Yagil Levy

Yagil Levy is a professor of political sociology and public policy and the head of the Open University Institute for the Study of Civil-Military Relations.  His most recent book in English is: Whose Life Is Worth More? Hierarchies of Risk and Death in Contemporary Wars.

Articles by Yagil Levy
A group of Jewish settlers under the protection of Israeli soldiers raid the Old City area of Hebron.
A group of Jewish settlers under the protection of Israeli soldiers raid the Old City area of Hebron.

How Settler Violence Serves Israel’s Interests

Analysis
Yagil Levy
People gather near a car used by the U.S.-based aid group World Central Kitchen, which was hit by an Israeli strike the previous day.
People gather near a car used by the U.S.-based aid group World Central Kitchen, which was hit by an Israeli strike the previous day.

How a Culture Shift in the Israeli Military Helps Explain Gaza’s Death Toll

Analysis
Yagil Levy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (back) greets U.S. President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (back) greets U.S. President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.

Why Israel Needs America’s Tough Love

Argument
Yagil Levy
A group of man stand in a rocky field. An Israeli soldier wearing green military fatigues reaches out to push a hand against the chest of another man, who wears a red T-shirt and baseball cap as he gestures toward his own head. The man in red is flanked by two other men dressed casually in blue shirts, and all four seem to be speaking intensely.
A group of man stand in a rocky field. An Israeli soldier wearing green military fatigues reaches out to push a hand against the chest of another man, who wears a red T-shirt and baseball cap as he gestures toward his own head. The man in red is flanked by two other men dressed casually in blue shirts, and all four seem to be speaking intensely.

Lines Increasingly Blurred Between Soldiers and Settlers in the West Bank

Analysis
Yagil Levy
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Could an Israeli attack on Iran promote peace?

The Middle East Channel
Yagil Levy
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Israel’s Rough Draft

In Other Words
Yagil Levy
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