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Ksenia Svetlova

Jul 21, 2025, 4:18 PM

Syria needs Israel’s diplomacy, not its military intervention

Heavy smoke rises as a member of Bedouin and tribal forces runs during clashes with Druze fighters in Syria's southern city of Sweida on July 19, 2025. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR / AFP)

Jerusalem's military action in Syria both risks a bloodbath in Sweida and weakens the stability of a regime whose collapse could facilitate the resurgence of Iran

Jun 28, 2022, 3:45 PM

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I won’t attend the Genesis Prize ceremony, nobody should

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, applauds then-Alfa-Bank head Pyotr Aven after awarding him with the Order of Merit to the Fatherland during a ceremony in the Kremlin, Moscow, July 25, 2005. (AP Photo/ Alexander Nenenov, Pool)

In light of the carnage in Ukraine, and regardless of whether the Russian 'Jewish Nobel' founders formally stepped down, attending Wednesday's event is immoral

May 22, 2019, 1:20 PM

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Economic peace? Not while the ice cream is melting at the checkpoint

Palestinian students eating ice cream in Gaza, 2011 (Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90)

Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ offers Palestinians financial incentives in return for giving up their dreams of sovereignty -- that’s a pipe dream

Nov 11, 2016, 4:01 PM

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Time to say enough is enough

Israel must stop shunting aside Diaspora Jews' needs if the country is to become the homeland it was created to be

Jul 1, 2015, 12:13 AM

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On Egyptian TV, Jews as actual humans

A Ramadan soap opera with sympathetic Jewish characters is a tiny, deeply flawed, step in the right direction

About Me

Ksenia Svetlova is an executive director of ROPES, The Regional Organization for Peace, Economics and Security and an associate fellow at Chatham House Royal Institute, London. She is a former member of Knesset.