Nathan Thrall Senior Analyst, Israel/Palestine Jerusalem, Israel Please submit all media inquiries to nthrall@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Nathan Thrall is Crisis Group's Senior Analyst for Israel/Palestine covering Gaza, Israel, and the West Bank. He is the author of The Only Language They Understand: Forcing Compromise in Israel and Palestine (Metropolitan Books, May 2017). His writing has appeared in Arabic in Al- Hayat, Asharq al-Awsat, and Al-Quds al-Arabi, and in English in Foreign Affairs, GQ, The London Review of Books, The New York Review of Books, and The New York Times. A contributing editor at Tablet Magazine, he appears frequently in print and broadcast media, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Al-Jazeera, the BBC, Democracy Now!, NPR, and CNN. His work can be found at www.nathanthrall.com. In The News 10 Jul 2017 If [Palestinian Authority President Abbas] hadn't put this extraordinary pressure on Hamas and on Gaza [...], he wouldn't have driven Hamas into [exiled Fatah leader] Dahlan's arms. Al Jazeera Nathan Thrall Senior Analyst, Israel/Palestine 21 Jun 2017 Both the Israelis and Palestinians are pros at wearing down envoys with endless details. They’ve done it to the most experienced negotiators. The Washington Post Nathan Thrall Senior Analyst, Israel/Palestine 6 Jun 2017 Today we see a steady erosion of incentives for Israel to end the conflict and establish a Palestinian state. Financial Times Nathan Thrall Senior Analyst, Israel/Palestine 1 Jun 2017 [Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu prizes stability over anything else. So on very pragmatic grounds, he’s not disappointed and was not expecting a move [of the U.S. embassy in Israel]. VICE News Nathan Thrall Senior Analyst, Israel/Palestine 23 May 2017 The basic dynamic that you have in place right now is that both Israeli and Palestinian leaders—including [Israel prime minister Benjamin] Netanyahu—are made very nervous by Trump. VICE News Nathan Thrall Senior Analyst, Israel/Palestine 18 May 2017 For Netanyahu the really frightening possibility is that typically a peace process is accompanied by confidence-building measures, [which] are difficult for him to do with his present coalition. Christian Science Monitor Nathan Thrall Senior Analyst, Israel/Palestine Latest Updates Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 19 May 2017 As Trump Alights in Israel, Palestinians are Descending into Darkness President Trump plans a 22-23 May visit to Israel and Palestine in pursuit of the “ultimate deal”. But behind the scenes, rising tensions between Palestinian factions may be drawing Gaza and Israel closer to a new war. Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 10 September 2016 Obama & Palestine: The Last Chance Originally published in The New York Review of Books Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 5 November 2015 Along the Divide Originally published in London Review of Books Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 23 October 2015 El fin de la era de Abbas Originally published in esglobal Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 20 October 2015 The End of the Abbas Era Originally published in London Review of Books Load more