Why Hagai El-Ad Needed to Speak at the UN
I didn’t want to listen to Hagai El-Ad, director of the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, as he provided an official briefing to the United Nations Security Council about the situation in Gaza and the West Bank last week.
In ‘Unsettling,’ Leftist Filmmaker Embeds in a West Bank Settlement
Zaki arranged a pop-up studio/cafe outside a small organic grocery with three cameras, a table and chairs. Then, she waited.
Opinion // Why There Won’t Be a ‘One-State’ Solution
Trump’s use of the phrase opened up a debate about its many meanings.
by David Makovsky
It’s fitting that the Israelis and Palestinians, who cannot agree on how...
Opinion | Letty Cottin Pogrebin
American Jews need to stop turning a blind eye to the resettlement of Israel’s Bedouins.
Is The Two State Solution Dead?
Are separate Israeli and Palestinian states still the answer? Moment speaks with peace negotiators, policy makers, activists and a former head of the Mossad. Noam Chomsky, Dani Dayan, Ruth Gavison, Efraim Halevy and others share their views.
Opinion | Clifford D. May
The View from the West Bank - Our columnist travels to Ramallah and meets with recently resigned Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad and other top officials.
Gershom Gorenberg: Israel’s Democracy Needs Your Help
One bill in the Knesset is aimed at keeping human rights groups from filing suit before Israel’s Supreme Court. Another would bar mosques from using...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
A new children's book tells the story of how Max Yasgur, a Jewish dairy farmer in Bethel, NY, allowed half a million people...
This Week's Links
By Michelle Albert
Woody Allen speaks to NPR about his newest movie, the difference between life and fiction, and what he's like off camera.
While religious...
Moment Columnists Frum and Gorenberg Duke it Out
Gershom Gorenberg and David Frum recently spoke on bloggingheads about Israel's future and the importance, or lack thereof, of its settlements in the West Bank.
Getting Serious about Israeli Settlements
In recent days, 60 Minutes has come under attack from pro-Israel groups for its expose on Israel's West Bank settlements (Clip 1, Clip 2). Today,...
The Settlers' Intifada
by Jeremy Gillick
Much of the West Bank is in turmoil following this morning's highly anticipated evacuation of the Orwellian "House of Peace" in Hebron. Though...