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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.

Iron dome anti-missile system fires interception missiles as rockets fired from the Gaza Strip to Israel, on Aug. 7, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Israel News
The depletion of US munitions stockpile harms Israel’s QME
The depleted stockpile potentially places Israel in a vulnerable position should a conflict arise unexpectedly.
Jun. 27, 2023
Israel Kasnett
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during a previous visit by Abbas to Beijing. Source: Twitter.
Analysis
Beijing’s overture to Palestinians mainly about filling a vacuum
China wants to replace the U.S. as the sole superpower in the Middle East.
Jun. 25, 2023
Israel Kasnett
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
Feature
What to expect the day after a new US-Iran deal
The agreement taking shape between Washington and Tehran will bolster Iran’s hegemonic ambitions, bringing closer a clash with Israel, experts tell JNS.
Jun. 15, 2023
Israel Kasnett
Israeli forces pose with 105 kilograms of narcotics seized at the Egypt-Israel border. Credit: IDF Spokesperson.
Feature
‘Smuggling, not terror, is the real border threat’
Unless the IDF takes steps to combat rampant cross-border smuggling, deadly attacks like the one on June 3 are bound to recur, say experts.
Jun. 11, 2023
Israel Kasnett
From left to right: Steve Bundy, U.S. Ambassador to Bahrain; Eitan Na'eh, Ambassador of Israel to Bahrain; Avi Hasson, CEO of Start-Up Nation Central; Bahrain Minister of Industry and Commerce Abdulla bin Adel Fakhro; Khalid Yusuf Ahmed Al Jalahma, Ambassador of Bahrain to Israel; Khalid Ebrahim Humaidan, CEO of the Bahrain Economic Development Board. Credit: Start-Up Nation Central.
Feature
Israeli, Bahraini business leaders write history as they look to the future in Manama
The unspoken question in the air at the Connect2Innovate conference was whether Saudi Arabia will be the next Arab state to normalize relations with Israel.
Mar. 22, 2023
Israel Kasnett
A Ukrainian child waits for a place to stay at a refugee center in Moldova, March 2022. Credit: Courtesy.
Feature
Ukraine’s Jews escape trauma to new lives in Israel
More than 5,000 olim have made aliyah from Moldova since the start of the war.
Feb. 19, 2023
Israel Kasnett
According to Odessa Chief Rabbi Avraham Wolff, Chabad has provided approximately 7,000 families, including the 187 Holocaust survivors left in Odessa, with boxes of provisions each month, funded by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. Credit: IFCJ/Avishag Shaar-Yashuv.
Feature
Organizations band together to help Ukraine’s Jews survive Russia’s onslaught
“I’m here to say that you’ve come home,” Israeli Minister of Immigrant Absorption Ofir Sofer tells Ukrainian immigrants upon their arrival in Israel.
Feb. 13, 2023
Israel Kasnett
Likud Party chairman MK Benjamin Netanyahu with Likud MK Yariv Levin in the Knesset assembly hall on Nov. 21, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Feature
Netanyahu walks political and diplomatic tightrope as he forms coalition
Washington’s involvement in Israeli politics following the country’s recent elections is “something new in this space” and not a positive precedent, expert tells JNS.
Nov. 27, 2022
Israel Kasnett
Israel's Leviathan gas processing rig as seen from the Dor Habonim Beach Nature Reserve, Jan. 1, 2020. Credit: Flash90.
Feature
Israel green lights gas field off Gaza, but concerned Hamas will use revenue for terror
The main hurdle to opening the Gaza Marine reservoir is the need for a Hamas-P.A. agreement.
Nov. 14, 2022
Israel Kasnett
Khalid Yusuf al-Jalahma, the first ambassador of Bahrain to Israel, meets with President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, Sept. 14, 2021. Credit: Olivier Fitoussil/Flash90.
Feature
The IAI exhibit at the Bahrain International Airshow signals deeper regional developments
“The Abraham Accords have opened the door” says Israel Aerospace Industries CEO.
Nov. 9, 2022
Israel Kasnett
Prime Minister Ben-Gurion casts his vote for the Israeli Constituent Assembly on January 25, 1949. Two days after its first meeting, legislators voted to change the name of the body to the Knesset. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
Israel News
High voter turnout expected in Israel’s national election
Democracies with proportional representation usually have higher voting rates.
Oct. 31, 2022
Israel Kasnett
U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.
News
Biden to host Israeli President Isaac Herzog as sign of close ties
“Herzog will spend a lot of time fielding questions on how the next gov’t coalition will be shaped.”
Oct. 25, 2022
Israel Kasnett
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