Nathan Thrall
Nathan Thrall is an American writer, journalist, and analyst on the Middle East.[1] He is currently a Jerusalem-based Senior Analyst with the Middle East & North Africa Program of the International Crisis Group covering Gaza, Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank.[2][3] His writing has appeared in English in The New York Times, The New Republic, GQ, Slate, The Guardian, and The New York Review of Books, and in Arabic in Al-Hayat, Asharq al-Awsat, and Al-Quds al-Arabi.[3] A contributing editor at Tablet magazine[3] and a former member of the editorial staff of The New York Review of Books,[3] he has appeared on the BBC, NPR, and CNN.[3]
Nathan Thrall | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Title | Senior Analyst at the International Crisis Group |
| Website | www.nathanthrall.com |
Background and education
Thrall received a BA from the University of California, Santa Barbara's College of Creative Studies and an M.A. in politics from Columbia University. He lives in Jerusalem.[4]
Critical reception
Reviewing The Only Language They Understand, Neil Rogachevsky wrote that Thrall "merely perpetrated his own distorting image of Israelis, Palestinians, and America’s role in the Middle East."[5] The Jewish Book Council's Bob Goldfarb wrote that the book "brings unparalleled clarity to the dynamics of Israeli-Palestinian relations, and is an essential guide to the history, personalities, and ideas behind the conflict." [6]
Writings
- The only language they understand: forcing compromise in Israel and Palestine. New York, NY: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt & Company. 2017. ISBN 9781627797092 (hardcover), ISBN 9781627797108 (electronic book)
- Hurting Moderates, Helping Militants, The New York Times, 4 May 2011
- Hamas muss sich zwischen Muslimbrüdern und Teheran entscheiden, Die Zeit, 19 Sep 2012
- Palestine's Changing Politics, Foreign Policy, 29 May 2013
- What Future for Israel?, The New York Review of Books, 22 Jul 2013
- How the West Chose War in Gaza, The New York Times 17 Jul 2014
- Hamas’s Chances, London Review of Books, Vol. 36 No 16·21 August 2014 pp. 10–12 (Online 1 Aug 2014)
- The First 50 Years of Israeli Occupation. And the Next. The New York Times June 2, 2017
- BDS: how a controversial non-violent movement has transformed the Israeli-Palestinian debate, Aug. 24, 2018, The Guardian
References
- Noam Chomsky, Ilan Pappé, Palestina e Israele: che fare?, Fazi Editore 2015 p.118.
- Padraig O'Malley, The Two-State Delusion: Israel and Palestine - A Tale of Two Narratives, Penguin 2015 p.407
- 'Nathan Thrall,' Archived 2015-10-08 at the Wayback Machine International Crisis Group.
- "Nathan Thrall's Personal Website - Biography". Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/2017/08/the-only-language-he-understands/
- https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/book/the-only-language-they-understand