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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.

A major conflict between Israel and the Lebanese terrorists is likely within the next two years, expert tells JNS.
The supposed Fatah-Hamas signed in Beijing is “full of holes” and will end like its predecessors, says former Israeli national security adviser.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has asserted that there is no alternative to UNRWA. Washington-based think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies says Guterres is wrong.
Iran views its failed April mass aerial attack as signaling the replacement of “Strategic Patience” with a policy of direct retaliation against Israel.
According to JINSA’s Jonathan Ruhe, the U.K. and U.S. “don’t want to assume any more risk in the Middle East, and their thinking appears to be that they could still avert, or at least avoid, a major Israel-Hezbollah war.”
The U.S. is not going to attack and forestall a nuclear-armed Tehran, says Israel expert.
Israel ignoring Hezbollah “appears to have been a colossal strategic blunder, the cost of which could even dwarf that of Oct. 7,” says JINSA expert.
Tehran aims to sacrifice Palestinian blood and destroy Palestinian land, Mahmoud Abbas’s office said.