Fathom > April 2024

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Iran's 'successful' attack vs Israel - a blessing very effectively disguised

By Calev Ben-Dor
 Fathom Deputy Editor Calev Ben-Dor critiques the assessment – widespread in western analytic circles – that the Iranian... Read more > April 2024

Those Who Tried: Conversations with the Peace Processors | Episode 2: ‘Arafat could never end the conflict… his identity was...

By Dennis Ross
 In the second episode of the Fathom series ‘Those who tried: Conversations with the Peace Processors’, Ambassador Dennis... Read more > April 2024

Iran is slowly surrounding Israel with a ‘ring of fire’: On the West’s ongoing appeasement of Tehran and refusal to...

By Kyle Orton
 Qasem Soleimani’s ‘ring of fire’ strategic concept envisioned surrounding Israel with IRGC units—in Lebanon, Syria, Gaza, Iraq, and... Read more > April 2024

Is Hamas Winning? An Interview with Michael Doran

By Michael Doran
 Michael Doran is the Senior Fellow and Director of the Center for Peace and Security in the Middle... Read more > April 2024

From Stalin to Hamas: The Return of the Left that Doesn't Learn? | An Interview with Mitchell Cohen

By Mitchell Cohen
 Mitchell Cohen is co-editor emeritus of Dissent in New York and professor emeritus of political science at Bernard... Read more > April 2024

Opinion | As government institutions fail in Israel and Palestine, civil society organisations are working tirelessly to sustain their communities

By John Lyndon
 John Lyndon is CEO of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP). The news of a devastating IDF... Read more > April 2024

Soundtrack of my life in Israel – Part Two

By Sarah Tuttle-Singer
 Sarah Tuttle-Singer is the author of Jerusalem, Drawn and Quartered: One Woman's Year in the Heart of the... Read more > April 2024

‘Hamas must be defeated, not only for Israelis’ sake, but for the chance of peace in our part of the...

By Fania Oz-Salzberger
 On 2 April 2024, Fathom Deputy Editors Jack Omer-Jackaman and Calev Ben-Dor interviewed Fania Oz-Salzberger, an Israeli writer,... Read more > April 2024

Diary from Jerusalem | Calev Ben-Dor

By Calev Ben-Dor
 Deputy Editor of Fathom Calev Ben-Dor shares reflections from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv as Israel marks 6 months... Read more > April 2024

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Voice of the Week

Our Voice of the Fortnight is from The Times of Israel's 'Wartime Diaries'. For Israel’s Memorial Day, Amit Halivni Bar-Peled shares her identities as a mother, a pastry chef, and a widow of a fallen soldier.

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People celebrate Israel's 76th Independence Day in Ben Shemen Forest, 14 May 2024. Photo by Jonathan Shaul/Flash90

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