Jonathan S. Tobin - JNS.org, Author at J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/author/jonathan-s-tobin-jns-org/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Tue, 05 May 2026 09:57:05 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 Antizionists who condemn antisemitic crimes are gaslighting us https://www.jwire.com.au/antizionists-who-condemn-antisemitic-crimes-are-gaslighting-us/ https://www.jwire.com.au/antizionists-who-condemn-antisemitic-crimes-are-gaslighting-us/#comments Tue, 05 May 2026 05:57:55 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=180633 Attempts to separate the movement to accomplish the genocide of half the world’s Jews in Israel from attacks on them elsewhere have zero credibility. Last week’s stabbing attack against two Jews in London’s Golders Green neighbourhood was just the latest instance of what even local police agreed was an “epidemic” of antisemitic crimes. It was just one […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/antizionists-who-condemn-antisemitic-crimes-are-gaslighting-us/feed/ 1 180633 Defeating Iran’s regime requires patience, but shouldn’t take ‘forever’ https://www.jwire.com.au/defeating-irans-regime-requires-patience-but-shouldnt-take-forever/ https://www.jwire.com.au/defeating-irans-regime-requires-patience-but-shouldnt-take-forever/#respond Mon, 04 May 2026 07:50:17 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=180574 Given enough time, a combination of economic and military pressure may be enough for Trump to topple the Islamist terrorists. The question is whether he has it. Americans don’t like war in general. But if it has to be done, it had better be quick. The joint U.S.-Israeli effort against Iran may only be two […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/defeating-irans-regime-requires-patience-but-shouldnt-take-forever/feed/ 0 180574 Political violence is a consequence of the politics of anathema https://www.jwire.com.au/political-violence-is-a-consequence-of-the-politics-of-anathema/ https://www.jwire.com.au/political-violence-is-a-consequence-of-the-politics-of-anathema/#respond Tue, 28 Apr 2026 10:12:54 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=180292 The latest attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump demonstrates anew that, like the toleration of antisemitism, the demonization of opponents leads to the unthinkable. We’ve been through this so many times that perhaps it’s futile even to raise the possibility that the temperature of political discourse should be lowered. But after the third attempt to […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/political-violence-is-a-consequence-of-the-politics-of-anathema/feed/ 0 180292 Iran hasn’t won, and America hasn’t lost … yet https://www.jwire.com.au/iran-hasnt-won-and-america-hasnt-lost-yet/ https://www.jwire.com.au/iran-hasnt-won-and-america-hasnt-lost-yet/#respond Mon, 13 Apr 2026 08:22:06 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=179726 It’s not clear who is crowing the loudest about the meaning of the two-week ceasefire between the United States and Iran that President Donald Trump announced on April 8. Both Tehran and the president’s domestic opponents seem equally determined to declare that it means the Islamist regime has won.   Their reasons for doing so […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/iran-hasnt-won-and-america-hasnt-lost-yet/feed/ 0 179726 The issue for war opponents is Trump, not Israel or Iran’s regime of terror https://www.jwire.com.au/the-issue-for-war-opponents-is-trump-not-israel-or-irans-regime-of-terror/ https://www.jwire.com.au/the-issue-for-war-opponents-is-trump-not-israel-or-irans-regime-of-terror/#respond Tue, 10 Mar 2026 06:40:54 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=178502 The effort to delegitimise the decision to strike Tehran is primarily about partisan politics. The president’s critics are focusing more on him than on America’s Islamist foes. Ten days after the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli air offensive against Iran’s terrorist regime, the ultimate outcome of the joint campaign remains uncertain. Iran’s government and military have […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/the-issue-for-war-opponents-is-trump-not-israel-or-irans-regime-of-terror/feed/ 0 178502 Jesse Jackson and the betrayal of the civil-rights movement https://www.jwire.com.au/jesse-jackson-and-the-betrayal-of-the-civil-rights-movement/ https://www.jwire.com.au/jesse-jackson-and-the-betrayal-of-the-civil-rights-movement/#respond Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:57:14 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=177881 Being an aide to Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., as well as one of his companions in Memphis, Tenn., on April 4, 1968—the day the leader of the civil-rights movement was shot and killed—conferred a certain status on Rev. Jesse Jackson that amounted to secular sainthood. Parlaying that clout into being the first serious African-American […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/jesse-jackson-and-the-betrayal-of-the-civil-rights-movement/feed/ 0 177881 Trump shouldn’t fall into the Iran negotiations trap https://www.jwire.com.au/trump-shouldnt-fall-into-the-iran-negotiations-trap/ https://www.jwire.com.au/trump-shouldnt-fall-into-the-iran-negotiations-trap/#respond Tue, 03 Feb 2026 07:46:07 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=177251 President Donald Trump was re-elected to the presidency to drain the swamp in Washington, push back the tide of illegal immigration and roll back the dead hand of toxic woke leftism in American government and society. He wasn’t returned to the White House to enact regime change in Iran or anywhere else. Those two basic […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/trump-shouldnt-fall-into-the-iran-negotiations-trap/feed/ 0 177251 Stop chasing after the Saudis to join the Abraham Accords https://www.jwire.com.au/stop-chasing-after-the-saudis-to-join-the-abraham-accords/ https://www.jwire.com.au/stop-chasing-after-the-saudis-to-join-the-abraham-accords/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2026 08:32:26 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=177183 The 12-day air campaign against Iran carried out by Israel last June, and then eventually joined by the United States, changed the strategic equation in the Middle East. But as much as that is an enormous benefit to both Jerusalem and Washington, there was one consequence to this victory that will discourage many observers of […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/stop-chasing-after-the-saudis-to-join-the-abraham-accords/feed/ 0 177183 Don’t mourn the Holocaust while supporting the genocide of living Jews https://www.jwire.com.au/dont-mourn-the-holocaust-while-supporting-the-genocide-of-living-jews/ https://www.jwire.com.au/dont-mourn-the-holocaust-while-supporting-the-genocide-of-living-jews/#comments Tue, 27 Jan 2026 07:22:09 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=176976 What does it say about a country where some rudimentary knowledge about the Holocaust is commonplace, but where misleading analogies about it are a routine occurrence in public discourse? You can ask the same question about the use of the most important term to come out of the Shoah. The word “genocide” was coined in […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/dont-mourn-the-holocaust-while-supporting-the-genocide-of-living-jews/feed/ 1 176976 Trump’s end run around the old world order https://www.jwire.com.au/trumps-end-run-around-the-old-world-order/ https://www.jwire.com.au/trumps-end-run-around-the-old-world-order/#respond Sun, 25 Jan 2026 06:47:50 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=176845 The fact that it was formally unveiled in Davos, Switzerland, told us everything we need to know about President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace. The idea was originally presented to the world as part of the ceasefire-hostage release deal brokered by the United States to end the post-Oct. 7 war between Israel and Hamas. But […]

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