Liberalism as the Shining City on a Hill
Why we all need to read Benny Morris.
Megan Gafford
· 19 min read
Israel
A collection of 131 posts
Against the Tyranny of Opinionated Ignorance
Let us not confuse the freedom to speak with the freedom to mislead.
Yuki Zeman
· 5 min read
A Cartoonish View of History
Joe Sacco’s graphic works provide vivid and moving depictions of the terrible suffering in the Strip. But his accounts of the causes of that suffering are simplistic and one-sided in the extreme.
Benny Morris
· 18 min read
Fania Oz-Salzberger on Israel’s Current Turmoil
Israel is a struggling, desperate, deeply flawed liberal democracy.
Maarten Boudry
· 11 min read
From Gaza to the Ivory Tower: The War on Israel
An honest conversation with the hard-hitting Israeli historian Gadi Taub.
Gadi Taub, Pamela Paresky
· 27 min read
How Hamas Exploits the West
A conversation with Dan Schueftan.
Pamela Paresky, Dan Schueftan
· 23 min read
Domestic Troubles in the Jewish State
While hostilities between Hamas and Israel continue, Benjamin Netanyahu’s government faces renewed protests at home.
Benny Morris
· 9 min read
Making Israel Great Again?
The apparent abandonment of Ukraine and Adam Boehler’s negotiations with Hamas have raised serious doubts about Donald Trump’s commitment to Israel.
Benny Morris
· 8 min read
Lessons for Western Militaries from the Gaza War
Israel’s experience in Gaza provides a sobering preview of what high-intensity urban warfare can entail, and how modern militaries must evolve to achieve decisive and ethical victories in any future conflict.
Andrew Fox
· 22 min read
Hamas and Feminist Dissonance
Forced to choose between believing the claims of Israeli women and maintaining solidarity with Palestinians, Western academic feminists chose the latter.
Sonya Michel
· 20 min read
Israel–Gaza: A War Between Cousins
Both Israelis and Palestinians have a reasonable claim to live in the Holy Land, based on deep local roots.
John Aziz
· 8 min read
A Kinder, Gentler Eliminationism
Peter Beinart has responded to the 7 October massacre and subsequent Gaza war with a deeply duplicitous book.
Susie Linfield
· 18 min read
Hamas and the Red Cross
What remains of the ICRC’s ostensible commitment to “neutrality, impartiality and independence” has been destroyed by the Gaza war.
Gerald M. Steinberg
· 9 min read
The Ceasefire Deal
As Israel and Hamas begin to implement the ceasefire deal, both the immediate and the longer term future remain unclear.
Benny Morris
· 12 min read
Agitprop at the AHA
If the American Historical Association formally adopts a resolution accusing Israel of “scholasticide,” it could destroy the organisation’s reputation for serious scholarship.
Jeffrey Herf
· 15 min read