Neri Zilber

Neri Zilber is a journalist covering Middle East politics. He also serves as an adjunct fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and an advisor to Israel Policy Forum, where he hosts the Israel Policy Pod.

Articles by Neri Zilber

Israeli lawmaker and leader of centrist Yesh Atid party, Yair Lapid, speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, on March 2, 2015.

How a Journalist-Turned-Politician Became the Best Hope for Israel’s Anyone-but-Bibi Camp

Dispatch

March 5, 2021, 12:33 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

The End of the Road for Bibi?

Dispatch

December 22, 2020, 5:02 PM

A cutout of an Israeli soldier

Israel Is the Wrench in Biden’s Iran Policy

Dispatch

November 30, 2020, 2:24 PM

An Israeli wearing a mask with the face of U.S. President Donald Trump

Dear Americans: The Election Party Was Bad, but the Hangover Will Be Worse

Election 2020

November 4, 2020, 2:19 PM

A Palestinian demonstrator throws an old shoe at a poster of U.S. President Donald Trump near a Jewish settler enclave in the heart of the West Bank city of Hebron on Feb. 24, 2017.

What Israeli Politicians Really Think About the U.S. Election

Election 2020

November 3, 2020, 2:58 PM

An Israeli billboard supporting U.S. President Donald Trump

Forget FiveThirtyEight—Here’s What Israeli Oracles Are Saying About Trump vs. Biden

Election 2020

November 2, 2020, 3:25 PM

An Israeli F-35I fighter jet takes part in a multinational air defense exercise at the Ovda Air Force Base, north of the Israeli city of Eilat, on Nov. 11, 2019.

Peace for Warplanes?

Dispatch

August 31, 2020, 11:10 AM

U.S. President Donald Trump announces an agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel

Normalization Deal Between Israel and the UAE Signals a Shift in the Region

Dispatch

August 13, 2020, 5:15 PM

Israeli activist with banner protesting Trump's Middle East peace plan

How Israeli Annexation Talk Is Already Reshaping the Middle East

Dispatch

May 19, 2020, 6:28 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and opposition leader Benny Gantz in Jerusalem on Sept 19, 2019.

Israel’s Double Curse: Politics and the Pandemic

Dispatch

March 24, 2020, 8:00 PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton in the Jordan Valley between the Israeli city of Beit Shean and the West Bank city of Jericho on June 23.

What Bolton’s Departure Means for Israel

Dispatch

September 12, 2019, 1:03 PM

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak holds a press conference to announce that he will be running in the upcoming elections at Beit Sokolov in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 26.

Why Israel’s Generals Are Taking on Netanyahu

Dispatch

July 2, 2019, 4:59 PM

Palestinian amputees break their fast at a community center that was destroyed during the two-day escalation, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on May 8.

The Next Round in Gaza Will Be Deadlier

Report

May 8, 2019, 6:02 PM

A woman walks past a giant election billboard showing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump shaking hands in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Feb 3. (Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images)

How Bibi’s Bestie at the White House Is Helping Him Win the Israeli Election

Report

March 25, 2019, 10:15 AM

Retired Israeli Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz in the city of Rishon LeZion, south of Tel Aviv, on Feb 1.

The Bibi Slayer?

Dispatch

February 8, 2019, 7:59 AM

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