said Sander Gerber, a New York-based hedge fund executive who was a strong proponent of the Taylor Force Act. “Any Israeli equivalent of the law should also be passed without a waiver.”
May. 14, 2018
Alex Traiman
U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on April 24, 2018. Credit: White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.
World News
Exiting Iran deal, Trump signals: ‘America resumes regional leadership’
David Wurmser, adviser to former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and John Bolton, says by reversing the previous policy, the United States has “accepted the responsibility again of ensuring that American interests will drive policy, and that while our alliances are appreciated, they are to be understood in the context of interests, not instead of them.”
May. 9, 2018
Alex Traiman
Jerusalem's Old City as seen from the Mount of Olives on April 30, 2018. Credit: Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Column
Jerusalem is rising as Israel’s enemies falter
In just a few days, Washington will move its embassy to the Jewish state’s capital. At the same time, Palestinian leadership is showing signs of collapse, and Iran is struggling from internal unrest and a failing economy, topped off by America’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal.
May. 9, 2018
Alex Traiman
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu exposes files smuggled out of Iran which Israel claims detail the Islamic Republic's illicit military nuclear program, April 30, 2018. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.
Israel News
Does it matter whether Iran actually violated the terms of the JCPOA?
Mideast analyst David Wurmser discusses flaws in the deal, the lack of a full “reveal” and why he says it was never a treaty, but “an agreement among a policy community discredited by their willful suspension of sobriety and reality.”
May. 3, 2018
Alex Traiman
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with members of the Central Committee in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Jan. 14, 2018. Credit: Photo by Flash90.
Israel News
Will Israel pass a law to offset ‘pay-to-slay’ stipends to jailed Palestinian terrorists?
While America was able to pass its version of the Taylor Force Act as part of an omnibus spending bill, the Israeli bills to offset terror payments have stalled for months, highlighting key differences between the U.S. foreign-aid payments and Israeli tax-revenue transfers.
May. 2, 2018
Alex Traiman
Haredi men take part in the celebration of the Jewish holiday of Lag B’Omer on Mount Meron in northern Israel. May 7, 2015. Credit: Meir Vaknin/Flash90
Feature
In Israel, Lag B’Omer leads to Meron
An estimated 250,000 men, women and children are expected to travel to gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in the small northern village in the Upper Galilee over a two- to three-day period starting on Wednesday.
Apr. 30, 2018
Alex Traiman
Hollywood actress Natalie Portman and Israeli actor Gilad Kahana seen in Jerusalem's Nachlaot neighborhood, filming a movie based on Israeli author Amos Oz's book, “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” February 2014. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash 90.
Opinion
And the award for best performance goes to . . . Natalie Portman
The problem with the mantra about supporting Israel while simultaneously criticizing it is that the right to disparage often does more damage to the critic than to the receiving party.
Apr. 22, 2018
Alex Traiman
U.S. President Bill Clinton greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York on Nov. 8, 2010. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO/Flash 90.
Israel News
Bill Clinton admits quiet campaign against Netanyahu during the 1996 election
Despite Clinton’s under-the-radar efforts, Netanyahu defeated Peres in a narrow upset, in what was seen by many as a rejection of the Oslo peace process.
Apr. 4, 2018
Alex Traiman
Israeli Minister of Housing and Construction Yoav Galant at the 15th annual Jerusalem conference of the “Besheva” group, Feb. 12, 2018. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Israel News
Israeli Security Cabinet member warns about future of Iranian aggression in the Mideast
“Iranians are using the so-called vacuum that was created in the Middle East because of the collapse of regimes, and they are trying to create a Shiite arc from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea,” Galant said at an event prepared by the Israel Project in Jerusalem.
Mar. 27, 2018
Alex Traiman
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during a visit with the organization Elders at a checkpoint near the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah on Aug. 27, 2009. .Credit: Mohamar Awad/Flash90.
Culture and Society
Upcoming address by Jimmy Carter at Liberty U. raises concern among Christian Israel supporters
They are troubled by his anti-Semitic and anti-Israel rhetoric, and wonder what kind of message that sends, especially to the younger crowd.
Mar. 22, 2018
Alex Traiman
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