Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces a dilemma: Free the hostages or continue the war in Gaza?
The Conversation
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Sanction Students for Justice in Palestine, but Don’t Silence Them
Haaretz
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Jewish response to Hamas war criticism comes from deep sense of trauma, active grief and fear
The Conversation
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Letter to the Editor on ‘A Textbook Case of Genocide’
Jewish Currents
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Hamas assault echoes 1973 Arab-Israeli war – a shock attack and questions of political, intelligence culpability
The Conversation
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Israel’s democracy protests: What happens next?
The Conversation
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Israel’s assault in Jenin will only further erode the Palestinian Authority’s legitimacy
The Conversation
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Can Israel Be a Democracy for All?
Dissent Magazine
In my latest article, published in Dissent Magazine, I discuss the massive protest movement that has grown in Israel to stop the Netanyahu government's attempted judicial coup, and what it should do to really 'save' Israeli democracy: "Can Israel Be a Democracy for All?"
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excerpt: In my latest article, published in Dissent Magazine, I discuss the massive protest movement that has grown in Israel to stop the Netanyahu government's attempted judicial coup, and what it should do to really 'save' Israeli democracy: "Can Israel Be a Democracy for All?"
Israel enters a dangerous period –public protests swell over Netanyahu’s plan to limit the power of the Israeli Supreme Court
The Conversation
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Antisemitism isn’t just ‘Jew-hatred’ – it’s anti-Jewish racism
The Conversation
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Haaretz English at 25: Diaspora Jews Meet Israel’s Gritty Reality
Haaretz
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Ukraine and Palestine: A False, Facile Analogy
Haaretz
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“Israel, Amnesty and the Apartheid Accusation: A Wake-Up Call”
Palestine-Israel Journal 27, nos. 1 & 2 (Summer 2022).
In the latest issue of the Palestine-Israel journal, I discuss Amnesty International's recent report charging Israel with the crime of apartheid
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excerpt: In the latest issue of the Palestine-Israel journal, I discuss Amnesty International's recent report charging Israel with the crime of apartheid
Finding New Ways to Write About and Grapple With Israel
The New York Times Book Review
I reviewed three new books on Israel for The New York Times Book Review: "Can We Talk about Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted" by Daniel Sokatch, "Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel" by Omri Boehm, and "Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel" by Ethan Michaeli.
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excerpt: I reviewed three new books on Israel for The New York Times Book Review: "Can We Talk about Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted" by Daniel Sokatch, "Haifa Republic: A Democratic Future for Israel" by Omri Boehm, and "Twelve Tribes: Promise and Peril in the New Israel" by Ethan Michaeli.
It wasn’t just politics that led to Netanyahu’s ouster – it was fear of his demagoguery
The Conversation, June 15, 2021
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Is This the Third Intifada?
Slate, May 14, 2021
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We need a better definition of anti-Semitism
co-authored with Joshua Shanes, Slate, March 26, 2021
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Pompeo just visited the West Bank. That’s likely to deepen the partisan division over Israel-Palestine
co-authored with Jeremy Pressman, The Washington Post, November 19, 2020
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So, you think Trump has been good for Israel?
The Times of Israel, October 20, 2020
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‘Historic’ Israel deal won’t likely bring peace to the Middle East
The Conversation, The National Interest, The Houston Chronicle, August 17, 2020
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Israel’s West Bank settlements: 4 questions answered
The Conversation, The Associated Press, The National Interest, The Chicago Tribune, November 25, 2019
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The 4 big questions that the next Israeli government will decide
The Conversation, September 18, 2019, reprinted in Salon, The Chicago Tribune, The Houston Chronicle, The Seattle Post
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Israel’s Democracy is on the ballot in the upcoming elections
The Forward, June 5, 2019
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New Israeli elections could force Netanyahu to annex the West Bank. Americans must protest
The Forward, May 31, 2019
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Why the Trump administration’s Israeli-Palestinian peace plan shouldn’t be released
The Conversation, May 6, 2019
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The Palestinian issue used to be a major factor in Israeli elections. Here’s why it hasn’t been this time
Time Magazine, April 8, 2019
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Why Powerful US Pro-Israel Lobby Group’s Influence is Under Threat
The Globe Post, March 26, 2019
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Quick Thoughts: Israel’s Parliamentary Elections
Jadaliyya, March 25, 2019
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Even if Netanyahu goes, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will continue
The Conversation, March 20, 2019; reprinted in San Francisco Chronicle
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Punishing the PLO isn’t going to win Trump any ‘deal of the century’
Los Angeles Times, September 13, 2018
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British Jewry and Labour ask who gets to define anti-Semitism
JTA News, July 31, 2018; reprinted in The Times of Israel
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Israel’s new nation-state law restates the obvious
The Conversation, July 23, 2018; reprinted in Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle
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As Israel turns 70, many young American Jews turn away
The Conversation, May 3, 2018; reprinted in Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle
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Gaza’s nonviolent protesters exploited by Hamas, but feared by Israel
The Conversation, April 4, 2018; reprinted in Los Angeles Times, Salon, April 5, 2018
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American Jews and Israel: The End of ‘Israel, Right or Wrong’
Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, October 10, 2017
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How “Israelotry” became an American Religion
The Atlantic Monthly, June 5, 2017
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Is there a silver lining to increasing Anti-Semitism?
The Forward, March 20, 2017
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Netanyahu’s meeting with Trump: Good for Israeli-Palestinian peace?
The Conversation, February 15, 2017; reprinted in Salon, February 18, 2017
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Britain’s Left has a ‘Jewish problem’
CNN, July 1, 2016
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How Right-Wing Critics Who Slammed My Book Proved its Point on Israel
The Forward, May 29, 2016
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Hopes fade for a two-state solution. Is there another path to Middle East peace?
co-authored with Dahlia Scheindlin) The Guardian, May 7, 2016
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Why the American Jewish Establishment Won’t Condemn the Occupation
Ha’aretz, May 2, 2016
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This is why Bernie Sanders’s criticism of Israel won’t hurt him in today’s New York primary
The Washington Post, April 19, 2016
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Israel’s Deepest Divide
Berman Jewish Policy Archive Newsletter, Stanford University, vol.1, no. 2, April 15, 2016
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A Tale of Two Jewries: The Pew Surveys of American and Israeli Jews
Matzav Blog, Israel Policy Forum, March 16, 2016
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Sanders’s Silence on Israel
Project Syndicate, March 16, 2016
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Trump’s one good foreign policy idea—neutrality in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Los Angeles Times, March 9, 2016
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Moving Beyond Despair
Tikkun Magazine, October 26, 2015
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Why I’m still a liberal Zionist, despite it all
Ha’aretz, April 1, 2015
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It’s the Fears not the Fear Mongering that We Should Focus On
Carnegie Ethics Online, Council for Ethics and International Affairs; published in The Jewish Journal March 26, 2015)
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Judging Israel’s War
The Jewish Quarterly (Autumn/Winter 2014)
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Where is Our Compassion?
The Forward (August 1, 2014)
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A Cease-fire or Quagmire in Gaza?
The National Interest (July 31, 2014)
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Time to choose: Liberalism or Zionism?
Ha’aretz April 23, 2014)
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Where’s the all-powerful Israel lobby now?
Ha’aretz (December 30, 2013)
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American Jews, embrace your dual loyalties
Ha’aretz (November 26, 2013)
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American Jews are part of the Israeli-Palestinian problem
Ha’aretz (June 25, 2013)
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Whatever happens after Tuesday’s elections, American Jews won’t abandon Israel
Ha’aretz (January 17, 2013)
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The Ties that Bind: Israel’s Fractious Tribes
World Politics Review, December 18, 2012
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Israel and Hamas: Time to Talk?
Carnegie Council for Ethics and International Affairs (December 17, 2012)
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It’s not about Israel, stupid
+972 Magazine (November 9, 2012)
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An Open Letter to Mitt Romney
Ha’aretz (July 30, 2012)
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Romney or Obama: Why the Left in Israel should care
+972 Magazine (July 30, 2012)
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What’s in a Name?
The Daily Beast (July 5, 2012)
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There goes the neighborhood
Ha’aretz (June 22, 2012)
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Ariel versus Academia
The Daily Beast (June 11, 2012)
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Uncle Herzl Wants You
The Daily Beast (May 10, 2012)
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Israel’s Holocaust Trauma
Dissent Magazine (April 19, 2012)
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J Street comes of age
The Times of Israel (April 19, 2012)
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Unify the Palestinians, Neutralize Hamas
The Daily Beast (April 4, 2012)
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Is Europe seeing a new wave of Jew-hatred
+972 Magazine (March 25, 2012)
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The Death of the Peace Process
The National Interest (September 8, 2011)
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Putting up a Big Tent in Israel
Foreign Policy (August 10, 2011)
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Israel’s Real Arab Problem
The Jewish Daily Forward (June 24, 2011)
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President Obama’s Middle East Speech: Actions Speak Louder than Words
Carnegie Ethics Online (May 21, 2011)
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What Kind of Jewish State? The Formative Decisions at Israel’s Birth
Sh’ma, A Journal of Jewish Responsibility (May 2011)
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The Boycott Debate: No Longer Taboo in Progressive Pro-Israel Circles
(with Mairav Zonszein) Dissent (March 29, 2011)
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Israel’s Demophobia
Foreign Policy (February 18, 2011)
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Israel’s Wake-Up Call
Foreign Policy (October 3, 2010)
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Netanyahu’s Deal-breaker
Foreign Policy (September 7, 2010)
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For a broad-based Jewish Politics
The Jerusalem Post (May 15, 2007)
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The Israel Lobby — Preserving All-Around Perspective
The Globalist (April 7, 2006)
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The Israel Lobby — Finally a Balanced Review
The Globalist (April 6, 2006)
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Kadima’s balancing act
openDemocracy (April 5, 2006)
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The Enemy Within: Religious Extremism, Political Violence and the Murder of Yitzhak Rabin
H-NET (July 2003)
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