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ARTICLES BY: Eric Mandel / JNS.org

Does Qatar Deserve to Be a Major US Ally?
JNS.org - This month, President Joe Biden said that he would be notifying Congress that he would designate Qatar as a major non-NATO ally (MNNA)...

Senator James Risch: Israel Will Resolve the Iranian Nuclear Issue
JNS.org - In the estimation of US Sen. James Risch (R-Idaho), the future of the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) “is going to be resolved by...

Thoughts on Iran After Speaking With Sen. James Risch
JNS.org - I recently spoke with the ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. James Risch of Idaho. I asked him what enrichment...

The Flight of the Human-Rights Warriors From Afghanistan and Iran
JNS.org - I had already started writing this article when I stumbled upon an article in The Atlantic, “The Week the Left Stopped Caring About...

The Real Reason America Has Never Found Common Ground With Iran
JNS.org - Every American administration since the Iranian Revolution of 1979 has tried to find some way to accommodate and work with the Islamic Republic...

Sorry Professors, But BDS and Double Standards for Israel Are Antisemitism
JNS.org - The growing acceptance of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism by scores of nations, including the European Union, UN Secretary-General...

Does the Biden Administration Believe Iran Is Behind Most Shia Militias?
JNS.org - A controversy that occurred during a recent question-and-answer session for reporters by Pentagon press secretary John Kirby may have revealed a troubling insight...

The Senate’s Role in Military and International Affairs
JNS.org - US President Joe Biden ordered airstrikes late last week in eastern Syria against the Iranian-controlled militias, Kata’ib Hezbollah and Kata’ib Sayyid al-Shuhada. This...

Republicans Should Insist Biden Submit the JCPOA as a Treaty to the Senate
JNS.org - The Obama-Biden administration claimed in 2015 that the Iran nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA—was a non-binding agreement requiring only...

How Should Netanyahu Approach the Biden Administration?
JNS.org - In the winter of 2015, one of Israel’s most senior security cabinet officials asked me what advice he should give to Israeli Prime...

Is It True That Normalization Doesn’t Improve Israel’s Existential Problem?
JNS.org - Hadar Susskind, the president and CEO of Americans for Peace Now, penned an article in JTA titled, “Normalizing relations with the UAE does...

Where Do We Go Now With Iran?
JNS.org - The assassination of Qassem Soleimani, the longtime commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)'s Quds Force, has profoundly changed the playing field...

It’s Time for Europe to Stand With the Iranian People
JNS.org - In Tehran, the mullahs have blamed the recent protests in Iran, Iraq, and Lebanon not on their own repressive regimes and proxies, but...

Banning Tlaib and Omar: Israel’s Self-Inflicted Black Eye
JNS.org - In the aftermath of Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s rejection of Israel’s offer to visit her ailing grandmother, it’s important to step back and...