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Shlomo Avineri

On the Resilience of Israeli Democracy

Why the Arab Spring Never Really Arrived

Israel’s Illusion of Annexation Is a Hopeless Adventure

Coronavirus Has Killed Neoliberalism. Even Trump Knows That

Germany Is Guilty – but Russia and Poland Both Bear Responsibility, Too

People touching remains of the Berlin Wall on the city's Bernauer Strasse, November 8, 2019.

The Berlin Wall’s Fall 30 Years On: From Russia to Yugoslavia, the Dream Unraveled The Berlin Wall’s Fall 30 Years On: From Russia to Yugoslavia, the Dream Has Unraveled

People walk over Westminster Bridge wrapped in Union flags, towards the Big Ben and The Houses of Parliament in central London on June 26, 2016.

Ignored by Liberal Elites, Exploited by the Right: A Left-wing Case for Nationalism Ignored by Liberal Elites, Exploited by Extreme Right: The Left-wing Case for Nationalism

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman in London on March 7, 2018.

The Dangerous Game of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince

Young people hug each other during the March of the Living in Oswiecim, Poland. April 8, 2013.

Holocaust Trips to Poland for Israeli Youth Should Start in Germany

Palestinian protesters burn pictures of US President Donald Trump at the manger square in Bethlehem on December 5, 2017.

The Uncompromising Palestinians

This handout file photo taken in 1925 and obtained from the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO) on October 24, 2017, shows Arthur Balfour (C), former British prime minister, and Chaim Weizmann (3rd-R), the then future first President of Israel, visiting Tel Aviv.
Britain's Balfour Declaration turns 100 this week, hailed by Israel for helping lead to its founding, but viewed by Palestinians as contributing to a catastrophe that stole their land. The November 2, 1917 declaration by then British foreign minister Arthur Balfour said his government viewed "with favour the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people".

Britain's True Motivation Behind the Balfour Declaration

The 'All In the Family' cast, 1973. Standing, from left: Jean Stapleton (Edith Bunker), Mike Evans (Lionel Jefferson), Carroll O'Connor (Archie Bunker). Seated: Sally Struthers (Gloria Bunker Stivic) and Rob Reiner (Mike Stivic).

Archie Bunker in the White House

Trump supporters release doves during a march, in Huntington Beach, Calif., on March 25, 2017.

The Revolutionary Nostalgia That Gave Rise to Trump - and ISIS

Far-right candidate Marine Le Pen campaigning in Ennemain, France, May 4, 2017.

Le Pen, Trump and Beyond: What’s Eating Working Classes? Le Pen, Trump and Beyond: What’s Eating the White Working Classes of the West?

Soldiers from the Givati Brigade and Combat Engineering Corps celebrate Passover at a seder in Ashkelon, April 22, 2016.

The Secular Jew’s Joy in Forgoing That Croissant on Passover

A secular and an ultra-Orthodox Jew.

Israeli Secularism Isn't Hollow When It's Steeped in History Israeli Secularism Isn't Hollow When It's Steeped in History and Culture

A concentration camp survivor wipes his tears during a ceremony at the former death camp Auschwitz in Birkenau, January 27, 2005.

Quo Vadis, Poland?

An Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighter stands guard near the Mosul Dam in northern Iraq, February 3, 2016.

Arab Failures, Kurdish Achievements May Fix History’s Injustice Arab Failures, Kurdish Achievements Might Fix History’s Injustices

Isaac Herzog speaking in front of a portrait of his father, Chaim, November 11, 2015. The United Nations and the Israeli Mission to the United Nations marked 40 years since Herzog's historic speech against a resolution classifying Zionism as racism. In front of some 400 guests, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon offered remarks, as did Isaac Herzog.

In the Current Climate, Herzog's Proposal of Interim Measures Is Right

Flight Is the Cause of the Syrian Nakba The Flight of Moderate, Educated Citizens Is the True Cause of the Syrian Nakba

Why Washington Will Never Resolve the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Yitzhak Rabin, Bill Clinton and Yasser Arafat at the ceremony marking the signing of the Oslo peace accord on the White House lawn, September 13, 1993.

Between Two National Movements With No Solution in Sight: Between Two National Movements

An archive photo from October 7, 2010 showing Fiamma Nirenstein, then member of Italian Parliament, taking part in a pro-Israel demonstration in Rome.

PM's Pick for Envoy to Italy Spits in Rome's Face Netanyahu's Pick for Israel's Envoy to Italy Spits in Rome's Face

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, second from right, at the cabinet meeting on July 5, 2015.

How Not to Run a Country Wanted, a Foreign Minister for Israel

A convoy of refugees departs from Jaffa, May 1948.

Two Ways a War Was Lost Why Did Palestinian Jaffa Fall More Quickly Than Jerusalem in 1948?

The Origins and Challenges of Israeli Democracy

Israel Must Do the Creative Thinking With the Oslo Dream Shattered, Israel Must Do the Creative Thinking

Ukraine, the Sick Man of Europe

Jewish State Law Is Unnecessary Jewish State Law Will Only Harm Netanyahu

The Nakba According to Haaretz

Don’t Expect Abbas to Sign Anything

Abbas Holds the Key to Peace Mahmoud Abbas Holds the Key to Peace

Sharon: The Leader Who Was Almost De Gaulle Ariel Sharon: The Leader Who Was Almost De Gaulle

Mandela's Blind Spot

The Absurdity of Israel's Holocaust Trips Visit the Concentration Camps in Germany, Too

ICYMI

The Ex-settler, Harley-riding Cantor Who's Gracing Park Avenue

Why She Didn't Report That Peres Sexually Assaulted Her: Colette Avital Tells All Why She Didn't Report That Shimon Peres Sexually Assaulted Her: Colette Avital Tells All

Nobel Laureate Angrist on Economics, Palestinians and Why He Left Israel

Why Was a Pioneering Israeli Architect Erased From the Pages of History?

'I Shot Hundreds of Jews That Day'

Israel Could Soon Reopen to Tourists. Here’s What You Need to Know