Clifford D. May / JNS.org
ARTICLES BY: Clifford D. May / JNS.org
Putin’s Troops Ravage Ukraine While His Envoy Steers Team Biden’s Talks With Iran
JNS.org - We all have our patterns of behavior. Start with Vladimir Putin, who, over the more than two decades he’s ruled Russia, has assassinated dissidents,...
Amnesty International Spreads the Virus of Antisemitism
JNS.org - Antisemitism is an easily transmissible virus. Mutations are not necessarily less lethal. The latest variant: Amnesty International—an organization formerly committed to freeing political prisoners—has...
How ‘Never Again!’ Became ‘Never Mind’
JNS.org - Chamath Palihapitiya is a household name—at least in the kind of houses featured in The Wall Street Journal’s weekly “Mansion” section. Born in Sri...
Biden’s Weak Defense of Democracy
JNS.org - The Summit for Democracy upset China’s totalitarian rulers. That’s the most positive thing I can say about the two-day virtual conference convened by...
China, Russia and Iran: The Empires Strike Back
JNS.org – Let’s play “Jeopardy!” The answer: “All were great empires in the past, and all now have rulers determined to establish great empires in...
Why Hamas Fights Israel
JNS.org - Israelis conducted a bold experiment in 2005. Prevailing wisdom held that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict was due to Israel’s “occupation” of two “Palestinian territories.”...
All of the Lowlights From the UN General Assembly Session
JNS.org - Over recent days, foreign leaders, rulers and tyrants flocked to New York City for the 76th Session of the United Nations General Assembly,...
After Twenty 9/11 Anniversaries, the Sleeping Giant Nods Off Again
JNS.org - On the first anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, I wrote a column about a BBC radio program. I had been a...
Iran’s Crimes and Acts of War Will Continue Until Biden Responds Forcefully
JNS.org - The plot was audacious: Agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran would kidnap an American citizen on American soil. Masih Alinejad, an Iranian-born journalist...
The Return of Antisemitism
JNS.org - Antisemitism is back with a vengeance. According to the Anti-Defamation League, acts of assault, vandalism and harassment against Jews are at the highest...
Biden Blew a Chance for a Win in His Meeting With Putin
JNS.org - Time and again, we fail to understand Russia and its rulers. Back in 1939, Winston Churchill acknowledged this, famously describing Russia as “a...
Iran’s Nuclear Secrets Have Been Exposed
JNS.org - Spies steal secrets. Sometimes, those secrets must be carefully studied and analyzed by experts to turn them into products useful to policymakers. The spies...
Enemies Fighting Israel on Other Battlefields
JNS.org - For the moment, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have stopped shooting rockets at Israelis and, in response, Israelis have stopped targeting weapons arsenals in Gaza. But...
For Israelis, One More Battle in a Forever War for Survival
JNS.org - In the 1930s, the Nazis declared: “The Jews do not deserve to live!” They acted on this conviction, and by the mid-1940s, 6...
