Fathom – Paul Gross

Difficult Conversations | What Israelis and Palestinians need to hear | Calev Ben-Dor & Paul Gross

By Paul Gross
Following news of a ceasefire in Gaza and the return of the 20 remaining living hostages, Fathom asked... Read more > October 2025

After Six Hundred Days of War, There's More to Gain from a Ceasefire

By Paul Gross
I’m writing this on the 600th day of this war. 600 days since Israel was forever changed; permanently... Read more > June 2025

Donald Trump 2: historic peacemaker and unifier?

By Paul Gross
Paul Gross considers an ostensibly implausible but tantalising possibility. Hearing some of the wildly enthusiastic responses to Donald... Read more > December 2024

Book Review | The Centre Must Hold: Why Centrism is the Answer to Extremism and Polarisation

By Paul Gross
Centrism is ‘the antidote to the extremism and sustained attacks on liberal democracy that are sweeping much of... Read more > June 2024

Opinion | Saudi normalisation now. A Palestinian state later

By Paul Gross
With reports suggesting the Biden White House is considering unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, Paul Gross argues... Read more > February 2024

Opinion | Gaza After Hamas | Wanted: Two-State Realism

By Paul Gross
If you think the largest mass murder of Jews since the Holocaust, perpetrated by the genocidal Islamists controlling... Read more > December 2023

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

By Paul Gross
British-Israeli Paul Gross reflects on his experience of two days of annual celebration and mourning in Israel amidst... Read more > May 2023

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

By Paul Gross
Paul Gross fears this will be the first coalition in Israeli history where a majority of its members... Read more > November 2022

Opinion | Liberal Zionists fight for liberalism in Israel, and Zionism abroad

By Paul Gross
Before immigrating to Israel from the UK in 2007 Paul Gross worked for the British government on religious... Read more > July 2021

Book Review | Head of the Mossad: In Pursuit of a Safe and Secure Israel

By Paul Gross
The Director of the Mossad has to think geopolitically. He (and so far it has always been a... Read more > December 2020

Yair Lapid is now the leader of Israel’s ‘democracy camp’

By Paul Gross
Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid’s recent 6,000-word essay set out a centrist vision of Israel’s future and warned... Read more > May 2020

IsraelVotes2019 | Forget Left and Right. 'Declaration of Independence' or 'Nation-State Law' is now the real divide in Israeli politics

By Paul Gross
Paul Gross argues that the most fundamental difference between the main parties in the upcoming elections is not... Read more > March 2019