Fathom > January 2020

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In Defence of the IHRA Definition

By Bernard Harrison and Lesley Klaff
 Correction: In an earlier version of this article, the authors claimed that Sir Stephen Sedley, writing in the... Read more > January 2020

Book Review | We Stand Divided: The Rift Between American Jews and Israel

By William Kolbrener
 Daniel Gordis’s We Stand Divided is the latest book on the growing rift between American Jews and Israelis.... Read more > January 2020

British Christian Zionism (Part 2): the work of Laurence Oliphant

By Philip Earl Steele
 The literary, diplomatic and direct organisational efforts of the British Christian Zionist Laurence Oliphant were central to the... Read more > January 2020

Fathom Book Reviews

By Fathom Editors
 The Fathom editorial team are seeking reviewers. If you would like to review one of the books below for Fathom,... Read more > January 2020

Emily Landau (1960-2020): A Tribute

By Azriel Bermant
 Azriel Bermant pays tribute to Fathom advisory editor Emily Landau who died 6 January 2020. It was with... Read more > January 2020

The Old Left is Dead. Israel Needs a New One.

By Etan N. Nechin
 When Israel goes to the polls for a third time in a year, the Labor party might well... Read more > January 2020

‘The fight against ISIS was successful, but not on a strategic level’| An interview with Seth Frantzman, author of After...

By Seth Frantzman
 Seth Frantzman’s new book, After ISIS: America, Iran and the Struggle for the Middle East, based on his... Read more > January 2020

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Released hostage Shlomi Ziv returning to his home in Moshav Elkosh, in northern Israel, 25 June 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90

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