Avi Zimmerman

The author is the executive director of American Friends of Ariel and the founder of TALK17.

Israeli and Palestinian businessmen tour the Dead Sea to promote cooperation after the Bahrain workshop.

Integrated business model win-win for Palestinians and Israelis

Ever since the Oslo Accords of 1993, various attempts at segregating our populations have resulted in limited markets and heavily regulated trade.

DECEMBER 9, 2019

JEWS CELEBRATING the Partition Plan in 1947 in Jerusalem. ‘The UN General Assembly’s 1947 Partition Plan, which triggered the war, similarly injected pathological perspectives into our national identity,’ writes the author

Coming of age after Purim

Our children look into our eyes; they sense that, perhaps, someone doesn’t truly believe in their dreams as much as they do.

MARCH 21, 2017

A.B. Yehoshua and ‘the malady of the Jews’

“The malady of the Jews,” he clarified, “is that they don’t see territory as part of their identity.”

JANUARY 18, 2017

A new conversation for Palestinians, ‘settlers’ and the world

It is not easy to break through the oppressive glass ceiling that grows thicker with every passing year, every UN resolution and every uninformed microphone-equipped broadcaster or spokesman.

JANUARY 5, 2017

‘ISRAELIS AND Palestinians are growing increasingly aware of their shared grievances. And they’re stepping forward to reconfigure the playing field.’

Ron Nachman’s heart

Ron’s heart had a way of growing stronger as time progressed. The more he revealed his personal emotions, the more capable, bold and successful the man behind the machine became.

JANUARY 23, 2013