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May 13, 2025, 2:47 PM

Trump torn between a dove of peace and a gun

We are at a critical juncture—one that could determine whether the Trump administration continues recent gestures that point toward pragmatic arrangements in the Middle East, or veers sharply back toward dangerous fantasies: re-occupying Gaza, expelling its population, and building...

May 8, 2025, 10:12 PM

Single-Track Strategy Risks Palestinians

BDS protest. Jean-François Gornet - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jfgornet/14691556577/ Wikipedia - cropped image

Amid the prospect of escalating violence and atrocities in Gaza, it might seem petty to focus on the hostility many Israelis and Jews feel from international human rights groups. When this issue is addressed—such as in Michael Powell’s recent...

Apr 30, 2025, 5:02 PM

The Risks Progressives Won’t Discuss

Militant abducting a man during the Re'im music festival massacre

Some progressive organizations around the world find it hard to express empathy toward Israeli victims of the October 7 massacre. However, the phenomenon was not absolute: many did find the courage to condemn the horrific attack and express solidarity...

Apr 21, 2025, 4:42 PM

Gaza’s Protest: Rights over Narratives

Anti-Hamas-protest-from-Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib s X page

The protest against Hamas in Gaza is a moving display of courage and a powerful humanist voice: they simultaneously call for an end to the war and for the removal of Hamas—a tyrannical terrorist organization—from power in Gaza. Beyond...

About Me

Yariv Mohar is a sociologist specializing in the intersection of terrorism and human rights, as well as a long-time human rights practitioner. He currently co-leads the Pro-Human Campaign and the Initiative for National Security and Human Rights.