Fathom Report | Institutionally Antisemitic: Contemporary Left Antisemitism...

By Alan Johnson
This major Fathom report finds the Labour Party is now ‘institutionally antisemitic’ as the term... Read more >

How the BDS movement is poisoning academic discourse:...

By Philip Mendes
The academic Left, influenced by the Boycott, Divestment and Sections (BDS) movement, is abandoning core... Read more >

Leon Trotsky’s Long War Against Antisemitism

By Alan Johnson
All his life Trotsky was a consistent fighter against antisemitism. – Joseph Nedava, Trotsky and... Read more >

Two states may be the only plausible solution...

By Tony Klug
In January 1973 the Fabian Society published a pamphlet by a young British student, Tony... Read more >

Critical Reflections on the Trump Peace Plan |...

By Dennis Ross and David Makovsky
In late February, David Makovsky and Dennis Ross spoke at a BICOM/RUSI event in London... Read more >

Israeli Elections: What next for the likely Netanyahu...

By Calev Ben-Dor
Calev Ben-Dor writes that the good news for Netanyahu is that his ability to form... Read more >

Book Review | Temperature Rising: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards...

By Paul Iddon
Nader Uskowi opens his first book, a concise but definitive account of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary... Read more >

Fathom eBook | Fathoming the Israeli Elections 2019

By Fathom Editors
Election special 2019 FINALFathom has published a new eBook on the 2019 Israeli elections. This... Read more >

Israeli Elections: Three Takeaways and One Prediction

By Michael Koplow
Michael Koplow argues that Netanyahu’s indictments are preventing the establishment of a national unity government... Read more >

Israeli Elections: Five Takeaways

By Hugh Lovatt
Hugh Lovatt believes that had the Joint List stuck together it may have potentially blocked... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | What should be the priorities for...

By Yossi Kuperwasser
Yossi Kuperwasser argues that whoever forms the next government should adopt a 'Yes, but' response... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | Why I’m voting Likud

By Rachel Broyde
Rachel Broyde credits Netanyahu's leadership with Israel's strong economic, military and diplomatic situation and argues... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | Why I’m voting Blue and White

By Yair Zivan
Yair Zivan believes Israelis have a choice between a Prime Minister indicted in three criminal... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | Why I’m voting Labor

By Tal Harris
Tal Harris argues that while Benny Gantz can replace Netanyahu and remove his Kahanist allies... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | Israel’s Arab citizens and the election

By Eihab Kadah
In a conversation with Fathom, Eihab Kadah, director of research in Arab society in Midgam... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 (2) | Netanyahu isn’t just a Prime...

By Doron Matza
While some analysts believe Israel is approaching a ‘post-Netanyahu era’, Doron Matza argues that regardless... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | The National-Religious Camp: No Direction Home?

By Sara Hirschhorn
In some ways, the national religious community face the 2019 election without a traditional ideological... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | The Elections and the Territories

By Yisrael Medad
With only one week to go until election day, the fate of the territories has... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | Yashar: a new grassroots Israeli political...

By Eran Etzion
Eran Etzion is the former Deputy head of the National Security Council and Head of... Read more >

Book Review | Israel’s Long War with Hezbollah:...

By Rob Geist Pinfold
The old adage that ‘generals are always prepared to fight the last war’ encapsulates the... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | Israeli-Palestinian relations and the 2019 Election

By Jonathan Rynhold
Israeli Jews are deeply sceptical, even incredulous, about the peace process, and are instead focused... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | Forget Left and Right. ‘Declaration of...

By Paul Gross
Paul Gross argues that the most fundamental difference between the main parties in the upcoming... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | Understanding the blocs

By Dahlia Scheindlin
Dr. Dahlia Scheindlin is a public opinion expert who has advised five national campaigns in... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | ‘We are at the end of...

By Anshel Pfeffer
In this Fathom Forum, journalist and writer Anshel Pfeffer, author of The Turbulent Life and... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | The need for political partnership

By Ron Gerlitz
Ron Gerlitz, the Co-Executive Director of Sikkuy, The Association for Civic Equality in Israel, argues... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | Towards a consensus on National Security...

By Jonathan Spyer
To what extent is the current Israeli election campaign dominated by national security issues, as... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | Why the Israeli Labor party is...

By Eric Lee
Why has the Israeli Labor Party failed to return to power for over 20 years?... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | The country where the centre can...

By Pinchas Landau
Pinchas Landau argues that the emergence of the new centrist party ‘Blue and White’ as... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | The Far Right in Israeli Politics

By Colin Shindler
Professor Colin Shindler argues that pragmatism by a Right wing government has often led to... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | The growing power of the ‘independent’...

By Gilad Malach
Dr. Gilad Malach is head of the ultra-Orthodox program at the Israel Democracy Institute in... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | With Gantz, has Israel’s centre found...

By Toby Greene
Toby Greene argues that the merger between the Israel Resilience Party and Yesh Atid represents... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | It’s basic math. To win, the...

By Joel Braunold
Two-thirds of the Arab public want to see their representatives sitting in government. If the... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | Fathoming the Israeli elections: an interview...

By Nahum Barnea
Nahum Barnea is a veteran Israeli commentator for Yediot Ahronoth who has covered Israeli domestic... Read more >

‘Telling Israel’s story in the 21st century will...

By Matti Friedman
Journalist and author Matti Friedman talks to Fathom Deputy Editor Calev Ben-Dor about his acclaimed... Read more >

IsraelVotes2019 | The Accidental Wisdom of Israel’s Maligned...

By Shany Mor
In late 2013 Shany Mor was commissioned to write an article about Israel’s much-criticised proportional... Read more >

Thriving in Adversity: the past and future of...

By Gary Kent
Combining clear-eyed political analysis with moving reportage, Gary Kent offers a comprehensive survey of both... Read more >

Anziska’s ‘Preventing Palestine’: An Exchange (1) Joel Singer’s...

By Joel Singer
Joel Singer, a veteran Israeli peace negotiator, critically reviews Seth Anziska’s book, Preventing Palestine: A... Read more >

Anziska’s ‘Preventing Palestine’: An Exchange (2) Seth Anziska...

By Seth Anziska
Seth Anziska replies to Oslo negotiator Joel Singers’s critical review of his book Preventing Palestine:... Read more >

The Era of Responsibility is over | an...

By Nadav Eyal
Nadav Eyal is the International Correspondent for Israel's Reshet News, Op-Ed contributor for Yedioth Ahronoth,... Read more >

Fathom 22 | Editorial

By Fathom Editors
Welcome to Fathom 22. 2018 was a year of strong growth for the journal. Site... Read more >

‘There is a window of opportunity to resolve...

By Shabtai Shavit
Since 2013, Professor Cohen-Almagor has been conducting a comprehensive research project whose aim is to... Read more >

One More Dunam, One More Goat: Re-learning How...

By John Lyndon
‘In Israel, the group which has sketched out its bold vision of the future most... Read more >

Book Review | Sinjar: 14 Days that Saved...

By Paul Iddon
Download a PDF version here. Susan Shand’s book is a moving account of the Islamic... Read more >

Four strategic threats on Israel’s radar | a...

By Amos Yadlin
Speaking at a private forum in late 2018, Director of the Institute for National Security... Read more >

Amos Oz (1939-2018): Writer, Reader, Dreamer

By Liam Hoare
Liam Hoare writes in praise of Amos Oz, the Israeli novelist and public intellectual who... Read more >

‘City of Oranges. An Intimate History of Arabs...

By Adam LeBor
The acclaimed book City of Oranges: An Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa... Read more >