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Israel70 | Young Voices: time for the decision of the century in the West Bank

By Rob Geist Pinfold
Rob Pinfold is a Neubauer Research Associate at the Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) at Tel Aviv... Read more > April 2018

Israel70 | Young Voices: Israel's Arabs should be in Israel's government

By Tal Harris
Tal Harris is the spokesperson of MK Amir Peretz and a PhD candidate in sociology on urban migration... Read more > April 2018

Israel70 | Young Voices: The moderate majority in Israel must find its voice in the decade ahead

By Tel Aviv Widrich
Tel Aviv Widrich is director of operations for Darkenu. Meaningful change in Israel, though desired by the moderate... Read more > April 2018

Israel70 | Young Voices: A Plea for Civility

By Aaron Kalman
Aaron Kalman is a diplomatic adviser to Education Minister Naftali Bennett and former Jewish Agency Emissary to Australia.... Read more > April 2018

Israel70 | Young Voices: From the Kibbutz to the shared economy?

By Netta Geist
Netta Geist is a former Parliamentary Advisor to MK Stav Shaffir. She holds an MA in Public Policy... Read more > April 2018

Israel70 | Young Voices: Will a leader of Middle Eastern descent emerge to lead this Middle Eastern country?

By Hen Mazzig
Hen Mazzig is an Israeli writer, international speaker, social media activist and advocate. Hen’s family comes from Iraq... Read more > April 2018

Israel70 | How to keep the window open for the two-state solution

By Dennis Ross
As Israel approaches its 70th anniversary and the peace process at a low ebb, Dennis Ross, former Middle... Read more > April 2018

Israel70 | Palestinians are raising the alarm – the time to rescue the two-state solution is running out

By Ziad Darwish
Dr Ziad Darwish is a member of The Palestinian Committee for Interaction with Israeli Society – PLO (PCIIS).... Read more > April 2018

Israel70 | Forget ‘the ultimate deal’. For now, the status quo is the best option available

By Shalom Lipner
Shalom Lipner is a non-resident senior fellow at the Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution.... Read more > March 2018

Israel70 | How to fix the crisis in Israel-World Jewry relations

By Gidi Grinstein
Gidi Grinstein and Ari Afilalo argue that on the eve of Israel’s 70th anniversary, it must reembrace its... Read more > April 2018

Anti-Zionism and the Humanities: A response to Saree Makdisi

By Cary Nelson and Russell Berman
This lengthy essay by two leading US professors challenges the world of academic publishing. They identify the symptoms... Read more > April 2018

Israel70 | Editorial

By Fathom Editors
Israel70 is a special bumper issue of the journal that maps the state of Israel at 70 years old and... Read more > March 2018

One-to-one | Towards the renewal of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

By Dahlia Scheindlin
On 22 March Fathom editor Alan Johnson sat down with Dahlia Scheindlin for the first of Fathom’s one-to-one interviews,... Read more > April 2018

Israel70 | Celebrating the argument

By Einat Wilf with Shany Mor
Zionism and the State of Israel are unique examples of a movement of national liberation, and a state,... Read more > March 2018

Israel70 | It is time for the minority to establish itself as a political actor in Israeli decision-making

By Mohammad Darawshe
Mohammad Darawshe is Director of the Center for Shared Society at Givat Haviva Institute and also served as... Read more > March 2018

Israel70 | Yisrael Aumann on gaming Israel's future

By Yisrael Aumann
Yisrael Aumann is an Israeli-American mathematician and a professor at the Federmann Center for the Study of Rationality... Read more > March 2018

Book Review | Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine

By Cary Nelson
Sunaina Maira’s book Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine would not ordinarily be a publication of special... Read more > May 2018

The space between the Iraq-Iran border and the Mediterranean Sea today constitutes a single arena of conflict, by Jonathan Spyer

By Jonathan Spyer
Jonathan Spyer is a fellow at the Middle East Forum and a freelance security analyst and correspondent for... Read more > February 2018

‘As Jews who experienced the Holocaust, we have a moral obligation to help our neighbours': Talking to ‘Lt Col. E’...

By Elhanan Miller
Since 2016 the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has operated its Good Neighbour Project, which coordinates the transfer of... Read more > February 2018

Book Review | Jews and Leftist Politics: Judaism, Israel, Anti-Semitism and Gender

By Colin Shindler
This important book is based on an international conference on Jews and the Left held in New York... Read more > February 2018

Feminism in Israel | Editorial

By Fathom Editors
Feminism in Israel is a special issue of Fathom journal that brings together the voices of 22 women from across... Read more > February 2018

Feminism in Israel | Perhaps peace comes dropping slow: Rabbanit Tirza Kelman reflects on a trip to Northern Ireland

By Tirza Kelman
Two dozen religious Israelis met with an Irish priest. It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but... Read more > February 2018

Feminism in Israel | Palestinian, Feminist, Peacebuilder: an interview with Huda Abu Arqoub

By Huda Abu Arqoub
Huda Abu Arqoub is Director of the Alliance for Middle East Peace (ALLMEP), a network of civil society... Read more > February 2018

Feminism in Israel | Meeting the challenges, making the changes: governing for women’s equality

By Rachel Azaria
Rachel Azaria is a Modern Orthodox Israeli politician, currently serving as a member of the Knesset for Kulanu.... Read more > February 2018

Feminism in Israel | Haredi Feminism: an interview with Pnina Pfeuffer

By Pnina Pfeuffer
Pnina Pfeuffer is a leading figure in Haredi feminism and a regular columnist for Ha’aretz, Jerusalem Post, and... Read more > February 2018

Feminism in Israel | Gender equality and the status of women in Israel: an interview with MK Aliza Lavie

By Aliza Lavie
Aliza Lavie is a member of the Knesset for Yesh Atid and a senior lecturer at the School of Communication at Bar-Ilan University.... Read more > February 2018

Feminism in Israel | Feminism and the melodies of Judaism

By Elana Maryles Sztokman
The decision of Elana Maryles Sztokman, a long-time leading figure in US and Israeli Orthodox Jewish feminism to... Read more > February 2018

Feminism in Israel | Feminism and Israeli-Palestinian Peace: an interview with Sarai Aharoni

By Sarai Aharoni
Sarai Aharoni is Assistant Professor at the Gender Studies Programme, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and one of... Read more > February 2018

Feminism in Israel | Feminism and Jewish-Palestinian Solidarity can make another Israel possible: an interview with Fida Nara and Sarit...

By Fida Nara and Sarit Larry
Mahapach-Taghir is a grassroots, feminist, Jewish-Arab organisation that works for social change through education and empowerment in marginalised communities... Read more > February 2018

Summer / 2018

Israel70 | Democracy against all odds, or at odds with democracy?

Israel70 | ‘Israel is divided over what destination to put into our national GPS’: an interview with Tzipi Livni

Why the Nazi Analogy and Holocaust Inversion are Antisemitic

2017 Fathom Interview with Naftali Bennett

Israel70 | Young Voices: time for the decision of the century in the West Bank

Israel70 | Diaspora70: Reflections of an Old Zionist

Israel70 | Innovation: Africa

Israel70 | ‘Leadership is telling your own people things that are difficult to hear’: an interview with Yair Lapid

‘To understand what makes Israel tick today you must understand who Netanyahu is and how he became the man he...

Israel70 | Schooling for Peace: an interview with Dr Nava Sonnenschein

Israel70 | A Light Unto The Nations Once More? The renaissance in Israel’s international development assistance programme

Israel70 | Just don’t do it: The ramifications of a termination of the Oslo Accords

From ‘intersectionality’ to the exclusion of Jewish students: BDS makes a worrying turn on US campuses

Israel70 | Amos Oz’s Israel

Where next for the Iran nuclear deal? A view from Israel

Israel70 | The Global Enigma

Book Review | Illusions of Victory: The Anbar Awakening and the Rise of the Islamic State

Book Review | Enemies and Neighbours; Arabs and Jews in Palestine and Israel, 1917-2017

Israel70 | Towards a new model for religion and state in Israel

Israel70 | Young Voices: The Israeli centre must seize the future

Israel 70 | Young Voices: Can Jerusalem become a capital of tolerance?

Israel70 | Young Voices: Pipeline diplomacy and the emerging East-Med Region: a huge opportunity for Israel

Israel70 | Young Voices: Reading Herzl’s Altneuland in 2018

Israel70 | Young Voices: Involving Arabs in political decision-making is right in principle and vital for Israel’s social cohesion

Israel70 | Young Voices: We must heal our divisions to redeem the world

Israel70 | Young Voices: Zionism is now obligated to build bridges in culture, education and faith

Book Review | In Search of Israel: The history of an idea

Book Review | Days of the Fall: A Reporter's Journey in the Syria and Iraq Wars

Book Review | Being Kurdish in a Hostile World

Burning money: the urgent need to rethink UNRWA

Bernard Lewis (1916-2018): an intellectual giant

Israel70 | Israel’s grand strategy and the return of Russia as a Great Power

Book Review | Why Palestine Matters: The struggle to end colonialism

Spring / 2018

Israel70 | Young Voices: time for the decision of the century in the West Bank

Israel70 | Young Voices: Israel's Arabs should be in Israel's government

Israel70 | Young Voices: The moderate majority in Israel must find its voice in the decade ahead

Israel70 | Young Voices: A Plea for Civility

Israel70 | Young Voices: From the Kibbutz to the shared economy?

Israel70 | Young Voices: Will a leader of Middle Eastern descent emerge to lead this Middle Eastern country?

Israel70 | How to keep the window open for the two-state solution

Israel70 | Palestinians are raising the alarm – the time to rescue the two-state solution is running out

Israel70 | Forget ‘the ultimate deal’. For now, the status quo is the best option available

Israel70 | How to fix the crisis in Israel-World Jewry relations

Anti-Zionism and the Humanities: A response to Saree Makdisi

Israel70 | Editorial

One-to-one | Towards the renewal of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process

Israel70 | Celebrating the argument

Israel70 | It is time for the minority to establish itself as a political actor in Israeli decision-making

Israel70 | Yisrael Aumann on gaming Israel's future

Book Review | Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine

The space between the Iraq-Iran border and the Mediterranean Sea today constitutes a single arena of conflict, by Jonathan Spyer

‘As Jews who experienced the Holocaust, we have a moral obligation to help our neighbours': Talking to ‘Lt Col. E’...

Book Review | Jews and Leftist Politics: Judaism, Israel, Anti-Semitism and Gender

Feminism in Israel | Editorial

Feminism in Israel | Perhaps peace comes dropping slow: Rabbanit Tirza Kelman reflects on a trip to Northern Ireland

Feminism in Israel | Palestinian, Feminist, Peacebuilder: an interview with Huda Abu Arqoub

Feminism in Israel | Meeting the challenges, making the changes: governing for women’s equality

Feminism in Israel | Haredi Feminism: an interview with Pnina Pfeuffer

Feminism in Israel | Gender equality and the status of women in Israel: an interview with MK Aliza Lavie

Feminism in Israel | Feminism and the melodies of Judaism

Feminism in Israel | Feminism and Israeli-Palestinian Peace: an interview with Sarai Aharoni

Feminism in Israel | Feminism and Jewish-Palestinian Solidarity can make another Israel possible: an interview with Fida Nara and Sarit...

Feminism in Israel | Contesting social exclusion in Israel

Feminism in Israel | ‘Pious men and dangerous women’: sex-segregation as a threat to women’s equality in Israel - an...

Feminism in Israel | ‘There is a place for everyone in this feminist struggle for life’: an interview with Samah...

Autumn / 2017

Jewish votes and British foreign policy: The 1930 Whitechapel by-election

The Netanyahu Years: an interview with Ben Caspit

Why is there no Museum of Contemporary Israeli History?

BICOM-JN Conference 2017 | Speech by Shadow Foreign Secretary Emily Thornberry

2017 Fathom Interview with Naftali Bennett

‘The door won’t always remain open’: David Makovsky on the ‘Settlements and Solutions’ project

‘Trump is continuing Obama’s retreat from the world’: William Kristol on US foreign policy

‘Whatever happens in the region must come from the region’: Sir John Jenkins on Islamism, Modernity and the Middle East

The Palestinian reconciliation agreement – context, consequences and open questions

A Proposal for a Federal Republic of Israel

The Suez Crisis and the Jews of Egypt

Fathom 18 | Editorial