Announcing the Stefan Moldovan Prize for 2026
We are pleased to announce the solicitation of titles for the 16th annual Stefan Moldovan Prize for Israeli Security Studies. This prize has previously been awarded to authors of outstanding Israeli security works in...
Must Watch: Prime Minister Netanyahu On The Failure Of The Iranian Regime
Very few Western leaders can claim that they set a clear goal to be achieved that seemed unachievable, and yet they accomplished their goal in a major way following 30 years of persistence. That is...
The Names of Jerusalem: Jewish, Christian and Islamic Traditions
As Jerusalem continues to be at the center of global attention, a new study conducted by Polis – The Jerusalem Institute of Languages and Humanities examines a rarely discussed dimension of the city: its...
Behind The “Settler Violence” Narrative: A Dispassionate Essay on a Passionate Subject
JERUSALEM, Israel — This month, the European Union of 27 nations decided to impose sanctions on what it described as “violent settlers in the West Bank.” However, after examining the details of the sanctions, it...
Dual Israeli-Turkish Citizens Facing Pressure in Turkey
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If I forget you
This week marks Yom Yerushalayim—the 59th anniversary of the liberation of Jerusalem. Despite centuries of exile and dispersal to every corner of the globe, the Jewish people never relinquished their connection to their historical...
Israel to establish IDF museum at former UNRWA Jerusalem headquarters
Israel to Establish IDF Museum at Former UNRWA Jerusalem Headquarters
The Israeli Cabinet is expected to approve plans next week to establish an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) museum at the Jerusalem compound formerly occupied by...
The secret mission to rescue the UN’s vital Palestinian refugee archive
East Jerusalem to Amman should have been an easy trip: a short drive down to the Dead Sea, across the border checkpoint and swiftly on to the Jordanian capital.
But in the early summer of...
‘Gang rape, forced stripping and humiliation’: New report documents 10,000 findings on Oct. 7...
Spanning roughly 250 pages, with hundreds of footnotes and references to more than 10,000 documented items, a new report lays out what it describes as a systematic pattern of sexual violence, humiliation and abuse...
Ankara’s Crossroads: Rearmament, Risk, and the Prospect of War with Israel
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