Joel M. Margolis
ARTICLES BY: Joel M. Margolis
The Myth of Collective Punishment in Lebanon
Some Middle East observers are so eager to defame Israel that they misapply international law. The Lebanon-based terrorist organization Hezbollah launched its latest war on Israel...
Iran Is Blowing Maritime Law Out of the Water
In the war between Iran and the joint force of the US and Israel, the Islamic Republic's strongest tactic is to obstruct shipping in its...
Human Rights Watch Finally Finds a Line Too Far on Israel
Sometimes, members of a non-governmental organization raise an anti-Israel argument so extreme that it confounds the group’s own leadership. That happened earlier this month, when...
New York Is Right to Keep Antisemitic Protests Away From Synagogues
Hamas’ October 7 massacre, and the subsequent war against Israel, motivated sympathizers of the terrorist group to persecute Jews worldwide, even though the practice of...
Iran Cannot Blame This Catastrophe on Israel
Iran spent decades waging a "full-scale war" on the West at the expense of the country's most fundamental civic needs. Now public riots from Tehran...
The Gaza International Stabilization Force Can Be the IDF
On December 29, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet with US President Donald Trump to weigh options for implementing Phase 2 of the Gaza...
If Israel Goes Fully Into Gaza, Could Democracy Follow?
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) is mobilizing to clear the last Hamas strongholds in Gaza to free the remaining Israeli hostages and disarm Hamas. Some...
Despite Pending Federal Agreement, Columbia University Still Tolerates Antisemitism
Columbia University may soon earn a dubious distinction in civil rights history -- it may become the first American college so contaminated by antisemitism that...
The US Attack on Iran Was Legal
After June 21, when the US bombed critical nuclear sites in Iran, some members of Congress called the mission illegal. It appears the hostilities have...
How the United Nations Enables Hamas
The United Nations was founded to maintain international peace and security. But the UN subverts that goal when faced with terrorist groups like Hamas. Hamas has...
The Truth About ‘No Other Land’
JNS.org - The Oscar-nominated documentary “No Other Land” portrays the Israeli-Palestinian conflict through the microcosm of a collection of Palestinian Arab settlements called Masafer Yatta....
The World Needs a ‘Day After’ Plan — for the West Bank
Discussions of the "day after" in Gaza overlook the equally important issue of the day after in the West Bank (referred to by Israel as...
The US Should Penalize UNRWA — Not Israel
This week, Israel diminished a longstanding source of terrorist support – and the US should be glad. On October 28, Israel’s legislature enacted two bills that...
