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David Isaac

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

“These are people that have been really, really, horribly treated. I’ve never seen anything like it,” the U.S. president said.
If talks fail, “Iran would be in great danger,” Donald Trump said.
The Israeli prime minister said the agreement Jerusalem and Washington reach will be looked at as a model by other countries now seeking to negotiate new trade deals with the Trump administration.
Israel is looking for partners to build out its weapons manufacture infrastructure.
Donald Trump in February made clear his policy preference—removing as many as possible from the Gaza Strip, which has become unlivable.
During Netanyahu’s visit, a senior Hungarian Cabinet minister announced that Budapest would be withdrawing from the International Criminal Court.
The left sees its grip on the Israel Security Agency and the Attorney General’s Office as being at risk.
The old policy prescriptions for Gaza failed and Trump’s ideas have sparked “a lively discussion,” the U.S. envoy said.
“We know and have experience that very often laws that are enacted in the Knesset are not necessarily applied,” MK Dan Illouz told JNS.
“Florida is the place where antisemitic discrimination and boycotts of Israel go to die,” said Hillary Cassel, a state representative.
“A Palestinian who harms an IDF soldier or a settler in the apartheid territories is not a terrorist. And it’s not a terror attack. He is a hero who struggles against an oppressor for justice, liberation and freedom,” wrote Orthodox Jewish journalist Israel Frey.
Amihood Amir, chairman of Professors for a Strong Israel, said the claim that firing the Attorney General is a threat to democracy is “ridiculous.”