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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
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
Israel Kasnett
Blue and White Party Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh. Credit: Courtesy.
U.S. News
Michal Cotler-Wunsh: Jewish Agency can shift relationship paradigm with everyone at table
“There is a responsibility to include all voices and to reach out to those who may not be there currently, whether it’s an age or generational lack of involvement,” said the head of the Nefesh B’Nefesh Institute for Aliyah Policy and Strategy.
Oct. 15, 2021
Israel Kasnett
Knesset member Michael Oren attends the lobby for strengthening ties with the Jewish world at the Knesset, June 27, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
U.S. News
With American and Israeli Jews at ‘crisis point,’ Michael Oren sees Jewish Agency as solution
“We need to recalibrate the way we reach out to young American Jews. We need to reach them where they are on social media with a Zionist message they can understand,” said the former ambassador, one of eight candidates vying to be the next head of the Jewish Agency.
Oct. 13, 2021
Israel Kasnett
“The Crystal Wall of Crying,” an installation by sculptor Marina Abramovich at Babi Yar in Ukraine, is made of anthracite and rock quartz crystals that light up at night. Credit: Photographers Archive (The Gate).
Features
Babi Yar art installations aim to connect visitors with a forgotten past
Over the years, a number of attempts were, in fact, made to commemorate the victims—most of whom were Jewish, though thousands of Roma, mental patients, POWs, Soviet prisoners and Ukrainian dissidents were killed there as well by the Nazis.
Oct. 8, 2021
Israel Kasnett
A memorial at Babi Yar in Ukraine, the site of a September 1941 massacre carried out by German forces and Ukrainian collaborators during their campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. Credit: Meunierd/Shutterstock.
Features
Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center publishes 159 names of Nazi soldiers who murdered Jews one by one
“The majority of killers were German. We have a few names of Ukrainians, but they played secondary roles for the simple reason that the Germans wanted to steal the Jews’ belongings. A genocide is a killing, but it is also stealing,” said Father Patrick Desbois.
Oct. 7, 2021
Israel Kasnett
Planting trees at the Babi Yar memorial in Kyiv, Ukraine, for Tu B’Shevat and International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, 2021. Photo by Olga Zakrevskaya.
Antisemitism
At long last, Babi Yar victims to receive the respect they deserve
On the 80th anniversary of the mass genocide the Nazis and their collaborators committed against Ukrainian Jews, a memorial center being built on the site will tell the story of the 1941 atrocity.
Oct. 6, 2021
Israel Kasnett
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