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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.

Ben-Gurion Airport, Dec. 22, 2021. Credit: Flash90.
U.S. News
Israel enters US Visa Waiver Program
“This decision shows the strong ties between the two countries,” said acting U.S. Ambassador to Jerusalem Stephanie Hallett.
Sep. 27, 2023
Amichai Stein
Gilad Erdan
Feature
Israel’s UN envoy to JNS: Palestinian issue won’t be resolved anytime soon
There’s an understanding the Palestinians are an obstacle to peace, Gilad Erdan says.
Sep. 20, 2023
Amichai Stein
MK Simcha Rothman during the hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on the "reasonableness law," Sept. 12, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
Rothman: High Court ‘does not respect the judgment of the public’
My aim is to convince the judges that the Knesset should make the laws, MK Simcha Rothman said.
Sep. 14, 2023
Amichai Stein
NATO Deputy Secretary-General Mircea Geoană meets with then-Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman in Washington, May 10, 2022. Photo by Ron Przysucha/State Department via Wikimedia Commons.
Analysis
NATO steps up its posture on the threat from Iran to Europe and the Mideast
The Western alliance’s No. 2. Mircea Geoană, speaks with JNS about the partnership with Israel and the Ukraine war.
Sep. 11, 2023
Amichai Stein
View of the Israeli Leviathan natural gas field's gas processing rig near the Israeli city of Caesarea on Jan. 31, 2019. Photo: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL/Flash90
Israel News
Netanyahu’s visit to Cyprus raises natural-gas issue
“We discussed several options for cooperation in the field of natural gas. Our two countries were lucky and we discovered gas reserves,” Netanyahu said after his meeting with Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides.
Sep. 5, 2023
Amichai Stein
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen at the ministry in Jerusalem, June 12, 2023. Photo by Yossi Aloni/Flash90.
Israel News
For the moment, the Israel-Libya diplomatic channel is dead
Jalel Harchaoui of the Royal United Services Institute said, “Now the issue of normalization will be radioactive at least for the next few years.”
Aug. 29, 2023
Amichai Stein
German Ambassador to Israel Steffen Seibert. Photo: Re: Publica via Wikimedia Commons
Feature
German ambassador to Israel praises new Arrow 3 sale
“The idea is to integrate the system into European air defense, so Arrow 3 will also protect neighboring European countries,” Steffen Seibert tells JNS.
Aug. 24, 2023
Amichai Stein
Saudi blogger Mahmoud Saud meets with Israeli Agriculture Minister Avi Dichter (left), then chairman of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, July 22, 2019. Credit: Israeli Knesset.
Analysis
The Democratic Party and Riyadh’s normalization demands
A Saudi civilian nuclear program is particularly unpopular.
Aug. 20, 2023
Amichai Stein
Then-President Barack Obama delivers a health-care address to a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 9, 2009. Photo by Lawrence Jackson/White House.
Israel News
Democratic lawmakers say ties with Israel will survive
“I don’t think that the issue of judicial reform will undermine the relationship,” said Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio).
Aug. 9, 2023
Amichai Stein
The funeral of Simcha Damri, one of three Israelis who was killed in a March 19, 2016, suicide bombing in Istanbul, March 21, 2016. Credit: Flash90.
Israel News
Israelis and the international terror threat
“Most Israelis need to smell the danger and feel it in order to understand that they are in danger.”
Aug. 3, 2023
Amichai Stein
Ariel Sharon
Feature
The health of an Israeli prime minister
Unless the Knesset mandates transparency, prime ministers will continue to play things close to the vest because the public likes a strong leader.
Jul. 27, 2023
Amichai Stein
Biden, Netanyahu
Feature
Will Biden actually meet with Netanyahu?
Should we mark our calendars, or was this merely the vaguest possible way the White House could have talked about a meeting, without actually committing to one?
Jul. 18, 2023
Amichai Stein
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