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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.

Netflix’s new series “The Spy” does justice to the truly incredible story of Israel’s most famous secret agent.
If Italy truly wants to combat rising anti-Semitism, it needs to start by teaching the true history of Israel and removing the stigma that has been attached to the collective Jew.
Like a sheriff in a classic Western, U.S. President Donald Trump has drawn a line in the sand with his announcement of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s death.
The United States has left the Middle East numerous times under several American presidents. But it has consistently returned—for better or worse.
It will take hard work, attentiveness and a great deal more honesty, as well as less rhetoric, to seriously address the rising tide of hatred.
Benjamin Netanyahu is not a dictator; he is a bold leader who has been in power for 13 years. He has been around a long time, but he is “right-wing,” which to many has become akin to a mortal sin.
It’s time to ask: How does PD leader Nicola Zingaretti intend to deal with the anti-Israel, pro-Iran attitudes of his new coalition partner?
The people of Israel live in manner unimaginable for most Europeans or Americans. These people must be heroes every day.
To be openly gay in the Islamic world, you have to be a hero. Not least because no Western “anti-oppression” activists are going to come to your aid
It augurs well for Israel’s democracy that a right-wing gay man born to Moroccan parents in Beersheva can become justice minister.
The Jewish state showed the world how strong, organized and secure it is—and what it’s capable of in terms of unconventionality and vitality.
Anti-Semitism is a many-heads Hydra that doesn’t care at all about how awful the past has been. It’s alive and well now.