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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.

President Xi Jinping of China and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2016. Credit: Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
News
Is Saudi Arabia about to go nuclear with China’s help?
“Israel is right to be concerned,” said Saeed Ghasseminejad, a senior Iran and financial economics adviser at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, noting that the Saudis have reason to seek out Chinese companies. “The Middle East is full of unstable governments, radicalized societies, apocalyptic militants and messianic politicians.”
Sep. 21, 2020
Israel Kasnett
U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, participates in a signing ceremony with Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and Kosovo Prime Minister Avdullah Hoti in the Oval Office of the White House, on Sept. 4, 2020. Credit: Official White House Photo by D. Myles Cullen.
U.S. News
Will Kosovo and Serbia establish embassies in Jerusalem? Not if the EU has its way
The European Union looks like “an anti-peace body that is way behind the UAE, Bahrain and others who recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. It really makes the E.U. look foolish,” says Dan Diker, director of the Political Warfare Project at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs.
Sep. 16, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting in Ramallah on Aug. 18, 2020. Photo by Flash90.
Israel News
As Arab states pivot towards Israel, will the Palestinians again miss an opportunity?
“The Palestinians deserve someone better than the old guard,” said Michael Milstein, head of the Palestinian Studies Forum at the Moshe Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, as the more far-reaching, younger leaders in the Middle East progress in their thinking and actions.
Sep. 15, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Turkish Presidency via Twitter.
Israel News
Turkey’s bid to return to Ottoman-era glory endangers Israel and the region
The president is not only a leader with an Islamist ideology, but a realpolitik player. Turkey is in Iraq and Syria, and has a military base in Qatar and in Somalia. It is now busy in Libya.
Sep. 11, 2020
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Hotels on Tel Aviv’s coastline are seen from Jaffa on March 26, 2020. Photo by Gili Yaari/Flash90.
Culture and Society
Israel looks forward to hotel sector returning to previous peak levels
More than 300 industry-related professionals from 32 countries, including the United Arab Emirates, participated in an annual conference on Sept. 1 that focused on the future of the hotel industry in the Jewish state.
Sep. 10, 2020
Israel Kasnett
A total of 140 new arrivals from France landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Aug. 3, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi.
Jewish Life
Aliyah to Israel on the rise, despite COVID-19 and bureaucracy bottlenecks
“We are doing the best we can to help process everyone,” said Yael Katsman, vice president of public relations and communications at Nefesh B’Nefesh.
Sep. 9, 2020
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Israeli and United Arab Emirates flags on the side of a road in the city of Netanya, Aug. 16, 2020. Photo by Flash90.
Israel News
How to gauge the economic and political impacts of UAE deal
While the agreement has already borne fruit for Israel, some experts urge caution about overemphasizing the long-term benefits.
Sep. 8, 2020
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A Palestinian teacher lectures at the Salem School for Girls on the life of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat on the 12th anniversary of his death, in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Nov. 10, 2016. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Israel News
EU review of Palestinian textbooks is a tragedy of errors, says watchdog group
An independent review by IMPACT-se shows Palestinian textbooks contain an overwhelming amount of incitement to violence, terror, martyrdom, jihad and anti-Semitism.
Aug. 19, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Spanish UNIFIL peacekeepers leave U.N. Post 7-2 for an evening patrol in the vicinity of Blat in southern Lebanon, Oct. 1, 2019. Credit: Pasqual Gorriz/U.N.
Israel News
Headed for UN Security Council vote, will UNIFIL’s ineffective mandate change or end?
Growing claims that it has always been biased against Israel are prompting the re-evaluation of its effectiveness and even use.
Aug. 18, 2020
Israel Kasnett
AIPAC, Harris
U.S. News
What does Kamala Harris’s nomination for vice president mean for Israel?
While some experts view her as a mainstream choice to help “secure Israeli vital interests in Washington,” there is concern that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden potentially selecting Democratic progressives for other cabinet positions if elected.
Aug. 17, 2020
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Oman’s Sultan Qaboos in the Omani capital of Muscat, Oct. 26, 2018. Credit: GPO.
World News
Israel’s historic deal with the UAE could be just the beginning
“Since 2007, there has been a steady drumbeat of a message that Israel is improving its relations with moderate Arab countries,” said Josh Krasna of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategic Studies and the Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Aug. 13, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (left) and head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi near the Bushehr nuclear plant, on Jan. 13, 2015. Credit: Hossein Heidarpour via Wikimedia Commons.
World News
Is Iran being hit by sabotage?
Officials are not yet willing to talk about a series of explosions and fires at power plants across the country “because they’re still looking for the culprit(s) and figuring out how to respond,” said Farzin Nadimi, an associate fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Aug. 10, 2020
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