Fathom > Articles by: Calev Ben-Dor

Calev Ben-Dor

3081422406

Calev Ben-Dor is the Deputy Editor of Fathom and Director of Research at BICOM.

Calev Ben-Dor's articles

Mansour Abbas: Islamist Kingmaker of Israeli politics

By Calev Ben-Dor
 Arab political parties have become central players in Israeli politics. But how has a young dentist turned politician... Read more > March 2021

Israel Without Sharon’s Coma: A Counterfactual History

By Calev Ben-Dor
 How might the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have looked had Ariel Sharon not suffered two strokes that left him incapacitated?... Read more > December 2020

Diary from Tel Aviv | Among the Furious Tribes in Lockdown Israel

By Calev Ben-Dor
 Fathom is introducing a new kind of voice to our readers. From time to time we will publish... Read more > October 2020

Fathom Opinions | What Bibi learned from Arik. And why it might still not be enough.

By Calev Ben-Dor
 The prime minister is using Ariel Sharon’s old playbook to manage multiple crises: keep your hands on the... Read more > September 2020

Israel’s Annexation Policy – Why Now and What Next?

By Calev Ben-Dor
 Deputy Fathom Editor Calev Ben-Dor offers Fathom readers a comprehensive review of the Israeli debate about, and likely... Read more > June 2020

Israeli Elections: What next for the likely Netanyahu coalition?

By Calev Ben-Dor
 Calev Ben-Dor writes that the good news for Netanyahu is that his ability to form a coalition with... Read more > April 2019 Article

Can Israel remain secure in a world of Arab disintegration, American retreat, and Iranian ambition?

By Calev Ben-Dor
 In a comprehensive and clear-sighted survey Fathom deputy editor Calev Ben-Dor assesses the implications of regional disintegration for... Read more > Spring 2016

Most read

Voice of the Week

Our Voice of the Fortnight is an i24 News clip about the surprising election results of Raam, the Islamist Arab party led by Mansour Abbas, which will enter the 24th Knesset with four seats. 

Image of the Week

Our Image of the Fortnight is Palestinians clashing with the Israeli army during a protest in the village of Beit Dajan, near the West Bank city of Nablus, 26 March 2021. Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh, Flash90.

From Our archives

564850331 Fathom eBook | Fathoming the Israeli Elections 2019
By Fathom Editors
157381161 Fathoming the 2019 Israeli Election: The Sequel
By Fathom Editors
1726249924 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Arab Voters and the 2019 Elections
By Eihab Kadah
4234656679 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Ayman Odeh has made Jewish-Arab political partnership...
By Ron Gerlitz
4028983427 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Another Israel is possible. But not until...
By Hamutal Gouri
4117177962 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Caught between delegitimisation and non-participation in government:...
By Afif Abu Much
2535027970 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Israel elections: ‘Benjamin Netanyahu may be down...
By Shalom Lipner
3744639944 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Israelonomics: an interview with Avi Weiss
By Avi Weiss
1748636812 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Israel elections: ‘With Lieberman you can never...
By Lahav Harkov
3105349256 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Netanyahu isn’t just a Prime Minister; he...
By Doron Matza
1863480493 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Nitzan Horowitz: The New Leader of the...
By Liam Hoare
4285757131 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | The Knesset and the Court: is this...
By Yohanan Plesner
3638175907 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | To renew itself, the Left must give...
By Emanuel Shahaf
1370981538 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Third Elections are Israel’s No Deal Brexit
By Eylon Aslan-Levy
1158271359 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | The Zionist Left Is Renewing Itself
By Revital Amiran
3474116305 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | The Robbed Cossack and the Imaginary Reality...
By Revital Amiran
4065080423 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | ‘People say he who wields the dagger...
By Anshel Pfeffer
3031583496 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | ‘The Likud understand that they will have...
By Tal Schneider
2308951879 Israeli Elections: Three Takeaways and One Prediction
By Michael Koplow
3541638010 Israeli Elections: What next for the likely Netanyahu coalition?
By Calev Ben-Dor
3182891560 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Whatever happened to electoral reform in Israel?
By Professor David Newman
1846519305 IsraelVotes2019 (2) | What should be the priorities for the...
By Yossi Kuperwasser
134866562 IsraelVotes2019 | Fathoming the Israeli elections: an interview with Nahum...
By Nahum Barnea
2201619138 IsraelVotes2019 | Forget Left and Right. ‘Declaration of Independence’ or...
By Paul Gross
2264330884 IsraelVotes2019 | Israeli-Palestinian relations and the 2019 Election
By Jonathan Rynhold
2633117220 IsraelVotes2019 | It’s basic math. To win, the Israeli Centre-Left...
By Joel Braunold
2177265485 IsraelVotes2019 | Israel’s Arab citizens and the election
By Eihab Kadah
2716939676 IsraelVotes2019 | The Accidental Wisdom of Israel’s Maligned Electoral System,...
By Shany Mor
2308136741 IsraelVotes2019 | The growing power of the ‘independent’ ultra-Orthodox voter
By Gilad Malach
3159798736 IsraelVotes2019 | The National-Religious Camp: No Direction Home?
By Sara Hirschhorn
1446349893 IsraelVotes2019 | The country where the centre can hold
By Pinchas Landau
2299293482 IsraelVotes2019 | The Far Right in Israeli Politics
By Colin Shindler
2983971079 IsraelVotes2019 | The need for political partnership
By Ron Gerlitz
965297893 IsraelVotes2019 | The Elections and the Territories
By Yisrael Medad
1846519305 IsraelVotes2019 | What should be the priorities for the new...
By Yossi Kuperwasser
1345082415 IsraelVotes2019 | Understanding the blocs
By Dahlia Scheindlin
230881905 IsraelVotes2019 | Towards a consensus on National Security issues?
By Jonathan Spyer
345685832 IsraelVotes2019 | Why I’m voting Blue and White
By Yair Zivan