Arab-Israeli conflict Archives

21 May

Antisemitism Project, Israel-Hamas War, Latest

Campus Protests in the Voices of the Students Who Experienced Them

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Dan Freedman

August 26, 2024

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Students at Columbia, UCLA, and Tufts offer first-hand accounts of pro-Palestinian protests, campus encampments and antisemitism.

03 Jan

Highlights, Israel-Hamas War, Latest, Opinion

Opinion | Religious Absolutism: Isaac and Ishmael

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David K. Shipler

January 3, 2024

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Devout militants have gained power among both Israeli Jews and Palestinian Muslims, making the conflict even more intractable.

29 Dec

Book Review, Cover Story, Jewish Art, Culture and Music - Moment Magazine, Latest

The Great Arab Revolt and Its Echoes Today

Posted by

Carlin Romano

January 5, 2024

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Why do so few of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict's historical roots and possible solutions, once actively discussed by both Jews and Arabs, make it into the conversation today?

An arial photograph of Silwan, an area of Jerusalem, taken in 2022.

24 Oct

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Dispatch | Tensions Rise for Palestinians in East Jerusalem

Posted by

Judith Sudilovsky

October 27, 2023

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Though rockets have fallen in Palestinian neighborhoods on the outskirts of Jerusalem, public shelters are nearly nonexistent in East Jerusalem.

26 Jun

Israel, Jewish Politics & Power, Latest

It’s the Settlements, Stupid

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Nathan Guttman

July 12, 2023

1

Against the backdrop of increased settlement expansion and extremist violence in the West Bank, the already strained Biden-Netanyahu relationship is under pressure.

19 Apr

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All the Rivers with Dorit Rabinyan

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Moment

August 9, 2024

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Dorit Rabinyan is a two-time awardee of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Hebrew Literary Works. She was born in Israel to a family that emigrated from Iran. All the Rivers is the story of a romance between an Israeli woman and a Palestinian man, based on the author’s own experiences.

13 Mar

From the Archive, Israel

From 1988 | An Interview with UN Ambassador Benjamin Netanyahu

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Moment

March 20, 2023

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As part of our prelude to Moment’s upcoming Israel Issue, each week we will be posting articles from the archives on Israeli culture, history, and politics.

28 Jul

Books Zoominars, Democracy & Civil Discourse Zoominars, Latest, Zoominar Library, Zoominars

The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter with Historian Kai Bird and Journalist Dan Raviv

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Moment

December 29, 2024

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President Carter, who was considered both an outsider and an outlier, dealt with many issues the United States is still dealing with today: healthcare, racism, and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer Kai Bird is in conversation about his new book The Outlier: The Unfinished Presidency of Jimmy Carter with former CBS News correspondent Dan Raviv

18 May

Israel, Latest

What the Gaza Violence Has Taught Us so Far

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Nathan Guttman

June 18, 2021

2

It’s not about progressive circles questioning America’s unconditional support for Israel, nor is it about the far-left margins of the party that reject the mere idea of supporting Israel. It is about centrist Democrats willing to break rank and express views that—while still supportive of Israel—doubt Israel’s goals and question the tactics in the ongoing Gaza conflict.

22 Feb

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What Makes Washington so Pro-Israel?

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Nathan Guttman

April 5, 2021

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Why is Washington so pro-Israel? Political correspondent Nathan Guttman explores this question and more in this week's Politics & Power.

28 Jul

Israel, Latest

Opinion | Politicians Love Jerusalem—But What About Jerusalemites?

Posted by

Eetta Prince-Gibson

July 28, 2017

4

Once again, our city has been taken over by jealousy. Once again, it has been reduced to little more than a humiliated pawn in the hands of politicians who, in their attempts to own this city, are willing, quite literally, to let her die.

History, topics

Should We Remove the "Israel Filter" When Studying the Middle East? It's Worth Trying.

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Moment

February 1, 2013

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By Leigh Nusbaum A few weeks ago, my class on the contemporary politics in the Middle East was discussing the domestic future of Syria, particularly when...