Akiva Eldar
Opinion Wanted Urgently: A Firefighter to Put Out Israel's Annexation Blaze
With a pyromaniac in the White House and a prime minister on Balfour Street who's obsessed with survival, Benny Gantz must do something fast to thwart 'Operation Annexation for Peace'
Opinion The Dark Side of Annexing the Jordan Valley: Whitewashing Land Theft
The Israeli government has raised the theft of property ‘abandoned’ by Palestinians to an art form
It All Could've Been Different: Imagine Israel Today, Had the Oslo Accords Been Implemented
Imagine what Israel would be like today had the negotiations that began at Oslo ended in success — had Yitzhak Rabin completed the task of bringing peace and Yasser Arafat, instead of riding the tiger of terrorism, fought terrorism
Note to Netanyahu: There Are No Blockades in High-tech
It may not bring peace, but at the very least a Gaza university graduate recruited by an Israeli high-tech firm is unlikely to be drawn to Hamas.
With Friends Like Ari Shavit, the Israeli Left Doesn't Need Enemies
For 15 years he has been shooting words directly at the heart of the left, but since he too sees the occupation as an existential threat to a Jewish and democratic Israel, he is shooting himself in the heart as well.
A Peace Conference – Because Someone Has to Keep the Vision Alive
Never doubt that the day will eventually come when peace becomes a reality, not a dream.
Is Dennis Ross Partly to Blame for the Ongoing Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?
Former diplomat Dennis Ross ignores, in his new book, the fact that the more Israel moves away from being democratic and Jewish, the less successful U.S. policy is – by its own definition. He was part of the problem.
Kahlon, Nothing More Than Netanyahu’s Pawn
Kulanu, which promised to represent the middle path in Israeli society, is the only partner in the coalition that betrays its voters.
Just Like Greece, Europe Will Soon Be Sick of Changing Israel's Diapers
Netanyahu is relying on the belief that Europe won’t stop him from managing the conflict until he has put an end to any diplomatic solution. And for now, he is succeeding in holding the European rope at both ends.
I Swear I Won’t Boycott the Israeli Settlements
How is it possible to harm Jewish communities that bring us, year after year, the World Cup in international protest and condemnation?
Will the Real Isaac Herzog Please Stand Up?
Three and a half years ago the Zionist Union leader drew up a peace plan in which he proposed Israel’s immediate recognition of Palestine as an independent state.
Kahlon the Kingmaker Just Isn’t Bibi-compatible
Netanyahu’s unequivocal disavowal of the two-state solution leaves Kulanu party only one option: to recommend that Herzog form the next government.
Who Will Stop the Israeli Settlers?
Herzog and Livni also bear responsibility for the growth of the settler population in the past decade.
David Landau Strove for Peace, but Without Romanticism
‘There is no greater crime than the occupation,’ the former Haaretz editor-in-chief used to say. First and foremost he meant the crime against the Jewish people, Zionism and Israel’s diplomatic interests.
Yes, I Call on the World to Intervene
If only 1 million Israelis, instead of 1,000, would sign the petition calling on European parliaments to recognize Palestine and save Israel from the occupation's wickedness.
For Israel's Gatekeepers, Writing an Op-ed Is Not Enough
Those who were partners to the policies that deepen the occupation are not at liberty to criticize the government and go on with their lives.
Reviving the Dormant Idea of Peace
If once peace was an elusive but much-sought goal in Israel, it has over the last decade been abandoned by most of the Israeli media and public.
The Quartet Is Waiting for Bibi
Israel, and not only the Palestinians, should honor the 'Quartet's conditions.'
Waiting for the Godot in Blue and White
Despite what my colleague Ari Shavit says, the peace process with the Palestinians has failed due to Israeli recalcitrance.
Abbas Won't Agree to a Nominal State
During 21 years of partial interim agreements, the PA president has learned that in Israel, there is nothing more permanent than something that's temporary. A response to Shlomo Avineri.
Patriotism in the Service of Silencing Dissent
When Ambassador Michael Oren says the makers of "The Gatekeepers" are compromising the state’s public relations efforts, his are just the latest words in a worrying trend of trying to quiet anyone who dares to be critical.
Eldar Responds to Strenger: Would You Want to Be a Jewish Minority in a Palestinian State?
On the question of a one-state solution, Akiva Eldar tells Haaretz blogger Carlo Strenger: Your frustration and disappointment from the setbacks on the path to the two-state solution is leading you and many other good Israeli peacenicks to an illusion.
Before the 1967 Lines Retire, Too
In a farewell column concluding 35 years at Haaretz, Akiva Eldar urges Israelis to keep the two-state solution alive.
American Jews Are Giving Up on Israel
The most worrying news that came out of the U.S. presidential elections was that American Jews seem to have lost interest in Israel.
Analysis For Obama, a New Term Could Mean a Different Take on Middle East Peace
Cairo, the site of the U.S. president's 2009 speech, like the entire Arab world, is totally different from what it was at the start of Obama's tenure. The new Middle East reality poses new challenges for the United States, as well as different rules.
For the Right Man, Israelis Would Make Peace
The consensus is moving to the right, but that doesn't mean Israeli Jews won't support a deal with the PA if the right leader comes along, a new study shows.