Mendi Glik, a columnist and commentator, focuses on Israeli politics, current affairs and cultural trends. A software developer, he is the founder and editor-in-chief of Opli, an international technology and photonics magazine. Reach him @MendiGlik.
Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that the Jewish state is prepared to launch powerful strikes against the Islamic Republic, including its energy infrastructure.
“The role of the Shin Bet is to gather intelligence and thwart terrorism. It is fair to say that this was a disgraceful failure,” ‘Channel 11’s Ayala Hasson said.
The captain who flew Flight FZ1073 from Dubai headed for Tel Aviv discloses more details on the harrowing terrorist attack.
‘I didn’t leave that place with vengefulness or anger,’ she tells JNS.
“The moderates could have used the measure’s wide support to take a firm stance against antisemitism,” Inna Vernikov told JNS. “Unfortunately, they care more about appeasing the far-Left than about meaningfully protecting Jews.”
In August, the New York Times reported that the city had achieved an “incredible milestone” with the fewest homicides ever in the city in that span so far in the year.
A GOP consultant told JNS that “if the Democrats take the U.S. Senate, and that is far from certain, I would expect more criticism of Israel, especially if Netanyahu is still in charge.”
The U.S. Justice Department said that the agreement closes 18 active probes of the public school in Chapel Hill.
The head of the country’s second-largest community blamed the far-left for widespread rioting, which he and others said featured Palestinian symbols.
There were no indications at the scene of the 19th Arrondissement incident that it was an antisemitic attack, a leader of French Jews said.
The captain who flew Flight FZ1073 from Dubai headed for Tel Aviv discloses more details on the harrowing terrorist attack.
Neil Blair established High Line Publishing Studio to help Jewish and Israeli literary figures who are shunned by mainstream publishing houses.
“I am proud to lead a tremendous revolution in settlement in Judea and Samaria and to effectively kill the idea of a Palestinian state,” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told JNS.
The U.S. president’s backing may influence more voters than conventional analysis assumes.
Some 3,000 U.S. military personnel are reportedly deployed in Israel as the Pentagon moves carriers and Marines toward the Middle East.
U.S.-secured oil exports from the Gulf have surpassed pre-war levels, even as Iranian attacks on tankers surge.
Trump’s endorsement of Netanyahu, like Clinton, Obama and Biden’s efforts to defeat him, is less important than the role of the Palestinians and Iran in keeping him in office.
Overwhelmingly, Israel is lectured, pressured and given a dressing down.
Fact-checking former U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent remarks on Jewish land ownership and Israel’s moral standing.
A unified public diplomacy strategy for Israel and world Jewry.
The conservative podcaster used the third anniversary of the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel to indict its victims.
The state offered economic opportunities that drew immigrants, turning into generations who helped build the state’s businesses, cities and civic institutions.
People have agency, communities have agency, governments have agency, companies have agency, and nations have agency.
Eight years after the Tree of Life shooting, we should not have to be this resilient.-
The head of the country’s second-largest community blamed the far-left for widespread rioting, which he and others said featured Palestinian symbols.
There were no indications at the scene of the 19th Arrondissement incident that it was an antisemitic attack, a leader of French Jews said.
Public records that JNS obtained show that a Jewish civil rights specialist assigned to the state’s human rights commission complained soon after the March 2025 incident.
His mother told the New York Post that “at one point they had Jewish neighbors ‘that weren’t very nice’ and that there was a dispute about a shared fence,” but that her son never spoke of it. 
A 28-year-old Turkish Muslim student who became a vocal defender of Israel after the Oct. 7 attack has been granted asylum in the Jewish state.
“Captivity was too hard to handle, and every moment you didn’t know if it was going to get even worse,” she said.
Temple Mount Sifting Project faces a backlog, with tons of debris still awaiting examination.
‘I’m here, I’m alive—and it’s the most important thing in the world,’ former Hamas hostage tells JNSLuis Har was freed from captivity in Gaza in a daring Israeli military operation 129 days after he was abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.
The Combat Antisemitism Movement condemned the disruption, calling claims that Israel commits genocide and kills children a modern blood libel.
Remembrance must be more than a ceremony; it must be an act of moral resistance.
It’s ludicrous to name an alcoholic beverage to honor a people who are 99% Muslim.
Israel’s embassy in Zagreb thanked the government for condemning the incident, which preceded a local team’s match against the Dutch Ajax team.
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Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that the Jewish state is prepared to launch powerful strikes against the Islamic Republic, including its energy infrastructure.
“The role of the Shin Bet is to gather intelligence and thwart terrorism. It is fair to say that this was a disgraceful failure,” ‘Channel 11’s Ayala Hasson said.
The captain who flew Flight FZ1073 from Dubai headed for Tel Aviv discloses more details on the harrowing terrorist attack.
‘I didn’t leave that place with vengefulness or anger,’ she tells JNS.
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“The moderates could have used the measure’s wide support to take a firm stance against antisemitism,” Inna Vernikov told JNS. “Unfortunately, they care more about appeasing the far-Left than about meaningfully protecting Jews.”
In August, the New York Times reported that the city had achieved an “incredible milestone” with the fewest homicides ever in the city in that span so far in the year.
A GOP consultant told JNS that “if the Democrats take the U.S. Senate, and that is far from certain, I would expect more criticism of Israel, especially if Netanyahu is still in charge.”
The U.S. Justice Department said that the agreement closes 18 active probes of the public school in Chapel Hill.
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The head of the country’s second-largest community blamed the far-left for widespread rioting, which he and others said featured Palestinian symbols.
There were no indications at the scene of the 19th Arrondissement incident that it was an antisemitic attack, a leader of French Jews said.
The captain who flew Flight FZ1073 from Dubai headed for Tel Aviv discloses more details on the harrowing terrorist attack.
Neil Blair established High Line Publishing Studio to help Jewish and Israeli literary figures who are shunned by mainstream publishing houses.
-
“I am proud to lead a tremendous revolution in settlement in Judea and Samaria and to effectively kill the idea of a Palestinian state,” Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich told JNS.
The U.S. president’s backing may influence more voters than conventional analysis assumes.
Some 3,000 U.S. military personnel are reportedly deployed in Israel as the Pentagon moves carriers and Marines toward the Middle East.
U.S.-secured oil exports from the Gulf have surpassed pre-war levels, even as Iranian attacks on tankers surge.
-
Trump’s endorsement of Netanyahu, like Clinton, Obama and Biden’s efforts to defeat him, is less important than the role of the Palestinians and Iran in keeping him in office.
Overwhelmingly, Israel is lectured, pressured and given a dressing down.
Fact-checking former U.S. President Barack Obama’s recent remarks on Jewish land ownership and Israel’s moral standing.
A unified public diplomacy strategy for Israel and world Jewry.
-
The conservative podcaster used the third anniversary of the Hamas-led massacre in southern Israel to indict its victims.
The state offered economic opportunities that drew immigrants, turning into generations who helped build the state’s businesses, cities and civic institutions.
People have agency, communities have agency, governments have agency, companies have agency, and nations have agency.
Eight years after the Tree of Life shooting, we should not have to be this resilient.
-
The head of the country’s second-largest community blamed the far-left for widespread rioting, which he and others said featured Palestinian symbols.
There were no indications at the scene of the 19th Arrondissement incident that it was an antisemitic attack, a leader of French Jews said.
Public records that JNS obtained show that a Jewish civil rights specialist assigned to the state’s human rights commission complained soon after the March 2025 incident.
His mother told the New York Post that “at one point they had Jewish neighbors ‘that weren’t very nice’ and that there was a dispute about a shared fence,” but that her son never spoke of it.
-
A 28-year-old Turkish Muslim student who became a vocal defender of Israel after the Oct. 7 attack has been granted asylum in the Jewish state.
“Captivity was too hard to handle, and every moment you didn’t know if it was going to get even worse,” she said.
Temple Mount Sifting Project faces a backlog, with tons of debris still awaiting examination.
‘I’m here, I’m alive—and it’s the most important thing in the world,’ former Hamas hostage tells JNSLuis Har was freed from captivity in Gaza in a daring Israeli military operation 129 days after he was abducted during the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre.
-
The Combat Antisemitism Movement condemned the disruption, calling claims that Israel commits genocide and kills children a modern blood libel.
Remembrance must be more than a ceremony; it must be an act of moral resistance.
It’s ludicrous to name an alcoholic beverage to honor a people who are 99% Muslim.
Israel’s embassy in Zagreb thanked the government for condemning the incident, which preceded a local team’s match against the Dutch Ajax team.
