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 11 Mar 2025 · 20 min read
IsraelâGaza: 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 20 Feb 2025 · 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 19 Feb 2025 · 18 min read
Hamas and the Red Cross What remains of the ICRCâs ostensible commitment to âneutrality, impartiality and independenceâ has been destroyed by the Gaza war. Gerald M. Steinberg 29 Jan 2025 · 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 20 Jan 2025 · 12 min read
Agitprop at the AHA If the American Historical Association formally adopts a resolution accusing Israel of âscholasticide,â it could destroy the organisationâs reputation for serious scholarship. Jeffrey Herf 15 Jan 2025 · 15 min read
Keeping BDS Out of Academia: A Canadian Case Study Recordings from a recent Brock University faculty union meeting illustrate the tactics that anti-Israel activists use to co-opt ostensibly neutral academic institutions. Jonathan Kay 7 Jan 2025 · 10 min read
The New Middle East The Hamas attack of 7 October 2023 set a series of events in motion that have shifted the balance of power in the region in a way the terrorists themselves never intended. Benny Morris 1 Jan 2025 · 13 min read
Syria and the Changing Global Calculus Iran and Russia have suffered serious setbacks over the past year, but grave dangers remain. Joshua Muravchik 31 Dec 2024 · 19 min read
Jesus Wasnât Palestinian Palestiniansâ history, culture, and connection to the land are valid in their own right. We donât need to appropriate or falsify Jewish history. John Aziz 18 Dec 2024 · 6 min read
Oversimplify and Vilify âThe Messageâ is a lopsided, unserious, and frequently embarrassing essay, the real target of which is the very existence of Israel. Mark Horowitz 11 Dec 2024 · 12 min read
After the Ceasefire The new state of play in Israelâs ongoing war against Hamas, following the US-brokered ceasefire with Lebanon, the weakening of Hezbollah, and the fall of Bashar al-Assad. Benny Morris 11 Dec 2024 · 10 min read
Hatred and Indifference in Modern Australia Examining Australiaâs leadership vacuum in the wake of the Melbourne synagogue firebombing. Claire Lehmann 8 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
The Weak Horse Syriaâs crisis demonstrates the importance of power. Brian Stewart 3 Dec 2024 · 8 min read
Talking Far-Right Extremism and the Middle East with Richard Hanania: Quillette Cetera Episode 42 A colourful conversation with polemicist Richard Hanania. Zoe Booth 29 Nov 2024 · 1 min read