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Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

The author is Director of International Communications for a leading Israeli think tank and veteran journalist

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Anti-Israel NGOs / PFLP / Terrorism

Israel Ratifies Decision to Designate Three NGOs as Terror Organizations

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

The Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees, Bisan and Adameer are “branches of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine [PFLP],” says Israel’s Defense Ministry.

Israel / Health and Medicine / Ukraine

Ukrainian Refugees to Receive Free Medical Services in Israel

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

Knesset member Idit Silman (Yamina), who chairs the Knesset’s Health Committee, called on the country’s health and medical organizations to step up and provide care in Israel as “humanitarian aid.”

Analysis

Joseph Lieberman: US Inaction Against Russia Empowers Iran

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

“The Russian invasion of Ukraine should remind us that there are nations you simply cannot trust,” said former senator Joseph Lieberman.

Coronavirus

Study Examines COVID Lockdowns' Harm to Children’s Immune Systems

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

In the months after Israel lifted the majority of social restrictions, there was a sharp incline in respiratory and gastrointestinal infections among the 0-3 age group, a peer-reviewed study by Ben-Gurion University shows.

Israel / Coronavirus

COVID is No Longer Just a Disease of the Unvaccinated in Israel. Why?

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

Doctors from medical centers throughout the country explain how a wave of vaccinated people has filled its hospitals.

Analysis

Final Countdown: Who will be Crowned King of the Golden City?

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

With one week to go, Jerusalem’s final five candidates talk housing, jobs, business development and cleaning up the capital.

Op-Eds

Who’s in the Running for the Next Mayor of Jerusalem?

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

An assortment of names, faces and parties are in the race to head the holy city, home to approximately 1 million residents.

Op-Eds

Geopolitical Acupressure

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

Ties between Israel and Azerbaijan could become more significant as Trump attempts to bring about a possible Mid00000000 East peace deal, prevent Iranian nuclearization, and change the relationship between the US and Russia.

Interviews and Profiles

Before Jerusalem’s Reunification, Shmuel Matza Left Defiant Carvings On A Prison Wall

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

“I had seen the plans for the museum and that the Kishle was part of the grounds,” Lieber tells JNS. “It was something that no one even remembered.”

Uncategorized

African-American Christian Ministers Visit Israel In Blooming Of ‘Natural’ Partnership

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

The trip just concluded marked The Fellowship’s third such mission; it brought 21 ministers to Israel in the summer of 2015 and 22 more in January of this year.

Israel

In Israel, U.S. Jewish Leaders Reflect On ‘Frightening’ Mideast Security Assessment

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

“I don’t think Israel has lost, I think the world has lost,” Yesh Atid leader and Member of Knesset Yair Lapid said regarding Iran.

Israel

Kotel Prayer Decision Reflects Shifting Israel-Diaspora Paradigm

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

“This is a fair and creative solution,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the 15-5 vote on the measure by his cabinet.

Israel

Jerusalem’s Christian Zionist Super Bowl

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

The focus of this year’s Feast was “The Evangelical Revolution and its Potential for Israel,”

Analysis

Azerbaijan & Israel: A Covert but Strategic Relationship

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

The $5b in annual trade between Israel and Azerbaijan is more trade than Israel does with France.

Israel

For Israeli Families Bereaved By Gaza War, A ‘Lonely Journey’ Is Still In Its Early Stages

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

More than four months after the end of the conflict, but still early in the grieving process, the bereaved families are working to pick up the pieces.

Middle East / Levant

Cuba Deal May Have Implications For U.S. Middle East Policy

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

Obama’s new attitude, as Gleijeses sees it, may have implications for the U.S. role in the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israel At War: Operation Protective Edge

Pro-Israel Muslims Seek Alternative To Radical Islam

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

“My tears choose the side of peace,” she wrote. “We are tired to hear about more killings. We are tired to run every time we the sirens…. Don’t judge, pray. Pray for this to be over.”

Israel / Rockets from Gaza

Families Grapple With Lasting Effects Of Israel-Gaza Conflicts

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

Being a parent during war, Day said, means putting your own needs and wants aside. It also means being prepared.

Features

20 Years After Rebbe’s Death, Jewish Movements Increasingly Emulate Chabad

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

Creating communities without walls has been a secret to Chabad’s success.

InDepth

Yom HaZikaron: Israeli Families Discuss What it Means to Lose a Soldier, a Son, a Sibling

By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman

Some 22,000 Israeli soldiers have died since the establishment of the Jewish state, including 40 soldiers between March 2013 and March 2014, according to the Israel Defense Forces.

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