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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.

A U.N. vote on Gaza collides with hard regional realities as Israel, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia weigh choices that will shape the Middle East’s future.
A fusion of woke ideology and Islamist activism has hollowed out Europe’s moral compass—and Jews are paying the price.
The U.N. special rapporteur’s claim that the Zionist movement is “the problem” because it created Israel collapses decades of history into a dishonest narrative.
The return of the fallen soldier marks both a moment of grief and a turning point in Israel’s long war against Hamas.
For European observers, in particular, the success of the Red-Green alliance in the New York City mayoral race should be a wake-up call.
Can Israel remain the strong, proud democracy it must be to survive when the war for its existence is fought not only on the battlefield but inside its own institutions?
A new survey reveals that the Oct. 7 massacre is still viewed by most Palestinians not as a tragedy, but as a triumph—proof that peace cannot exist without deep cultural and moral transformation.
A rally in Rome exemplifies what should be done everywhere: Whoever sees Jew-hatred must call it out, denounce it, and never get used to it.
After the terror group staged a macabre provocation, Jerusalem must respond firmly yet keep its eyes on the broader Trump peace plan.
A new US-Israel strategy is reshaping the Middle East in which Egypt is taking a leading role.
Visiting US officials have been dispatched not just to chart Gaza’s future, but to urge Israeli leaders to imagine a new kind of Middle East altogether.
The terror group’s manipulations and delays are designed to buy time, divide its enemies and derail Gaza’s path to peace.