Summer 2017
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Fathom 17 | Editorial
By Fathom Editors
Fathom 17 is a special issue to mark the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration....
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Balfour 100 | The world of our founders:...
By Donna Robinson Divine
Donna Robinson Divine argues that the Zionist nation-building story, while inspiring, does not reflect the...
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Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism in West Germany in the...
By Martin Jander
In this provocative analysis of discourse about Israel in West Germany in the 1970s, Martin...
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A Deeply Rooted Anti-Zionism: Reflections from South Africa
By Milton Shain
While the degree of support for radical anti-Zionism in South Africa is often wildly exaggerated...
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The Left and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The path...
By Jamie Palmer
In this timely and eloquent essay, Jamie Palmer explores the impact on the politics of...
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Book Review | All the Rivers
By Liam Hoare
It is hard to know how to talk about Dorit Rabinyan’s third novel, All the...
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The Last Palestinian: The Rise and Reign of...
By Grant Rumley and Amir Tibon
Fathom Assistant Editor Samuel Nurding sat down with Grant Rumley and Amir Tibon to discuss...
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Book Review | Colonialism and the Jews
By John Strawson
Jews, like other peoples, have been much affected by the history of colonialism and empire....
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Trump is in danger of pulling a reverse...
By Ilan Goldenberg
A month ago after returning from a trip to Israel, I wrote that we may...
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A future for Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding
By BICOM
BICOM and Fathom have published a new research report, A future for Israeli-Palestinian peacebuilding. It...
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Book Review | The Shell
By Kyle Orton
In Syria, the West has been keen not to repeat the mistakes of Iraq —...
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Balfour 100 | ‘Mack’: Aaron Aaronsohn, the NILI...
By Efraim Halevy
NILI – an acronym for the biblical Hebrew phrase, Netzakh Yisrael Lo Yeshaker, meaning ‘The...
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Balfour 100 | Repairing the World: why Britain...
By Elias Zananiri
Elias Zananiri, Vice-Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Committee for Interaction with the Israeli...
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Balfour 100 | We need to talk about...
By Toby Greene
2017 is the hundredth anniversary of the Balfour Declaration, the British government’s letter of support...
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Balfour 100 | British policy in Palestine 1917–1925
By James Sorene
Despite issuing the Balfour Declaration in 1917 and subsequently obtaining the Mandate for Palestine from...
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Balfour 100 | Before Balfour: The Labour Party’s...
By Ronnie Fraser
Ronnie Fraser tells the little-known story of the British Labour Party’s support for Zionism. Three...
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Balfour 100 | Chaim Weizmann, the Guardian and...
By Azriel Bermant
The British Prime Minister David Lloyd George believed that ChaimWeizmann would become ‘the one name...
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Book Review | Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman
By Neill Lochery
I must warn the reader at the start of this review of a couple of...
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Book Review | Kingdom of Olives and Ash:...
By Cary Nelson
Kingdom of Olives And Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet...
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