
The Enigmatic Benny Gantz
Campaigning to become Israel’s next prime minister, Gantz represents something that Israelis love: a veteran soldier carrying an olive branch

The Message of Nas
An Israeli Arab with a huge social media following posts a video a day for a thousand days, ending this week. Where did the journey take him?

Between War and Peace: An Interview With Senior Hamas Leader Husam Badran
Current Hamas Political Bureau Member and former military commander, convicted of directing terror bombings that killed over 120 Israelis, including the bombings of the Sbrarro Pizza in Jerusalem and the Dolphinarium Discotheque in Tel Aviv, speaks to Tablet about the ongoing Gaza cease-fire negotiations with Israel

Israel’s Failure to Support Syrian Rebels
A dispatch from the Golan Heights, where the Jewish state’s confounding political and military policy plays out in the lives of Syrians looking for hope of any kind

Jerusalem’s Light Rail Has New Destination: Teaching Arabic
With coexistence in mind, the train’s operators will dedicate July to encouraging Israelis to open up to a language too few speak

Teaching Hebrew in Saudi Arabia
Hebrew studies are now legitimate in the desert kingdom, but demand is low—so far

The IDF’s Secret Social-Media-Warfare Weapon
Israeli Major Avichay Adraee goes head to head with Hezbollah, on Facebook, in Arabic

Jews Gather at Sumud Freedom Camp to Support Palestinian Outpost in the West Bank
Confusion, shame, hope, eviction, love, ping-pong, and good posters in the Hebron hills

Will Israeli Bedouins Choose the Army Over the Islamic Movement?
Israeli Arabs at a Crossroads: The tug of war between state-sponsored clerics and soft-spoken Islamists over the hearts and minds of the young now includes the IDF

Israel Provides a Third-World Education for Bedouins
Israeli Arabs at a Crossroads: high dropout rates and low achievement leave many children at a dead end

Fighting the ‘Patriarchal Deal’ Between the State of Israel and the Bedouin
Israeli Arabs at a Crossroads: How one woman in the Negev stands up against polygamy, abuse, and ignorance

The War For the Negev Comes to Um al-Hiran
In the first of a series of dispatches from Arab society in Israel, where—and how—should the Bedouin live?

Do Haredim Deserve the Right to a Functional Modern Education in Israel?
A lawsuit argues that men and women who left the ultra-Orthodox world without basic math, history, and language knowledge to live secular lives were neglected by the state. The state counters that it’s the parents’ fault.

Israelis and Palestinians Learn Each Other’s History on the Ground
Tiyul-Rihla, a grassroots educational initiative, is bringing together historically clashing neighbors

The Democratic and Republican Party Elites Have Both Collapsed. Is Fatah Next?
How municipal Palestinian elections backfired on Mahmoud Abbas

Exclusive: The Druze Minister in Charge of Bibi’s Secret Outreach to Arab States Speaks
Ayoob Kara advocates for a combination of Israeli military deterrence and economic fortitude to sway Arab neighbors

A Muslim Officer Fights for His Right to Defend the Jewish State
The case of IDF Major Alaa Waheeb

Two States, One Homeland: The Promised Land of Isra-stine?
Eliaz Cohen believes one way to break the one-state/two-state dichotomy might be to combine them, in an attempt to avoid ‘righting a wrong’ by creating another wrong

Panic in Cleveland, Gay Pride in Jerusalem
Returning to the scene of last year’s hate-motivated stabbing, as the Holy City again celebrates all forms of sexuality and gender

The Zionist Monk Who Teaches Israelis How To Speak Arabic
A 90-year-old Catholic is the author of numerous textbooks and dictionaries on the colloquial dialect of the Palestinians

Jewish Refugees From Arab Lands Go to Ramallah to Meet Mahmoud Abbas
Dispatch from a meeting of Sephardi leaders with the Palestinian President

The Professor and the Spy
Ahron Bregman’s research uncovered Ashraf Marwan as an Egyptian mole and Israeli agent, which led to his apparent suicide. Now in a new book, the historian writes of his regret.

It’s Anti-Apartheid Week in the U.K.!
Dispatch from the London campus where BDS activists rattle loudly enough to be heard by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu—but how’s the campaign going?
