Fathom > August 2019

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Fathoming the 2019 Israeli Election: The Sequel

By Fathom Editors
 When, back in April, the Fathom editors produced a 130 page eBook Fathoming the 2019 Israeli Election, we... Read more > August 2019

IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Nitzan Horowitz: The New Leader of the Israeli Left

By Liam Hoare
 When Meretz, Ehud Barak’s Israel Democratic Party, and Labor’s Stav Shaffir created the Democratic Union, Nitzan Horowitz became... Read more > August 2019

IsraelVotes2019 (2) | The Zionist Left Is Renewing Itself

By Revital Amiran
 ‘If the public leans left, how come it keeps turning its back on the left at election time?’... Read more > August 2019

IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Whatever happened to electoral reform in Israel?

By Professor David Newman
 As Israel goes to the polls for the second time in six months, it is time to revisit... Read more > August 2019

IsraelVotes2019 | Understanding the blocs

By Dahlia Scheindlin
 Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin is a public opinion expert who has advised five national campaigns in Israel and in... Read more > August 2019

IsraelVotes2019 | The Accidental Wisdom of Israel’s Maligned Electoral System, Revisited

By Shany Mor
 In late 2013 Shany Mor was commissioned to write an article about Israel’s much-criticised proportional electoral system for... Read more > August 2019

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Voice of the Week

Our Voice of the Week comes from the Institute for National Security Studies’ (INSS) podcast, where Attila Somfalvi, a visiting fellow at INSS, speaks to Yehuda Ben Meir, a senior research fellow and former deputy Israeli Foreign Minister, about Israel’s upcoming election and whether or not it will break Israel’s political deadlock.

Image of the Week

Our Image of the Week shows protests at the entrance to the Jewish settlement of Har Gilo, following the decision to quarantine 200 South Korean tourists at a military base close to the settlement, 23 February 2020. Photo by Flash90.

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