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JNS International Policy Summit

The inaugural JNS International Policy Summit, held in Jerusalem on April 27–28, 2025, brought together top Israeli and U.S. government officials, diplomats, security experts, and pro-Israel thought leaders to address Israel’s most pressing strategic challenges in a post-October 7 world. The summit featured high-level discussions on Israel's global role, the U.S.-Israel relationship, antisemitism, regional sovereignty, and economic renewal. With participation from figures such as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar, Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer, and U.S. leaders like Ambassador Mike Huckabee and Fox's Mark Levin, the summit served as a premier platform to shape policy and affirm Israel’s standing as a global power.

JNS INTERNATIONAL POLICY SUMMIT

April 27-28, 2025
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U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. Photo by Hillel Maeir.
Huckabee: Trump decision on Judea, Samaria sovereignty on hold
Amelie Botbol, Akiva Van Koningsveld
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar addresses the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. Photo by Shahar Yurman.
Sa’ar: Encouraging Gaza emigration ‘most moral and humane thing’
Anyone who thinks Palestinians are more than weapons to be used against Israel should let them leave if they so desire, the foreign minister said.
JNS Staff
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. Photo by Hillel Maeir.
‘Folly’ to think Palestinian state will produce peace, Netanyahu tells JNS
"The idea is folly, nothing more than folly," Netanyahu told the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem.
JNS Staff
Hungary stands, ‘often alone,’ for Israel, says Hungarian security minister
David Isaac
Glick: Israel must redeem itself and reject two-state illusions
At JNS summit, the Netanyahu adviser calls for unapologetic defense of Jewish sovereignty and rejects failed peace paradigms.
Joshua Marks
Top evangelical leader: Iran has played US admins like a fiddle
“Either the Islamic Republic will dismantle its nuclear program voluntarily, or the free world will do it for them,” said Pastor John Hagee, founder of Christians United for Israel.
Etgar Lefkovits
Argentine President Milei to visit Israel in June
The South American leader will address the Knesset and sign a memorandum of understanding.
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. Photo by Hillel Maeir.
Full remarks: Netanyahu at the JNS Policy Summit
"You cannot build peace and security on lies. If you do so, sooner or later, these lies will crash on the Middle Eastern realities," Netanyahu told JNS.
Benjamin Netanyahu
Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer during an interview at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. Photo by Hillel Maeir.
Israel will not forget about hostages or destroying Hamas, Dermer tells JNS
The key is victory, the strategic affairs minister said. "In the Middle East, when you win, when you're strong, that's what attracts others."
JNS Staff
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee addresses the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. Photo by Hillel Maeir.
If Iran refuses to give up nuke ambitions, Trump will ‘lead war’ against it, Huckabee tells JNS
The U.S. president has been clear: Tehran will never get the bomb, the American ambassador said,
Amelie Botbol, Akiva Van Koningsveld
Israeli Minister of Economy and Industry Nir Barkat (right) in conversation with JNS CEO Alex Traiman at the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. Photo by Shahar Yurman.
Economy minister predicts Israel to become superpower
Nir Barkat predicted annual trade to rise to $1 trillion by 2045, up 10% per year.
David Isaac
JNS International Policy Summit
April 28, 2025
Israeli PM Netanyahu addresses JNS International Policy Summit
JNS Staff
April 28, 2025
WATCH: JNS International Policy Summit—Day 2, closing session
April 28, 2025
WATCH: JNS International Policy Summit—Day 2, afternoon session
April 28, 2025
WATCH: JNS International Policy Summit—Day 2, morning session
April 27, 2025
WATCH: JNS International Policy Summit—Day 1, opening session
The mission of JNS: To tell the truth when other outlets won’t
As so much of the media falls under the sway of woke ideology, our job is to provide facts and to counter lies and misinformation about Israel and the fight against antisemitism.
Jonathan S. Tobin
Hoenlein calls for global conference to combat surge of Jew-hatred
We need to find practical solutions that will mobilize our friends, says the Conference of Presidents' Malcolm Hoenlein.
Amelie Botbol
The JNS panel, "Establishing New Conceptzia," at the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. Photo by Shahar Yurman.
The ‘conceptzia’: Examining Israel’s flawed pre-Oct. 7 strategic reality
"A whole worldview led the chief of the Shin Bet to interpret accumulating signs of the gathering storm exactly backwards."
David Isaac
Tzvika Mor speaks at the Hostages, Victims & Policy Panel at the JNS International Policy Summit in Israel, April 28, 2025. Photo by Shahar Yurman.
Father of Israeli hostage demands Hamas be defeated
“We know Eitan is alive, and we expect to see him soon. But we are still at war with an enemy who wants to destroy us," said Tzvika Mor, whose son Eitan was kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023 and remains a captive in Gaza.
Amelie Botbol
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (right) speaks at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, Israel on April 27, 2025. Photo by Shahar Yurman.
Israeli FM: We won’t appear before ICJ in UNRWA hearings
The State of Israel “will not take the defendant’s stand” at the United Nations, said Gideon Sa'ar at JNS International Policy Summit.
Canaan Lidor
At JNS summit, Yesha Council head calls on Israeli gov’t to back ‘Sovereignty Declaration’
"We must continue on this path for the sake of historical justice and for Israel’s eternal existence and security," said Israel Ganz.
JNS Staff
Israel erred in negotiating with Hamas via Doha, says Chikli
“Qatar is an enemy and a core part of the Muslim Brotherhood ideology,” said the minister for diaspora affairs and combating antisemitism.
Etgar Lefkovits
JNS panel warns judicial overreach real threat to Israeli democracy
"We live in a sort of anarchy. We pretend we have an executive branch and a parliament."
David Isaac
Israeli victory opens path to peace, expert tells JNS summit
Experts warned of persistent threats alongside major regional and energy opportunities for the Jewish state.
Canaan Lidor
Lori Lowenthal Marcus speaks at the JNS International Policy Conference in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. Photo by Shahar Yurman.
Battling antisemitic indoctrination in US schools
Firebrand lawyer Lori Lowenthal Marcus fights for civil rights for American Jewish students from a very young age.  
Atara Beck
Israelis participate in a march to celebrate Israel's 71st Independence Day near Havat Gilad in Judea and Samaria on May 9, 2019. Photo by Hillel Maeir/Flash90.
Sovereignty over Judea and Samaria ‘only solution,’ says JNS panel
The Hamas attack serves as a warning of what's in store should Israel permit the establishment of a Palestinian State in Israel's biblical heartland. 
David Isaac
Israeli Ambassador to the U.N. Danny Danon addresses the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. Photo by Shahar Yurman.
Danon: War ‘will not end’ with hostages remaining in Gaza
Israel's ambassador to the United Nations is "very skeptical" regarding ongoing talks between the United States and Iran, calling the latter "masters of deception."
JNS Staff
Michal Cotler-Wunsh. Credit: Nefesh B'Nefesh.
Israeli antisemitism envoy: Oct. 7 was the Kristallnacht moment of our time
Michal Cotler-Wunsh: “The IHRA definition of antisemitism is the most critical resource. If we can’t identify it, we cannot combat the unleashed tsunami of Jew-hatred.”
Amelie Botbol
Israeli Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar addresses the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. Photo by Shahar Yurman.
Israel fighting for all who believe in freedom, Zohar tells JNS Policy Summit
"It is my duty not only to promote Israel's creativity, but to ensure that Israel's story is heard," said the Jewish state's culture minister.
JNS Staff
Panelists at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem discuss the evolving priorities of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox community, April 28, 2025. Photo by Shahar Yurman.
Ultra-Orthodox evolution explored at JNS Policy Summit
Panelists discuss workforce integration, military service, and leadership shifts as the Haredi community faces growing internal and external pressures.
Joshua Marks
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Source: House of Saud/X.
‘Saudi Arabia seeks end to Gaza war as pathway to Israel ties’
On Friday, Trump said that Riyadh may soon join the Abraham Accords.
Etgar Lefkovits
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the inaugural JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. Photo by Hillel Maeir.
Iran nuclear deal must remove enrichment capabilities, Netanyahu tells JNS
"We cannot live with anything short of that," said the Israeli premier.
Akiva Van Koningsveld
Belgian Parliament member Sam van Rooy speaks with panel chair Fiamma Nirenstein during the “Changing Europe” panel at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. Photo by Shahar Yurman.
Belgian MP Sam van Rooy: ‘Europe must wake up to the threat of radical Islam’
“Israel is fighting Islamic jihad more than any other country. We should realize that and support them. After they take Jerusalem, the next target will be Rome.”
Amelie Botbol
Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Action Fund chairwoman Sandra Hagee Parker addresses the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 27, 2025. Credit: Shahar Yurman.
CUFI leader: ‘No government contracts for Israel-haters’
“The CHAI Act would finally codify into federal law that entities doing business with the U.S. government must not engage in or support BDS for the duration of their contract,” said Sandra Hagee Parker.
Amelie Botbol
Israeli Energy Minister Eli Cohen addresses the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. Photo by Shahar Yurman.
Expanding Abraham Accords will boost energy cooperation, Eli Cohen tells JNS Summit
However, there will be "no stability and prosperity in the Middle East until we reach the head of the snake, Iran," the Israeli energy minister said.
JNS Staff
Speakers at the panel, "U.S. Israel Relations: A New Day" at the JNS International Policy Summit in Jerusalem, April 28, 2025. Credit: Screenshot.
‘Night and day’ between Trump and Biden in terms of US-Israel ties, say JNS panelists
Donald Trump was lauded for restoring warm ties with Israel by experts at JNS's Jerusalem conference, but some expressed concern regarding his overtures to Iran.
David Isaac