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Fiamma Nirenstein

Fiamma Nirenstein

Fiamma Nirenstein is an Italian-Israeli journalist, author and senior research fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA). An adviser on antisemitism to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she served in the Italian Parliament (2008-2013) as vice president of the Foreign Affairs Committee. A founding member of the Friends of Israel Initiative, she has written 15 books, including October 7, Antisemitism and the War on the West, and is a leading voice on Israel, the Middle East, Europe and the fight against antisemitism.

The placement of Israel on a U.N. blacklist alongside Hamas and ISIS marks a new low in the campaign to delegitimize the Jewish state.
As Trump pushes for regional deals, the Jewish state focuses on preventing Hezbollah and Hamas from rebuilding—and ensuring that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon.
As northern Israel remains under drone and missile threat, Netanyahu faces mounting pressure at home while maintaining strategic coordination with Trump over Iran.
A U.S.-Iran deal may delay Tehran’s nuclear ambitions, but it leaves unresolved the regime’s missile arsenal, regional proxies and long-term intentions.
The reaction to the latest Gaza flotilla reveals a familiar pattern: outrage at the Jewish state, silence on terrorism and indifference to the region’s real aggressors.
When facts collapse, a darker myth emerges.
The Israeli singer’s Eurovision performance became an act of defiance against anti-Israel hatred, even eliciting support from Iranian dissidents abroad.
A new report by the Civil Commission on Oct. 7 Crimes Against Women and Children documents in devastating detail how sexual violence became part of Hamas’s strategy of terror.
The continent that vowed to become “different” after the Shoah is once again allowing antisemitism to spread openly across public life, culture and politics.
Even if Tehran signs a temporary agreement, Israel still faces Hezbollah, Hamas and an Iranian regime determined to survive.
From Lebanon to a Gaza flotilla, distortion dominates public discourse while reality is cast aside.
Without decisive state action, rising hatred risks exploding into widespread violence.