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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
Dore Gold, president of the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs (JCPA) and Israel’s former ambassador to the United Nations. Source: Screenshot.
World News
Former ambassador Gold: World powers must work to prevent Iran’s quest for hegemony
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs President Dore Gold says that besides the Iranian nuclear threat, the more probable danger comes from its proxies in the region.
Jun. 29, 2021
Israel Kasnett
A poster for the Center for Islam & Global Affairs (CIGA) second international conference on Palestine. Source: Facebook.
Antisemitism
American professors, NGOs participate in Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated conference
“What’s coming out of official university channels—through faculty emails, official departmental statements and departmentally sponsored events like this one—is wholly inappropriate and incredibly dangerous for our students,” said Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, director of the AMCHA Initiative.
Jun. 25, 2021
Israel Kasnett
U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva. Credit: Peter Stein/Shutterstock.
Israel News
Israel gives China a little taste of its own medicine at UN
“Out of pragmatic considerations, Israel has learned to accept China’s contradictory policy over time,” said Tuvia Gering, an analyst at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security. “In other, more private forums, China and Israel can enjoy each other’s company.”
Jun. 25, 2021
Israel Kasnett
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
Israel Kasnett
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
Israel Kasnett
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
Israel Kasnett
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
Israel Kasnett
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