Yoav J. Tenembaum

The writer is a professor in the Political Science department of Tel Aviv University.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses Israeli Knesset, public, in this image from Tel Aviv's Habima Square, March 20, 2022.

How to effectively use historical analogies in foreign policy - opinion

An activist holds Russia's national flag, during a rally at the war memorial complex Savur-Mohyla, damaged in the recent fighting with Ukraine's government forces,marking the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Donbas region,Ukraine September 8, 2021.

Understanding the Russia-Ukraine crisis - opinion

 A PORTRAIT of Reinhard Heydrich is displayed as part of the exhibition at The House of the Wannsee Conference in Berlin.

80 years later: the conference that led to The Final Solution


A historical perspective on US policy in Afghanistan - analysis

The intelligence community in the United States underwent a major overhaul as a result of the failure to prevent the attacks.

 A  TALIBAN member stands guard as Afghan men take pictures of a vehicle from which rockets were fired, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 30.

40 years since Israeli attack on Iraq’s nuclear reactor - opinion

The Begin Doctrine ought to be understood in the context of Israel’s history and particular circumstances as a small country with no geographic depth, surrounded by enemies bent on its destruction.

Former Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin, under whom Operation Opera was carried out, bombing Iraq's nuclear reactor.

The UN Human Rights Council isn’t human or right - opinion

The UN Human Rights Council replaced the UN Human Rights Commission in 2006. Unfortunately, the change in name was not followed by a change in attitude.

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The turning point of US political history - opinion

The White House became the center of abusive rhetoric, unfounded allegations, in which the truth played a secondary role and unscientific arguments became the norm

U.S. President Donald Trump works in the Presidential Suite while receiving treatment after testing positive for the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. October 3, 2020

Israel’s dilemma regarding the Palestinian Arabs

TWO ISRAELIS look over a portion of the West Bank.

Netanyahu: More similar to Thatcher than Erdogan

It should be stressed also that Thatcher was never suspected of having been involved in any illegal activity, whereas Netanyahu has three legal cases pending against him.

THEN-British prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who the author refers to as a ‘philosemite,’ greets Ariel Sharon during a reception in Jerusalem in May 1986

The Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty at 40

Sadat was the only Arab leader who truly understood the collective psychology of the Israeli people.

EGYPTIAN LEADER Anwar Sadat, US president Jimmy Carter and prime minister Menachem Begin meet at Camp David in September 1978

What is the objective of the Palestinian Arabs?

The question is how do the Palestinian Arabs see their own future?

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The status of Jerusalem: A matter of logic

Few are the cases in which the international community has ignored reality and worked against its own declared policy as in the case of Jerusalem.

Jerusalem

Political suicide in Catalonia

How Catalonia self-destructed.

Students in Catalonia march in support of the region's independence, September 2017