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Jonathan S. Tobin is editor-in-chief of the Jewish News Syndicate, a senior contributor for The Federalist, a columnist for Newsweek and a contributor to many other publications. He covers the American political scene, foreign policy, the U.S.-Israel relationship, Middle East diplomacy, the Jewish world and the arts. He hosts the JNS “Think Twice” podcast, both the weekly video program and the “Jonathan Tobin Daily” program, which are available on all major audio platforms and YouTube. Previously, he was executive editor, then senior online editor and chief political blogger, for Commentary magazine. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of The Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia and editor of the Connecticut Jewish Ledger. He has won more than 60 awards for commentary, art criticism and other writing. He appears regularly on television, commenting on politics and foreign policy. Born in New York City, he studied history at Columbia University.

The late Kofi Annan was personally respected, but his failures as U.N. Secretary-General explain why the institution remains a sad farce.
Criticism of a Trump aide for policies that would have excluded his family a century ago may make him a hypocrite, but doesn’t mean all of his arguments are wrong.
It’s up to liberals to ensure that U.S. Democrats don’t follow the same path as the British left.
Profiling real security threats is right. Interrogating the Jewish state’s critics is wrong.
A protest against Israel’s new law points to problems with its critics more than the arguments against its passage.
If support for the Jewish state is declining, it may have more to do with American Jews than the Israelis they claim to deplore.
No matter how the latest exchange of fire between Israel and Hamas ends, the standoff in Gaza raises serious questions about faith in reviving the peace process.
Banning hatemongers and Holocaust-deniers seems like a no-brainer for Facebook. But do we really want big tech to be the arbiters of free speech?
The 70 representatives who signed a letter calling for restoring U.S. aid to Gaza seem oblivious to the fact that doing so aids a terrorist group. Is that what their party’s base wants?
The resumption of U.S. aid to Egypt shows that the Trump administration has learned some bitter lessons from Obama’s blunders.
Tucker Carlson’s claim that the neocons are maneuvering him into a confrontation with Iran is a rerun of Obama’s defense of appeasement of a dangerous regime.
The U.N. agency devoted to perpetuating the Palestinian refugee problem is cutting its budget. Rather than this being a case of Trump hurting children, defunding UNRWA would give peace a chance.