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Fiamma Nirenstein

Fiamma Nirenstein

Fiamma Nirenstein is an Italian-Israeli journalist, author and senior research fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA). An adviser on antisemitism to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she served in the Italian Parliament (2008-2013) as vice president of the Foreign Affairs Committee. A founding member of the Friends of Israel Initiative, she has written 15 books, including October 7, Antisemitism and the War on the West, and is a leading voice on Israel, the Middle East, Europe and the fight against antisemitism.

Tehran’s attacks on Arab states and Western interests are accelerating a regional alignment against it that it hoped to prevent.
Israeli losses mark the painful cost of a war intended to dismantle the most dangerous regime in the region.
Sirens in Israel signal not panic but hope for a region no longer dominated by the Iranian regime’s imperial ambition.
Negotiations framed as diplomacy increasingly resemble preparations for confrontation.
Jerusalem continues its daily routine while preparing quietly for a possible confrontation with Iran.
As the diplomatic veil thins, the Middle East moves toward war.
Removing the controversial special rapporteur would not fix the world body—but it would show the institution still has a moral conscience.
As the world’s largest aircraft carrier sails to the Middle East, the European Union drifts toward division instead of Western unity.
In a moment of historic tension with Iran, the silence following the meeting at the White House can signal decisions of extraordinary weight.
When a United Nations official becomes a megaphone for Hamas, international law and morality are turned upside down.
The nuclear talks in Oman may revive, but the truth remains unchanged.
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, some Europeans crossed a red line by equating Israel’s war against Hamas with the Shoah.