Ari Shavit

Response · June 15, 2015
A New Israeli Consensus
By Neil Rogachevsky
Sure, its politics are chaotic. But on several of the most important issues, Israel today is less divided than it has been in a long time.
Response · July 28, 2014
The Meaning of “Massacre”
By Martin Kramer
The debate between Benny Morris and Martin Kramer over Israel's wartime conduct enters its second round.
Response · July 21, 2014
Distortion and Defamation
By Martin Kramer
The treatment of Lydda by Ari Shavit and my respondent Benny Morris has consequences even they didn’t intend.
Response · July 14, 2014
Zionism’s “Black Boxes”
By Benny Morris
Martin Kramer shows how Ari Shavit manipulates and distorts Israeli history; but Kramer has an agenda of his own.
Response · July 7, 2014
The Uses of Lydda
By Efraim Karsh
How a confusing urban battle between two sides was transformed into a one-sided massacre of helpless victims.
Monthly Essay · July 1, 2014
What Happened at Lydda
By Martin Kramer
In his celebrated new book, Ari Shavit claims that “Zionism” committed a massacre in July 1948. Can the claim withstand scrutiny?