Jonathan Michanie

Jonathan (Yoni) Michanie is a former combat paratrooper in the IDF and current Israel activist. Having received his BA in History from Florida International University and MA in Diplomacy from IDC Herzliya, Yoni writes and speaks about the many issues surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
An Israeli tank manoeuvres along the border fence with the southern Gaza Strip, as watch-towers are seen on the Palestinian side near Kibbutz Nirim, Israel February 17, 2018

Clear threats to Israel’s sovereignty

It is time to be proactive. Time for the world to call for new democratic elections in the West Bank and condemn Hamas’s tyrannical grip on the Gaza Strip.

APRIL 15, 2018
The annual memorial event Yonatan Netanyahu

7 Days in Entebbe

MARCH 19, 2018
President Donald Trump, near an Israeli flag at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

Trump is showing significant leadership on Israeli-Palestinian conflict

As President Trump rightfully acknowledged recently: “If Palestinians do not want peace, then the United States has nothing to do with them.”

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

More than just a leadership change

The Palestinian leadership must now decide whether to seeks a change of agenda or remain on the course with its original mission.

JANUARY 23, 2018
PA President Mahmoud Abbas (C) at a meeting for the Central Council of the PLO, in Ramallah, March 4, 2015

Trump, Iran and 2018

Massive government repression and will for change on behalf of the people continues to fire these protests, but will it be enough?

JANUARY 3, 2018
A man carries a giant flag made of flags of Iran, Palestine, Syria and Hezbollah, during a ceremony marking the 37th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, in Tehran, Feburary 2016

The Tragedy of Removing Metal Detectors

JULY 26, 2017