Mairav Zonszein Senior Analyst, Israel Please submit all media inquiries to [email protected] or call +32 (0) 2 536 00 71 Crisis Group Role Mairav joined the International Crisis Group in January 2021 as Senior Analyst on Israel-Palestine. She is responsible for covering Israeli domestic politics, relations with the Palestinians, and regional conflict settings and policies. Professional Background Mairav is an Israeli-American journalist and commentator who has covered Israeli politics and U.S. foreign policy for over a decade. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The New York Review of Books, Foreign Policy, The Guardian, The Columbia Journalism Review, The Nation, The American Prospect, VICE, The Intercept, and more. She is a founding editor of +972 Magazine and a contributor to Jewish Currents. She has an MA in Nationalism Studies from the Central European University in Budapest. Languages English Hebrew Spanish Select Publications Israel's war against George Soros, New York Times (2017) Democrats can't allow Biden to pursue annexation without consequences, Foreign Policy (2020) Christian Zionist philosemitism is driving Trump's Israel, Washington Post (2020) Israelis take on Netanyahu and coronavirus, The Intercept (2020) How the right has tried to rebrand antisemitism, New York Review of Books (2019) In The News 2 May 2024 I'm pessimistic about the option of Hamas agreeing to a deal that doesn't have a permanent ceasefire baked into it. AFP Mairav Zonszein Senior Analyst, Israel 23 Apr 2024 The Iranian strike [on Israel] has completely distracted the world’s attention from Gaza to the potential for a regional war. The New Arab Mairav Zonszein Senior Analyst, Israel 18 Apr 2024 [People in Israel] are distrustful of a political leadership that didn’t see October 7 coming and… of a military leadership that evidently misjudged the response to the A... Al Jazeera Mairav Zonszein Senior Analyst, Israel 15 Mar 2024 Israel’s approach [in Gaza] so far has been to chip away at Hamas, but without anybody or any entity to replace specifically the civil situation there. Wall Street Journal Mairav Zonszein Senior Analyst, Israel 23 Jan 2024 You have this weird situation [in Israel] where nobody trusts Netanyahu but everybody believes in this war. Vox Mairav Zonszein Senior Analyst, Israel Latest Updates Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 19 April 2024 Out of the Shadows: Exchanges of Fire Between Iran and Israel Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 15 April 2024 Why Israel-Iran War Is a Lifeline for Netanyahu Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 04 April 2024 The U.S.-Israel Spat Over Rafah Is a Distraction Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 02 April 2024 The Problem Isn’t Just Netanyahu, It’s Israeli Society Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 08 March 2024 Starving Gaza Commentary / Middle East & North Africa 26 January 2024 Israel in Paralysis Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 13 January 2024 A New Phase in the War in Gaza? Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 05 January 2024 Israel aims to "deradicalise" Gaza but it should deradicalise itself Op-Ed / Middle East & North Africa 05 January 2024 The Families of Hostages Are Calling on Israel to Do Something Radical Event Recording / Middle East & North Africa 20 December 2023 The Latest Round in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Online Event, 20 December 2023) Q&A / Middle East & North Africa 06 November 2023 Settler Violence Rises in the West Bank during the Gaza War Also available in Arabic Podcast / Middle East & North Africa 05 November 2023 What Hope for a Ceasefire in Gaza Load more