Tel Aviv Review

Before and After 1948: Gaza, a Prehistory

How did Gaza come to encapsulate 1948, and the essence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict? Dr. Dotan Halevy discusses the history of Gaza from the mid-19th century until today

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“Hamas Is Not Going Anywhere”

Dr Michael Milstein analyzes what Israeli military leaders and political decision-makers got – and are still getting – wrong about Hamas

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Hope. Yes, Hope

Many see Hamas’ Oct. 7th attack as having delivered a tremendous blow to the hope of a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In Dr Oded Adomi Leshem’s new book, the facts and figures paint a more complex picture

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Jerusalem as a Contested City: Role Model or Cautionary Tale?

Jerusalem is, at the same time, the most segregated and most integrated urban area in Israel/Palestine. What lessons can be drawn from the city’s experience?

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Land and Power: Understanding How the Politics of Space Shape Our Lives

Professor Oren Yiftachel discusses more than a decade of his scholarship on colonial regimes, identities and futures in Israel and Palestine through the lens of geography and urban planning

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Intractable Conflicts: Between Temptation and Resistance

Prof. Daniel Bar-Tal discusses his new book, “Sinking into the Honey Trap: The Case of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict.” How can social psychology contribute to our understanding of a conflict that never ends?

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Meet Jerusalem’s Top Catholic Monk

Abbot Nikodemus Schnabel, the head of Jerusalem’s Dormition Abbey, in conversation about Christian life in Israel, the nature of interfaith dialogue, the role of religion in diplomacy and conflict resolution, and more

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Detente? Christian-Jewish Relations in the Postwar Era

Dr Karma Ben-Johanan discusses her new book “Jacob’s Younger Brother: Christian-Jewish relations after Vatican II” and explains what were the implications of the Vatican’s new approach to Judaism, announced in the 1960s, across the Catholic world and among Jewish theologians

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What Do Israeli Haredim Really Care About?

Dr Nechumi Yaffe discusses her research on ultra-Orthodox “capabilities” – a tool used by social scientists to measure the well-being and opportunities afforded to people – as well as the relationship between a Haredi lifestyle and higher education

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The Forces of Nature

Irus Braverman discusses her book “Settling Nature: The Conservation Regime in Palestine/Israel” and explains how Israel’s management of nature fits into its broader settler logic

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