https://www.jns.org/author/avi-melamed Avi Melamed is a former Israeli intelligence official who went on to serve as deputy and then senior Arab-affairs adviser to Jerusalem mayors Teddy Kollek and Ehud Olmert, operating as a negotiator during the First and Second Intifadas in Israel. He is the author of Inside the Middle East: Entering a New Era, and his latest docuseries, “The Seam Line,” focuses on Jerusalem’s flashpoints and his work during the intifadas. en-US Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:45:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/avi-melamed/by-refusing-to-hold-hamas-accountable-western-observers-perpetuate-despair-for-palestinians-and-israelis 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f4811f0052 Tue, 17 Dec 2024 16:45:00 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/avi-melamed/by-refusing-to-hold-hamas-accountable-western-observers-perpetuate-despair-for-palestinians-and-israelis https://www.jns.org/opinion/avi-melamed/pij-israel-skirmish-hamas-sitting-on-the-fence-policy-approaches-a-pivotal-junction 0000019c-c094-d325-af9e-d7f475b5007c Mon, 15 May 2023 14:16:35 GMT https://www.jns.org/opinion/avi-melamed/pij-israel-skirmish-hamas-sitting-on-the-fence-policy-approaches-a-pivotal-junction