Kitty Herweijer, at The Blogs

Nov 14, 2017, 4:22 PM

The opportunity for a strategic coalition between Israel and Sunni countries is nascent

One hundred years ago, Minister Arthur James Balfour, on behalf of the British Government, expressed support for the foundation of a Jewish national home in Palestine. The Balfour letter, better known as the Balfour declaration, was an important milestone...

Jun 23, 2017, 2:48 PM

Iranians love Israelis; A message of hope on ‘International Quds day’

Today marks Quds day, a day initiated by the founder of Islamic republic of Iran, Ayatollah Khomeini, after the Islamic revolution in 1979 to unite Muslims by opposing the state of Israel. Every year on this day masses of people, led by all political fractions from reformists and moderates to the hardliners, gather in...

Sep 21, 2016, 7:32 PM

Is the UN failing us?

Wednesday September 21st marked the United Nations International Day of Peace. A day dedicated to world peace: the absence of violence and war. Sadly, we must come to the conclusion that in our current global situation there is little...

Oct 29, 2015, 3:27 AM

Intellectual laziness and the politics of cool

In 2012, Jason Russell, founder of the Invisible Children organization, made a video. Within a few days, it was viewed over a 100 million times on YouTube and shared 11 million times on Facebook. It took a 30-minute video...

Oct 5, 2014, 11:48 AM

Our Tolerance Has Turned Against Us—The Summer That Gave Me Sleepless Nights

I was born in 1990, one year after Francis Fukuyama published his article that later turned into a famous book: The End of History and the Last Man. He states in his book that when the Cold War ended we...

About Me

Kitty Herweijer is a Dutch writer holding a bachelor degree in political science. She has lived in Israel, interning at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies and is currently pursuing her graduate degree in Middle-Eastern studies at the University of Amsterdam.