Neri Zilber

Posts and Dispatches from Neri Zilber:

  • The Business End of Palestinian Despair
    The Times of Israel – In a featured blog post, past Fellow Neri Zilber discusses the grim economic realities of the most recent wave of violence between Israel in Palestine. Many attacks are perpetrated by young Palestinians who defy categorization; they come from a variety of economic, social, and political backgrounds without a unifying leader or affiliation. In...

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  • No, It’s Not Another Intifada
    Politico –  In his latest piece past Fellow Neri Zilber discusses the recent violence in Jerusalem from a new angle.  In “No, It’s Not Another Intifada,” Zilber explores what is not happening in Jerusalem and delves into some reasons why Palestinians are not rising up in a Third Intifada. Zilber explains that although there has been an increase...

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  • The Missing Intifada
    Foreign Affairs – In his latest article, Neri Zilber discusses the surprising lack of a third intifada, or uprising, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.  An intifada has not broken out since the second intifada in 2000 despite the firebombing of a Palestinian home in the village of Duma of by Jewish terrorists in late July of this year. Zilber...

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  • Israel’s Internal Demographics Disaster
    The National Interest – In a new article, Neri Zilber discusses the shifting demographics of Israel and what they will mean for the country going forward. According to Zilber, these internal changes will be more decisive than international factors. Read the article in full at The National Interest....

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  • ICWA Experts: Neri Zilber
    Watch ICWA Fellow and Trustee Neri Zilber in conversation with Executive Director Edward P. Joseph on relations between Israel, Palestine, and the U.S. This is the first video in a series of conversations with ICWA Experts....

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  • “After Abbas, an Abyss”
    Foreign Affairs — Neri  Zilber and co-author Ghaith al-Omari have a new article in Foreign Affairs.  The piece comments on the succession crisis in Palestine in the wake of a health scare suffered by President Mahmoud Abbas in December 2014. Read the article here....

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  • “Benjamin Netanyahu’s Grade A Pork-Barrel Politics”
    Foreign Policy — Neri Zilber’s latest piece for Foreign Policyr discusses the future of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government and how he has cemented his grasp on political power.  Read the article here....

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