For a deeper understanding of Israel and the region

Issue 10 of Fathom out now! / 08 July / 2015

Issue 10 of Fathom: for a deeper understanding of Israel and the region is now available online.

The New Special Relationship: The British Conservative Party and Israel

by Alan Mendoza

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In recent years, a once ambivalent relationship between the world’s oldest political party and one of its younger countries has been comprehensively transformed.  Once suspicion, mistrust and the occasional dose of establishment Arabism and anti-Semitism were the norm when considering British Conservative Party attitudes to the State of Israel. Today, such attitudes have been replaced by an embrace that is so warm it has caused more than once critic of Israel to write disparagingly about it. In part, this changing...
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Debating Michael Walzer’s 'Islamism and the Left'
by Michael Walzer

Michael Walzer is professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, and one of the democratic left’s foremost political philosophers. His...
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Building Peace from the Grassroots
by Joel Braunold

On 30 June 2015, Joel Braunold, US Director of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP) spoke to a Fathom Forum on the importance of...
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The Collective Impact Forum and Arab Employment: an interview with Yifat Ovadia
by Yifat Ovadia

Yifat Ovadia established the Collective Impact Forum (CIF) to increase the employment of the Arab population in Israel’s private sector by developing a deeper knowledge...
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‘The time to compromise is when you are strong’: an interview with Omer Bar-Lev MK
by Omer Bar-Lev

Omer Bar-Lev is an MK for the Zionist Union. He was a commander in one of the IDF’s elite units – Sayeret Matkal – before...
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Book Review |The Paradox of Liberation: Secular Revolutions and Religious Counterrevolutions
by James Bloodworth

What has happened to the secular and democratic left? It would be an exaggeration to say that everywhere it is in retreat, but it is...
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Book Review |Catch The Jew!
by Michael Wegier

Tuvia Tenenbom is a product of the Ultra-Orthodox community in B'nai Brak, near Tel Aviv. He grew up in a world of Rabbis and Yiddish,...
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Book Review |Boycotting Israel is Wrong: The progressive path to peace between Palestinians and Israelis
by Luke Akehurst

Boycotting Israel is Wrong is a timely short book on the BDS phenomenon by Australian academics Philip Mendes and Nick Dyrenfurth. It combines the force...
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Interfaith on Campus: lessons of the St Andrews Coexistence Initiative
by Joel Salmon

St Andrews is an institution consistently placed in the top three universities in the UK. Over 600 years old, it is known for open intellectual...
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Multi-stage Coordinated Unilateralism: A Proposal to Rescue the Two-State Paradigm
by Cary Nelson

In this wide-ranging and hopeful essay, Cary Nelson aims to move the international conversation about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict away from mutual recriminations and towards practical steps to create a 'two-state...
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Reflections on Contemporary Anti-Semitism in Europe
by Kenneth Waltzer

The editors are proud to launch a new longer-form publication. Each 'Fathom Insight' will allow writers and readers to explore in greater depth a range...
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Red lines and pitfalls: the Iran deal and beyond – an interview with Mike Herzog
by Michael Herzog

Brig. Gen. (res.) Michael Herzog assesses the underlying concerns with the Iran nuclear negotiations, the implications for the region and how the P5+1 can strengthen...
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Israel’s Embittered Generation
by Marc Goldberg

After another election disappointment for the Israel left, British-Israeli blogger Marc Goldberg asks how Israeli Labour can win over the generation scarred by the failure...
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Gaza One Year After - An Interview with Elhanan Miller
by Elhanan Miller

  Elhanan Miller is the Arab Affairs reporter for the Times of Israel. Alan Johnson is the editor of Fathom.   [embed]http://static.bicom.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Miller.mp3[/embed]   Alan Johnson:...
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JN-BICOM 2015 Conference: A speech by Shaul Mofaz
by Shaul Mofaz

A speech by former IDF Chief of Staff and Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz at the the BICOM-Jewish News ‘UK/Israel Shared Strategic Challenges Conference’.
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JN-BICOM 2015 Conference: Collapse of Arab states and the rise of ISIL
by BICOM

A panel discussion on the collapse of Arab states and the rise of ISIL at the UK/Israel Shared Strategic Challenges Conference. Participants were:Dan Chugg (FCO) Oded Eran...
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JN-BICOM 2015 Conference: Discussion on radicalisation
by BICOM

A panel discussion on radicalisation at the UK/Israel Shared Strategic Challenges Conference. Participants were: Charles Farr (Director of the Office for Security and Counter-Terrorism), Itamar Marcus (Palestinian Media Watch), Peter...
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JN-BICOM 2015 Conference: Does increasing antisemitism threaten the future of European Jewry?
by BICOM

A panel discussion on antisemitism at the UK/Israel Shared Strategic Challenges Conference. Participants were: Fulvio Martusciello MEP ,Sarah Benioff (DCLG), Robert Ejnes (CRIF), Mark Gardner (CST), Gillian Merron (Board of...
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JN-BICOM 2015 Conference: Have rejectionists slammed the door on the two-state solution?
by BICOM

A panel discussion on the two-state solution at the UK/Israel Shared Strategic Challenges Conference. Participants were: Brig. Gen. Yossi Kuperwasser, Omer Bar Lev MK, Dr. Jonathan Rynhold (Bar Ilan), Gabrielle...
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JN-BICOM 2015 Conference: Isaac Herzog in conversation with Jonathan Freedland
by Isaac Herzog

Leader of Israel's opposition and Zionist Union party Isaac Herzog speaking to The Guardian's Jonathan Freedland the BICOM-Jewish News ‘UK/Israel Shared Strategic Challenges Conference’.
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JN-BICOM 2015 Conference: Yair Lapid in conversation with Bronwen Maddox
by Yair Lapid

Leader of the Yesh Atid party Yair Lapid speaking to Prospect editor Bronwen Maddox the BICOM-Jewish News ‘UK/Israel Shared Strategic Challenges Conference’.
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JN-BICOM Conference 2015: ‘If we stand together against religious persecution, we win’, a speech by Lord Sacks
by Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

Former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks in a speech to the BICOM-Jewish News ‘UK/Israel Shared Strategic Challenges Conference’.
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JN-BICOM Conference: Discussion on Iran
by BICOM

A panel discussion on Iran at the UK/Israel Shared Strategic Challenges Conference. Participants were: Sir Richard Dalton (Chatham House), Emily Landau (INSS), Meir Javendanfar (Iran-Israel Observer),...
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Terrorism in cyberspace
by Gabriel Weimann

Professor Gabriel Weimann spoke to a Fathom Forum about his book Terrorism in Cyberspace: The Next Generation. The following is an edited summary of his...
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Book Review | Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
by David Lowe

David E. Lowe is the Vice President for Government Relations and Public Affairs at the National Endowment for Democracy. The views expressed here are solely...
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