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Michael Allen is Special Assistant at the National Endowment for Democracy and editor of the Democracy Digest blog.

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Book Review | Making David Into Goliath: How the World Turned Against Israel

By Michael Allen
 700 British artists have announced that they are boycotting Israel until the ‘colonial oppression of Palestinians’ ends. In... Read more > Winter 2015

Book Review: Moynihan’s Moment

By Michael Allen
 The eminent political scientist Seymour Martin Lipset described Daniel P. Moynihan as ‘the prescient politician’ for his suggestion,... Read more > Winter 2014

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Voice of the Week

Our Voice of the Fortnight is Israeli President Isaac Herzog presenting his compromise proposal on judicial reform to the Israeli people on 16 March 2023.

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Minister of Defence Yoav Galant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi seen during a tour near the border with Lebanon on 16 March 2023, following the detonation of an explosive device at the Megiddo junction, northern Israel. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90

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