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Middle East

IDF recaptures Beaufort in Lebanon, is this a tactical win or a strategic illusion?

From such high ground, the IDF can improve observation, strengthen forward defense of Israeli communities, and complicate Hezbollah’s efforts to move fighters, anti-tank teams, and snipers.
Middle East
Identity and Education

Israeli society must reclaim the Torah’s moral core

Violence, extremism, and division are distorting Torah values in parts of Israeli society and religious life.
Identity and Education
Israel-Diaspora Relations

Can AIPAC and J Street coexist? The shrinking middle ground in US-Israel support

Israel is either an apartheid genocidal state, or it can do no wrong. The result is that the political currency of being a bridge-builder has depreciated.
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Geopolitics

Get off the Trumpoline

Israel is the 'bestie' of the king of the world. For now. But that comes at a price, and the Jewish state must put itself first for the long-term.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Podcast: Is the Iran war destroying the ‘unbreakable’ US-Israel bind?

 Jacob Laznik talks with Yisrael Klitsner, JPPI fellow, former Diaspora Affairs Advisor to PM Bennett, about whether Israel can run an election in the middle of a two-front war, and whether the US-Israel bond survives the aftermath.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

The DNC autopsy doesn’t mention the Jewish state

The postmortem seems to have raised more questions than it answered—and the role of pro-Israel policy may only be one of them.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Europe’s Sanctions Are a Strategic Blow to the Settlement Enterprise – and to Israel

Israel must act with determination in convincing the European Union to cancel these detrimental sanctions.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

The US-Israel alliance reached a military peak, but its political future is under threat

There’s no denying the historic trust and battlefield cooperation during the recent war with Iran. Yet future prospects for Washington’s support are bleak.
Geopolitics
Identity and Education

Christianity Under Pressure? Israel’s Interfaith Crisis

Yaakov Katz spoke with JPPI senior fellow Prof. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal about the growing strain on Jewish-Christian relations in Israel and the disappearance of meaningful interfaith dialogue from Israeli society.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

Study: EU’s negative statements about Israel increased post-October 7

The European Union’s rhetoric towards Israel has become significantly more critical since October 7, study finds, with more criticism directed towards the Jewish state than any other country except Iran.
Geopolitics

JPPI’s Voice of the Jewish People Index for May: Troubled by the “Normalization” of Antisemitism

Connected U.S.Jews on the War with Iran, Trust in World Leaders, Antisemitism, the Relationship between Israel and the Diaspora, and Threats to Humanity's Future.
Geopolitics

The espionage affair: Who is driving a wedge between the US and Israel?

Since the Jonathan Pollard affair, Israel has largely avoided espionage activities on US soil, making the latest allegations all the more striking given that the leaked DIA document reportedly cites concerns rather than concrete forensic evidence.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

The DNC autopsy doesn’t mention the Jewish state

The postmortem seems to have raised more questions than it answered—and the role of pro-Israel policy may only be one of them.
Geopolitics
Israel-Diaspora Relations

Can AIPAC and J Street coexist? The shrinking middle ground in US-Israel support

Israel is either an apartheid genocidal state, or it can do no wrong. The result is that the political currency of being a bridge-builder has depreciated.
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Geopolitics

The EU bashes Israel publicly, but buys from it privately

Behind the scenes, the EU is Israel's largest trade partner, In public, 46% of EU institutional statements about Israel since October 7 are negative. In this episode of The Deep Dive, host Jacob Laznik previews findings from a JPPI study with Prof. Sharon Pardo
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Get off the Trumpoline

Israel is the 'bestie' of the king of the world. For now. But that comes at a price, and the Jewish state must put itself first for the long-term.
Geopolitics
Middle East

IDF recaptures Beaufort in Lebanon, is this a tactical win or a strategic illusion?

From such high ground, the IDF can improve observation, strengthen forward defense of Israeli communities, and complicate Hezbollah’s efforts to move fighters, anti-tank teams, and snipers.
Middle East
Identity and Education

Israeli society must reclaim the Torah’s moral core

Violence, extremism, and division are distorting Torah values in parts of Israeli society and religious life.
Identity and Education
Geopolitics

The US-Israel alliance reached a military peak, but its political future is under threat

There’s no denying the historic trust and battlefield cooperation during the recent war with Iran. Yet future prospects for Washington’s support are bleak.
Geopolitics
Geopolitics

Podcast: Is the Iran war destroying the ‘unbreakable’ US-Israel bind?

 Jacob Laznik talks with Yisrael Klitsner, JPPI fellow, former Diaspora Affairs Advisor to PM Bennett, about whether Israel can run an election in the middle of a two-front war, and whether the US-Israel bond survives the aftermath.
Geopolitics
Antisemitism

Are Americans Finally Ready to Denounce Violence — Left, Right and Jihadist?

Amid so much media noise, with social media creating Algorithmic Radicals, spiraling deeper and deeper into violence-inducing echo chambers, many believe the shriller the better. But words matter – and tone matters too.
Antisemitism

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The EU bashes Israel publicly, but buys from it privately
The EU bashes Israel publicly, but buys from it privately

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