The Jewish People Policy Institute - JPPI

10/06/2026

Has the Middle East fundamentally changed over the last two years? Yaakov Katz speaks with Nadim Koteich, a leading Arab journalist, former General Manager of Sky News Arabia and columnist for Asharq Al-Awsat, about Iran, Hezbollah, Lebanon, and what the region might look like after the wars that have reshaped it.

04/06/2026

Israel has stumbled into a dangerous gamble with historic consequences. Its relationship with the Trump administration, for better or worse, has become the beating heart of its national-security doctrine. A foreign leader, however friendly, is imposing his policy on Israel and making decisions, independently of us, that determine when the Israel Defense Forces may act and when they must hold back. Read here:

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.

03/06/2026

In Israel it's the security stupid not economy⁠. JPPI fellow Yisrael Klitsner tells The Deep Dive that security dominates Israeli elections, unlike the U.S. economic focus. Since October 7th, the IDF draft bill has shifted from a religion-and-state issue into the national security apparatus. Reservists now serve at least 150 days a year, with many still serving into their 30s and 40s.

03/06/2026

This week, IDF troops reached the Beaufort Ridge in Lebanon. But is that a victory? Yaakov Katz speaks with Dr. Seth Frantzman about Israel's endgame in Lebanon, the risk of a prolonged military presence, and how drone warfare is changing the battlefield.

02/06/2026

The US-Israel alliance reached a military peak, but its political future is under threat: Israel has spent decades building a relationship with the US that no other country in the Middle East has ever had. It would be a historic act of negligence to assume that because it exists, it will simply endure on its own. Read by Yaakov Katz :

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.

02/06/2026

Israel's embrace of Trump is straining diaspora ties⁠: On The Deep Dive, JPPI fellow Yisrael Klitsner warns that Israel's near-total alignment with Trump's Iran policy is alienating American Jews, most of whom vote Democrat. The former adviser to PM Bennett says inflammatory rhetoric toward figures like Bernie Sanders and groups like J Street deepens the rift with diaspora Jewry. The Jerusalem Post

01/06/2026

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

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.

01/06/2026

Where does criticizing Israel become something darker?⁠
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JPPI fellow Yisrael Klitsner lays out the distinction Diaspora advocates lean on separating a government's policy from the nation itself and why that argument only gets harder the longer the same coalition holds power.

The Jerusalem Post

31/05/2026

In this episode of Jewish Crossroads, Tamar Ish Shalom sits down with Shmuel Rosner, one of Israel’s most thoughtful intellectuals. Their conversation ranges across questions of Jewish identity, belonging, and continuity. What does it mean to be Jewish in the twenty-first century? How are Israeli and American Jewish experiences diverging, and where do they still intersect? For the full episode: https://linktr.ee/jewishcrossroads

27/05/2026

What Do Iranians Want? As ceasefire talks continue and tensions grow with Iran, what are ordinary Iranians actually thinking? In this episode, Yaakov speaks with Iranian-Canadian journalist and analyst Negar Mojtahedi about life inside Iran, how people view the regime, whether they want the US or Israel to strike and why another uprising has not happened.