Trump’s Manufactured Crises Harm the US and Israel Abe SilbersteinMay 15, 2018 As of this writing, 60 Palestinian demonstrators who either approached or charged the fence separating Gaza and Israel on Monday were ki... Israel and the RegionUS-Israel Relations4 min read
Why Israel Fears a March in the West Bank, Not in Gaza Aaron MagidMay 11, 2018 It’s as if they are living in two different planets. Thousands of Palestinians in Gaza have marched toward the Israeli border each Friday si... Israel and the Region7 min read
Israel’s Endangered Judiciary Guy FrenkelMay 10, 2018 The debate over Israel’s High Court once again came to a head last week with Education Minister Naftali Bennett declaring his intention to p... Israel and the Region8 min read
How To Evaluate Trump’s Withdrawal From The Iran Deal Michael J. KoplowMay 9, 2018 The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, universally and colloquially known as the Iran deal, was never a perfect agreement. It relied on too... Israel and the RegionKoplow ColumnUS-Israel Relations8 min read
Religious Tolerance and Respect: Rebalancing the Jewish World Charles R. BronfmanMay 7, 2018 The following is a speech delivered by Charles R. Bronfman at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Graduation Ceremonies in... Diaspora Jewry9 min read
Spoiling the Beautiful Game Eli W. Kowaz and Rachel ZaurovMay 4, 2018 Netanyahu may claim to speak for all his citizens, but he doesn’t miss an opportunity to incite against a full quarter of the population - A... Israel and the Region4 min read
The Coalition’s Illiberal Trajectory Eli W. KowazMay 3, 2018 As the Knesset reconvened for its summer session, Prime Minister Netanyahu and his far right-wing government wasted little time renewing the... Israel and the Region4 min read
The Most Important Ignored News of the Week Michael J. KoplowMay 3, 2018 The most significant news coming out of Israel this week wasn’t the Sunday night strike – allegedly by Israel – on a Syrian arms depot that ... Israel and the RegionKoplow Column7 min read
The Welfare State Across The Green Line Hillel ZandMay 2, 2018 Why have nearly 400,000 Israelis decided to live in Israeli settlements in the West Bank? Are all of them trying to reclaim the biblical lan... Israel and the Region7 min read
Abbas’s Rant: A Reminder Why He Can’t Deliver A Two-State Outcome, And Why It’s Needed Evan GottesmanMay 1, 2018 On the last day of April 2018, Mahmoud Abbas delivered a viciously offensive address to the PLO leadership. The Palestinian president, ever ... Israel and the Region4 min read
Shas At The Brink Of Extinction Abe SilbersteinMay 1, 2018 One overlooked aspect of Benjamin Netanyahu's last minute victory leap in the 2015 election is that it could’ve been an even more decisive v... Israel and the Region4 min read
Why Israel Needs New Regional Alliances Ephraim SnehApril 27, 2018 US President Donald Trump’s March 29 declaration that he is leaving the crisis in Syria to “other people,” and the summit of Russian Preside... Israel and the Region8 min read
