Ofer Zalzberg Senior Analyst, Arab-Israeli Conflict Jerusalem, Israel Please submit all media inquiries to ozalzberg@crisisgroup.org or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Ofer Zalzberg has been a Senior Analyst in Crisis Group's Arab-Israel Project since 2010. He is covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Israel's relations with its neighbors. He leads a religious peacebuilding work stream, working primarily with prominent conservative, right-leaning religious authorities, Jewish and Muslim. Areas of Expertise The Arab-Israeli conflict The Iranian-Israeli conflict Israeli domestic politics and regional foreign policies The nexus of religion, national identity and conflict Religious peacebuilding Designing and assessing conflict transformation interventions Professional and Educational Background Senior Adviser, Herbert C. Kelman Institute for Interactive Conflict Transformation Director of Oz Consultancy, serving non-governmental and media organisations engaged in conflict resolution work (2005-2010) Co-designer of the Kumi group facilitation method for participatory strategic planning in conflict situations (2006-2008) Research Associate, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute (2004-2005) MA International History, London School of Economics Languages Hebrew English French In The News 26 Mar 2019 If Israel annexed Gush Etzion, would Trump let it lie? He could decide that the Golan was desirable, but the West Bank is not. He did not commit to recognizing all Israeli annexation. Trump never said he was going to be consistent. New York Times Ofer Zalzberg Senior Analyst, Arab-Israeli Conflict 12 Mar 2019 Live thread: Escalation on Haram al Sharif / Temple Mount - Molotov bottle thrown at police station on upper plateau. Israel Police cleared the site, closed all gates. Twitter Ofer Zalzberg Senior Analyst, Arab-Israeli Conflict 24 Jan 2019 Since February 2018, the Israeli-Iranian conflict visibly is no longer ‘cold'. Fanack Ofer Zalzberg Senior Analyst, Arab-Israeli Conflict 4 Dec 2018 Israël a l’impression que le Hezbollah ne prend plus au sérieux ses menaces (...) Agir maintenant est un avertissement, bien au-delà de la question des tunnels. Libération Ofer Zalzberg Senior Analyst, Arab-Israeli Conflict 13 Nov 2018 Even if Israel and Hamas manage to avoid war and continue based on the understandings they have reached, these will be rickety and subject to collapse. Al Jazeera Ofer Zalzberg Senior Analyst, Arab-Israeli Conflict 12 Sep 2018 What is the reason [President] Netanyahu views a Palestinian state as a security risk? He thinks Palestinians will continue to teach their children that Zionism is unjust and that the state next door should not exist as a state for the Jewish people. The New York Times Ofer Zalzberg Senior Analyst, Arab-Israeli Conflict Latest Updates Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 20 September 2019 After the Aramco Attack: A Middle East One Step Closer to Its “1914 Moment” On 14 September, strikes of uncertain provenance hit Saudi Arabia’s largest oil facilities, taking some 50 per cent of the kingdom’s oil production temporarily offline. Crisis Group offers a 360-degree view of the attacks and their implications for Middle Eastern and international peace and security. Q&A / Middle East & North Africa 5 April 2019 Israel’s Upcoming Elections and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Israel’s parliamentary elections on 9 April seem set to see Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu return to lead a fragile, more right-wing coalition, an outcome unlikely to prompt a dramatic change in the country’s policies in the West Bank and Gaza. Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 4 July 2018 Israel’s Southern Syria Decision Time Originally published in The Times of Israel Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 30 May 2018 Peace Starts In Jerusalem's Holy Basin US mediation will have to help the sides identify a middle path toward resolving a tension potentially inherent in this approach between purely professional interests and each stakeholder’s agenda. Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 14 May 2018 Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade Reveals the Limits of Israeli Counter-terrorism Israeli-Palestinian tensions are mounting, not just in Gaza and over the U.S. embassy’s move to Jerusalem, but also over Jerusalem’s Holy Esplanade, known to Jews as Temple Mount and Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary. Israeli and Palestinian leaders could take simple administrative steps to reduce the risks of violence at the holy sites. Load more