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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
French President Emmanuel Macron holding a press conference while visiting Beirut in September 2021. Source: Screenshot.
Israel News
France looks to restore influence in Lebanon, but Iran isn’t budging
President Emmanuel Macron has been trying to push through a roadmap outlining political and financial reforms he believes Lebanon needs to adopt to prevent the country from sinking further into crisis and economic despair.
Oct. 1, 2020
Israel Kasnett
Palestinian students on the first day of school in the city of Nablus/Shechem in the West Bank on Sept. 6, 2020. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90.
Features
Palestinians continue to incite terrorism and violence in school curriculum, says watchdog group
The main findings of the report show that the 2020-21 textbooks promote anti-Semitism, reject peace, and fail to discuss tolerance and coexistence.
Sep. 30, 2020
Israel Kasnett
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks about snapback sanctions on Iran, at the State Department in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 21, 2020. Credit: U.S. State Department Photo by Ron Przysucha.
World News
US points to Iranian belligerence as justification for sanctions snapback
The Trump administration, along with many foreign-policy experts and Mideast leaders, believes Tehran has not adhered to the letter of the nuclear deal, nor has it acted in good faith.
Sep. 24, 2020
Israel Kasnett
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
Israel Kasnett
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
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