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Israeli-Palestinian Security Coordination Gets a Flat Tire
by Eli Kowaz
A Shortsighted Foreign Policy for Israel
by Guy Frenkel
Hitting Hamas Hard Isn’t Enough
by Eli Kowaz
The Israel-Diaspora Divide Comes to Los Angeles
Israel’s Digitally Exposed Democracy
Netanyahu’s Regional Bind
by Abe Silberstein
How Israel Can Work With Oman
Trump Hasn’t Broken the European Consensus on Israel
by Guy Frenkel
What Was Gilad Erdan Thinking?
by Abe Silberstein
Democracy’s Day of Judgment
From Brasilia to Jerusalem
by Guy Frenkel
Israeli-Palestinian Trust Has Been Worn and Eroded
by Shaul Arieli
Crossing the Threshold
by Abe Silberstein
Back to the Two-State Solution
The Catalan Precedent
by Guy Frenkel
An Intellectual Roadmap for Israel’s Center-Left
by Abe Silberstein
A Hotly Contested Definition?
The Eurovision Precedent
by Guy Frenkel
The Netanyahu Government is Dragging Us Back a Hundred Years
by Shaul Arieli
There Are No Oslo Supporters and No Oslo Opponents
Im Tirtzu: Building the Zionist Dream?
Swapping Solutions
by Guy Frenkel
Trump’s Israel Legacy: Long-Term Damage
by Abe Silberstein
The Israeli Right’s One-State Delusion
by Eli Kowaz
The Burden of the Moral Code
Not In My Backyard, Israeli Border Security Edition
by Abe Silberstein
Introducing: The Next Palestinian Leader
White Helmets, Whitewashing
The Druze Strike Back
by Eli Kowaz
Netanyahu’s Likud, Corbyn’s Labour
by Guy Frenkel
Reclaiming Economic Peace, One Island at a Time
The Israeli Right Guts “Brand Israel”
by Abe Silberstein
In Search of a Middle Ground
What the Nation-State Law Means, and What It Doesn’t
by Abe Silberstein
The Nation-State of Israel: Jewish and Sort Of Democratic
by Eli Kowaz
The Other Jerusalem Embassies
Leaders Wanted
Courting Disaster: The Left’s Resignation in Israel and America
by Guy Frenkel
Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: The View From Northern Ireland
Benny Gantz: the Center-Left’s Best Bet?
by Abe Silberstein
Dealing With No Deal
by Adam Basciano
Pipeline Diplomacy And The Emerging East-Med Region
Putting Out Fires Is Not Policy
Jerusalem on the Table
by Eli Kowaz
Three Coalition Victories in One Fell Swoop
by Guy Frenkel
The Crisis of the People’s Army
A West Bank Outpost is Evacuated
by Eli Kowaz
Argentina: An Opposition Opportunity
by Abe Silberstein
Answering the Critics
by Guy Frenkel
Let Soccer be Soccer
by Michael J. Koplow
It’s Not Just a Game
by Eli Kowaz
The Missing Consensus on Anti-Semitism
by Abe Silberstein
The Peace Plan: The Next Trump-Netanyahu Exercise
Waiting for the Next Round: On Gaza, the Israeli Government Has No Plan
The Problem with the Settlement Blocs
by Eli Kowaz
Democratic Institutions: Israel’s First Line of Defense Against Double Standards
In the Shadow of Mount Ararat: Israel and Armenian Genocide Denial
by Eli Kowaz
Predictable Responses
by Guy Frenkel
How Gaza Became a Trump Issue
by Eli Kowaz
Trump’s Manufactured Crises Harm the US and Israel
by Abe Silberstein
Why Israel Fears a March in the West Bank, Not in Gaza
Israel’s Endangered Judiciary
by Guy Frenkel
Religious Tolerance and Respect: Rebalancing the Jewish World
Spoiling the Beautiful Game
by Eli Kowaz
The Coalition’s Illiberal Trajectory
by Eli Kowaz
The Welfare State Across The Green Line
Abbas’s Rant: A Reminder Why He Can’t Deliver A Two-State Outcome, And Why It’s Needed
by Eli Kowaz
Shas At The Brink Of Extinction
by Abe Silberstein
Why Israel Needs New Regional Alliances
The Israel Debate After Natalie Portman
by Guy Frenkel
A Path Portman Can’t Follow
by Eli Kowaz
Three Takeaways from J Street’s 2018 Conference
by Eli Kowaz
Fool Me Twice
by Abe Silberstein
Empowering the Empowered
Israel and Gaza, Under the Surface
by Guy Frenkel
Israel and the Abbas Peace Plan
The Anti-Expertise Revolution Arrives in Israel
by Abe Silberstein
The History of the Demographic Balance
by Shaul Arieli
Israel’s Elections Crisis: Across The Political Spectrum
by Abe Silberstein
Israel: Bringing Halabja Into The International Arena
Israel’s Next Kingmaker May Be A Queen
by Eli Kowaz
Unorthodox Netanyahu
by Guy Frenkel
Israel, Undemocratic?
by Eli Kowaz
Three Takeaways From AIPAC’s 2018 Policy Conference
by Eli Kowaz
To Prison Or To The Polls?
by Abe Silberstein
Failures On The Left: It’s Not Just Netanyahu’s Fault
The Coalition’s Pitfalls
by Guy Frenkel
Abbas’ Trump Card
The Most Important Meeting Of Netanyahu’s Life
by Michael J. Koplow
The Increasing Risk Of A Two-Front War In Israel
Why Israel Needs Palestinian Institutions
by Michael J. Koplow
The Crisis In The Supermarket
It’s Too Early For The Opposition To Celebrate
by Eli Kowaz
The Unexpected Opposition
by Guy Frenkel
Feminism and Israeli-Palestinian Peace: An Interview With Sarai Aharoni
A Battle of Victimhood
Violence And Non-Violence
by Michael J. Koplow
Avigdor Lieberman: The Israeli Left’s Strangest Bedfellow
by Abe Silberstein
UNRWA: Reform or Replace?
Smotrich’s Mistake
The Takeaway From Israel’s Argument With Poland
by Michael J. Koplow
Recognizing Palestine, Recognizing Reality
by Guy Frenkel
Everybody Loves Mike
by Michael J. Koplow
Asylum Seekers: The Strangers In Our Midst
Let The Centrists Be Centrists
by Abe Silberstein
The Schizophrenia of Mahmoud Abbas
by Michael J. Koplow
Who’s Afraid of Palestine?
by Eli Kowaz
Don’t Touch My Mini-Mart
Anti-Democracy As An Electoral Strategy
by Guy Frenkel
Premature Obituaries For A Two-State Solution
by Eli Kowaz
Is Annexation of the West Bank Already Here?
by Michael J. Koplow
Israel Is Winning the Double Standards Game
by Abe Silberstein
Why Saudi Arabia Won’t Abandon The Palestinians
Unicorns, Santa Claus, And Annexing Area C
by Michael J. Koplow
Finally, Some Ideological Clarity
The Two-State Solution Is Dead. Long Live The Two-State Solution.
by Abe Silberstein
Rebuilding The Israeli Opposition
by Eli Kowaz
Jerusalem Gallimaufry
by Michael J. Koplow
Introducing a Vision of Peace for Jerusalem Is the Ultimate Response to Trump’s Statement
A Worthier Venue Than The Human Rights Council
by Guy Frenkel
A Love’s Poem
I Was Wrong About Jerusalem. What Have I Learned?
by Michael J. Koplow
No Silver Lining, Especially In Israel
by Abe Silberstein
Dermer, CUFI, and Trump’s Jerusalem Announcement
What Kind of Peace Plan Is Trump Trying To Sell?
by Michael J. Koplow
In Search Of A Sincere Israeli Left
by Guy Frenkel
Moving the American Embassy: What You Need To Know
The Shadows in Tzipi Hotovely’s Cave
by Michael J. Koplow
Netanyahu’s Survivable Uncertainties
by Abe Silberstein
Don’t Forget About Security
Netanyahu and the Unmaking of the Israeli Right
by Guy Frenkel
The Perilous Status of the Palestinian Mission in Washington
by Michael J. Koplow
A Peace Fund for the Arab States
Are Israel and Saudi Arabia On The Same Page?
by Michael J. Koplow
Majoritarian Israelis, Liberal Americans
by Guy Frenkel
At Moscow’s Mercy: Israeli Operational Freedom in Syria
by Eli Kowaz
Sharansky Returns to Politics
by Abe Silberstein
Moving the American Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem: Challenges and Opportunities
by Michael J. Koplow
Only Then Will Rabin Rest In Peace
by Shaul Arieli
Gabbay’s Strategy for Labor
by Eli Kowaz
Growing Up At The Rabin Rally
Why Economics Cannot Be Divorced From Politics
by Michael J. Koplow
In Spite of the Occupation: Netanyahu’s Diplomatic Success
by Guy Frenkel
Hamas has a Reconciliation Strategy
by Shaul Arieli
A Friendless Cause: Non-Orthodox Judaism and the Israeli Left
by Abe Silberstein
Netanyahu’s Dangerous Jordanian Fantasy
by Eli Kowaz
Building a Better U.S. Peace Plan
by Michael J. Koplow
Occupation Frustration
by Eli Kowaz
Palestinian Reconciliation Theater
by Michael J. Koplow
Special Solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
by Shaul Arieli
Unity and Democracy: Prerequisites for Independence in Palestine and Kurdistan
For Netanyahu’s Inner Circle, The Two-State Solution Remains The Only Game In Town
by Eli Kowaz
Israel’s Diplomatic Relations Reconsidered
by Michael J. Koplow
Battling a Nuclear Iran Starts by Making Peace with the Palestinians
Interview with Sara Hirschhorn: “City on a Hilltop”
Are We Really One Tribe?
by Michael J. Koplow
The Ship Has Sailed On Keeping Iran Out Of Syria
What does the Kurdish Referendum Mean for Israel?
Back To Square One
by Michael J. Koplow
Why are Liberal Social Movements Siding with the Palestinians?
It All Starts With Education
by Shaul Arieli
Fake News and Press Freedom: The Saga of Al Jazeera in Israel
by Eli Kowaz
Jason Greenblatt’s Challenge
by Shaul Arieli
An interview with MK Ayman Odeh
Should Democracy Protect Netanyahu?
by Michael J. Koplow
Arabic Is a Jewish Language Too
Should Jews Fly a Palestinian Flag?
by Michael J. Koplow
IPF Atid: Realizing a Better Future Starts Now
by Eli Kowaz
The High Stakes Focus On Jerusalem
by Michael J. Koplow
The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of Mahmoud Abbas – An Interview with Grant Rumley and Amir Tibon
The ‘Taylor Force Act’ Must Be Done Right
How Gabbay Can Challenge Netanyahu
by Michael J. Koplow
The Fate of Israel’s Democracy is Not Sealed
by Jonathan Kamel
In the Labor Runoff, it’s Old vs. New
by Eli Kowaz
Trump Is In Danger of Pulling a Reverse Obama
The Crisis of Whataboutism
by Michael J. Koplow
Aaron Aaronsohn, the NILI intelligence network and the Balfour Declaration
Is Margalit the left’s great hope?
Controversy Over the Western Wall: Can Jewish Religion and Jewish Nationalism Co-exist?
Constructive Ambiguity Has Not Worked, Peace Needs Constructive Specificity
Walking on Eggs
The Jewish View from the UK on the Eve of the General Election
Building an Economically Viable Palestinian State
We are on the Verge of Another Round of Final Status Negotiations – And That Is Not Good News
3 Takeaways from Rouhani’s Re-election in Iran
Does It Matter Whether Trump Says “Two States”?
by Michael J. Koplow
Is Israel’s Regional Opportunity Becoming More Concrete?
Mr. President, Beware of Lies and Fabrications
The Latest: Interests & Attitudes in Turkish-Israeli Relations
Trump’s Treacherous Trip
by Michael J. Koplow
Jewish State Should Not Mean An Exclusively Jewish State
by Michael J. Koplow
Trump Can Help Israel By Strengthening Abbas
Lessons from Lebanon
What’s at Stake for Israel in France’s Election
Israel’s Approach to Syria After the Airstrikes
The Signal and the Noise in the Barghouti Op-Ed
by Michael J. Koplow
Squaring the Regional Solution Circle
by Michael J. Koplow
Netanyahu has the Political Option to Make the Deal
Even Nikki Haley, the pro-Israel Hero, Can’t Save Israel at the UN
by Eli Kowaz
Your Guide To The Israeli Coalition Crisis
by Michael J. Koplow
Israel And Russia Head For A Crash
by Michael J. Koplow
What Type of Utopia Will Israel Be?
by Michael J. Koplow
Are Trump’s Israeli-Palestinian Peace Efforts Not Getting Enough Credit?
by Eli Kowaz
Trump’s Team Should Avoid the Settlements Vortex
It’s Time to Establish an International Fund for Israeli-Palestinian Peace
Israel’s Settlement Movement Isn’t Growing the Way You Thought It Was
by Shaul Arieli
Pardoning Elor Azaria Leads to the ICC
Hearing Questions for David Friedman
Trump and Netanyahu: Round One
by Michael J. Koplow
What Trump Means for Israel’s Energy Sector
What to Expect from the Netanyahu-Trump Meeting
Trump’s Time Machine Settlements Policy
by Michael J. Koplow
The Life and Legacy of Stephen P. Cohen
Without Vision, There is Only Despair
How to Rebalance the Shifting Settlement Debate
by Michael J. Koplow
Trump, Netanyahu, and the Embassy Move That Wasn’t
by Michael J. Koplow
Incorporating Israel’s Arab Citizens into the Peace Process
The Question of Jerusalem in Kerry’s Peace Plan
10 Reasons Why Two States Must Be Advanced
by Eli Kowaz
UNSC 2334
by Michael J. Koplow
Increasing Israeli-Arab Integration Through Higher Education
Transition in Washington: An Opportunity For An Israeli Reset
by Eli Kowaz
Lessons From Israel on the Politics of Intelligence
by Michael J. Koplow
Is Netanyahu’s Bold Prediction Coming True?
Netanyahu’s Muezzin Bill Maneuvering
by Eli Kowaz
The Legalization Bill Is Not Just About Settlements
by Michael J. Koplow
Peace in the Middle East Begins with Israel’s Arab Citizens
Paying the Piper
by Michael J. Koplow
Advocacy Under President Trump
Make Israel Great(er) Again
by Eli Kowaz
Structuring Conflict in the Trumpian World
by Michael J. Koplow
What Reconstruction Teaches Us About Israel and Palestine
by Eli Kowaz
Donald Trump is Benjamin Netanyahu’s Worst Nightmare
by Eli Kowaz
The Destruction of the American Jewish Identity
A Western Wall For All
by Michael J. Koplow
The American Election and Israeli Coalition Politics
by Michael J. Koplow
Sacrificing the Temple Mount
by Michael J. Koplow
Israel’s Trumpian Existential Threat
by Michael J. Koplow
Yom Kippur for the “Peace Camp”
Anatomy of a Mistake
by Michael J. Koplow
Seeking a Consistent Response to BDS
by Eli Kowaz
The Obligations of States and Citizens
by Michael J. Koplow
The Limits of Parameters
The Gloomy State of Israeli Foreign Policy
The Legacy of Shimon Peres
by Michael J. Koplow
Missing Opportunities
by Eli Kowaz
Scenes From The U.S.-Israel Funhouse
by Michael J. Koplow
The Two-State Solution: A Unicorn or an Inevitability?
by Eli Kowaz
Your Guide To Settlements and Ethnic Cleansing
by Michael J. Koplow
Opining On Outposts
by Michael J. Koplow
Sideline Russia From Israeli-Palestinian Peace
by Michael J. Koplow
It’s Counterproductive to Fight Over the MBL Platform
“No” as a Policy
Meet the NGO Writing Israeli Policy in the West Bank
The Fight To Frame The Iran Deal
by Michael J. Koplow
A Shadow of Its Former Self
by Eli Kowaz
How Free Is Israel’s Media?
by Michael J. Koplow
Send In the Clowns
by Michael J. Koplow
Stepping Up To The Plate
by Eli Kowaz
Why The NGO Bill Does and Doesn’t Matter
by Michael J. Koplow
Don’t be fooled by Turkey’s stunt
A Primer On Building Beyond The Green Line
by Michael J. Koplow
Zionism Out of the Box
The Best Intentions
by Eli Kowaz
Trust and Partners
by Michael J. Koplow
The Personal is the Political: Trump and the Jews
Anatomy of a Coalition Crisis
Grasping At Straws
by Michael J. Koplow
Opening up Options in Jewish Israel Advocacy
How Do You Determine When The IDF Has Gone Too Far?
by Michael J. Koplow
Your Handy Guide To Netanyahu’s Coalitional Maneuvering
by Michael J. Koplow
The Last of Hezbollah’s Old Breed
#AskNetanyahu
Are We Approaching The End Of The Israel-Turkey Cold War?
When To Say Yes To $3.7 Billion
by Michael J. Koplow