2017 Fathom Interview with Naftali Bennett

By Naftali Bennett
‘Forming a Palestinian state along the lines that many readers of Fathom believe is the... Read more >

Peter Beinart and Palestinian Refugee ‘Return’: A Critique

By Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf
Adi Schwartz and Einat Wilf are the authors of The War of Return: How Western... Read more >

The Danger of Greater Israel

By Michael Walzer
In this urgent essay, written before the new Israeli coalition government was agreed, but with... Read more >

Opinion | A desire to remove Netanyahu has...

By Calev Ben-Dor
The (four-time) failure of the right wing and ultra-Orthodox parties to garner 61 seats, the... Read more >

How to Defeat Hamas

By Toby Greene
Toby Greene argues that military tools are not enough. What’s needed is a long-term vision... Read more >

Book Review| The CIA War in Kurdistan: The...

By Paul Iddon
Sam Faddis's recent account of his time as a CIA operations officer in Iraq in... Read more >

Still Standing, but Shaky: Jordan at 100

By Asher Susser
Asher Susser is Professor Emeritus of Middle Eastern History at Tel Aviv University (TAU). On the... Read more >

‘Calling a truce with left-wing antisemitism’: The Case...

By John Hyman and Anthony Julius
University College London’s governing Council voted in November 2019 to adopt the IHRA (International Holocaust... Read more >

UK-Israel 2021 | When Britain almost declared war...

By Ronnie Fraser
At the beginning of January 1949, eight months after Britain had withdrawn from Palestine, Foreign... Read more >

I hope that UCL faculty and staff will...

By Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer is professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey... Read more >

Fathom Long Read | Antisemitism and the IHRA...

By Cary Nelson
For twenty years Cary Nelson was part of the elected leadership of the American Association... Read more >

Read it again. Read better. Dave Rich on...

By Dave Rich
Dave Rich is Head of Policy at the Community Security Trust. He argues that Derek... Read more >

Cultivating Israel Hatred in the University: The role...

By Channa Newman and Thomas Mullane
The Basic Skills Training Group, or simply ‘T-group', was popularised in the 1950s as a... Read more >

UK-Israel2021 | The Roots of the ‘Al Aqsa...

By Yisrael Medad
In 1921 British politician Alfred Mond, visiting Palestine, said ‘our sanctuary, our Temple, we will... Read more >

The UK and US can help build an...

By John Lyndon
This journal has long argued that people-to-people peacemaking programmes on a grand scale are essential... Read more >

Once Again on the Jerusalem Declaration: A Rejoinder...

By Cary Nelson
Cary Nelson’s responds to replies by Derek Penslar and Michael Walzer to his Fathom article... Read more >

IHRA and JDA: Examining Definitions of Antisemitism in...

By Jeffrey Herf
Jeffrey Herf is Distinguished University Professor, Department of History, University of Maryland College Park. His... Read more >

‘A Remarkably Aggressive Naïveté’: A Response to Derek...

By Richard Landes
Richard Landes argues that the claim made by the signatories of the Jerusalem Declaration that... Read more >

The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism may inadvertently give...

By Gerald Izenberg
Gerald N. Izenberg is Prof. Emeritus of History at Washington University in St. Louis. He... Read more >

Diary from London | Adam Ognall, Chief Executive,...

By Adam Ognall
After ten years in post, Adam Ognall is stepping down as CEO of the New... Read more >

Palestinian Elections: As In 2006, A Dangerous Idea

By Elliott Abrams
Elliott Abrams is Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.... Read more >

Why I Signed the Jerusalem Declaration: A Response...

By Derek Penslar
Derek Penslar is William Lee Frost Professor of Jewish History at Harvard University and Resident... Read more >

The Jerusalem Declaration: A Response to Cary Nelson

By Michael Walzer
Michael Walzer is Professor Emeritus of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton... Read more >

Book Review | The Star and the Scepter:...

By David Rodman
The State of Israel has existed for a little over 70 years. A medium power... Read more >

President Biden’s Middle East Policy

By Yossi Kuperwasser
Yossi Kuperwasser argues that President Biden's Middle East policy reflects the tension between his understanding... Read more >

Fathom Long Read | Accommodating the New Antisemitism:...

By Cary Nelson
Download and print a PDF version here.  In this comprehensive critique Cary Nelson argues that... Read more >

Book Review | Stories from Palestine: Narratives of...

By Zeina M. Barakat
To be entrusted with someone’s narrative is a privilege. To grant such access … is... Read more >

Three best books on Zionism, recommended by Gil...

By Gil Troy
Fathom is inviting experts to select their three favourite books about a subject. The series... Read more >

Mansour Abbas: Islamist Kingmaker of Israeli politics

By Calev Ben-Dor
Arab political parties have become central players in Israeli politics. But how has a young... Read more >

Opinion | Israel voted for change, but that’s...

By Toby Greene
During Benjamin Netanyahu’s first premiership in the late 1990s, his crisis-driven leadership style led British... Read more >

UK-Israel2021 | The Rockiest of Starts: Anglo-Israeli Relations...

By Natan Aridan
Natan Aridan is Lecturer in Israel Studies and researcher at the Ben-Gurion Research Institute for... Read more >

Book Review | The Wondering Jew

By Robin Moss
In the spring and summer of 2017, Micah Goodman caused something of a publishing sensation... Read more >

Israel’s political system is broken. Here is how...

By Yohanan Plesner
As Israelis head to the polls for the fourth time in two years, Yohanan Plesner,... Read more >

Israel Election Special | Eight Israelis explain their...

By Fathom Editors
Next Tuesday, 23 March, Israelis will go to the polls for the fourth time in two... Read more >

Israel Election 2021 | ‘Why I am voting...

By Fleur Hassan-Nahoum
The main reason I am voting Likud in this election is because two years ago... Read more >

Israel Election 2021 | ‘Why I am voting...

By Terry Newman
The big ideological battle of the day is Centrism vs the rest. Centrism not as... Read more >

Israel Election 2021 | ‘Why I am voting...

By Peter Lerner
Avoda, Israel's Labour Party, is the party that established the State of Israel. In November... Read more >

Israel Election 2021 | ‘Why I am voting...

By Shraga Alweiss
The Israeli public approaches these elections battered and bruised. Quite simply, there have been too... Read more >

Israel Election 2021 | ‘Why I am voting...

By Emmanuel Navon
The fact that Israel has experienced four snap elections within two years is not the... Read more >

Israel Election 2021 | ‘Why I am (reluctantly)...

By Ittay Flescher
As an Israeli with progressive values who believes in seeing equality for all people who... Read more >

Israel Election 2021 | ‘Why I am voting...

By Oded Forer
These elections are about the future of the State of Israel. Not just some theoretical... Read more >

Israel Election 2021 | ‘Why I am voting...

By Guli Dolev-Hashiloni
At first glance, it may seem like these elections – like the previous three –... Read more >

Book Review | Jews Don’t Count

By Sarah Brown
The premise of Jews Don’t Count is that antisemitism is too often glossed over –... Read more >

Trump and Netanyahu: The Disagreements Beneath The Surface

By Ofer Zalzberg
In this insightful essay Ofer Zalzberg, Director of the Middle East Program at the Herbert... Read more >

Fathom Long Read | The Meaning of David...

By David Hirsh
According to Bristol University Professor David Miller, ‘Britain is in the grip of an assault... Read more >

Book Review | Judaism Straight Up, Why Real...

By Daniel Goldman
Professor Moshe Koppel is the founder and executive chairman of Forum Kohelet, an influential think... Read more >

Book Review | The Shadow Commander: Soleimani, the...

By Kyle Orton
A little over a year ago, U.S. President Donald Trump gave the order to kill... Read more >

Book Review | Matzpen: A History of Israeli...

By Colin Shindler
Lutz Fiedler's highly informative book about the far Left group, Matzpen, is a welcome addition... Read more >