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On Amnesty’s car-crash interview in Israel

By Shany Mor
 When the two most senior Amnesty officials presented their new report in Israel they struggled to answer the... Read more > February 2022

The UK-Israeli trade relationship | An interview with Ian Austin

By Ian Austin
 In this BICOM episode, Richard Pater speaks to Lord Ian Austin, UK Trade envoy to Israel, about his... Read more > February 2022

The Three Best Recent Books on the Yishuv during the British Mandate, recommended by Donna Robinson Divine

By Donna Robinson Divine
 Fathom has been inviting exerts to select their three favourite books about their subject. See Sara Hirschhorn on... Read more > February 2022

Rejecting IHRA: The Avoidable Debacle at the University of Toronto

By David Matas and Aurel Braun
 David Matas is an international human rights lawyer based in Winnipeg. The author of several books, he is... Read more > February 2022

The Arab citizens of Israel | An interview with Dr Arik Rudnitzky

By Arik Rudnitzky
 In this BICOM Podcast, Richard Pater speaks to Dr Arik Rudnitzky, a researcher in  the ‘Arab Society in... Read more > February 2022

After Soleimani, is Iran losing control of its proxies?

By Danny Citrinowicz
 The recent Houthi attack on strategic targets in the UAE has once again raised the issue of Iranian... Read more > February 2022

Book Review | The European Left and the Jewish Question 1848-1993: Between Zionism and Antisemitism

By Colin Shindler
 While many look to the rise of both Bolshevik Russia and Nazi Germany to understand the Left's evolution... Read more > February 2022

Mothers Against Violence: Viewing settlers’ violence under a ‘powerful womanly lens’

By Hamutal Gouri
 Hamutal Gouri participated in the response of Mothers Against Violence to settler violence in the Palestinian village of... Read more > February 2022

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Our Voice of the Fortnight is Rachel Goldberg and Jon Polin, parents of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, speaking after Hamas released a propaganda video of their son.

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People walk by photographs of Israeli civilians held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, in Tel Aviv. 9 April 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/FLASH90

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