Breaking the Historic Taboo

Winter 2021 / Essays

The only way for Israelis to escape perpetual deadlock is to shatter the taboo on inviting Non-Zionist parties into the government. Like Menachem Begin and the Sinai, Netanyahu may be the one to do it.

Leading Israel into an Empty Future

Winter 2021 / Essays

This week’s Israeli Election—the fourth such vote in two years—will likely result in a stalemate or Netanyahu’s eking out another victory. But then what comes next?

Resisting the Tide of Bigotry

Fall 2020 / Essays

American Jews are left divided and looking for new directions as Donald Trump embraces the white supremacism of the alt-right and the Zionism of Benjamin Netanyahu

The Disrupting Stabilizer

Summer 2020 / Essays

How Russia’s military, diplomatic, and economic roles in the Mediterranean have developed in recent years

Annexation Makes No Policy Sense

June 15, 2020 / Tahrir Forum

The fors and againsts of the West Bank’s annexation.

Mobilizing Against Trump’s “Vision”

March 2, 2020 / Q & A

Former Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Nasser Alkidwa explains the ways Palestinians are contesting the Trump plan for peace and how the Trump deal caters only to extremists on the Israeli and American right

Israel in the Age of Netanyahu

Winter 2019 / Essays

He crafted the post-Oslo consensus, overhauled the economy, and mastered the Knesset. Now the kingdom he built wants its keys back

The Middle East Reacts to Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’

January 30, 2020 / Tahrir Forum

Hours after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled his plan for Israeli-Palestinian peace, the reactions of key regional figures ranged from hopeful to enraged.

The End for Netanyahu?

September 19, 2019 / Tahrir Forum

After a murky election Netanyahu might be out and Gantz might be in, but it is Lieberman who is set to be kingmaker.

Here We Go Again

June 18, 2019 / Tahrir Forum

In a right-wing power-play Avigdor Lieberman has forced Israelis back to the polls, but the former defense minister may not be in as strong a position as he reckons.

Can Israel Survive Netanyahu?

Spring 2019 / Essays

Following Benjamin Netanyahu’s reelection Israel is a land of contradictions, democratic and wealthy yet with dangerous demographic divisions

Netanyahu’s Masterful Gaslighting

April 16, 2019 / Tahrir Forum

The recent Israeli election showed Bibi to be the king of Israel and a master of the status quo.

From Africa to Israel to Nowhere

Summer 2018 / Essays

Thousands of undocumented Africans in Israel present the Jewish-majority state with an existential question: how open is Israel—originally a safe haven for displaced Jews—to newly-arrived non-Jewish migrants?

Political Space for Israel’s Palestinians?

September 18, 2017 / Tahrir Forum

As the Israeli state ramps up exclusionary policies against its Palestinian citizens, the Palestinian community is increasingly resorting to protests and grassroots activism to produce results.

Hanan Ashrawi: “We Are Seriously Worried”

February 16, 2017 / Q & A

The Trump administration has suggested dropping the two-state solution and moving its embassy to Jerusalem. Influential Palestinian leader Hanan Ashrawi speaks out.

Trump’s Threat to Arab-Israeli Peace

February 13, 2017 / Tahrir Forum

U.S. policy threatens to undo not only the two-state solution, but stable relations with Israel’s Arab neighbors.

Netanyahu and the Iranian Threat

October 11, 2015 / Tahrir Forum

Some say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is obsessed with the Iranian nuclear issue; others say he just cares deeply about it. Jewish history influences the leader’s policies today.