Ignorance and Indignation
Obama veterans never understood the Middle East, and they never will.
Brian Stewart
· 16 min read
Palestine
A collection of 51 posts
How Antisemitism Returned: From Medieval Europe to the Free Palestine Protests
Why is antisemitism resurging? Why has support for Hamas taken hold on Western campuses? And how do Qatar, media narratives, and fading Holocaust memory feed today’s crisis?
Benny Morris, Zoe Booth
· 6 min read
Exposing the Qatar Lobby: Chama Mechtaly on Islamism, Censorship, and the West | Quillette Cetera Ep. 57
How Qatar's ideological reach—from think tanks to media—has stifled dissent and enabled Islamism in the West.
Zoe Booth, Chama Mechtaly
· 27 min read
A Perfect Storm
How Muslim and Christian antisemitism have converged with anti-Israel sentiment—some of it justified—to fuel the Free Palestine protests across the West.
Benny Morris
· 10 min read
The Middle East Will Not Improve
Decades of free riding has meant that many Middle East countries lack the skills and institutions necessary to maintain and build upon the favourable circumstances in which they now find themselves.
Eric Bordenkircher
· 10 min read
Inside the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s War-Zone Aid Operation
An in-depth interview with Chapin Fay of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation on delivering aid in a war zone—and why their unconventional model has drawn both praise and criticism.
Pamela Paresky
· 27 min read
Romance Across the Divide with David Christopher Kaufman | Quillette Cetera Ep. 55
David Kaufman on what followed when a Palestinian date mentioned genocide—in bed—with a Zionist.
Zoe Booth, David Christopher Kaufman
· 22 min read
Rewarding Rejectionism
A new book by two former peace processors makes clear that statehood was never the goal of the Palestinian cause.
Shany Mor
· 12 min read
The Media War on Israel
HonestReporting’s Executive Director, Gil Hoffman, joins Pamela Paresky to discuss how the global media has misrepresented Israel since the October 7 Hamas attacks—fueling a narrative war with real-world consequences.
Pamela Paresky
· 13 min read
Schrödinger’s Palestine: Einat Wilf on Statehood, Refugees, and Jewish Sovereignty
Pamela Paresky speaks with Israeli intellectual and former Knesset member Einat Wilf about the contradictions of Palestinian statehood, the role of UNRWA, and the enduring rejection of Jewish sovereignty.
Pamela Paresky, Einat Wilf
· 21 min read
Why Recognise Palestine Now?
The timing of the UK’s announcement suggests there is more to the prime minister’s decision than fear of political retribution at the ballot box.
Daniel Allington
· 12 min read
Can We Regulate Online Hate Without Killing Free Speech? With Dr Andre Oboler | Quillette Cetera Ep. 50
As antisemitism surges online and in the streets, online hate researcher Dr Andre Oboler joins Zoe to examine how conspiracy thinking, political ideology, and institutional complacency are fuelling hate—and what can be done to stop it.
Zoe Booth
· 31 min read
Against Palestinian Statehood
Nurturing an alternative power structure in this kind of politically stunted society will be the work of generations. It can’t be summoned into existence by Western leaders seeking to appease domestic constituencies.
The Quillette Editorial Board
· 6 min read
When Women Are Radicalised
Men aren’t the only ones susceptible to extremist thinking.
Claire Lehmann
· 8 min read
The Globalised Intifada
For at least some, globalising the Intifada means exporting the tactics of Hamas to the West, thus threatening peaceful liberal societies everywhere.
John Aziz
· 8 min read