Church of Scotland Insults Jews With Denial of Claim to Israel

On the Church of Scotland’s new document, “The inheritance of Abraham”, which wilfully mischaracterises and dismisses Jewish claims to the land of Israel, for The Forward (May 10, 2013)

Posted 1 week ago

Gideon Levy, single-minded

On Gideon Levy’s call for a one-state solution and the flaws in his argument, for The Times of Israel (April 30, 2013)

Posted 2 weeks ago

I am a British, Liberal Zionist. Deal with It.

On how my liberalism, secularism, and absence of Judaism influence my Zionism, for The Tower (April 22, 2013)

Posted 3 weeks ago

Israel, ad 120

On Yom Ha’atzmaut and my hopes and wishes for Israel by the time it turns 120, for The Times of Israel (April 15, 2013)

Posted 1 month ago

Why Barack Obama Must Go to Rabin Square

On why Barack Obama, on his state visit to Israel, should go to and make a speech at Rabin Square, for The Forward (March 7, 2013)

Posted 2 months ago

Tzipi Livni did the right thing

On Tzipi Livni’s decision to join Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, and why it’s best for her, her party, and the country, for The Times of Israel (February 20, 2013)

Posted 2 months ago

BDS Is Not the Answer

On why BDS is incompatible with liberal Zionism and the path to a two-state solution, for The Forward (February 14, 2013)

Posted 3 months ago

British Lawmaker's Holocaust Day Shame

On David Ward MP’s statement that “the Jews” are perpetuating “atrocities” against the Palestinians and have failed to “learn the lessons” of the Holocaust, for The Forward (January 29, 2013)

Posted 3 months ago

Yachimovich is concluding Labor’s historic role

On Shelly Yachimovich’s leadership of Israel’s Labor Party and the shift away from security to social justice, for The Times of Israel (January 21, 2013)

Posted 3 months ago

Israeli Election Update: Coalition Scenarios

On the probable shape of the next Israeli government after the general election on January 22, for Tablet (January 9, 2013)

Posted 4 months ago

Leon Wieseltier and the case for hope

On Leon Wieseltier’s declaration that he has lost his hope of witnessing the implementation of the two-state solution in his lifetime, for The Times of Israel (December 14, 2012)

Posted 5 months ago

You’ve Got a Friend: Why the Czech Republic Voted with Israel

On the strong bilateral relationship between Israel and the Czech Republic, for The Forward (November 30, 2012)

Posted 5 months ago