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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.

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, and members of his delegation, Tuesday, March 14, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. Photo by Shealah Craighead/White House.
Israel News
Trump administration’s Mideast proposal receives subtle support from Muslim nations
While some media outlets reported “muted” responses and even loud objections from the Arab world, the reality seems to be the opposite.
Jan. 31, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Trump, Netanyahu
Israel News
For first time in history, US plan for Mideast peace puts Israeli concerns at forefront
The plan sends a clear message to the Palestinians. “First, time is not on your side. Second, you used to have support, but now you do not have the same level,” said Professor Eytan Gilboa, director of the Center for International Communication at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan.
Jan. 29, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Vladimir Putin during a wreath laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow, May 9, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.
News
Russia’s displeasure with Israel simmers as Putin readies to visit for Yad Vashem event
His arrival, according to Micky Aharonson, a fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, “is a goal in itself. It is important for Putin to portray himself as anti-fascist and a fighter against anti-Semitism. This gives him credit in the international community. It is good for Putin.”
Jan. 20, 2020
Israel Kasnett
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman addresses the Kohelet Forum Conference at the Begin Heritage Center in Jerusalem on Jan. 8, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.
Feature
US and Israeli leaders announce major policy changes at Kohelet Policy Forum conference
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo opened the conference by announcing that the United States is “disavowing” the 1978 Hansell Memorandum, a State Department memo that claimed Israeli settlements violate international law.
Jan. 12, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas makes a statement as he attends the Revolutionary Council Meeting of Fatah Movement at the Palestinian Presidential Office in Ramallah on Dec. 18, 2019. Photo by Flash90.
Israel News
Elections remain elusive for Palestinians, as Abbas searches for pretexts to postpone them
While outsiders may want the Palestinian leadership to hold elections, according to a recent study by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research, half of Palestinians polled said they do not believe that elections would be free and fair.
Jan. 9, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Trump and Iran
U.S. News
Post-missile attacks, Iran takes an off-ramp as America aims for de-escalation
As some predicted, while Tehran sought revenge for the U.S. assassination of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, it retaliated in a calculated way so as not to provoke a U.S. response.
Jan. 8, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman, October 2018. Credit: Benjamin Netanyahu via Twitter.
Israel News
Should Israel sign non-aggression pacts with Arab countries?
The two main obstacles to moving ahead with such relations seem to be public opinion and the Palestinian conflict.
Dec. 26, 2019
Israel Kasnett
The International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
Israel intends to fight back against war-crimes probe by International Criminal Court
The ICC “ignores international law by inventing a Palestinian state that does not exist and creates a crime that no one in international law has ever been charged with before: the crime of people living in places,” said Eugene Kontorovich, a professor at George Mason Antonin Scalia Law School.
Dec. 23, 2019
Israel Kasnett
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, July 11, 2018. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Israel News
Moscow’s trouble with Israelis has a deeper meaning
The seven-year prison sentence for Israeli-American Naama Issachar as well as the recent questioning of dozens of Israeli travelers has brought the complex relationship between the two countries into the public eye.
Dec. 19, 2019
Israel Kasnett
The International Criminal Court, The Hague, Netherlands. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Antisemitism
International Criminal Court hints Palestinians may be guilty of war crimes over ‘pay for slay’
Law professor Eugene Kontorovich said for the first time, the ICC has raised a terror program as a possible war crime; still, that “should not whitewash or smokescreen their bias against Israel and the great unlikelihood that they will take any serious action against the Palestinians.”
Dec. 12, 2019
Israel Kasnett
U.S. President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo participate in a press conference in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Feb. 28, 2019. Credit: State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.
Israel News
Could a future US administration undo Trump’s new policy on Israeli settlements?
More than 100 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to U.S. Secretary Mike Pompeo, expressing “strong disagreement” with the State Department’s new policy and urged him to “reverse this policy decision immediately.”
Dec. 4, 2019
Israel Kasnett
Iraqi Jews leaving Lod Airport in Israel on their way to Ma'abarot transit camps, 1951. Source: Israel Government Press Office.
Jewish Life
New initiative seeks to remember ‘forgotten’ Jewish refugees from the Middle East
More than that, an effort is underway to recognize centuries of contributions of Jews in the Middle East and North Africa, and to foster relations for the future.
Dec. 2, 2019
Israel Kasnett
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