Opinion Articles

Two States – and Then What?

Recent polls indicate Palestinian support for a two-state solution, but mask the most critical question: are they willing to abandon the "right of return" and accept this as the permanent end of the conflict?
Two States – and Then What?
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Additional Publications

Combating Antisemitism

Divided by hate, not united by diversity | Analysis

A Europe that fails to protect its Jewish communities fails itself and its own history and it also fails its future; Only by confronting antisemitism with clarity, resolve and sustained action can Europe live up to the values it espouses.
Combating Antisemitism
Combating Antisemitism

The geography of Jewish fear

A liberal society that offers freedom but cannot protect minorities from violence forces a choice between ideals and survival.
Combating Antisemitism

Violence in Arab society: A disaster for all of us

Indifference to the shocking rise in murders of Arab citizens is not only a strategic error, but a moral stain on Israeli society.
Identity and Education

A Church Was Targeted in the Name of Justice. Jews Know Where that Leads

Since the murder of George Floyd at the hands of White police touched off a national firestorm in 2020, Minneapolis-St. Paul has become the symbol of a larger culture war.
Identity and Education
Combating Antisemitism

Israel’s Risky European Outreach

Israel's inclusion of European parties with openly antisemitic pasts in an international antisemitism conference in Jerusalem this week grants them symbolic rehabilitation.
Combating Antisemitism
Israel-Diaspora Relations

The perils of Israel’s courtship of Europe’s far Right

While it may generate tactical support from a handful of governments, it accelerates Israel’s alienation from the European mainstream that actually shapes research cooperation
Israel-Diaspora Relations
Combating Antisemitism

Israel’s outreach to far-right nationalists driven by necessity

Israel is walking a tightrope; engaging with far-right parties might be a short-term strategic necessity, but history says it's a long-term risk.
Combating Antisemitism
Identity and Education

How’s Your Soul?

Asking this three-word question won’t save society, but it’s a start.
Identity and Education
Democracy

Death and Life Are in the Power of the Tongue

Extremist rhetoric has a mobilizing power, and that is its purpose, but it also upends the ground on which we all stand.
Democracy