Mairav Zonszein

Mairav Zonszein is an American-Israeli journalist and commentator based in Israel. She has published in The New York Times, Washington Post, and Foreign Policy, among others. She is currently senior analyst on Israel with the International Crisis Group.

CONTROLLING INTEREST

Israelis Are Trying to Save a Democracy That Never Existed

Protesters against the far right’s attempt to crush judicial checks and balances need to understand that Israel’s turn to illiberalism wasn’t born with this government.

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Passports

How American Jewish Leaders Are Undermining U.S. Foreign Policy On Jerusalem

Is Abraham Foxman really surprised that the status of Jerusalem is so political that Americans born there can't list Israel as their birthplace on their U.S. passports?

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Rare

How Often Does the AJC Condemn Israeli Officials?

Mairav Zonszein on the AJC's rare criticism of Naftali Bennett’s remarks against the two-state solution.

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Not Amused

Justifying Segregation in the New York Times?

Mairav Zonszein and Lisa Goldman on an Israeli writer's justification for segregating Arabs and Jews at an Israeli amusement park.

Lisa Goldman

Absentee Voting In Israel

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Mairav Zonszein reports from Israel on a group trying to make Israeli absentee ballots swing the presidential race, and might be running afoul of election law.

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