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Gary Schiff

Gary Schiff is a Jerusalem-based resource consultant and guide connecting Israel and the United States.

While there have been significant and commendable strides made by the Israel Fire Service since the disastrous 2010 Carmel Fire, communities across the country are at greater risk than ever.
The next time P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas proposes canceling security cooperation with Israel, and hence the Oslo Accords, we should take him up on it.
Some in Israel’s environmentalist community have accused the organization of “altering the native landscapes” by planting trees, but the truth is far more complex.
If current trends continue, in two decades, the majority of the world’s Jews will be living in Israel.
It seems your staff lacks a sense of moral clarity. Maybe you need to hire different people?
How would former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin have responded to the Trump administration’s “deal of the century?”
JNS expert panel provided key insights into the Israeli political scene on the eve of the recent election, offering perspectives not found in U.S. coverage.
For economic, cultural and religious reasons, the Arabs and the Jews would be much better off to transition to different peace partners—namely, the individual cities of Judea and Samaria.
If there is any hope of peace, maybe Jewish religious leaders who understand Arab culture and having lived in Arab lands can converse in Arabic and make some progress.
We are funding the academic headquarters for anti-Israel incitement. This funding has to stop.
Moshe Lion, who beat Ofer Berkovitch in the election runoff, will be the first Sephardic mayor of Jerusalem. This alone is a cause for celebration.
If you’re going to persist in self identifying as a Jew—and be hated for whatever reason the anti-Semites can come up with this year—why not better understand what you are fighting for?