Raphael Cohen-Almagor, at The Blogs

May 3, 2024, 7:50 PM

Were Edward Said alive, I trust he would have rejoiced watching the recent scenes from Columbia University, where he was a literature professor for many years. Moreover, he would have led the anti-Israeli-anti-Jewish campaign on campus and would take...

Jan 11, 2024, 3:29 PM

Israeli Democracy on the Defensive

2023 was a horrible year first and foremost because of the war. It was also horrible because of the elected government that tried to overhaul democracy and transform Israel into a dark authoritarianism. On 1 January, we were reminded...

Dec 26, 2023, 1:04 AM

In Memory of David Libai (1934-2023)

I was saddened to hear about the death of David Libai, a person I greatly appreciated. Libai was an excellent jurist. For many years he lectured at the Faculty of Law, Tel Aviv University. He was a well-known figure in...

Dec 24, 2023, 3:04 PM

There Is A Need To Ban Holocaust Denial

A recent poll In Britain showed that nearly half of British Jews considered leaving UK due to antisemitism. One of the tools to promote antisemitism is Holocaust denial, blaming the Jews for their misfortune and claiming that the Jews...

Dec 13, 2023, 12:08 AM

Freedom of Expression v. Social Responsibility

The Congressional testimony of the presidents of Harvard, MIT and Pennsylvania on December 5 was shameful. Claudine Gay, Sally Kornbluth and Liz Magill followed the legal advice of their lawyers without applying their own moral judgment and common sense. I...

Nov 28, 2023, 12:38 AM

Israel Studies on American Campuses

The horrific Hamas attack on 7 October 2023 was a game changer for Israel, Hamas and Gaza. On that fateful morning, hundreds of terrorists went out to Israeli towns, villages and kibbutzim with the aim of murdering as many...

Nov 17, 2023, 8:26 AM

Calling terrorism by name

CJ arrived at earth from another galaxy to visit the US and the UK. CJ acquaint itself with the two countries by reading the BBC, The Guardian, the New York Times and the Washington Post. People asked CJ of...

Nov 10, 2023, 5:44 AM

Hamas-Israel War

7 October is one of the bloodiest days in Jewish history, excluding the Holocaust. It is a day that many generations will remember with sadness and horror. Israel should note this day on its calendar as a Memorial Day. 7...

About Me

Raphael Cohen-Almagor received his doctorate from Oxford University. He taught and conducted research at the faculties of law of the Hebrew University, the University of Haifa, UCLA, University of Hull, Nirma University (India) and University College London. He is President of The Association for Israel Studies (AIS). Raphael is now writing Resolving the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: A Critical Study of Peace Mediation, Facilitation and Negotiations between Israel and the PLO (Cambridge University Press, 2025). X: @almagor35