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Alex Welz

Alex Welz is a writer in Erie, Pa., and former National Review fellow and graduate of University of Haifa (master's in national security) and of Mercyhurst University (bachelor's in intelligence studies).

U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman at the White House, on March 14, 2017. Credit: White House Photo/Shealah Craighead.

Riyadh to invest $600b in US, per official Saudi media

Israel-Saudi normalization is “more closely tethered to the U.S.-Saudi economic and defense relationship than advancement in the Palestinian track,” Dan Diker, of Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, told JNS.

Alex Welz

Jan. 23, 2025

Kenneth L. Marcus, founder and chairman of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, at the Tikvah Fund Jewish Leadership Conference in New York City on Dec. 8, 2024. Photo by Sean T. Smith/Simon Luethi via Tikvah Fund.

‘Nothing I can think of,’ Ken Marcus says of reason VA Dems blocking him from school board

The former U.S. Education Department official told JNS that George Mason University Jewish students and professors are right to worry about what’s happening on campus.

Alex Welz

Jan. 22, 2025

A view of protesters demonstrating outside the campus of Columbia University in New York City, April 22, 2024. Credit: Evan Schneider/U.N. Photo.

Groups with ‘direct’ terror ties planned anti-Israel protests at Columbia, per Canary Mission report

“Despite efforts to depict it as such, the encampment was not the product of naive, anti-war college kids,” the watchdog stated.

Alex Welz

Jan. 22, 2025

Michael Oren, former Israeli ambassador to the United States, speaks at the Tikvah Fund Jewish Leadership Conference in New York City on Dec. 8, 2024. Photo by Sean T. Smith/Simon Luethi via Tikvah Fund.

Hamas not defeated, ‘think it’s a victory,’ Michael Oren tells PragerU

The former Israeli envoy to the United States said that the Jewish state must remain in Gaza because “too many peacekeeping forces leave the minute there’s actually peace to keep.”

Alex Welz

Jan. 22, 2025

Stock illustration of a gavel. Credit: Pixabay.

Virginia asks court to force anti-Israel nonprofit, accused of supporting terror, to disclose funding

The state’s prosecutor said that American Muslims for Palestine has ignored a Civil Investigative Demand, making it “necessary to ensure accountability and uphold the law.”

Alex Welz

Jan. 15, 2025

Argentinian President Javier Milei visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on Feb. 6, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

‘Jewish Nobel’ recognizes Milei’s support for Israel

“Your unwavering support for Israel and the Jewish people is truly inspiring,” wrote Danny Danon, the Israeli envoy to the United Nations.

Alex Welz

Jan. 14, 2025

Nawaf Salam, judge and president of the International Court of Justice, during the court's ruling that Israel must cease military operations in Rafah, the southernmost city in the Gaza Strip, May 24, 2024. Credit: Bastiaan Musscher/U.N. Photo/ICJ-CIJ.

Salam resigns as UN court head, clearing way to be prime minister of Lebanon

“The good news: Hezbollah wanted the other guy,” wrote Hillel Neuer, of UN Watch. “The bad news: Salam is a longtime supporter of Ayatollah Khamenei, Fidel Castro and Bashar Assad.”

Alex Welz

Jan. 14, 2025

A bench in Root Glen on the campus of Hamilton College in Clinton, N.Y. Credit: Nancy L. Ford via Wikimedia Commons.

Hamilton College adds Jewish studies minor amid rising ‘ignorance’ about Jews, Israel on campuses

Students have been excited about Jewish studies courses and enrollments are “off the charts,” the professor who launched the minor told JNS.

Alex Welz

Jan. 14, 2025

Actress Jamie Lee Curtis speaks onstage during the 36th Annual Palm Springs International Film Awards at Palm Springs Convention Center on Jan. 3, 2025 in Palm Springs, California. Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Palm Springs International Film Society.

Los Angeles looks like Gaza a ‘war-torn’ country, Jamie Lee Curtis says

The actress drew criticism for comparing the impact of the wildfires in California and Israel’s war against Hamas.

Alex Welz

Jan. 14, 2025