Israel-Palestine

We all have opinions about Israel and Palestine, but well-founded knowledge is a rarer commodity.

This page offers an accessible scholarly foundation of knowledge and analysis on the subject, based on the fundamental understanding that the interrelationships of Israel and Palestine, Jews and Palestinians, Zionism and the Palestinian national movement cannot be disentangled between the river and the sea, and that both sides are bound together in a shared fate.

The Arabists’ Jungle: An Israeli-Arab Affair

As long as the general Israeli attitude to the Arab world persists and the Israeli mediators of the Middle East are cast in the current mold; as long as the mixture of suspicion and secrecy, heroism and masculinity, militarism and hostility, exoticization and romanticization is present in every meeting of Jew and Arab — we will remain under the curse of the Mistaʿaravim

Casablanca: Insights on Jewish Presence

The Jewish community in Morocco is shrinking, but the memory of its robust past lives...

One and One Equals Nothing

Israel and the Palestinian Authority share an interest in maintaining the current status quo: the...

Breaking the cycle of fear through joint action

The government's fearmongering is taking its toll even on Israeli Jews with a strong moral...

Mahmoud Abbas and Zionism: From Struggle to Acceptance

Israelis often hear it said that Palestinian President Abbas calls for peace in English but...

An Olive Branch In My Hand, A Coffin On My Shoulder

Young Arab-Palestinians in Israel belong to the alienated, disappointed “Stand-Tall” generation that is fighting against...

Arab-Palestinian Politics in Israel Harming Promising Young Leaders

The uproar in Arab-Palestinian political circles in Israel over Ayman Odeh’s visit in the US...

On Manipulation and the Northern Branch

The official Israeli narrative of a terrorist Palestinian Intifada is intended to thwart criticism of...

Undermining The Military And Diplomatic Talks With Hamas

In recent months, Israel-Hamas talks over releasing captives have broadened into negotiation of an agreement...

The Palestinian issue: The root of all Middle East conflicts?

We should question the view that any negative occurrence in the Middle East stems from...

Radicalization of Arab Knesset Members: a Civic rift

Public statements by Arab members of the Israeli parliament have grown more extreme over the...

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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

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