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How Israel’s Ultranationalist Religious Far-Right Benefited from the Country’s Divide
What if Marjorie Taylor Greene was appointed US Vice President and Alex Jones Secretary of State? This would almost be unthinkable at the...
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Mar 7, 20236 min read


“This is a War”: How Pro-Israel Politics Is Upending Democratic Primaries
Many of the most contentious Democratic primaries for House seats this past election cycle shared something in common: outside money, in...
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Oct 25, 20224 min read


The Forgotten Ones
Surging anti-Semitism across the globe must be addressed and combatted, not ignored. History is prescient. A mere 80 years ago, World War...
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Jan 22, 20224 min read


A Rabbi’s View on the Political Landscape: An Interview with Rabbi Preston Neimeiser
*This interview is the first installment of BPR’s latest series, Faith in Politics, which highlights the viewpoints of different...
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Dec 3, 20214 min read


Slogans and Bumper Stickers – Israel-Palestine Activism on Campus vs. Conflict on the Ground:
Ghaith al-Omari is a senior fellow in The Washington Institute’s Irwin Levy Family Program on the U.S.-Israel Strategic Relationship. He...
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Mar 18, 202116 min read


Shrewd Likud
Even after eleven years in office and three indictments for corruption, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s political...
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May 29, 20205 min read


There is No “Lebanon”: Rethinking American Aid in the Age of Hezbollah
In March 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Lebanon for the first time. In a tense meeting with Lebanese officials, he stressed...
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Jun 11, 20195 min read


The Blame Game: The Political Predicament of British Jews
In 2017, there were 1,382 anti-Semitic hate incidents and a 34% rise in violent anti-Semitic assaults in Britain. According to a 2017...
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Apr 5, 20195 min read


An Epidemic Without a Name
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a term that was coined in 1980 by the American Psychiatric Association in their Diagnostic and...
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Mar 2, 20198 min read


Discrimination of Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
My grandfather Fayez Hamdan Fayad will never forget the year 1948. A Palestinian refugee, he will always remember the time he was forced...
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Oct 19, 20185 min read


Foxtrot: A Study in Self-Criticism
If any line could summarize the politics of Israeli-produced film Foxtrot, it is perhaps the one elaborating on the film’s own title....
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Mar 29, 20183 min read


An Enemy of My Enemy: The Blooming Relationship Between Israel and the Kurds
According to an old Kurdish proverb, “the Kurds have no friends but the mountains.” The Iraqi-Kurdish independence referendum on...
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Dec 14, 20175 min read


BPR Interviews: Leslie Lewin
Leslie Lewin is the Executive Director of Seeds of Peace, a leadership development program founded in 1993 committed to developing mutual...
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Dec 16, 20166 min read


On Being “Pro-Israel”: US Relations with Israel Behind the Military Aid
On September 14th, President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu signed a 10-year military-assistance deal containing the largest...
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Oct 28, 20165 min read


The Rise of Border Walls: Implications of a Physically Divided World
Donald Trump’s promise to build a wall along the United States and Mexican border has arguably become the most memorable talking point of...
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Oct 24, 20166 min read


BPR Interviews: Charles Freeman, Jr.
Charles “Chas” Freeman, Jr. is an American diplomat, author, and writer. He served as the US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 1989 to 1992...
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May 12, 20168 min read


BPR Interviews: Hagai El-Ad
Hagai El-Ad is an Israeli human rights activist and currently serves as the director of B’Tselem: The Israeli Information Center for...
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Mar 21, 20164 min read


Head to Head: Mark Dubowitz and Joseph Cirincione on the Iran Nuclear Agreement
The following are two separate interviews presenting contrasting opinions on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, commonly known as...
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Jan 26, 201621 min read
Digging for the Holy Land: The politicization of archaeology along the Israel-Palestine border
From the Temple Mount to the Israelite Tower to the Monastery of the Virgins, the significance of excavations in Jerusalem is...
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Nov 6, 20156 min read


Israel’s Economic Pivot
Over the past few years, the European Union has become increasingly vocal in its criticism of Israel’s treatment of Palestinians,...
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Aug 11, 20156 min read
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