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Yossi Mekelberg

Yossi Mekelberg is professor of international relations and an associate fellow of the MENA Program at Chatham House. He is a regular contributor to the international written and electronic media.

Twitter: @YMekelberg

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End of the war in Gaza still far from guaranteed

It has been a while since the sense of anticipation about the outcome of a meeting between an American president and an Israeli prime minister was as tense as it was when Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu met in Washington last week.

October 05, 2025

Netanyahu’s ‘super-Sparta’ dystopian vision for Israel

There is nothing new or surprising about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s habit of changing his version of reality according to his personal and political needs. Opportunism, cynicism and lying in the service of surviving in power come naturally to him.

September 27, 2025