Galia Golan, at The Blogs

Dec 7, 2020, 4:04 PM

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and US ambassador to Israel David Friedman stand next to the dedication plaque at the US Embassy in Jerusalem on March 21, 2019. (Jim Young/Pool/AFP)

When peace is the yardstick, the diplomatic breakthroughs and Trump initiatives fail the test of true friendship

Aug 24, 2020, 1:04 AM

UAE-Israel Accord, Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

In many ways, we should be pleased that one more Arab state is now open to Israelis, for trade, travel and normal relations. Yet, is this move in fact good for us? It removes much of the incentive, indeed...

Jul 13, 2020, 9:00 AM

Annexation is not exchange of territory

July 1 has passed without the promised move by Netanyahu to annex areas in the West Bank. Whether this was due to the outburst of criticism and warnings to Israel regarding annexation, or because of hesitation in Washington to...

Mar 29, 2017, 12:06 AM

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Balfour just isn’t that big a deal

Arthur Balfour (photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)

The century-old Declaration is not what gave Israel its legitimacy, and it's time to start focusing on what did

About Me

Galia Golan is Darwin Professor emerita, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and former head of the Program on Diplomacy and Conflict Studies at the Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya. Her 10 published books include, most recently, “Israeli Peacemaking since 1967: Factors behind the Breakthroughs and Failures, Routledge”