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Naomi Kahn

Naomi Kahn is director of the International Division of Regavim, a research-based think tank and lobbying group dedicated to preserving Israel’s resources and sovereignty.

Likud party chairman Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Knesset, Nov. 21, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Court Jews courting favor

Clinging to the moth-eaten mantra of the two-state solution is unfortunate at best, mendacious at worst.

Naomi Kahn

Dec. 4, 2022

Palestinians clash with Israeli forces during a protest in Masafer Yatta, south of Hebron, on June 17, 2022. Photo By Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90.

Masafer Yatta: Fact and fiction

The State of Israel has allowed the delusion that it can gain Arab and international approval by compromising on its national interests to cause massive local and international damage.

Naomi Kahn

June 29, 2022

The city of Ariel in Samaria, July 2020. Photo by Sraya Diamant/Flash90.

Emergency regulations: A poor stand-in for national policy

The only thing that has prevented Israeli governments since 1967 from applying Israeli law in Judea and Samaria is their own timidity

Naomi Kahn

June 13, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reacts during a stormy discussion of the Electricity Law, during a Knesset plenum session, Jan. 5, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

The electricity law: Who knew, and who should have known better?

The Ra’am Party legislation passed in the Knesset constitutes a leap of faith—and not in a good way.

Naomi Kahn

Jan. 9, 2022

Illegal Palestinian Authority construction. Credit: Regavim.

How Israel has been aiding and abetting illegal Palestinian construction

Through incessant legal and procedural appeals, the P.A. has upended Israeli law enforcement and set the system against itself, creating facts on the ground and laying the foundations of a Palestinian state in the heart of the land of Israel.

Naomi Kahn

Sept. 14, 2021

A flock of sheep in a Bedouin camp in the Judean Desert. Photo by Dario Sanchez/Flash90.

The Negev, Israel’s state comptroller, you and me

According to a new report, the Negev is a morass of violence and corruption, widespread polygamy and more. The question is: What next?

Naomi Kahn

Aug. 22, 2021

Israeli soldiers patrol the Israel-Gaza border, Dec. 27, 2019. Photo by Fadi Fahd/Flash90.

Adding injury to insult

The Israeli security officer wounded as he fended off a terrorist with his bare hands had his sidearm impounded last year when spiteful, baseless charges were filed against him by criminals.

Naomi Kahn

May 31, 2021

Illegal Palestinian Authority construction. Credit: Regavim.

Who’s powering illegal construction in Area C?

Structures built illegally with the encouragement and support of the Palestinian Authority have been connected to the East Jerusalem Electric Company’s grid, yet the Civil Administration in Judea and Samaria is being evasive.

Naomi Kahn

March 9, 2021

Illegal Palestinian Authority construction. Credit: Regavim.

Whitewashing illegal Palestinian Authority construction projects

“While with one hand Netanyahu publishes headlines about expanding Jewish settlement with 800 housing units, with his other hand he approves illegal construction plans by the P.A. covering hundreds of dunams,” says Regavim director general Meir Deutsch.

Naomi Kahn

Jan. 12, 2021