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    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

    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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