Fathom - For a deeper understanding of Israel, the region, and global antisemitism

Book Review | My Life as a Jew

By Philip Mendes
Michael Gawenda is a well-known Australian journalist. He was editor of the centre-left Melbourne Age for seven years... Read more > March 2024

Why the Israeli Left needs a New Alliance with Religious Voters

By Sam Shube
Israeli democracy requires a shift from the politics of selective exclusion to one of strategic inclusion that embraces... Read more > February 2024

‘Eat Their Skulls’: The Pleasures of Antisemitism, revisited after 7 October

By Eve Garrard
Eve Garrard’s 2013 'The Pleasures of Antisemitism', argued that not merely cognitive errors but also deep emotional satisfactions... Read more > February 2024

Book Review | Israel’s War on Gaza

By Barry Finger
It turns out that Dara Horn was overly generous in her concession that ‘People Love Dead Jews.’ The... Read more > February 2024

After the Pogrom: An Australian Journalist Reflects

By Michael Gawenda
Australian journalist Michael Gawenda reflects on tensions on the Australian Jewish left through the prism of 7 October.... Read more > February 2024

On the Palestinianisation of Israel Studies

By Alex Stein
Alex Stein argues that by imposing a rigid ideological standard for scholarship on Israel-Palestine, the new journal Palestine/Israel Review... Read more > February 2024

Opinion | Saudi normalisation now. A Palestinian state later

By Paul Gross
With reports suggesting the Biden White House is considering unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state, Paul Gross argues... Read more > February 2024

Post-Bibi: Aligning two-state hopes with Israeli fears after 7 October

By Michael Rubin
After 7 October the idea that any Palestinian actor can be trusted to control territory on Israel’s borders... Read more > February 2024

‘No solidarity with the victims and hostages, no word of empathy’: Reactions from European club culture to the Supernova Festival...

By Tanja Ehmann
Tanja Ehmann asks why, despite the massacre at the Supernova music festival, parts of the European club culture... Read more > February 2024

Faculty for Academic Freedom and Against Antisemitism: Mission Statement and Background Information

By Cary Nelson and Brett Kaufman
‘Faculty for Justice in Palestine’, has been formed and is growing fast on campuses in the US. Cary... Read more > February 2024

Resilience, Social Cohesion and Democracy: The Three Keys to Rebuilding Israel After 7 October

By Mike Prashker
Mike Prashker founded MERCHAVIM: The Institute for the Advancement of Shared Citizenship in Israel in 1998 and directed... Read more > February 2024

Hamas Exploitation of Hospitals for Hostage Taking: The Legal Imperative to Investigate Aiding and Abetting of War Crimes

By Anne Herzberg
Gaza’s hospitals were used to conceal hostages. Who knew what and when? Whether hospital staff were involved, and... Read more > February 2024

Progressive except for Jews (PEJs): The Australian Greens and the 7 October Hamas Death Squad Massacre

By Philip Mendes
Following 7 October the Greens were the only Australian political party that refused to support a federal parliamentary... Read more > February 2024

Arabs and Jews: The Holocaust and its Aftermath

By Sabrina Soffer
Sabrina Soffer is former Commissioner of the Task Force to Combat Antisemitism at the George Washington University and... Read more > February 2024

"We didn't understand Hamas at all" | Fathom Interview: Michael Milshtein

By Michael Milshtein
On 25 January 2024, Fathom Deputy Editors Calev Ben-Dor and Jack Omer-Jackaman interviewed Michael Milshtein, a leading expert... Read more > February 2024

“Even Jews themselves often hear about Zionism through its detractors” | Fathom Interview: Einat Wilf

By Einat Wilf
On 22 January 2024, Fathom Deputy Editors Jack Omer-Jackaman and Calev Ben-Dor interviewed Einat Wilf. They discussed Wilf's... Read more > February 2024

A Response to The Jewish Chronicle’s review of 'Mapping the New Left Antisemitism: The Fathom Essays' (Routledge, 2023)

By Alan Johnson
David Hirsh and I have been reading, researching, writing and politically organising to counter left antisemitism for around... Read more > February 2024

Book Review | Nazis, Islamic Antisemitism and the Middle East

By Daniel Ben-Ami
Nazis, Islamic Antisemitism and the Middle East tells the story of an important but largely unknown chapter of... Read more > February 2024

Denying 7 October: The Case of Former ANC Minister Ronnie Kasrils

By David Benatar
David Benatar is Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. He examines the... Read more > February 2024

Rereadings | Demonopathy: Leon Pinsker’s Theory of Antisemitism

By Philip Earl Steele
Philip Earl Steele rereads Autoemancipation! author Leon Pinsker’s theory of antisemitism. Could our innate ‘fear of ghosts’ really... Read more > February 2024

Antizionism at the Modern Language Association

By Cary Nelson
After nearly two decades of trying, on 6 January the Modern Language Association’s annual meeting finally succeeded in... Read more > February 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | A Multilateral and Bottom-Up Approach to End the Israeli-Palestinian Tragedy

By John Lyndon
John Lyndon is the CEO of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP). Since 7 October, violence and... Read more > January 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | Why it's time for the UK to lead multilateral support for Israeli-Palestinian civil society peacebuilding

By Rachael Liss
Rachael Liss is the European Policy and Development Coordinator for ALLMEP, working on the design and implementation of ALLMEP's European and... Read more > January 2024

Peacebuilding Special Issue | Empowering Tomorrow's Leaders: The Intersection of Youth, Political Engagement, and Intergenerational Responsibility

By Wasim Almasri
Wasim Almasri is the Director of Programs for the Alliance of Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), a coalition of... Read more > January 2024

Universities in Crisis | What three American University Presidents should have said to the US Congress about campus antisemitism

By Cary Nelson
Cary Nelson is emeritus professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His Hate Speech and Academic Freedom... Read more > January 2024

Spring / 2024

American Jewish Anti-Zionist Diasporism: A Critique

Fathom Long Read: A Progressive Pogrom – Of Shani Louk, Jean Améry, and the anti-Zionist left

Opinion | Hamas as a Millennial Movement

Book Extract | Everyday Hate: How antisemitism is built into our world – and how you can change it

Why 7 October must not become Palestinian Independence Day

Book Review | Frayed, The Disputes Unraveling Religious Zionists

The ‘Takeoff to 100’ Plan - Proposal for the Next Government of Israel

The meaning of Israeli Independence Day after 7 October

Podcast: Understanding Hamas

Opinion | Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel

Opinion | Is It Time to Leave? The Resurgence of Antisemitism in the Modern World

Soundtrack of my life in Israel – Part Three

The Iran-Israel War and Learning from Frogs: An Interview with Jonathan Spyer

Opinion | From Little Rock to Columbia

‘None of the options are good, but if you don’t want Hamas or endless Israeli occupation, you need something else’:...

David Grossman’s war

Opinion | The Balkanisation of the IDF: A Looming Danger?

Those Who Tried: Conversations with the Peace Processors | Episode 2: ‘Arafat could never end the conflict… his identity was...

Iran is slowly surrounding Israel with a ‘ring of fire’: On the West’s ongoing appeasement of Tehran and refusal to...

Iran's 'successful' attack vs Israel - a blessing very effectively disguised

Is Hamas Winning? An Interview with Michael Doran

‘Hamas must be defeated, not only for Israelis’ sake, but for the chance of peace in our part of the...

Diary from Jerusalem | Calev Ben-Dor | Rage, Fury and Helplessness

Opinion | As government institutions fail in Israel and Palestine, civil society organisations are working tirelessly to sustain their communities

From Stalin to Hamas: The Return of the Left that Doesn't Learn? | An Interview with Mitchell Cohen

Soundtrack of my life in Israel – Part Two

Those Who Tried: Conversations with the Peace Processors | Episode 1: ‘Focus on institution-building not dramatic diplomatic breakthroughs’: A Conversation...

Opinion | Yes to recognising a Palestinian state now

Statistically Impossible: A Critical Analysis of Hamas’s Women and Children Casualty Figures

Soundtrack of my life in Israel – Part One

‘We can have a debate about whether Hamas did the right thing’: Judith Butler’s Moral Relativism

‘Reactionary Anti-Imperialism’ as the new Totalitarian Temptation, from Foucault to 7 October

The Peace Process, Past and Future: An Insider’s Reflections and Advice

Spring / 2023

Fathoming the Intellectual Revolution of our Times | The Disorientations of Lethal Journalism: On Western Media and the Arab-Israeli Conflict

Film Review | Ha-Midrashia

Burning Down the House - The Crisis in American Psychoanalysis: How Wokeism and Identity Politics are Destroying the Profession and...

Book Review | The Antisemitic Origins of Islamist Violence: A Study of the Muslim Brotherhood and Islamic State

The 1936 Revolt still rages today: an interview with Oren Kessler

The Three Best Israeli Short Stories recommended by Noga Emanuel

Why Israelis are so Happy at 75

A Modern History of Palestinian Rejectionism

Diary | Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut in a divided Israel

Opinion | The Meaning of Diane Abbott’s Astonishing Letter

Book Review | Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism Is Built Into Our World And How You Can Change It

Opinion | Can fasting be a tool for political healing?

Iran’s drone diplomacy is a danger to the West

Patterns of Antisemitism in Mainstream Media Comment Threads. Case Studies of the UK, France and Germany

The Three Best Books on Critical Theory and Antisemitism, recommended by Matthew Bolton

Book Review | Sharing the Promised Land: In Pursuit of Equality Between Jewish and Arab Citizens in Israel

The Protest Envoy: Ehud Barak comes to London

Lara Sheehi’s Joyous Rage: Antisemitic Anti-Zionism, Advocacy Academia and Jewish Students’ Nightmares at GWU

My Israeli Music: Ittay Flescher

Book Review | Israel 201: Your Next Level Guide to the Magic and Mystery and Chaos of Life in the...

Diary from Jerusalem | Calev Ben-Dor | Israel’s Rebellion

Book Review | Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism Is Built Into Our World and How You Can Change It

‘I am one of those liberals who got mugged by reality’: An Interview with Gadi Taub

For Political Compromise, and then Judicial Reform

‘A lachrymose conception of 20th century North African Jewish history’: A Rejoinder to Lyn Julius

‘The Mizrahim recognised that the antisemitism fuelling the conflict between Israelis and Arabs was the same as that which they...

Culture Wars, Ethnicity and the Future of Israel’s Democracy

Fallacies about Mizrahi Jews and Israeli Politics | A Reply to Sam Shube

Book review | Everyday Hate: How Antisemitism Is Built Into Our World and How You Can Change It

Opinion | Ben-Gvir is no Begin

‘This is an attempt to change the structure of Israel from a constitutional democracy to a regime where, once political...

Winter / 2023