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Fiamma Nirenstein

Fiamma Nirenstein

Fiamma Nirenstein is an Italian-Israeli journalist, author and senior research fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs (JCFA). An adviser on antisemitism to Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, she served in the Italian Parliament (2008-2013) as vice president of the Foreign Affairs Committee. A founding member of the Friends of Israel Initiative, she has written 15 books, including October 7, Antisemitism and the War on the West, and is a leading voice on Israel, the Middle East, Europe and the fight against antisemitism.

Coverage of the Cardinal Pizzaballa saga overlooks the reality of religious freedom in the Holy Land.
Continued talk of negotiations may deter dissidents while encouraging Tehran to believe it still has diplomatic room to maneuver.

A five-day delay in the U.S. ultimatum reflects strategic maneuvering—not retreat—as Washington and Jerusalem continue confronting the ayatollah regime.
Old conspiracy theories are repackaged in modern language, turning Israel—and the Jewish people—once again into the target.
Israel’s successful strike on a key regime figure may mark the start of a new era.
As the war with Iran intensifies, a disturbing trend has emerged across Europe and North America.
The war in the north is no longer about deterrence. It is about whether Israel will finally dismantle Hezbollah’s military power in Southern Lebanon.
The Iranian regime’s decades-long campaign of terror, nuclear ambition and proxy warfare posed a clear and present danger—one that critics of Israel and the United States often choose to ignore.
The fate of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium—enough, if weaponized, for multiple nuclear bombs—may determine whether the current campaign against Tehran’s nuclear ambitions succeeds.
The joint military campaign against the regime of the ayatollahs reflects an unprecedented strategic alignment between the two allies.
The Western debate focuses on imperialism, while ignoring Tehran’s decades-long war against the free world.
For decades, Israel’s leader has maintained that survival demands strength. After Oct. 7, that doctrine became a policy to reshape the region.