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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
U.S. President Donald Trump, joined by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and administration officials, signs a proclamation formally recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, on March 25, 2019, at the White House. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.
Israel News
US recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over Golan ‘sends direct message to Arab world’
“[U.S. President Donald] Trump’s move is important in that it teaches a lesson to Arab leaders: The longer you wait to make peace with Israel, the less you’re going to get,” said David Weinberg, vice president of the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.
Mar. 26, 2019
Israel Kasnett
Ben Moore, foreign-media spokesperson for Israel's strategic-affairs ministry, addresses the DigiTell19 Conference in Jerusalem, March 2019. Credit: Twitter.
Features
Global pro-Israel activists offer insight on building advocacy for Israel, combating bias
The DigiTell19 conference, which just wrapped up in Jerusalem, brought together a host of voices involved with a civic networking platform connecting pro-Israel entities worldwide.
Mar. 18, 2019
Israel Kasnett
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (left) with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on the Golan Heights, March 11, 2019. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.
Israel News
Like it or not, Israel has no plans to leave the Golan Heights
There is wide consensus in Israel that the Golan Heights in Israel’s north is essential to Israel’s security, and that the region played an important role in Jewish history as well.
Mar. 13, 2019
Israel Kasnett
Albert Einstein and David Ben-Gurion
Features
Albert Einstein’s brilliance, humor and literal connection to Israel
Just in time for his 140th birthday, Hebrew University reveals the content of newly acquired manuscripts.
Mar. 12, 2019
Israel Kasnett
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 11, 2018. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Israel News
Do Netanyahu and Putin see eye to eye on Iran?
Now that the civil war in Syria is winding down, it remains unclear if Russia will force Iran out of the region or continue to placate Israel.
Mar. 5, 2019
Israel Kasnett
From left: Heather Johnston, founder and executive director of USIEA; Ashraf Jabari, a Palestinian business and community leader from Hebron; and Avi Zimmerman, co-founder of the JSC. Credit: Eitan Tal.
Israel News
Israelis and Palestinians unite to create economic viability
The inaugural Israeli-Palestinian International Economic Forum aims to partner Jewish and Palestinian business communities in Judea and Samaria.
Feb. 28, 2019
Israel Kasnett
Itamar Ben-Gvir (left) and Michael Ben-Ari of the Otzma Yehudit Party outside the elections committee, where political parties running for a spot in the upcoming Israeli elections present their party list, on Feb. 21, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
Fear over Kahanist Otzma Party grips left and right, but is it justified?
In general, American Jewish and pro-Israel organizations have stood by Israel’s side throughout the years without getting heavily involved, if at all, in internal politics. So why now?
Feb. 27, 2019
Israel Kasnett
A schedule of payments made by the Palestinian Authority to terrorists jailed in Israeli prisons. Courtesy of Palestinian Media Watch.
Abbas’s rejection of Israel tax money shows PA priority of funding terrorism
“Abbas’s refusal to accept transfers of customs funds from Israel reveals the priorities of the Palestinian Authority: It values funding terrorism above all else,” said Eugene Kontorovich, director of International Law at the Jerusalem-based Kohelet Policy Forum.
Feb. 22, 2019
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