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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
Emerging REALITY group participating in team building activities on Banana Beach in Michmoret. Credit: Schusterman Family Foundation.
Features
Leading tech figures declare Israel the ‘epicenter of magic’
The REALITY experience brings it home for leaders in the fields of augmented reality, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, robotics, computer vision, blockchain and immersive media creation.
Jul. 16, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Ofer Doron, head of IAI's MBT Space Division speaks near the Israeli spacecraft of the SpaceIL team's spacecraft, during a press conference at the Israel Aerospace facility in Yahud on July 10, 2018. Photo by Flash90.
Israel News
Israel gets set to land first spacecraft on the moon
The launch date is set for December; two months later, on Feb. 13, 2019, the smallest spacecraft yet is expected to land, following the footsteps of Russia, the United States and China.
Jul. 10, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Security Cabinet members get a tour with the North Front Command in the Golan Heights on Feb. 6, 2018. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.
Israel News
Will recognizing Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights be the next move for Trump?
Following the United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, some Israeli and American lawmakers are pushing for the U.S. to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, a strategic territory held by the Jewish state for over 50 years.
Jun. 18, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate the end of the Shavuot holiday in Jerusalem’s Old City, June 12, 2016. Photo by Shlomi Cohen/Flash 90.
Israel News
The future of Israel’s ‘haredi’ population: Is it growing or shrinking?
While the Central Bureau of Statistics estimates that the “haredi” population will grow to be 50 percent of the total Jewish population by 2059, a new report by the Israel Democracy Institute shows that between 2005 and 2016, there was a decrease in childbirth of exactly one child per such family, from 7.7 children per woman to 6.7 children per woman.
Jun. 5, 2018
Israel Kasnett
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlines the Trump administration's policies towards Iran at the Heritage Foundation on May 21, 2018. Credit: State Department.
News
After Iran speech, will Tehran seek to test Pompeo?
In his first major foreign-policy address since taking office, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo articulated the Trump administration’s new policy regarding Iran, which demands that the country halt its ballistic-missile program, provide access to military bases for inspection, and end its belligerent activities in the region and abroad.
May. 25, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Jerusalem municipality worker hangs an American and Israeli flags near the U.S. consulate in Jerusalem on May 7, 2018. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
America set to inaugurate embassy in Jerusalem
“It would be useful if moving the embassy becomes the first stage of Israel-U.S.-Arab policy of assertive truth-telling. This is one of the main arguments President Trump has made—the simple truth that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.”
May. 11, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu displays a fragment of an Iranian drone destroyed over Israeli airspace in February 2018 during his speech at the Munich Security Conference. Credit: GPO.
News
As situation heats up in Syria, the question is out there: Will Iran again target Israel?
“Iran seems to feel it is time to reap its investment into actual gains and dig in to Syria,” says Assaf Orion, a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies.
Apr. 20, 2018
Israel Kasnett
Burning Tires
Israel News
Stuck in strategic stalemate, Hamas uses Gaza border protests to pressure Israel
The so-called “return” marches, which despite their billing as “peaceful” have been associated with violent behavior, have served to place the Palestinian issue back on the world stage. But the Jewish state is standing fast, with some Middle East countries even standing with them.
Apr. 12, 2018
Israel Kasnett
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