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Book Review | Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish Identity

By Liam Hoare
On 28 September 1973, two Palestinian terrorists from the Syrian Ba’athist faction As-Sa'iqa hijacked a train near Marchegg... Read more > February 2023

Book Review | British Trade Unions, the Labour Party, and Israel’s Histadrut

By Luke Akehurst
Ronnie Fraser has been bravely fighting a sometimes lonely battle against antisemitism and anti-Zionism in the British trade... Read more > February 2023

Opinion | Western Democracies Face Two Threats: The Tyranny of the Majority and The Tyranny of the Minority

By Alan Johnson
Alan Johnson is the editor of Fathom, He writes here in a personal capacity. Against the Tyranny... Read more > February 2023

‘A gamechanger in Israel’s relationship with Egypt and cooperation with the EU’: The geopolitics of Israel’s natural gas fields

By Calev Ben-Dor
Israel has discovered enough natural gas to become a regional energy exporter. As Europe wrestles with its energy... Read more > February 2023

‘For peace, a political agreement between politicians is not enough’ | An interview with Noor A’wad, Palestinian activist with Roots

By Joshua A. Brook
Noor A’wad joined Roots, a Palestinian-Jewish peacebuilding organisation, in 2016 after meeting Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger and Ali Abu... Read more > February 2023

Book Review| Israel: A History in 100 Cartoons

By Keith Kahn-Harris
In 2006, the Iranian newspaper Hamshahri announced an ‘International Holocaust Cartoon Contest’ as an outraged riposte to the... Read more > February 2023

Book Review | Victorious

By Liam Hoare
‘Unlike others, I am no longer slaughtering sacred cows,’ Amos Oz told Niva Lanir in a 2012 interview... Read more > February 2023

Open letter to The George Washington University regarding allegations of antisemitism

By Daniel Burston et al.
Hundreds of academics have signed an open letter to George Washington University expressing their deep concern about its... Read more > February 2023

Small Vote, Great Power: Rabbi Tau, Avi Maoz, the Noam Party and the Threat to Equal Rights in Israel

By Daniel Goldman
About a half a million Israelis voted for the ‘Religious Zionist’ slate which made the three parties that... Read more > January 2023

Opinion | Judicial Reform is needed to preserve the legitimacy of Israeli democracy

By Adi Schwartz
Adi Schwartz is a former staff writer at Haaretz and is co-author with Einat Wilf of The War... Read more > January 2023

Archive | Menachem Begin on Law and Democracy

By Fathom Editors
In the increasingly fiery debate over the role of Israel’s judiciary, former Likud Prime Minister Menachem Begin seems... Read more > January 2023

When Discourse about Israel Becomes Antisemitic: A Guide for the Perplexed

By Cary Nelson and Michael Saenger
Cary Nelson and Michael Saenger argue for understanding antisemitic anti-Zionism as ‘a prejudice with definable characteristics’ and of... Read more > January 2023

‘If these ideas get implemented, it will be a major shift. Israel will become a different country’: An Interview with...

By Calev Ben-Dor
Former Likud Justice Minister Dan Meridor discusses what he sees as the erosion of liberal values within the... Read more > January 2023

A World War and a Jewish War: Derek Penslar reviews Dan Diner

By Derek Penslar
Derek Penslar reviews Dan Diner’s, Ein anderer Krieg: Das jüdische Palästina und der Zweite Weltkrieg - 1935 –... Read more > January 2023

Book Review | Ten Years Hard Labour

By Marc Goldberg
Chris Williamson was a Labour Member of Parliament representing the constituency of Derby North. He served as Shadow... Read more > January 2023

Defending Israel’s Legitimacy: Proposals for a reborn Ministry of Strategic Affairs

By Jacob Dallal
Jacob Dallal reflects on his five-years working at the Ministry of Strategic Affairs from 2016 to 2021 to... Read more > January 2023

Book Review | Bibi, My Story

By Yisrael Medad
The memoirs of politicians and public figures, it has been claimed, are among the most popular form of... Read more > December 2022

The Annual Fathom Lecture 2022 | Why we should all be Zionists if we want peace

By Einat Wilf
On 7 December 2022, in celebration of its 10th birthday, Fathom invited Einat Wilf to deliver the inaugural... Read more > December 2022

The Progressive Friend of Israel in the era of Ben Gvir: Prospects and Tasks

By Jack Omer-Jackaman
Jack Omer-Jackaman argues that this is a perfect opportunity to prove the truth of what progressive friends of... Read more > December 2022

Lessons from Germany’s Social Democrats for the Israeli Labor Party

By Kira Lewis
Kira Lewis believes the Israeli Labor Party can learn some lessons from a historic social democratic party that... Read more > December 2022

Fathom at 10: Celebrating our first decade

By Fathom Editors
Fathom was created by BICOM in 2012 for the long haul. We were created not to chase the... Read more > December 2022

Opinion | Navigating China’s Security Presence in the Middle East and North Africa

By Grant Rumley and Carol Silber
Grant Rumley is the Goldberger Fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy’s Glazer Program on Great... Read more > December 2022

Judicial Reform is Not Dangerous for Israeli Democracy – it is Essential

By Russell A. Shalev
Suzie Navot of the Israel Democracy Institute argued in Fathom that the judicial reforms being considered by the... Read more > December 2022

Yet again, the Courts find for John Ware and his BBC Panorama documentary 'Is Labour Antisemitic?'

By John Ware
Documentary maker John Ware explains why he has brought three successful court cases against those who he believed... Read more > December 2022

Book Review | Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews

By Kathleen Hayes
This is a very important book. Over the last decade or so, a sweeping ideology that looks much... Read more > November 2022

The Three Best Books by Israeli Writers (Not Called Oz, Grossman, or Yehoshua), recommended by Liam Hoare

By Liam Hoare
Fathom is inviting experts to select their three favourite books on a theme or subject. The series began... Read more > December 2022

The Iranian Uprising and the Nuclear Threat: How Should the West Respond

By Matthias Kuntzel
Matthias Küntzel is the author of Jihad and Jew-Hatred: Islamism, Nazism and the Roots of 9/11. This talk was given at... Read more > November 2022

Judicial Reform and the Implications for Israeli Democracy

By Suzie Navot
In this edited transcript of her conversation with BICOM Director Richard Pater, Vice-President of Research at the Israel... Read more > November 2022

'Politically homeless': Yamina voters tell their story

By Calev Ben-Dor
Calev Ben-Dor talks to former Yamina supporters to understand their views on the Bennett-Lapid government and voting considerations... Read more > November 2022

‘The Jews Are Guilty’: Christian Antisemitism in Contemporary America

By Alvin Rosenfeld
Alvin Rosenfeld holds the Irving M. Glazer Chair in Jewish Studies at Indiana University and is the Director... Read more > November 2022

Book Review | Bibi: My Story

By Colin Shindler
When he was asked by a student in 2018, what is the most important subject to study for... Read more > November 2022

Latest Issue Spring / 2023

Fathoming the Intellectual Revolution of our Times | The Disorientations of Lethal Journalism: On Western Media and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Film Review | Ha-Midrashia

Burning Down the House - The Crisis in American Psychoanalysis: How Wokeism and Identity Politics are Destroying the Profession and...

Book Review | The Antisemitic Origins of Islamist Violence: A Study of the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic State

The 1936 Revolt still rages today: an interview with Oren Kessler

The Three Best Israeli Short Stories recommended by Noga Emanuel

Why Israelis are so Happy at 75

A Modern History of Palestinian Rejectionism

Diary | Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut in a divided Israel

Opinion | The Meaning of Diane Abbott’s Astonishing Letter

Book Review | Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism Is Built Into Our World And How You Can Change It

Opinion | Can fasting be a tool for political healing?

Iran’s drone diplomacy is a danger to the West

Patterns of Antisemitism in Mainstream Media Comment Threads. Case Studies of the UK, France and Germany

The Three Best Books on Critical Theory and Antisemitism, recommended by Matthew Bolton

Book Review | Sharing the Promised Land: In Pursuit of Equality Between Jewish and Arab Citizens in Israel

The Protest Envoy: Ehud Barak comes to London

Lara Sheehi’s Joyous Rage: Antisemitic Anti-Zionism, Advocacy Academia and Jewish Students’ Nightmares at GWU

My Israeli Music: Ittay Flescher

Book Review | Israel 201: Your Next Level Guide to the Magic and Mystery and Chaos of Life in the...

Diary from Jerusalem | Calev Ben-Dor | Israel’s Rebellion

Book Review | Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism Is Built Into Our World and How You Can Change It

‘I am one of those liberals who got mugged by reality’: An Interview with Gadi Taub

For Political Compromise, and then Judicial Reform

‘A lachrymose conception of 20th century North African Jewish history’: A Rejoinder to Lyn Julius

‘The Mizrahim recognised that the antisemitism fuelling the conflict between Israelis and Arabs was the same as that which they...

Culture Wars, Ethnicity and the Future of Israel’s Democracy

Fallacies about Mizrahi Jews and Israeli Politics | A Reply to Sam Shube

Book review | Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism Is Built Into Our World and How You Can Change It

Opinion | Ben-Gvir is no Begin

‘This is an attempt to change the structure of Israel from a constitutional democracy to a regime where, once political...

Winter / 2022

Book Review | Kreisky, Israel, and Jewish Identity

Book Review | British Trade Unions, the Labour Party, and Israel’s Histadrut

Opinion | Western Democracies Face Two Threats: The Tyranny of the Majority and The Tyranny of the Minority

‘A gamechanger in Israel’s relationship with Egypt and cooperation with the EU’: The geopolitics of Israel’s natural gas fields

‘For peace, a political agreement between politicians is not enough’ | An interview with Noor A’wad, Palestinian activist with Roots

Book Review| Israel: A History in 100 Cartoons

Book Review | Victorious

Open letter to The George Washington University regarding allegations of antisemitism

Small Vote, Great Power: Rabbi Tau, Avi Maoz, the Noam Party and the Threat to Equal Rights in Israel

Opinion | Judicial Reform is needed to preserve the legitimacy of Israeli democracy

Archive | Menachem Begin on Law and Democracy

When Discourse about Israel Becomes Antisemitic: A Guide for the Perplexed

‘If these ideas get implemented, it will be a major shift. Israel will become a different country’: An Interview with...

A World War and a Jewish War: Derek Penslar reviews Dan Diner

Book Review | Ten Years Hard Labour

Defending Israel’s Legitimacy: Proposals for a reborn Ministry of Strategic Affairs

Book Review | Bibi, My Story

The Annual Fathom Lecture 2022 | Why we should all be Zionists if we want peace

The Progressive Friend of Israel in the era of Ben Gvir: Prospects and Tasks

Lessons from Germany’s Social Democrats for the Israeli Labor Party

Fathom at 10: Celebrating our first decade

Opinion | Navigating China’s Security Presence in the Middle East and North Africa

Judicial Reform is Not Dangerous for Israeli Democracy – it is Essential

Yet again, the Courts find for John Ware and his BBC Panorama documentary 'Is Labour Antisemitic?'

Book Review | Woke Antisemitism: How a Progressive Ideology Harms Jews

The Three Best Books by Israeli Writers (Not Called Oz, Grossman, or Yehoshua), recommended by Liam Hoare

The Iranian Uprising and the Nuclear Threat: How Should the West Respond

Judicial Reform and the Implications for Israeli Democracy

'Politically homeless': Yamina voters tell their story

‘The Jews Are Guilty’: Christian Antisemitism in Contemporary America

Book Review | Bibi: My Story

Autumn / 2022

Opinion | Israel’s electoral crisis ends but the struggle for its soul goes on

Opinion | This defeat feels different. It feels fundamental. Now we must fight for the country we love

Opinion | The Scapegoating of Yair Lapid

The Lust Libel: Sexual Antisemitism in History and Contemporary Culture

Book Review | Bibi: My Story

Fine margins and the Israeli Election – three that will determine the result

Tel Aviv or Jerusalem? The UK mulls moving its Embassy

‘Maybe he was the last of his kind’: A Conversation about Amos Oz with Nurith Gertz

Appease or Confront? Western Policy Options and the Iranian Nuclear Bomb

A Party Transformed: How UK Labour is ripping Left Antisemitism out by its roots

On Amnesty’s Antisemitic ‘Apartheid’ Report

Jerusalem Film Festival 2022: On absences haunting films made years after their passing

The Rise of Itamar Ben Gvir

Opinion | Time for the UN to rethink Palestine

Diary | The inaugural conference of the London Centre for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism