Groundswell: Alon Eliran on Forest Cities
Dr. Alon Eliran is a member of CityTree, a Tel Aviv based knowledge center focused on forest cities, urban ecology and climate resilience.
Opinion | A Small Religious Revolution
It is easy to list the many things that the relatively new and highly diverse Israeli government cannot do. Example: It cannot advance a peace process with the Palestinians, nor an annexation in the West Bank.
Groundswell: Naomi Tsur on Solving Cities
Naomi Tsur is the founder and executive chair of the Jerusalem Green Fund, which promotes environmental, social and economic sustainability in Greater Jerusalem.
Groundswell: Gidon Bromberg on Regional Interdependence
Gidon Bromberg is a cofounder of EcoPeace Middle East, a tri-national Israeli, Palestinian and Jordanian NGO focused on environmental cooperation.
Biden and Bennett’s First Skirmish
Eventually every Israeli prime minister reaches the moment in which the U.S. administration pulls out the diplomatic lexicon to “express concern,” or “ask for explanations,” or sometimes even “strongly condemn” Israel’s actions in the West Bank and toward the Palestinians.
How Will Biden Build on the Trump-Era Abraham Accords?
It’s been just over a year since the Abraham Accords were signed in a majestic ceremony on the White House’s South Lawn. A lot has changed since then.
Opinion | Why I Left Jerusalem
After 50-something years, and to the astonishment of our children and grandchildren, at the end of June my husband and I packed up our things and left Jerusalem, moving halfway across the country to settle in Zichron Yaakov, a quaint, hilltop village overlooking the sea.
Who’s Behind the Israel Activism on College Campuses?
Arguments over Israel on college campuses are not new. Every few months, stories of antisemitism and anti-Zionism at American colleges appear in Jewish and non-Jewish...
Gender Segregation on Campus Can Continue, Says Israel’s High Court
In mid-July, a majority of justices of Israel’s High Court of Justice ruled that Israel’s Council for Higher Education can continue its gender-segregated education programs for ultra-Orthodox students in publicly funded colleges and universities.
Israel-Palestine Food Fights: Ice Cream Edition
The week that has passed since Ben & Jerry’s announced their decision to stop selling their frozen goods in the Palestinian areas occupied by Israel in 1967 provided ample time to come up with puns and memes about this rare intersection of ice cream, Israel and antisemitism.
An Interview with Nahum Barnea
In an exclusive interview with Moment senior editor George E. Johnson, Israel Prize-winning journalist Nahum Barnea offers fresh insights on how Naftali Bennett, Israel’s new Prime Minister, will govern and why it may be different in both method and substance from his predecessor and from what people may have assumed based on policy positions and priorities Bennett has espoused as a member of Benjamin Netanyahu’s inner circle. Barnea focuses on how President Biden’s long experience and record in Middle East politics presents opportunities for Israel in the years ahead regarding the region and Iran in particular, and why Bennett will depart from Netanyahu’s approach to seeking allies among Americans in general and among American Jews.
On the Ground in Miami
This week, Nathan Guttman reports from Miami, where families and friends are still hoping to find their loved one’s alive under the rubble.