Peace Process
How mistaken beliefs about human nature contributed to flawed strategy.
A diverse group of writers engage in a vigorous debate over what went wrong on October 7, who’s really to blame, and how that should influence Israel today and long into the future.
How four interlocking ways of thinking combined to leave the Jewish state at the mercy of its enemies.
What happens at the negotiating table has little to do with reality.
Instead, they wish away the complications.
Three catastrophes, all marked by euphoria at the start and denial at the end, have shaped the Palestinian predicament. Has the fourth arrived, and is the same dynamic playing out?
When peace breaks out, the death count rises.
He wanted to be a wealthy revolutionary, not a founding statesman.
Efforts to distort history harm both Israel and Palestinians.
The New York Times sings a familiar tune.
A look into the Biden administration’s emerging Middle East Policy.
In thrall to a moral impulse rather than a real strategy for peacemaking in Israel, America’s peace processors won’t stop, won’t learn, and won’t succeed.
The challenges to peace today are different than they were thirty or even ten years ago. It’s better to focus on them rather than beating an already well-flogged horse.
The Israeli researcher joins us to talk about his blockbuster essay in Mosaic.