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David Isaac

David Isaac

Explore Senior Israel Correspondent David Isaac’s expert analysis on Jewish history, politics, and current events at JNS.

“A whole worldview led the chief of the Shin Bet to interpret accumulating signs of the gathering storm exactly backwards.”
The Hamas attack serves as a warning of what’s in store should Israel permit the establishment of a Palestinian State in Israel’s biblical heartland.
“We live in a sort of anarchy. We pretend we have an executive branch and a parliament.”
“Our polling data, now and in the past, has consistently illustrated how the U.S.-Israel relationship is ingrained in the fabric of Americans.”
The Israeli secret service director, whose firing was blocked by the Supreme Court, has accused the prime minister of making illegal requests of him.
The emirate considers the video “a dangerous provocation that could significantly escalate violence in the region.”
The attacks follow strikes late last week aimed at destroying the Houthi-controlled Ras Isa fuel port.
The U.S. president’s decision came “after months of internal debate” about whether to pursue a military or diplomatic option.
Zionist and nationalist values have been erased from the curriculum, conference participants warn.
The Prime Minister’s Office characterized the organizers of the open letter as “a marginal and extremist group” seeking to “break Israeli society from within.”
If Iran doesn’t agree to dismantle its nuclear program, the U.S. will “absolutely” turn to a military option, the president said.
There are “plenty” of countries willing to take in Gazans, said the U.S. president.