Argument: Stop Calling Israel a Jewish Democracy

Shibley Telhami

Shibley Telhami is professor of government and politics and director of the Critical Issues Poll at the University of Maryland, and a nonresident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is co-author of The Peace Puzzle: America’s Quest for Arab-Israeli Peace, 1989-2011, and of a forthcoming sequel on the Obama and Trump presidencies.

Articles by Shibley Telhami

A young Palestinian walks along Israel's controversial wall in the occupied West Bank Palestinian village of Abu Dis on Jan. 29.

Stop Calling Israel a Jewish Democracy

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Shibley Telhami

June 8, 2020, 4:03 AM

A portrait of U.S. President Donald Trump burns during a demonstration in Tehran on Dec. 11, 2017.

The U.S. Public Still Doesn’t Want War With Iran

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Shibley Telhami

January 3, 2020, 4:26 PM

Followers of Evangelical Pastor John Hagee chant slogans in support of Israel as they wave Israeli and U.S. flags during a rally in Jerusalem on April 7, 2008.

Trump Is Too Pro-Netanyahu for His Own Base

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Shibley Telhami

March 25, 2019, 1:14 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walk outside the Oval Office of the White House on March 5. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

Americans Are Increasingly Critical of Israel

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Shibley Telhami

December 11, 2018, 2:44 PM

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The Bibi Bump Backfires

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Shibley Telhami

March 2, 2015, 3:09 PM

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