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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 at Jerusalem's Western Wall on May 22, 2017. Credit: Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy in Israel.
Feature
Is there really such a divide between Jews in America and Israel?
Former Israeli consul general in New York Ido Aharoni discusses what’s on the minds of Israelis and Americans, and how those subjects meet in the middle—religiously, socially and politically.
Nov. 23, 2018
Israel Kasnett
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.
News
Impossible to promote peace when Palestinians are teaching hate
Until the Palestinian Authority ends youth incitement in textbooks, summer camps and in its general culture—and until European and other governments whose aid money funds such provocation do something about it—the cycle of anti-Israel, anti-Jewish violence will continue unabated, even while watchdog organizations monitor such actions.
Nov. 19, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Israel’s booth at the World Travel Market tourism fair in London. Photo by Israel Kasnett.
Feature
In record year of tourism, Israel shines among the nations at London tourism fair
The Israeli pavilion covered 400 square meters and was inspired by the campaigns of the Ministry of Tourism: “Two cities one break” (Tel Aviv and Jerusalem), and the “Always Sunny” campaign of the Negev and Eilat.
Nov. 18, 2018
Israel Kasnett
A man stands inside a house that was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon on Nov. 13, 2018. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90.
Israel News
Is the situation with Gaza ‘the problem from hell?’
Like everything in Israel, a thousand opinions revolve around what can be done about Gaza. Everyone has an idea, especially when Hamas attacks and the response appears muted.
Nov. 14, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Tourists take in the view of the Dome of the Rock and Temple Mount from the Mount of Olives platform overlooking the Old City of Jerusalem, on Oct. 11, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90.
Israel News
Old City cable car project expected to ‘change the face of Jerusalem’
An environmentally-friendly cable-car system will have a capacity of 3,000 passengers in each direction during peak time and will be connected to the mass transit system planned in Jerusalem.
Nov. 12, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a right-wing anti-establishment figure who has promised to upend the status quo in the country, including improving ties with Israel. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
Will Brazil’s president-elect deliver campaign promises on Israel?
The two nations have had relatively sturdy bilateral ties in the past, but now Brazil’s growing domestic needs may forced it to look beyond Middle East politics.
Nov. 2, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Sultan Qaboos bin Said in Oman, October 2018. Credit: Benjamin Netanyahu via Twitter.
World News
Like many emerging countries, Oman sees Israel as a partner in economic development
Oman began establishing preliminary ties with Israel following the Oslo peace process in the mid-1990s, which ended up being frozen during the Second Intifada. But now it needs Israeli help on the economic crisis there, which is worsening each year.
Nov. 1, 2018
Israel Kasnett
In center: Chemi Peres (second from left), Vice President of China Wang Qishan, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu at the Israel-China Joint Committee on Innovation Cooperation at the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation in Tel Aviv on Oct. 25, 2018. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.
Israel News
Dedication of Peres Center for Peace and Innovation spotlights Israel-China cooperation
A component of the Prime Minister’s Israeli Innovation Summit 2018—the first part of which was held at the Orient Hotel in Jerusalem—the dedication was held at the Tel Aviv Fairgrounds, with an introduction by … Shimon Peres?
Oct. 25, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Former United States President Bill Clinton, former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and former King Hussein of Jordan during the peace treaty in Aqaba, Jordan. Photo by Nati Shohat/Flash90
Israel News
Israeli and Jordanian experts downplay significance of peace-treaty changes
Nevertheless, the move by Jordan comes after tensions have exacerbated between the two countries over the past year or so.
Oct. 23, 2018
Israel Kasnett
U.S. Ambassador David Friedman speaks at an event held by the Judea Samaria Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JSCOCI) in the Israeli city of Ariel. Credit: U.S. Embassy in Israel.
Israel News
Rare event showcases potential of Israeli-Palestinian business cooperation
These types of partnerships help prove that the general Palestinian public does not stand behind the Palestinian Authority’s anti-normalization efforts.
Oct. 22, 2018
Israel Kasnett
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with King Salman. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
U.S. News
Israel remains cautious amid global fury at Saudi Arabia over journalist’s suspicious death
With an alleged human-rights violation in the public spotlight, the kingdom’s allies may now try to distance themselves from its leadership.
Oct. 17, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Federica Mogherini, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, at a meeting on the implementation of the Iran nuclear deal on Sept. 22, 2016 in New York. Credit: U.N. Photo/Amanda Voisard.
U.S. News
Europeans working hard to sabotage US sanctions on Iran
France, Germany and the United Kingdom—the three European partners to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal that have stuck with the accord—have vowed to continue efforts to thwart U.S. measures and preserve working economically with Tehran.
Oct. 16, 2018
Israel Kasnett
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