The War in Gaza: No End in Sight
After seven months of campaigning, Israel’s most pressing problem remains the continued existence, indeed resilience, of Hamas.
Benny Morris
· 17 min read
Palestine
A collection of 38 posts
Replacing Israel with Palestine: A Dangerous Delusion
The only plausible way forward for Palestinians is a commitment to peaceful coexistence alongside Israel.
John Aziz
· 10 min read
Academia Versus Civilization
The antisemitism of campus leftism may be incidental. The barbarism is the point.
Tal Fortgang, Jonathan Deluty
· 16 min read
The NYT Misrepresents the History of the Israeli–Palestinian Conflict
A welter of factual errors and misleading judgments has produced a distorted description of the 1948 War.
Benny Morris
· 12 min read
Izabella Tabarovsky on the Soviet Roots of Anti-Zionist Discourse
People readily recognise Nazi discourse, but remain largely deaf to Soviet anti-Zionist, antisemitic propaganda.
Pamela Paresky, Izabella Tabarovsky
· 30 min read
Close Down UNRWA
Western nations must not continue to contribute to a UN agency that is effectively controlled by a terrorist organization.
Richard Goldberg
· 12 min read
I'm Palestinian But I Don't Hate Israel: Quillette Cetera Episode 28
A conversation with British-Palestinian peace activist John Aziz.
Israel’s Occupation of Gaza in 1956–57
Many of the questions that have arisen since October 7 have been raised before.
Benny Morris
· 12 min read
Understanding Woke Antisemitism: Quillette Cetera Episode 25
A conversation with author and free-speech advocate David Bernstein.
Zoe Booth
· 1 min read
The Athens of Asia: A History of Gaza
For much of its history, Gaza moved people, things, and ideas by land and sea, and its name was associated with geographic interconnectedness.
Robert C. Thornett
· 9 min read
From the River to the Sea: The Significance of a Slogan
Not all of those who advocate for a single state “from the river to the sea” have genocidal intent, but their recommendation, if acted upon, is very likely to result in either the genocide or ethnic cleansing of Jews.
David Benatar
· 6 min read
The Deadly Logic of Decolonization
Western countries are seen as colonizing nations and imperialists, while foreign autocracies and sectarian extremists like Hamas are perceived as freedom fighters and even forces for good.
Jay Sophalkalyan
· 11 min read
The Postcolonial Left's Blindness to Islamic Homophobia
For Western LGBT rights activists to support Hamas's continued rule over Gaza is hypocritical in the extreme.
Alexander von Sternberg
· 8 min read
Muslim Antisemitism and the Western Left
The pro-Hamas demonstrations are driven by the identification of Israel with “colonialism” and the idea that the Palestinians are anti-colonialists. This approach is based on ignorance.
Benny Morris
· 9 min read
A Generation of Misguided Policy in Israel
For more than a generation, defence policy and much else has been increasingly determined by the dictates of Israel’s religious settler lobby and its Messianic visions.
Michael Ben-Gad
· 9 min read