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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.

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
World News
Turkey’s regional ambitions and the strategic challenge for Israel
Turkey’s regional ambitions and the strategic challenge for Israel.
Mar. 18, 2026
Israel Kasnett
Natanz Nuclear Facility, Iran
Analysis
Where is Iran’s enriched uranium now?
Mar. 15, 2026
Israel Kasnett
Israeli Air Force F-16 fighter jets during “Operation Roaring Lion” against Iran, March 2026. Credit: Israel Defense Forces.
Analysis
UN Watch: Strikes on Iran are self-defense, not illegal war
Mar. 11, 2026
Israel Kasnett
Syrian President Bashar Assad. Credit: Photowalking/Shutterstock.
World News
After Assad visit, UAE could play role mediating between Syria and Israel
Jonathan Spyer, a researcher at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, said it’s “the latest episode in the effort to rehabilitate the Syrian president and return him to legitimacy in the Arab world and internationally.”
Mar. 24, 2022
Israel Kasnett
Secretary-General of Amnesty International Agnès Callamard attends a press conference in eastern Jerusalem on Feb. 1, 2022. Photo by Flash90.
World News
NGO Monitor report debunks Israel apartheid claims, places Amnesty International ‘on the defensive’
“Our report is for legal professionals, academics, practitioners and government officials, but it is also for those who are looking for answers to the false and often malicious charges by NGO and U.N. Rapporteurs who grossly misrepresent the Arab-Israeli conflict, the legal basis for Israel as a Jewish state, and the nature of [its] democracy and legal system,” said Anne Herzberg of NGO Monitor.
Mar. 22, 2022
Israel Kasnett
U.S. President Joe Biden. Credit: POTUS/Twitter.
U.S. News
US prepares to sign major appeasement deal with Iran
“It almost looks as if the United States is content with enabling the worst elements of the regime to enrich and to continue their crimes against humanity,” said Jonathan Schanzer, senior vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.
Mar. 21, 2022
Israel Kasnett
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides arrives to present his credentials at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, Dec. 5, 2021. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Israel News
US ambassador to Israel calls settlement growth ‘infuriating,’ backs a divided Jerusalem
Speaking to a webinar hosted by the American for Peace Now, Thomas Nides further says “we can’t do stupid things that impede us for a two-state solution.”
Mar. 17, 2022
Israel Kasnett
The flags of Ukraine and Russia screened on the walls of Jerusalem's Old City on March 13, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
World News
Ukraine’s battle for survival offers multiple lessons for Israel
The Jewish state is learning that it “can no longer sit on the fence as the world is increasingly being divided between democracies and autocracies,” said Emmanuel Navon, also an analyst at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.
Mar. 16, 2022
Israel Kasnett
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Turkey on March 9, 2022. Source: Isaac Herzog/Twitter.
News
Herzog’s meeting with Erdoğan represents a step towards Israel-Turkey normalization
Israeli President Isaac Herzog reportedly agreed to establish a mechanism with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to avoid future diplomatic disputes between Israel and Turkey.
Mar. 10, 2022
Israel Kasnett
Then-Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Oct. 22, 2021. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Israel News
Russian war on Ukraine places Israel in delicate position
“The more the U.S. is seen as unable or unwilling to act under such circumstances, the more will be said about whether Jerusalem can depend on Washington’s strength and credibility in the future,” said Yonatan Freeman, an international-relations expert at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Mar. 7, 2022
Israel Kasnett
Negotiations in Vienna between Iran and the P5+1 (U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China and Germany) along with the European Union. Feb. 11, 2022. Source: E.U. delegation in Vienna/Twitter.
World News
Israel fears Western appeasement of Russia emboldens Iran
Why is the United States—Israel’s “greatest ally”—so obsessed with a nuclear deal if it is not effective, cannot be monitored, and will ultimately hurt Israel and others in the region?
Feb. 28, 2022
Israel Kasnett
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