Palestinian informers like M. are Israel's secret weapon. But they will never have a homeland on either side. 

The New York Times Magazine

The Collaborator

The

Collaborator

The Israeli-Arab war of 1948 transformed the Middle East. One historian has transformed our understanding of it. 

The New York Review of Books

The War to

Begin all Wars

The War to

 Begin all Wars

A rightwing extremist holds the balance of power in Israel. He compares himself to Churchill - and to a brutal Russian czar

The Atlantic

The Minister of National Fears

The

Minister of

National

Fears

She was unquestionably Jewish - until she tried to get married in Israel. Then she needed a rabbi-detective. 

The New York Times Magazine

How Do You Prove You're a Jew

How Do you Prove

 You're a Jew

We need a different way to think about Israeli-Palestinian peace. It starts with the holy city.

National Journal

The Jerusalem Approach

The Jerusalem Approach

I spent 5 years in court to get the report. Much as I knew already, it still stunned me.

The American Prospect

The Expulsion and the Evidence

The

Expulsion

and the

Evidence

Can Israel's ultra-Orthodox community end its years in the desert and enter Israeli society? Can it survive any other way?

Prospect Magazine

An Orthodox Challenge

An Orthodox Challenge 

A 'secular fundamentalist," Abu Nidal was the archetypical terrorist, a believer in violence as its own religion.

The New York Times Magazine

The Detonator

The

Detonator