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Israel Kasnett

Israel Kasnett

Israel Kasnett, editor at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, offers expert analysis on Israeli politics, society and regional developments at JNS.org. With a deep understanding of the region, he delivers insightful commentary that challenges media bias and provides a clear perspective on Israel.

Then-Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Oct. 22, 2021. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
World News
Russia’s chess game against Ukraine places Israel in awkward position
President Vladimir Putin’s bluffing “is extremely dangerous,” warns Dima Course, a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at Ariel University. “Every provocation from any side, every mistake on the ground, can provoke a major clash with unpredictable consequences.”
Dec. 20, 2021
Israel Kasnett
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Photo by Gil Corzo/Shutterstock.
Israel News
Former Mossad director: China ‘the only country’ that can bring about agreement in Vienna
Carice Witte, founder and executive director at SIGNAL, adds: “Considering America’s growing concerns about technology and critical infrastructure, contrasted with Jerusalem’s need to carry out massive infrastructure projects over the next decade, now may be the time for Israel to develop a strategy for managing relations with Beijing.”
Dec. 16, 2021
Israel Kasnett
The Brodsky synagogue in Kyiv, Ukraine. Credit: Mykhailo Koifman/Shutterstock.
Israel News
Third annual Kyiv Jewish Forum expected to reach half a million viewers worldwide
“Jews and Ukrainians are united by more than a thousand-year history, and this history has a lot to teach us about the challenges we face today,” said president of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Boris Lozhkin, specifically noting anti-Semitism and the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dec. 13, 2021
Israel Kasnett
Expo 2020 Dubai sign at Dubai International Airport, United Arab Emirates. Credit: Skv282 via Wikimedia Commons.
Jewish Life
Jewish community in UAE hosting thousands for Hanukkah holiday
“The volume of events taking place speaks to the tremendous growth we have seen over the past year,” said Rabbi Yehuda Sarna.
Dec. 3, 2021
Israel Kasnett
Former Israeli National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror (right) along with former Mossad head Tamir Pardo and former IDF intelligence chief Amos Yadlin speaking at a panel discussion at Reichman University in Herzliya during the Institute for Policy and Strategy’s “Security and Policy” conference. Source: Screenshot.
World News
‘The world won’t lift a finger’ against Iran, former Israeli national security official says
Speaking at the Institute for Policy and Strategy Conference, former National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror insisted Israel must develop the capability to destroy Iran’s military nuclear program on its own.
Nov. 24, 2021
Israel Kasnett
Eve Kugler exploring her childhood home at Reilstraße 18 in Halle, Germany. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
A Holocaust survivor’s visit to her childhood home transports her to the past
Ahead of the 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, Eve Kugler, 90, visited her hometown of Halle, Germany, and recalls the horrifying period that led to her family fleeing for their lives.
Nov. 9, 2021
Israel Kasnett
An artist depiction of the Shoah Wall of Names Memorial to be located in Ostarrichi Park in the center of Vienna. Credit: Shoah Wall of Names.
Antisemitism
On 83rd anniversary of Kristallnacht, Austria dedicates new memorial to murdered Jews
“With this wall, we pull their names and their history out of oblivion. We give them back their identity, their individuality and with that part of their humanity. And they once again have a place in their homeland,” said Austrian Chancellor, Alexander Schallenberg, noting “it is all the more our task to actively protect Jewish life in Austria and Europe, and to speak out against any form of anti-Semitism without any ifs or buts.”
Nov. 9, 2021
Israel Kasnett
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at an event at the Knesset celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Abraham Accords, Oct. 11, 2021. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
Israel stands by decision to link NGOs to terror, as international community demands evidence
The United States and Europe apparently believe that Israel is criminalizing Palestinian civil society and undermining the Palestinian “struggle for freedom.”
Nov. 2, 2021
Israel Kasnett
Holocaust survivors at the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as part of the March of the Living UK (from left) Harry (Chaim) Olmer, Mala Tribich, Eve Kugler and Alfred Garwood, October 2021. Photo by Sam Churchill.
Antisemitism
March of the Living UK focuses on nuance as it brings delegation to Germany for first time
Four Holocaust survivors and about 80 participants—Jews and non-Jews, aged 19 to 90—visited Berlin, Wannsee, Ravensbrück and Bergen-Belsen, the latter to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the liberation by British forces.
Nov. 2, 2021
Israel Kasnett
The United Arab Emirates’ Khalifa Empowerment Program, known as Aqdar, has launched an initiative with the Israeli Emirates Leadership Program (ILEP) as part of the annual “Aqdar World Summit." Credit: Courtesy.
Israel News
UAE, Israeli experts hold workshops on leadership development, best practices
Aqdar is an international program that seeks “to unify domestic and international efforts to build national cadres that are conscious, self-immunized and able to respond to future challenges.”
Oct. 27, 2021
Israel Kasnett
The U.S. Consulate on Agron Street in Central Jerusalem on March 4, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
Will US deny Israel sovereignty over Jerusalem by reopening consulate for Palestinians?
The Biden administration’s plan would divide the united capital of Jerusalem and push any chance for peace with the Palestinians farther away, as well as break diplomatic norms, violate U.S. law and damage America’s special relationship with Israel.
Oct. 22, 2021
Israel Kasnett
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a press availability with Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 13, 2021. Credit: U.S. State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.
U.S. News
US reassurances of weighing ‘other options’ on Iran start to ring hollow
“One great fear of the current impasse is rather than revert to pressure, the Biden administration will define ‘other options’ as settling for even less than the JCPOA in a bid to try to cap the nuclear program, which has expanded far beyond the JCPOA’s limits,” said Behnam Ben Taleblu, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Oct. 18, 2021
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