jns writer

Douglas Altabef

Douglas Altabef is chairman of the board of Im Tirtzu and a director of the Israel Independence Fund. He can be reached at dougaltabef@gmail.com.

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Douglas AltabefOctober 3, 2021

The blessing and potential curse of prosperity

Israel’s “start-up nation” economy is booming, but the country should be prepared to do all it can to prevent bifurcation by the elites.

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Douglas AltabefJune 16, 2021

Deconstructing the Jerusalem flag march

It took participants to say that whatever clothes the “Emperor Hamas” did or did not have, there’s nothing it could do or say to deter their assertion of love for Israel and ineffable tie to the Holy City.

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Douglas AltabefMay 24, 2021

The 11th lost tribe

How sustainable are Judaism and the Jewish people when the ties that bind them are merely “cultural”?

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Douglas AltabefMay 18, 2021

Anti-Israel seminary students have forfeited the right to be rabbis

A letter penned by non-Orthodox rabbinical students bemoaning the Jewish state’s “violent suppression of human rights” will go down in the annals of communal infamy.

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Douglas AltabefSeptember 18, 2019

Stopping foreign interference in Israel’s elections

The left’s hypocrisy regarding foreign interference in elections aside, such interference is both dangerous and illegal.

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Douglas AltabefApril 15, 2019

‘The Nine Horsemen of the Apocalypse’ are here to save Israel

For many American Jews it is a source of profound discomfort and embarrassment that Jews actually carry weapons and fight.

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Douglas AltabefMarch 12, 2019

Fear and loathing at IDF checkpoints

The idea that foreign nationals are allowed to harass soldiers protecting their own country seems inconceivable, yet until recently it has been a common Israeli reality, devoid of pushback.

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