The past week clarified a lot of things about the state of the American Jewish community — and its antagonists. The two assailants who walked into the kosher supermarket in Jersey City … more

Israel’s Channel 13 reported that President Donald Trump’s Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates held a meeting at the White House last week with the … more

Monday will long be remembered as a turning point in Middle East history. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s statement that Israeli settlements are not illegal per se is the most … more

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made two brief, basic points in his declaration last week on Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. He said that those communities are not illegal. And he … more

On Sept. 29, President Donald Trump set out his nationalist political philosophy in his address before the UN General Assembly. Arguing that the nation-state is the best guarantor of human … more

U.S. media coverage of the Israeli election has misrepresented the results of last week’s vote. This isn’t necessarily deliberate. Israeli elections are inscrutable for most … more

Should Israel and the United States sign a mutual defense treaty? Every few years, this perennial question is raised. And every few years, it is set aside. In 2000 then-Israeli Prime Minister … more