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Amichai Stein

Amichai Stein

Amichai Stein is a journalist and commentator specializing in Israeli advocacy, global Jewish affairs, and Middle Eastern politics for JNS.org. A passionate advocate for Israel, he frequently appears on radio, television, and in print to provide insightful analysis and counter media bias. From 2017 to 2024, he served as a foreign affairs and diplomatic correspondent for KAN News, covering key international developments and Israel’s role on the global stage.

People react to the fall of Syrian regime in Umayyad Square on Dec. 8, 2024 in Damascus, Syria. Photo by Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images.
Analysis
Israeli ministers instructed to ‘go dark’ on Syria
“The intelligence services are facing a huge, unprecedented challenge.”
Dec. 9, 2024
Amichai Stein
The judges and guests of the International Criminal Court at the opening of the ICC judicial year on Jan. 18, 2019, in The Hague. Credit: International Criminal Court.
Israel News
Netanyahu, Gallant should turn themselves in, ICC spokesman tells JNS
Nov. 28, 2024
Amichai Stein
MK Dan Illouz heads the Knesset's Public Diplomacy Caucus. Credit: MK Illouz Team.
Israel News
Netanyahu bypassed unflinching opposition to truce inside Likud
Nov. 27, 2024
Amichai Stein
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi in New York, Sept. 26, 2018. Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO.
Israel News
In a Rafah op, Israel’s most pressing concern isn’t the US but Egypt
“There is a nightmare dream in Egypt: The fear that hundreds of thousands of Gazans will threaten to break through the Rafah Border Crossing into Egypt,” a senior lecturer at Bar-Ilan University told JNS.
Feb. 15, 2024
Amichai Stein
Then-Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen at the ministry in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Israel News
Former Israeli FM: Peace with Saudi Arabia is still possible
Eli Cohen told JNS, “One of our enemies’ reasons for launching the war was to prevent an agreement with Saudi Arabia, but the war produced the opposite result.”
Jan. 7, 2024
Amichai Stein
Israeli President Isaac Herzog receives the credentials of newly appointed U.K. Ambassador to Israel Simon Walters at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Sept. 19, 2023. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.
Israel News
UK ambassador to Israel: British Jews must feel safe
Ambassador Simon Walters speaks to JNS about the Israel-Hamas war, the humanitarian situation in Gaza, the Hezbollah and Houthi threats, and antisemitism in Britain.
Dec. 15, 2023
Amichai Stein
Rockets fired from Lebanon spark fires in the northern Israeli city of Kiryat Shmona, Nov. 2, 2023. Credit: Fire and Rescue Services.
Israel News
Kiryat Shmona mayor: ‘No one will return’ until Hezbollah is removed from border
Mayor Avihai Stern tells JNS, “We saw what happened in the south. We are not prepared to be abandoned.”
Dec. 3, 2023
Amichai Stein
MK Yitzhak Kroizer of the Otzma Yehudit Party in Jerusalem, Sept. 6, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
Religious Zionist parties in coalition split on hostage deal
Otzma Yehudit believes an agreement that does not involve crushing Hamas and the release of all the hostages is a mistake.
Nov. 23, 2023
Amichai Stein
European Union flags in front of the European Commission in Brussels. Credit: Symbiot/Shutterstock.
Israel News
Israeli ambassador: ‘EU is spearhead of support for Israel during war’
Ambassador Haim Regev tells JNS that support for Israel in the European Union is strong and that Israel is fighting to keep it that way.
Nov. 5, 2023
Amichai Stein
Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov gives a statement to the media at the Russian Consulate in Tel Aviv on March 3, 2022. Photo: Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90
Israel News
Russian ambassador says Israel should agree to immediate ceasefire
“The solution is to pressure both sides,” Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov told JNS.
Oct. 19, 2023
Amichai Stein
Israel Defense Minister Yoav Gallant welcomes U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin at Ben-Gurion International Airport on March 9, 2023. Photo by Ariel Hermoni/Israel Defense Ministry.
Israel News
Pentagon Spox: ‘Our message to Israel is that we stand with you’
Brig. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder told JNS, “Secretary Austin was clear that we are going to support Israel and that he directed the deployment of these assets to the region in order to bolster our regional deterrence efforts.”
Oct. 12, 2023
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