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  •  ‘Lessons from the Gulf War: What Israel must do in relation to the Gaza Strip’ (with Jonathan Rynhold, in Hebrew), Globes, 29 October 2023.

  • ‘URGENT: An Israeli Strategy for a Post-Hamas Gaza’ (with Jonathan Rynhold), Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, 25 October 2023. (Hebrew language version at this link).

  •  ‘The Hamas-Israel War: Why now and what next?’ Progressive Britain, 18 October 2023.

  • The Imperative of Liberal Zionism: A Response to Anthony Julius’ essay ‘Whither Liberal Zionism?’, Fathom, September 2023. 

  • Israel’s electoral crisis ends but the struggle for its soul goes on, Fathom, December 2022. 

  • Liz Truss’s world view and its implications for UK-Israel relations, Fathom, September 2022. (3700 words)

  • Liz Truss’s worldview and what it means for UK-Israel relations, Times of Israel, 6 September 2022. (Abridged version.)

  • Boris Johnson's legacy is political turmoil, Jerusalem Post, 16 July 2022.

  • Ukraine: will Putin’s war alienate his many admirers on Europe’s far right?
    The Conversation, 26 April 2022.

  • Is Europe ready for German military power? Is Germany? UK in a Changing Europe, 28 March 2022. 

  • Defeating Hamas takes more than bombs, it demands a political strategy, Times of Israel, 23 May 2021. 

  • The term ‘Judeo-Christian’ has been misused for political ends – a new ‘Abrahamic’ identity offers an alternative, The Conversation, 24 December 2020

  • Comment le terme « judéo-chrétien » a été instrumentalisé politiquement, The Conversation, 28 December 2020.

  • לשנות גישה ביחסי ישראל והימין הקיצוני באירופה Haaretz, 22 July 2020

  • Why the Netanyahus Are Embracing 'Christian Europe', Haaretz, 13 May 2020 

  • Covid-19 and radical right anti-globalism, UK in a Changing Europe, April 2020.

  • Britain has escaped political paralysis. To do the same, Israel must dislodge Netanyahu, Fathom, December 2019

  • Corbyn's Labour Party might lose the U.K. elections, but anti-Semitism will still remain, NBC Think, 10 December 2019

  • The Real Danger That Brexit Poses for Israel, Haaretz, 23 October 2019

  • ישראל יכולה לתמרן סביב הברקזיט, אך אל לה להמר על הגל הלאומני, Haaretz, October 2019.

  • The future of UK Middle East policy. Fathom/BICOM/RUSI, July 2019.

  • Just like Trump, Corbyn's policy on Iran is impervious to reason or facts, Jewish Chronicle, 21 June 2019.

  • With Gantz, has Israel’s centre found its feet? Fathom, March 2019.

  • Despite the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, good ties with Arab governments are crucial for Britain, Jewish Chronicle, 18 December 2018.

  • British Jews and Israel – how is the relationship evolving? Fathom, November 2018.

  • What a Labour government recognising a Palestinian state would actually mean, Jewish Chronicle, 30 September 2018.

  • Prince William visited because Israel is now worth it, Times of Israel, 27 June 2018.

  • Is Saudi Arabia The World’s Next Nuclear Headache? Huffington Post, 15 June 2018.

  • Memo to Attorney General: Gifts are always reciprocated, Times of Israel, 18 February 2018.

  • This is not how sovereignty in Jerusalem looks, Times of Israel, 7 December 2017.

  • Responding to Russia’s Middle East Agenda, Huffington Post, 11 October 2017.

  • We need to talk about the Balfour Declaration, Fathom, Summer 2017.

  • We need to talk about the Gaza Strip, Times of Israel, 6 August 2017.

  • Where Israel and Europe Go From Here, Foreign Affairs, 12 July 2017.

  • The long game: was the 1967 war ultimately good for Israel? Jewish Chronicle, 5 June 2017.

  • The wisdom of Resolution 242, Fathom, Fathom, Spring 2017.

  • End the delusion over settlements, Times of Israel, 28 December 2016.

  • The end of the Arab-Israeli conflict? BICOM Strategic Assessment, October 2016.

  • Blair, Iraq, and solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (2500 word cover story/analysis of Chilcott Inquiry), Jewish Chronicle, 7 July 2016.

  • Why now is the time for Israel to transform ties with the Arab world, Newsweek, 10 July 2016.

  • Two-state solution 2.0: New Israeli thinking on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Fathom, Spring 2016.

  • Iran's Undimmed Passion for Annihilating Israel, Fathom, 28 August 2015.

  • Iran nuclear deal: What exactly does Iran want with all that enriched uranium? Independent, 15 July 2015.

  • The boundaries of Ed Miliband’s loyalty to the Jews, Haaretz, 5 May 2015.

  • Charlie Hebdo Massacre: Israel Convinced it Stands Alone Against Islamist Terror, Huffington Post, 15 January 2015.

  • Britain’s reaction to Operation Protective Edge, Fathom, Autumn 2014.

  • Gaza Conflict Has Hurt Hamas - Now We Must Build on Their Failure, International Business Times, 28 August 2014.

  • Real Israel vs 'Nasty Israel', Huffington Post, 4 August 2014.

  • The JC Essay: Israel and the Agonising Endgame. Jewish Chronicle, 1 August 2014

  • Mutual recognition is essential for a solution, Fathom, Spring 2014.

  • Miliband, UK’s leader-in-waiting, journeying to his Jewish roots, Haaretz, 10 April 2014.

  • Brinkmanship Risks Taking Israelis and Palestinians to the Edge, Huffington Post, 9 April 2014.

  • An interview with new Israeli Labour leader Isaac Herzog, Left Foot Forward, 5 February 2014.

  • How will Ariel Sharon be remembered? Prospect Magazine, 11 January 2014

  • Iran hit pause, we need it to rewind, Left Foot Forward, 25 November 2013.

  • Why a bad deal on Iran is a nightmare scenario, Left Foot Forward, 11 November 2013.

  • The JC Essay, What Tony Blair is doing in the Middle East, Jewish Chronicle, 14 October 2013.

  • The 1973 War Reminds Israelis of Their Vulnerability, Huffington Post, 9 October 2013.

  • Why did Rouhani not reject Holocaust denial? Huffington Post, 24 September 2013.

  • Peace this time? Prospect Magazine, 2 August 2013.

  • Why Israeli-Palestinian talks could succeed, Left Foot Forward, 22 July 2013.

  • With friends like Britain, Israel is fortunate, Times of Israel, 26 May 2013.

  • Why Israel Will Miss Fayyad and You Should Too, Huffington Post, 22 April 2013.

  • The silencing of Israeli voices must stop, Huffington Post, 22 February 2013.

  • Twenty years after Oslo: peace now? Fathom, Autumn 2013.

  • Shifting world, shifting priorities, Fathom, Winter 2013.

  • Why Europe is wrong about Jerusalem, Huffington Post, 21 December 2012.

  • Time for a Palestinian state on the ground, not on paper, Huffington Post, 28 November 2012.

  • How this conflict looks from Israel, Huffington Post, 15 November 2012.

  • Why Netanyahu's Cartoon Bomb Should Be Taken Seriously, Huffington Post, 28 September 2012.

  • Time for the EU to proscribe Hezbollah in full, Huffington Post, 17 September 2012.

  • Israel’s changing stance on Syria, Huffington Post, 17 July 2012.

  • Iran Is a Nuclear Threat to the West, Huffington Post, 13 July 2012.

  • Two myths about settlements, Huffington Post, 10 January 2013.

  • Iran can be deterred? Let’s not go there. Huffington Post, 4 April 2012.

  • Ten Years After the Arab Peace Initiative, it's Time to Think Smaller, Huffington Post, 28 March 2012.

  • End the Gaza blockade? If only it were that simple. Guardian, 3 June 2010.

  • Fearing Iran, Guardian, 26 January 2007.

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