Shiraz Maher | Mapping contemporary Salafi-Jihadism
By Shiraz Maher
Shiraz Maher is the author of Salafi-Jihadism: The History of an Idea (Hurst, 2016) and Deputy Director at...
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Summer 2016
Lies, Damned Lies and the Academic Boycott of Israel
By Michael Yudkin
Oxford University academic Michael Yudkin critiques the ‘Academic boycott’ promoted by the Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and...
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Summer 2016
Israel and the Death Penalty: Lessons from the Talmud
By Edward Rettig
The proposal to make it easier to pass the death sentence is a troubling exercise in unsustainable moral...
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Summer 2016
Fathom 13 | Editorial
By Fathom Editors
Fathom 13 examines four questions central to explaining the current impasse in the peace process between the Israelis...
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Summer 2016
Undeclared Wars on Israel: East Germany and the West German Far Left 1967-1981: An Interview with Jeffrey Herf
By Jeffrey Herf
http:// Jeffery Herf is Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Maryland. His books include Nazi Propaganda...
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Summer 2016
Social Cohesion and the Future of Israel
By Mike Prashker
Mike Prashker, author of a forthcoming book, A Place for Us All – Social Cohesion and The Future...
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Summer 2016
‘Where is Syria going? A Round Table with Jonathan Spyer
By Jonathan Spyer
The Fathom editors hold a monthly invite-only round table discussion in our London office between a policy expert...
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Summer 2016
Anti-Zionism: 21st Century Avatar of the Longest Hatred
By Richard Landes
In this bracing polemic, the US academic Richard Landes argues that the demonising anti-Zionism of what he calls...
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Summer 2016
After Oslo’s failure, the two-state solution is now an international responsibility: an interview with Husam Zomlot
By Husam Zomlot
Husam Zomlot serves as ambassador-at-large for the state of Palestine and adjunct professor of Government at Birzeit University....
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Summer 2016
Sykes and Picot ignored the sectarianism of the Middle East, and we are still paying the price
By Asher Susser
It is 100 years since the signing of the Sykes-Picot Agreement – the division of the territory of...
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Summer 2016
Book Review│Doomed to Succeed: The US- Israel Relationship from Truman to Obama
By David Lowe
On 12 May 1948, nearly six months after the United Nations voted to partition Palestine into separate Jewish...
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Summer 2016
‘The greatest emissary the Jewish people ever had’: Asaf Siniver on Abba Eban
By Asaf Siniver
Asaf Siniver’s biography of Abba Eban tells the story of an entirely exceptional man who by the age...
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Summer 2016
Book Review│Socialism of Fools: Capitalism and Modern Anti-Semitism
By Colin Shindler
The Italian academic, Michele Battini examines the gradual transformation of the traditional Christian anti-Semitic charge of usury into...
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Summer 2016
Assessing the Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Policy
By Grant Rumley and Adam Rasgon
Has the internationalisation strategy pushed by President Abbas transformed international public opinion and diplomacy and set the Palestinians...
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Summer 2016
We must not be afraid to talk about the roots of the conflict
By Shaul Judelman
Shaul Judelman is a Jewish Israeli living in the Gush Etzion settlement and he is the coordinator of...
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Summer 2016
Darkenu: keeping the dream of Israel alive
By Polly Bronstein
Israel has a new organisation. Darkenu styles itself as the movement of Israel’s moderates. It’s leader Polly Bronstein...
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Summer 2016
We are weak because there is no Palestinian non-violent movement
By Ali Abu Awwad
Ali Abu Awwad is a leading Palestinian activist and the founder of Roots – an Israeli-Palestinian project in...
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Summer 2016
London Calling: Why Mayor Sadiq Khan is ‘Good for the Jews’
By Marcus Roberts
‘Yes, but is it good for the Jews?’ goes the classic question, often used ironically, to ask what...
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Summer 2016
An Antisemitic Hoax: Lenni Brenner on Zionist ‘Collaboration’ With the Nazis
By Paul Bogdanor
The former mayor of London Ken Livingstone has defended his explosive claim that Adolf Hitler was ‘a Zionist’...
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Summer 2016
Docaviv 2016 – The Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival
By Gavin Gross
This May witnessed the annual Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival, an event dedicated to the development and...
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Summer 2016
The Eloquence of Oriented: An interview with Jake Witzenfeld
By Jake Witzenfeld
Sitting in the Green Room at JW3, the London Jewish Community’s cultural centre, a jetlagged Jake Witzenfeld,...
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Summer 2016
Defending Human Rights in a Nation Under Siege: A Sermon of Sorts
By Edward Rettig
In a chaotic and morally obtuse situation, little understood by outsiders, Israel must still try to follow the...
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Summer 2016
For peace, we need vision, hope and bridge-building: an interview with Aziz Abu Sarah
By Aziz Abu Sarah
Aziz Abu Sarah is a National Geographic Explorer and Cultural Educator. A Palestinian from Jerusalem, Aziz has pioneered...
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Summer 2016
Hitler and the Nazis’ Anti-Zionism
By Jeffrey Herf
Jeffrey Herf, author of the award winning book 'Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda during World War II and the...
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Summer 2016
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