Oren Kessler
@OrenKessler
“Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict,” 2024 Sami Rohr Prize winner and a WSJ best book of the year. Fellow, @royalhistsoc
New on Substack: The remarkable story of Yolande Harmer, Israel’s most valuable spy in 1948, who infiltrated the Egyptian royal court, the Muslim Brotherhood, Arab League and half a dozen foreign embassies in Cairo... only to be cast aside and forgotten orenkessler.substack.com/p/yolande-harm…
🧵My thoughts on Israel's strategic and moral failure in Gaza gabimitchell.substack.com/p/issue-88-eno…
CEO of Iran's official PressTV:
It wasn't a 12 day war. We are at war with the zionists from 1979 and it won't be over until zionism is dismantled.
Avera Mengistu released from hospital 5 months after he was freed from Gaza captivity timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry…
Switzerland's leading German-language paper Neue Zürcher Zeitung @NZZ recommends "Palästina 1936" at the top of its summer reading list... And why would they lie? With thanks to @rbandle nzz.ch/feuilleton/ver… archive.is/FO6d0
In my favorite bookstore in my hometown Berne, Switzerland, I found the German editions of the important and fascinating books by two authors I particularly value: Amir Tibon @amirtibon @suhrkamp and Oren Kessler @OrenKessler. Two must-reads!
Defense minister: Israel to concentrate entire Gaza population in Rafah 'humanitarian' zone haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
Sexual violence was rife on October 7, say new witnesses in authoritative report partly funded by UK govt thetimes.com/article/2e4199…
636 days after Hamas' rampage, Netanyahu makes first visit to Kibbutz Nir Oz — where one in four residents was murdered or kidnapped haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
Hamas reportedly satisfied with agreement on five-stage hostage deal, 60-day Gaza cease-fire haaretz.com/israel-news/20…
