Alex Traiman - JNS.org, Author at J-Wire

Netanyahu: ‘We are winning and Iran is being decimated’

Alex Traiman - JNS.org — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 07:21:37 +0000

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Thursday that the United States and Israel are decimating the Iranian regime in their joint military campaign that began on Feb. 28. “Israel has never been stronger and Iran has never been weaker,” Netanyahu said in an address to the nation in Jerusalem relayed live by Israeli […]

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Netanyahu on trial: Case 4000 unravels as witness exposes alleged suppression of exculpatory evidence

Alex Traiman - JNS.org — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 06:26:30 +0000

Case 4000—the most serious and consequential of the criminal cases against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—has long been portrayed by prosecutors as the centrepiece of their corruption allegations. Yet testimony heard this week in the Jerusalem District Court has intensified claims by Netanyahu’s allies that the case is not merely weak, but compromised by investigative […]

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Israel wins stunning 12-Day War

Alex Traiman - JNS.org — Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:50:48 +0000

With U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire, Israel is emerging as the true victor of what Trump has aptly termed the 12-Day War with Iran. Just as in the stunning 1967 Six-Day War—in which Israel pre-empted an Egyptian attack, then defeated invading armies from Egypt, Syria, Jordan and Iraq—Israel has emerged victorious in […]

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The arrest of ‘Jerusalem Post’ editor sheds light on legal system’s failures

Alex Traiman - JNS.org — Sun, 06 Apr 2025 08:31:26 +0000

To be sure, I was shocked when The Jerusalem Post’s editor-in-chief, Zvika Klein, went to Qatar. I could not believe the platitudes that he gave to the Qataris, saying they are a force for moderation and a peacemaker with an outstretched arm to Israel. There is not a single Qatar expert I know—and I know […]

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Inside story: Behind the Netanyahu-Harris meeting

Alex Traiman - JNS.org — Sun, 28 Jul 2024 05:43:59 +0000

This week, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris sent strong signals to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about what to expect from a relationship should she succeed U.S. President Joe Biden in the Oval Office. Netanyahu touched down in the United States on Monday with little fanfare. Neither Biden nor Harris, not even U.S. Secretary of […]

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The implications and audiences of Netanyahu’s address to Congress

Alex Traiman - JNS.org — Mon, 22 Jul 2024 08:05:14 +0000

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is preparing to address, for the fourth time, a joint session of the U.S. Congress on Wednesday. There is a strong possibility this will be the last such address for Israel’s longest-serving prime minister. The address comes amid one of the most challenging periods in the 76-year existence of the […]

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March of the Living provides a powerful opportunity for Jewish unity

Alex Traiman - JNS.org — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 08:56:07 +0000

There are no words to describe a trip to the extermination camps at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The camps are surprisingly well-preserved and are a living testament to the most heinous crime in modern human history: the systematic extermination not just of every Jew but of the attempt to annihilate every single one to the extent that shockingly […]

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Israel’s historic right-wing government is the democratic will of the voters

Alex Traiman - JNS.org — Fri, 30 Dec 2022 05:04:16 +0000

Israel inducted a historic right-wing government Thursday, led by three-time Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Netanyahu’s return to power and the formation of a strong right-wing government is a tremendous achievement for a nation that has increasingly turned towards the right-wing values of strong security and protecting the Jewish character of the state. The 64-member Likud-led […]

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Next 48 hours will determine if Netanyahu becomes prime minister

Alex Traiman - JNS.org — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 07:13:00 +0000

Israel’s initial election exit poll results are in, and former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remains the most dominant force in Israeli politics by a significant margin. In addition to securing the most Knesset seats (at least 30), his supporting right-wing bloc, which also includes three religious parties, exceeded pre-election surveys If the exit polls hold […]

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Why Israeli firebrand Itamar Ben-Gvir is soaring in polls, and why the left calls him a racist

Alex Traiman - JNS.org — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 06:28:27 +0000

The rise of Itamar Ben-Gvir is one of the major storylines of Israel’s fifth election cycle in little more than three years. The political firebrand from the right flank of Israel’s political spectrum is soaring in popularity, with polls showing his Religious Zionist bloc garnering as many as 14 of the Knesset’s 120 seats. That […]

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