Mairav Zonszein Senior Analyst, Israel Please submit all media inquiries to media@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Mairav joined the International Crisis Group in January 2021 as Senior Analyst on Israel-Palestine. She is responsible for covering Israeli domestic politics, relations with the Palestinians, and regional conflict settings and policies. Professional Background Mairav is an Israeli-American journalist and commentator who has covered Israeli politics and U.S. foreign policy for over a decade. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, The American Prospect, VICE, The Intercept, and more. She is a founding editor of +972 Magazine and a contributor to Jewish Currents. She has an MA in Nationalism Studies from the Central European University in Budapest. Languages English Hebrew Spanish Select Publications Israel's war against George Soros, New York Times (2017) Democrats can't allow Biden to pursue annexation without consequences, Foreign Policy (2020) Christian Zionist philosemitism is driving Trump's Israel, Washington Post (2020) Israelis take on Netanyahu and coronavirus, The Intercept (2020) How the right has tried to rebrand antisemitism, New York Review of Books (2019) In The News 17 اکتبر 2023 Biden has said he supports Israel destroying Hamas, but he doesn’t want a civilian catastrophe, a humanitarian disaster ... I don’t know if those two things can coexist. Vox Mairav Zonszein Senior Analyst, Israel 12 اکتبر 2023 The Netanyahu doctrine that you can ignore the Palestinians without paying a price has [now] been shattered. The Wahington Post Mairav Zonszein Senior Analyst, Israel 3 مارس 2023 [Israeli settlers] are completely emboldened by this government. They have the legitimacy they didn’t have before politically and that gives settlers a lot more audacity. TIME Mairav Zonszein Senior Analyst, Israel Latest Updates Q&A / Middle East & North Africa 06 نوامبر 2023 Settler Violence Rises in the West Bank during the Gaza War Also available in العربية Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 05 نوامبر 2023 What Hope for a Ceasefire in Gaza Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 01 نوامبر 2023 Israel and Palestine’s Existential War Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 20 اکتبر 2023 War in Gaza: To What End and At What Cost? Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 13 اکتبر 2023 No Going Back? Hamas’s Atrocities and Another Catastrophe in Gaza Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 11 اکتبر 2023 How Netanyahu Undermined Israel’s Security Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 03 فوریه 2023 Israel-Palestine’s Worsening Violence and Despair Q&A / Middle East & North Africa 17 ژانویه 2023 What’s at Stake at Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade? Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 16 دسامبر 2022 Shireen Abu Akleh’s Killing Raises Questions about U.S. Security Assistance to Israel Q&A / Middle East & North Africa 08 نوامبر 2022 Israel’s Winning Coalition: Culmination of a Long Rightward Shift Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 14 آوریل 2022 The Impact of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine in the Middle East and North Africa Also available in العربية Commentary / Europe & Central Asia 04 مارس 2022 The Ukraine War: A Global Crisis? Also available in Español Load more