Has Trump Succeeded in Uniting the Palestinian Factions

The Trump Plan, annexation, and most of all- the normalization agreement between Israel and the UAE and Bahrain, have pushed Fatah and Hamas into each others’ arms. The two camps believe that the Palestinian cause is at an unprecedented low, and that this is a historical moment in time requiring different decisions to those that have been made in the past. These are the disagreements that stand between them.

We Would Like to Support the Jews. Are There Any Left Here?

Why are the government authorities in the Muslim republics of Central Asia courting the remnants...

Anti-Nationalist, but not Anti-Zionist: The Political Philosophy of Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz

In 1978 the French philosopher John Paul Sartre organized an Israeli-Palestinian conference titled “Peace Now?....

Mr. Jamaal Bowman Goes to Washington (and the Democratic Party distances itself from the Israeli right)

The left-wing of the Democratic Party was, of late, witness to an incredible victory, when...

Black Lives Matter? On Politics as Cultural Code

Israeli attitudes towards the Black Lives Matter protests is an interesting case study of politics...

In Search of a Game Changer

Israel's endgame appears to go beyond de facto or de jure apartheid. Two actions might...

The emergency lexicon government

Never in Israel's history has there been a government that is exclusively predicated on the...

”We are all Post-Traumatic”: On the Legacy of the First Lebanon War

The commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the withdrawal from Lebanon has given way to...

If it’s a big enough problem, then apparently it’s a “security problem”

Securitization is a process in which leaders frame an explicit civil matter as an existential...

Coronavirus crisis in the service of a ruthless leader

We are living under a quasi-authoritarian regime, headed by a single ruler who is exploiting...

Israel-GCC Relations: What is the Price of ‘Regional Peace’?

In light of shared concerns regarding Iran’s growing influence in the region, as well as...

Uproar in Texas over anti-Semitic hadith

Sheikh Yasir Qadhi from Texas claims a famous hadith on Muslims killing Jews is not...

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אם אתם באזור | New in The Region

A monthly newsletter dedicated to analyzing Israel’s relations in the Middle East from diverse perspectives, edited by Dr. Eli Osheroff

זמן שמ”ש | Partnership-Based Peace

A regular publication by the Shemesh Center for Partnership-Based Peace at the Van Leer Institute, exploring global conflicts and developing language and ideas for Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation grounded in partnership and equality.

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