Emmanuel Navon, at The Blogs

Apr 3, 2022, 5:04 PM

France has had two Jewish heads of government: Léon Blum between 1936 and 1937, and Pierre Mendès-France between 1954 and 1955 (Michel Debré, who served as prime minister between 1959 and 1962, had a Jewish father but not a...

Jul 11, 2021, 12:31 PM

Has Israel’s China Policy Reached a Tipping Point?

Israel’s relations with China have always been marred by dilemmas. Those dilemmas became more acute in recent years with the intensified geopolitical contest between the U.S. and China. As President Joe Biden is reaffirming Western cohesion to face off...

Jul 1, 2020, 2:35 PM

Europe Should Rethink its Approach to Annexation

The possible extension of Israeli sovereignty (widely yet inaccurately described as “annexation”) to parts of the West Bank (or Judea & Samaria in Hebrew) raises two distinct questions on such a move: a) Would it be productive? b) Would...

Feb 10, 2020, 2:34 PM

The Deal of the Century and Israel’s European Challenge

The “deal of the century” is not faring well in Europe. Josep Borrell, the EU’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, has issued a statement in which he claimed that the Trump plan “departs from … internationally...

Dec 3, 2019, 10:44 AM

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Snubbing Matteo Salvini makes no sense

Italy's Interior Minister and Deputy-Premier Matteo Salvini attends a news conference after meeting Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, in Milan, Italy, August 28, 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

No country in the world would sacrifice its national interest for the sake of moral values. Expecting Israel to do so is absurd

Nov 15, 2018, 8:54 PM

The dichotomy between UNHCR and UNRWA is no myth

I recently explained to European parliamentarians that most so-called “Palestinian refugees” are not refugees under the standard international law definition of refugee that is used around the world. When the parliamentarians brought up the issue with the ambassador of...

Jul 17, 2018, 9:44 PM

Hosting Viktor Orban is in Israel’s best interest

Some Israeli politicians (such as Yair Lapid and Tamar Zanberg) have called for the boycott of Viktor Orbán's visit to Israel because of his contentious declarations (he has praised Miklós Horthy, the Hungarian leader who colluded with Hitler during...

Jul 4, 2018, 10:33 AM

How my Grandfather Befriended a Nazi

Claude Blum (1910-2002) was my grandfather from my mother's side. He was an officer in the French army. Though Alfred Dreyfus was acquitted in 1906, I dare to assume that Jewish officers in the French army never fully felt...

About Me

Dr. Emmanuel Navon is an international relations expert who lectures at Tel-Aviv University and at Reichman University. He is a Senior Fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security (JISS) and at the Kohelet Policy Forum, and a Senior Analyst for i24News. His latest book is "The Star and the Scepter: A Diplomatic History of Israel" (The Jewish Publication Society/University of Nebraska Press).

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