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Abe Silberstein

Abe Silberstein

Abe Silberstein is the Associate Director, North America, of The Abraham Initiatives, an Israel-based NGO working to achieve equality between Jewish and Palestinian citizens of Israel. He tweets @abesilbe. He has written on Israeli politics and U.S.-Israel relations for The New York Times, Haaretz, the Forward and The Jerusalem Post.

Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (left) and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett when they took office in June 2021. (Photo/Forward-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

Why the Israeli government failed but isn’t a failure

Abe Silberstein by Abe Silberstein and Forward June 20, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced on Monday the end of their governing coalition, which had just recently marked its one-year anniversary. Lapid will assume the premiership […]

a Ben & Jerry's sign on the exterior of a building, close up
Posted inOpinion

Ben & Jerry’s meltdown exposes rift between American and Israeli Jews regarding settlements

Abe Silberstein by Abe Silberstein and Forward July 26, 2021
At left, Joint Arab List leader Ayman Odeh presents his party's list to the election committee at the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, Jan. 15, 2020. (JTA/Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90); at right, Labor Party leader Amir Peretz is seen at a meeting of the Labor-Gesher and Meretz parties in Tel Aviv, Jan. 20, 2020. (JTA/Flash 90)
Posted inOpinion

Can Jewish-Arab cooperation revive Israel’s political left?

Abe Silberstein by Abe Silberstein January 22, 2020January 22, 2020

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