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Jonathan Tobin Daily
The Internet is inundated with misinformation. Join JNS Editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin for his daily analysis of the most important stories affecting Israel and the Jewish world. If you want to understand what’s really going on, this show is for you.
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Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Biden isn’t serious about opposing Palestinian terrorism
A bid to strengthen the Taylor Force Act that penalizes the Palestinian Authority’s “pay for slay” policy is necessary. But the administration is still evading…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Judge the Jewish rioters, but don’t rationalize Arab murderers
Jews who rioted in Huwara following a terror attack have been rightly condemned. But why do the world and the Biden administration still tolerate Palestinian…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Is the war in Ukraine making Iran more dangerous?
One year after the Russian invasion, it’s not apparent whether the emphasis on bolstering Kyiv is deterring or emboldening both Iran and China. Listen to the…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: How worrying is the far-right’s ‘Day of Hate’ stunt?
An Internet announcement is troubling, but the idea of Jews cowering in response and the mainstreaming of antisemitism by the corporate media is the real…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Golda Meir would agree with Netanyahu on this one
Helen Mirren is a wonderful actress, but her claim that she understands Golda’s “world” or the contemporary debate about Israel’s Supreme Court is pure bunk…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Biden’s ‘equity’ policy is racializing America
The accelerated plans to put the DEI catechism at the center of government mandates undermine the goal of equality and give a boost to woke antisemitism…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: There’s more to rising antisemitism than Joe Rogan’s rants
Poll results demonstrate an understanding that Jew-hatred is grown. But thanks to misperceptions, mistakes and failed leadership, efforts to counter this trend…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Why keep pretending that Jews building homes prevents peace?
Palestinian terrorism and disinterest in a two-state solution ensure that peace is impossible. But the United States and its allies prefer to focus on Israeli…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: How Americans can save Israeli democracy
Israeli elites have mobilized to attempt to essentially overturn last November’s Knesset election results. Foreign friends who help them shouldn’t pretend it’s…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Netanyahu’s Western Wall decision gives the lie to democracy hysteria
Despite provocation by the Shas Party, the prime minister demonstrates that gloomy predictions about Israel becoming the next Iran are baseless. Listen to the…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The anti-Bibi resistance wants Americans to thwart Israeli democracy
Some well-known writers and publications aren’t just gaslighting the world about judicial reform. They’re also playing into the hands of their country’s foes…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Kyiv is still trying to drag Jerusalem into its war
Israel’s foreign minister shouldn’t pay Ukraine’s price for a photo op with Zelenskyy. Listen to the full story now!
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The Ilhan Omar vote is a turning point for American Jews
The partisan split on booting the congresswoman from committees is more than a symptom of political civil war. It illustrates the normalization of…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: US Mideast diplomacy isn’t advancing peace or democracy
Blinken’s call for “calm” and thinly veiled swipe at Israel’s judicial-reform plan will encourage more Palestinian terror and greater unrest in Israel. Listen…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Israel’s critics continue to hold the Jewish state responsible for Palestinian terror
The anti-Bibi resistance at home is helping foes abroad blame the Netanyahu government, not the terrorists, for the Jerusalem massacre. Listen to the full…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Why leftists shrug at calls for violence against Jews
While the world honors the Holocaust, outrage over calls for the murder of Jews at the University of Michigan is mocked as evidence that Jews are “snowflakes.”…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The Ukraine war starts to undermine Israeli security
The U.S. decision to strip arms stockpiles stored in the Jewish state to resupply Kiev’s forces in its deadlocked fight with Moscow is a gamechanger. Why is no…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Harvard surrenders to the antisemites
By bending its knee to pressure from Israel-bashers and their media cheerleaders, the school demonstrated the moral bankruptcy of elite universities. Jews…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Is a Biden-Netanyahu brawl inevitable?
Both men want to keep disputes between them private. But sympathy for the anti-Bibi resistance and differences over Iran could change that. Listen to the full…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Americans shouldn’t be swayed by the Israeli left’s freakout
The apocalyptic rhetoric about Netanyahu’s government and its judicial-reform proposal is about maintaining the power of a minority and thwarting democracy…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Harvard didn't cancel Kenneth Roth; it decided not to honor an antisemite
Denying a fellowship to the man who transformed Human Rights Watch into an anti-Zionist propaganda machine is justified, not a blow to free speech. Listen to…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Ilhan Omar is the Democrats’ problem, not Kevin McCarthy’s
The new Speaker of the House has good reason to boot the antisemitic congresswoman from the Foreign Affairs Committee. Listen to the full story here! Read…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Where’s the outrage over Biden comparing illegal immigrants to Holocaust victims?
Millions of economic migrants crossing the U.S. southern border want a better life. But most are neither refugees nor analogous to Jews fleeing Nazi slaughter…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: What killed the two-state solution? Cheers and cash for terrorists
The Biden administration and leftist groups insist that Israel pave the way for Palestinian sovereignty. But broad support for anti-Jewish terrorism explains…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Is Israel really threatened by Ben-Gvir’s Temple Mount gambit?
Worries about terrorism, the alienation of allies and international condemnations are real. But denying Hamas a veto over Jerusalem and asserting Jewish rights…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Should Zelenskyy get away with using a UN vote to blackmail Israel?
The Ukrainian president bartered opposition to an antisemitic resolution to pressure Netanyahu to join the war against Russia. The prime minister was right to…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Can US Jews love the real Israel—or only the fantasy version?
Most Americans don’t like the Jewish state’s new government. But it still deserves their support against those who work to undermine and destroy it. Listen to…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The anti-Bibi resistance is playing with fire
A false narrative about the new government’s extremism, spread by both Lapid and left-wing rabbis, will aid the cause of anti-Zionists, not just Netanyahu’s…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The top 10 Jewish stories of 2022
Antisemitism of all sorts, Bibi, Ben-Gvir, Zelenskyy and, of course, Trump, owned the headlines in a year full of surprising twists and some names that just…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Jews Don’t Need Another Left-Wing Advocacy Group
The JCPA used to pretend to work for communal interests while promoting partisan political causes. Now it’s steering the Jews down a woke path of…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The ‘Jew-Free Zones’ at Berkeley story wasn’t ‘misinformation’
After leftists spent two months claiming outrage over groups vowing never to let Zionists speak on campus was overblown, the Department of Education is…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Hanukkah irony: The holiday’s real message is alien to most American Jews
The festival of lights needs to be celebrated as a fight against the idols of woke popular culture, not a blue-tinsel version of Christmas. Listen to the full…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The Anti-Defamation League is on the wrong side of the fight for democracy
We now know that Twitter shut down coverage of stories and muted conservatives—and the ADL was all for it. Listen to the full story here!
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Bibi’s book reminds us why he’s still in the fight
The autobiography of Israel’s longest-serving prime minister demonstrates everything we like and dislike about him, but also explains why he remains necessary…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Is talk of globalism an antisemitic dog whistle?
The ADL and other liberals mistakenly believe critiques of efforts to undermine national sovereignty and pushing woke leftist policies are always about…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The Palestinians’ World Cup propaganda victory
The embrace of the Palestinian cause by Morocco’s team and many Arab fans shows the gap between their governments’ appreciation of Israel and popular opinion…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Can J Street Still Get Away With Pretending To Be ‘Pro-Israel’?
The left-wing lobby’s conference was a reminder that the group isn’t just irrelevant to Middle East realities; it’s also at war with the interests of the…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Enough hypocrisy on antisemitism
The focus on Kanye West should lead to a discussion about the acceptance of hate among African-Americans and the bizarre alliance of far-left and far-right…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The anti-Bibi resistance isn’t protecting Israel’s best interests
The goal of those going all out to sabotage the prospective Netanyahu government is to advance their failed agendas on peace with the Palestinians, not protect…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The whole truth about Ukraine’s past matters
Kyiv is right to ask that Stalin’s terror famine be recognized as genocide. But it should be equally honest about those who collaborated with Hitler. Listen to…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Trump’s Jewish supporters must condemn and disavow him
The former president’s dinner with Jew-haters was a blow to efforts to combat antisemitism. His erstwhile allies can’t mince words about it. Listen to the full…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Birthright budget problems are a communal emergency
Few Jewish programs have been as effective as the one that takes young people on trips to Israel. Those who care about Jewish life need to act to prevent…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The ADL is waging war on free speech, not Trump or Twitter
It’s not protesting misinformation; it doesn’t want a public square where opposing views can be heard, which is bad for democracy and Jewish security. Hear the…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Israel's new coalition shouldn't write off American Jewry
Most Israelis don’t care about the talk of moves that upset the non-Orthodox. But even if many U.S. Jews are failing Israel, abandoning the largest Diaspora…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Ukraine backs antisemitism at the UN while pressuring Israel for arms
Zelenskyy’s two-faced stand illustrates both his own hypocrisy and how the world body acts as a toxic cesspool of hate. Listen to the full story here!
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Dave Chappelle and Normalizing Black Antisemitism
The comedian is right that we need to stop trying to cancel and fire those who say offensive things. But his SNL monologue ignored the truth about a major…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Don't apologize for Ben-Gvir or anything else about Israel
The claim that Benjamin Netanyahu’s government will make life hard for Diaspora Jews ignores what motivates Zionism’s foes and other anti-Semites. Hear the…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Winners and Losers from the 2022 Midterm Elections
Democrats won the expectations game as a red wave didn’t materialize. But the results mean divided government and a worsening political tribal culture war…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Expect the pressure on Israel to join the Ukraine war to grow
Israel continues to help Kyiv, but Zelenskyy’s escalating campaign to scapegoat the Jewish state will only escalate as Netanyahu takes office. Hear the full…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Democrats doomsday political appeals are bad for the Jews
Hyperbolic predictions of the end of democracy if Republicans win the midterms encourage extremism and conspiracy theories that fuel anti-Semitism. Hear the…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The panic about Israel’s next government is about politics, not values
Democratic Party talking points about a supposed threat to democracy from the right may be the cause of the surge in American-Jewish hysteria about Netanyahu’s…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Biden shouldn’t try to ‘save’ Israeli democracy from election victors
Democrats don’t want Netanyahu or a right-wing/religious government in Jerusalem. But what they really don’t want is for the Jewish state’s voters to determine…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Why is the ADL on the side of the racists in the affirmative action case?
The ability of woke leftists to enshrine the toxic myths of CRT is on the line at the Supreme Court as it debates discriminatory admissions. Find out the full…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: Elon Musk Must Restore Free Speech to Twitter
Anti-Semites want to take advantage of the platform, but efforts by liberal groups like the ADL to promote censorship of political speech are undermining…
Jonathan Tobin DailyTop Story Daily: The painful truth about media bias: Some journalists lie
Why is coverage of certain issues—like Israel—so one-sided? The midterm election once again proved that many reporters suppress the truth to bolster their…