Posts Tagged: Eric Mandel
What I Learned Lecturing on Israel and the Middle East at Columbia and Yale
JNS.org - A professional in the pro-Israel world read that I had lectured at his and his son’s alma mater, Columbia University. He wanted to...
Will Saudi Arabia Join the Abraham Accords?
JNS.org - I recently returned from meetings in Saudi Arabia with diplomats, foreign ministry and counter-terrorism officials and various think tanks. One of my goals...
Recognizing That Western Jerusalem Is Israel’s Capital Should Not Be Controversial
JNS.org - This month, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong reversed the previous government’s decision to recognize western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The question that should...
The Palestinian Authority Cannot Meet the Most Basic Requirement for Statehood
JNS.org - It is an article of faith among European leaders, the political intelligentsia and the Biden administration that “two states for two peoples” is...
Do Qatar’s Interests Align with America’s?
JNS.org - In March 2022, a secret meeting of military leaders from Israel, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Egypt, Bahrain, the UAE and Jordan convened in Sharm...
Israel, Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and American interests
JNS.org - June 2022 is the 15th anniversary of the bloody coup in which Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip overthrew the Palestinian Authority in...
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)...
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...
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...
Israel in the Public Eye
JERUSALEM—You don't have to be a prophet to anticipate that there would be civilian deaths in Gaza. Hamas embeds its weapons depots and rocket launchers in...
Young American Jews and Israel
When a recent Cohen and Kelman poll reported that 50 percent of young American Jews would not consider the destruction of Israel a personal tragedy,...
