Gadi Taub

Many were outraged by Ehud Olmert’s declaration, in the middle of the war, that this war was about his convergence plan. It may not have been pragmatic to say so, but it was nevertheless true. Had Israel won, had it been able to subdue the threat of missiles, we would have been on […]

This is probably one of the most dangerous junctures in Israel’s history. Not only because of the rising tide of Fundamentalism in the region, and the looming Iranian nuclear plan, which the international community is so sluggish in stopping. But also because the radical right in Israel, so badly defeated in the last elections, is […]

In the aftermath of the of the Cuban Missile crisis, when the French discovered NATO was an American-run show, they slammed the door and left the Alliance. Stephen Ambrose once memorably described the move this way: the French thought there should be no annihilation without representation. They had a case back then. But they stumbled […]

These latest attacks on Israel were explicitly aimed at preventing territorial partition. They seek to undermine the very logic of sovereignty, which is at the heart of the problem of the global struggle agaist terrorism. You’ll find some thoughts along these lines in this piece I did for The New Republic website. The struggle between […]

The Hebrew version of this piece - The Arrogance behind the Radical Left - created a surprising splash here. I didn’t think the part Edward Said played in the misunderstanding of the war was a subject with such a large audience. But you never know. You can find the original Hebrew version here.