Israel Democracy Institute

July 24, 2024 | David May, Noy Barel

Violence Continues to Plague Israeli Arab Communities

Medics found Khaled Ahmed Hussein’s black pickup truck wrapped around a tree in Deir Hanna in northern Israel; the front windows were shattered. Assailants shot and killed Hussein, the cousin...

April 27, 2024 | |

Blinken to Address Normalization With Israel During Visit to Saudi Arabia 

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Saudi Arabia on April 28 for the World Economic Forum. While in Riyadh, Blinken is expected to discuss the normalization of Saudi-Israeli...

March 26, 2024 | |

Israel Hits Hezbollah Deep in Lebanon

Israel carried out its longest-range attack on Hezbollah yet on March 26 after the Lebanese terrorist group launched missiles at a strategic northern base of the Israel Defense Forces...

March 21, 2024 | David May |

Despite Deadly Stabbing, Hopeful Signs for Jewish-Arab Relations in Israel

Israeli soldier Uri Moyal’s visit to a café in southern Israel last Thursday ended up being his last. While Moyal waited in line, Fadi Abu Altayef, from the nearby Bedouin city of Rahat, fatally stabbed the...

March 15, 2024 | |

Gaza-Born Israeli Citizen Commits Terror Attack

Gaza-born Israeli citizen Fadi Abu Latif attacked Israelis on March 14 at a café in the Beit Kama junction, about 20 miles from the Gaza border. Abu Latif stabbed Israel Defense...

February 21, 2024 | |

Israeli Knesset Agrees: No Unilateral Palestinian Statehood

Israel’s parliament on February 21 reinforced the government in formally opposing any attempt to impose Palestinian statehood unilaterally. By a vote of 99 lawmakers in favor and...

February 6, 2024 | |

Majority of Israelis Oppose Palestinian Statehood Due to Security Threats

The majority of Israelis oppose the creation of a Palestinian state, even as part of a U.S.-brokered deal that would forge formal relations with Saudi Arabia, a poll published on...

November 11, 2023 | |

Gaza War Boosts Solidarity Between Israeli Arabs and Jews

Israel’s Arab minority is rallying to the country in record numbers during the Gaza war, a poll published on November 10 found. The Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) survey found...

September 29, 2023 | Haisam Hassanein |

The New Middle East? An Israeli official goes to Riyadh while a Saudi official visits Ramallah

Here’s why things are changing so fast in Arab-Israeli relations

June 7, 2023 | Clifford D. May |

The Stalinist approach to peacemaking

It’s simple, homicidal logic: No Israel, no problem