Yoav Peck

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Jan 30, 2020, 10:11 PM

Get out of our way, politicians!

The outrageous ballet choreographed Tuesday in Washington, by two grim narcissists, will bring the house down, I fear. We may be on the verge of a new Initfada, an uprising, and this time, deep despair, a sense of nothing...

Oct 5, 2019, 7:33 PM

Living in limbo

We wait, an entire nation, suspended in limbo. In the wake of inconclusive elections, we await the results of politicians' finagling, the back-room deals, the threats, the blame-game, the promises soon to be broken. We cannot deny that the...

Sep 17, 2019, 12:02 AM

The night before

In a country where arguing politics is in the morning coffee, what remains to be said about tomorrow's fateful election? What is clear to all Israelis is that opportunity knocks, at this juncture. With eight and a half million...

Apr 16, 2019, 10:20 PM

Still reeling from the election blow, we confront the immediate reality, while straining to keep the future in our hearts as a vision, a direction. Netanyahu just proudly announced that he is not afraid of the media. So if you're...

Jan 20, 2019, 9:34 PM

Now, Netanyahu really needs a war

The call for snap elections may not be enough to save Bibi Netanyahu. The attorney general is leaning toward February to indict, though he's keeping his options open. If he opts to advance the process before the elections, Netanyahu's...

Jan 14, 2019, 11:53 PM

In poker, keeping your cards close to your chest leaves the others wondering what cards you're holding. Three months before fateful elections, contender Benny Gantz, former Chief of Staff, is playing a cool hand, poker face and all. His...

Dec 27, 2018, 6:20 PM

Netanyahu needs a war

The call for snap elections may not be enough to save Bibi Netanyahu. The attorney general is undecided about when to move ahead with indictments. He could choose to advance the process before the elections, which would likely doom...

Dec 9, 2018, 10:55 PM

Arresting a Poem

Over the past several years, it has become commonplace to hear people complain of the many ways that the present government is eating away at the foundations of democracy. Last week, I experienced the force of this process myself....

Oct 15, 2018, 11:39 AM

Benny Gantz and the rest of us

Yitzhak Rabin was able to galvanize popular support for the Oslo Agreements, on the left, center, and also to the right of center. He represented extreme security-driven harshness: witness his infamous order to "break the arms and legs" of...

Sep 9, 2018, 8:57 AM

"Sad," we shared, sitting in a circle, 18 of us, in an event organized by "Sulha," minutes after viewing the film "Oslo Diaries." Reflecting on the film's rendering of those fleeting, precious moments in Oslo, between 1993-6, we needed...

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About Me

Yoav Peck, a Jerusalem organizational psychologist, is director of the Sulha Peace Project. Born and raised in New York/New Jersey, he holds a BA from Berkeley, and an MA in organizational psychology. He made aliyah in 1973, and was a member of Kibbutz Kfar Hanassi for 15 years, and has been living in Jerusalem since '88. He has three kids, and three grandchildren.