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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.

Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
World News
Iran’s new president likely to usher in new era of defiance and hegemony
The nuclear issue, coupled with the incoming hardliner Ebrahim Raisi, tops the region’s concerns. The most pressing questing for Israel is what steps to take next.
Jun. 21, 2021
Israel Kasnett
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks after landing at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel on May 25, 2021. The secretary was greeted by Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and U.S. Embassy Jerusalem Chargé d'Affaires Jonathan Shrier. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.
Israel News
Former ambassador Oren: Biden administration’s re-entry to Iran deal ‘will lead to regional war’
On the heels of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s visit to the region, Mideast experts say America is misreading the situation in the West Bank and Gaza, and using smoke and mirrors as it works to appease Iran and placate Israel.
Jun. 1, 2021
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Students wear face masks and maintain social distancing at a classroom on the first day of school reopening at a Secondary School in Doha, Qatar. Credit: Noushad Thekkayil/Shutterstock.
Israel News
New Qatari school textbooks glorify Hamas, reject peace between Israel and Arab states
“Even if the rationales underpinning Qatar’s foreign policies are pragmatic and geostrategic in nature, generations of teaching such extreme sentiments have had some impact, somewhere, on the decision-making chain,” says David Roberts of King’s College London.
May. 28, 2021
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on May 25, 2021. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL
Israel News
Israel worried about US return to Iran nuclear deal as its influence in Washington fades
During their joint press conference in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had discussed the Iranian threat with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and expressed hope that the United States “will not go back to the old JCPOA.”
May. 25, 2021
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Some of the last rockets fired by Hamas in the Gaza Strip towards Israel before the start of a ceasefire on May 21, 2021. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.
Israel News
US appeasement of Iran, misconceptions over facts linger in wake of Israel-Gaza conflict
“The appeasement on the nuclear question leads to appeasement across the region,” said Michael Doran of the Hudson Institute. The Biden administration “cannot acknowledge the role Iran is playing in Gaza because if it does, it will be asked to leave the negotiating table in Vienna.”
May. 21, 2021
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U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in 2018. Credit: Lev Radin/Shutterstock.
Israel News
Former Secretary of State Pompeo blasts Biden team for ‘folly’ of appeasing Iran
The United States “has a deep and consistent interest” in doing its best to “take down this terror—this campaign against Israel, the ‘Little Satan’—that ultimately could grow into an Iranian campaign against the ‘Great Satan,’ the United States.”
May. 20, 2021
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Iraqi Jews Leaving for Palestine, Farhud
Feature
The Farhud pogrom: From Iraq to Israel
“The underlying instigator for the Farhud and for what we have seen this past week is raw anti-Semitism,” said former Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh.
May. 19, 2021
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Israeli army forces stationed near the border between Israel and Lebanon in the Golan Heights on July 27, 2020. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.
Israel News
Is Hamas trying to goad Israel into attacking Lebanon?
While touring with the Israel Defense Forces’ Northern Command in April, Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned Hezbollah that it will suffer “heavy consequences” if it takes any action.
May. 13, 2021
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Lod Riots, 2021
Israel News
‘Bloodthirsty’ Arab mobs wreak havoc across Israel, but experts believe they are a minority
Meir Elran at the Institute for National Security Studies says social and economic progress in the Arab community means Israeli Arabs are now “less conservative, more academic and even more well-to-do, despite the huge economic gaps between Jews and Arabs.”
May. 12, 2021
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U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office. Credit: White House/Flickr.
Israel News
If current Mideast violence is a test, some experts say Biden is failing
“American silence on Iran’s involvement in Gaza is shocking. They are so eager to sign another nuclear agreement that that they don’t want to antagonize Iran,” said Eytan Gilboa, an expert on U.S. policy in the Middle East at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan.
May. 12, 2021
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ICC
Antisemitism
Faith-based legislators lobby governments against ICC war-crimes probe of Israel
“We’re seeing incredible support from Eastern Europe, but some of the Western European countries have really taken a harsh stance,” said Josh Reinstein, head of the Israel Allies Foundation and the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus. “We’re not going to let the Jewish state be singled out.”
May. 6, 2021
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Omar Shakir of Human Rights Watch speaks during a press conference at a Jerusalem hotel ahead of his expulsion from Israel, Nov. 24, 2019. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Antisemitism
HRW crosses line with apartheid accusation against Israel
“In short, this report is tantamount to an anti-Semitic ‘blood libel’ against the Jewish state,” said Arsen Ostrovsky, an international human-rights lawyer and CEO of the International Legal Forum, of the 217-page 2021 Human Rights Watch report.
Apr. 30, 2021
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