Isaac Chotiner

What Is Benjamin Netanyahu Really After? Amos Harel, a defense analyst at Haaretz, on what’s behind Netanyahu’s push to reoccupy Gaza City, and how the Israeli Prime Minister has changed since the war began.

Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has approved a plan for Israel to take control of Gaza City. @ichotiner.bsky.social talks to Amos Harel, a defense analyst at Haaretz, about the military and political dimensions of Netanyahu’s announcement.

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An Inside Look at Gaza’s Chaotic New Aid System A humanitarian worker in the territory explains how the situation has devolved in recent weeks—and what she’s doing for her own family.

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Last week, Ehud Olmert, a former Prime Minister of Israel, publicly denounced his successor, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the war that he has been waging in Gaza. In a new Q. & A. with @ichotiner.bsky.social, Olmert elaborates on his criticisms.
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Why Ehud Olmert Thinks His Country Is Committing War Crimes The Former Israeli Prime Minister explains how his view of the conflict in Gaza has shifted.

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What Israeli Officials Are Privately Saying About Starvation in Gaza And how the humanitarian response intersects with Netanyahu’s ability to continue waging war.

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What Israeli Officials Are Privately Saying About Starvation in Gaza And how the humanitarian response intersects with Netanyahu’s ability to continue waging war.

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How many Semafor “events” does a senator have to attend to get fawning, credulous pieces like this written about them?

“The Situation Now Is So Beyond Imagination” A relief worker on how, exactly two months since Israel suspended all aid to Gaza, hundreds of thousands of people in the territory have grown desperate for food and are struggling to survive.

“As of today, I think it’s safe to say that all the progress that was achieved during the ceasefire has been reversed.” @ichotiner.bsky.social speaks with a relief worker as starving people in Gaza become increasingly desperate.

The Biden Official Who Doesn’t Oppose Trump’s Student Deportations Why the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt blames universities for “opening the door” to the Trump Administration’s professed campaign to tackle antisemitism.

New Interview: I talked to the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt, who was Biden’s special envoy on antisemitism, about why she doesn’t oppose some student deportations, and why she wanted to keep some of her comments off the record. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

How Trump’s Tariffs Fit the Autocrat’s Playbook The President thrives on confrontation and demands supplication. Politicizing the economy creates opportunities for both.

New Q&A: I talked to the political scientist Jan-Werner Muller about whether Trump is less rational than other authoritarians, the historical relationship between far-right leaders & big-business, & whether it’s condescending to absolve Trump’s voters. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

How Donald Trump Is Teaching Christians to Abandon Empathy The head of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary says that it is “used politically in ways that are very destructive and manipulative.”

New Interview: I talked to the Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler about how his views on Donald Trump have evolved since the President's first term, and why conservatives are turning against empathy. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...

How Donald Trump Is Teaching Christians to Abandon Empathy The head of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary says that it is “used politically in ways that are very destructive and manipulative.”

The Southern Baptist leader Albert Mohler talks with @ichotiner.bsky.social about why empathy can be a manipulative tool in politics, and how his views on Donald Trump have evolved since the President's first term.

Well I get upset when people I worked with tweet out that other people are “probably” Hamas supporters during periods of government persecution

Can we get a percentage for her? What does your algorithm say? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/n...

I see, so you are sort of like the Nate Silver of Hamas support, merely assigning probabilities.

“Probably does.”

New Interview: I talked to John Mearsheimer about why he supports Trump’s Ukraine policy, and what he thinks people get wrong about Putin. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...