Fathom > January 2024

Issue

Peacebuilding Special Issue | A Multilateral and Bottom-Up Approach to End the Israeli-Palestinian Tragedy

By John Lyndon
 John Lyndon is the CEO of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP). Since 7 October, violence and... Read more > January 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | Reconstruction and Renewal in Gaza, Two Scenarios

By Kamal Mashharawi
 Kamal Mashharawi is a Palestinian entrepreneur and peace activist from Gaza. He has written previously about his and... Read more > Article January 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | Why it's time for the UK to lead multilateral support for Israeli-Palestinian civil society peacebuilding

By Rachael Liss
 Rachael Liss is the European Policy and Development Coordinator for ALLMEP, working on the design and implementation of ALLMEP's European and... Read more > January 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | Standing Together is forging Jewish-Palestinian solidarity for peace

By Dina Kraft
 Journalist Dina Kraft profiles Standing Together activist Sally Abed who argues ‘peace is a very, very radical word.... Read more > January 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | “Groundwork” Podcasts: "Echoes of Home" and "Two States, One Homeland"

By Fathom Editors
 Here, as part of our special Issue dedicated to the work of the Alliance for Middle East Peace... Read more > January 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | Interview: Givat Haviva

By Mohammad Darawshe and Michal Sela
 Fathom deputy editor Jack Omer-Jackaman speaks to Mohammad Darawshe and Michal Sela of Givat Haviva, an Israeli civil... Read more > January 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | Interview: Arava Institute for Environmental Studies

By Tareq Abu Hamed and Eliza Mayo
 Fathom deputy editor Jack Omer-Jackaman speaks with Tareq Abu Hamed and Eliza Mayo of the Arava Institute for... Read more > January 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | How my Israeli and Palestinian friends want you to talk about them

By Avi Meyerstein
 Avi Meyerstein is the founder and president of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP). Should we talk about... Read more > January 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | Empowering Tomorrow's Leaders: The Intersection of Youth, Political Engagement, and Intergenerational Responsibility

By Wasim Almasri
 Wasim Almasri is the Director of Programs for the Alliance of Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), a coalition of... Read more > January 2024

Universities in Crisis | What three American University Presidents should have said to the US Congress about campus antisemitism

By Cary Nelson
 Cary Nelson is emeritus professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His Hate Speech and Academic Freedom... Read more > January 2024

Opinion | ‘From the River to the Sea’ is the Postmodern ‘Hep! Hep!’

By Aviva Winton
 ‘From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free’ is a new attempt to deny any Jewish... Read more > January 2024

Scandalous Indoctrination: Inside a Kings College Counter-Terrorism Course for UK Civil Servants

By Anna Stanley
 A former civil servant, Anna Stanley reports on a counter-terrorism course she attended which she found a deeply,... Read more > January 2024

Israeli Democracy: An Audit and a Proposal for Reform

By Vernon Bogdanor
 Sir Vernon Bogdanor is Professor of Government, King’s College London and a member of the International Advisory Council... Read more > January 2024

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Voice of the Week

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.

Image of the Week

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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