Oren Kessler

Oren Kessler is a Tel Aviv-based writer and analyst, and the former deputy director for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington. His first book, “Fire Before Dawn: The First Palestinian Revolt and the Struggle for the Holy Land,” is forthcoming from Rowman & Littlefield.

Articles by Oren Kessler

Naftali Bennett visits the Western Wall

The Meaning of Israel’s First Religious Prime Minister

Profile

June 7, 2021, 3:13 PM

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Yes, There Are Bad Guys in the Ukrainian Government

Argument

Andrew Foxall, Oren Kessler

March 18, 2014, 7:54 PM

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Do Palestinians Really Want a State of Their Own?

Argument

March 6, 2014, 11:09 PM

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As Egypt Roils, Israel Watches

Dispatch

July 6, 2013, 11:21 PM

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Dead on Arrival

Dispatch

July 3, 2013, 12:20 AM

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The 10 Commandments of Visiting Israel

Lists

March 19, 2013, 8:02 PM

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The Decider

Dispatch

August 23, 2012, 8:38 PM

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People of the Book

Dispatch

July 30, 2012, 4:38 PM

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Mitt’s Pilgrimage

Dispatch

July 25, 2012, 6:15 PM

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Sleepless in Jerusalem

Dispatch

May 24, 2012, 9:19 PM

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Scion of Zion

Argument

May 3, 2012, 8:19 PM

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Shalom, Beijing

Dispatch

March 13, 2012, 9:03 PM

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The Things They Carried:The Israeli Settler

Lists

February 27, 2012, 1:33 AM

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The Most Controversial Israeli Settlements

Lists

February 27, 2012, 1:32 AM

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