Gilad Halpern

Liberty & justice for most: American views on treatment of Israeli Arabs

How did Jewish Americans view Israel’s treatment of its largest ethnic minority in the 1950s and 60s, when they were subjected to military rule?

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Yom Kippur War: Anatomy of a (not so) missed opportunity

Could Israel have avoided the devastating Yom Kippur War by accommodating to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat’s peace overtures?

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Post-anti-Zionism: US Trotskyites and the Jewish state

The changing attitudes of (predominantly Jewish) American Marxists towards Zionism during the Second World War and its immediate aftermath.

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Live or Die in Entebbe: The dark side of heroism

Eyal Boers talks about his film, “Live or Die in Entebbe,” which tells the unknown story of the victims of the celebrated rescue operation.

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Strategic culture: The thing national security is made of

What is “strategic culture” and how does it affect policy-making in the field of national security, in Israel and beyond?

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