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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
Hebron
Israel News
New housing permits in Hebron expected to bolster Jewish presence in city
Local Jewish leaders commend the move to permit the first new housing since 2002, which they hope will attract young couples to the city, while an anti-settlement NGO argues that permits are illegal. A court hearing is scheduled for Jan. 31.
Nov. 9, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, March 2016. Credit: U.S. Embassy via Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
What the next US administration could mean for Israel and the Middle East
While the election results still remain unclear, observers have questioned whether a potential Biden administration could treat Israel with some level of hostility that was especially seen during the last few months of the Obama administration.
Nov. 5, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Khartoum, Sudan
Israel News
How normalization with Israel represents a welcome boost for Sudan (and vice versa)
Khartoum could gain economic development and water technology, while Jerusalem can see more security on the North African front.
Nov. 3, 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.
Israel News
Palestinian narrative of victimization ‘coming to an end’
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said the Palestinians “have been indulged by the Arab world, by the European Union. People have made excuses for their malign activity for generations.”
Oct. 28, 2020
Israel Kasnett
A view of the digital conference: “The Abraham Accords: Towards a New Middle East?” The two-day virtual symposium was held on Oct. 21-22 hosted by the Kohelet Policy Forum, Shiloh Forum and Israel Hayom. Source: Screenshot.
Israel News
Digital conference: Gulf Arabs emphasize rapprochement with Israel, disappointment with Palestinians
Kohelet Policy Forum chairman Moshe Koppel said, “After the colossal failures of trying to strike peace through unilateral concessions, we have changed course. The conference seeks to present a new approach with all it implies. Advancing the new Middle East runs through cooperation—not capitulation.”
Oct. 26, 2020
Israel Kasnett
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 14, 2020. Credit: Ron Przysucha/U.S. State Department via Flickr.
Israel News
With UAE and Bahrain ties with Israel on full throttle, will Sudan and Saudi Arabia join the party?
For its own internal and external reason, the Saudis appear hesitant to make any bold moves, seeing the establishment of a Palestinian state as the basis for discussion.
Oct. 21, 2020
Israel Kasnett
The Tel Aviv municipality on Rabin Square is lit up with the Lebanese flag on Aug. 5, in solidarity with the civilians killed in multiple explosions in Beirut the day before, on Aug. 5, 2020. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.
Israel News
Could Lebanon’s first negotiations with Israel in decades lead to normalization?
“It might be a first sign for peace that could maybe happen in the future,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week. But he warned that “there will be no peace with Lebanon as long as Hezbollah is in control of it.”
Oct. 16, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Police and rescue personnel work at the scene of a Palestinian suicide bombing on a bus in Haifa on March 5, 2003. Photo by Ronen Lidor/Flash90.
Israel News
What has (and has not) changed in the 20 years since the Second Intifada
The Palestinian leadership has since lost support in a number of crucial circles, most of all in the larger Arab and Muslim world; as such, some voices have been heard calling for the resignation of Mahmoud Abbas, and others have been heard supporting Hamas.
Oct. 6, 2020
Israel Kasnett
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