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Covers:  US and Israeli politics, US-Israel relationship, Israeli culture, Middle East diplomacy
Allison Kaplan Sommer is a journalist at Haaretz, host of the Haaretz Podcast and co-host of The Promised Podcast.

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Allison has been a journalist at Haaretz since 2012, hosts the Haaretz Weekend podcast and is a co-host of The Promised Podcast. She is the former Washington DC bureau chief for the Jerusalem Post, and has also written for the New Republic, Politico, and other publications. She won a 2016 B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism for Excellence in Diaspora Reportage and the 2017 Simon Rockower award for excellence in covering Zionism, Aliyah and Israel.

Originally from Rhode Island in the…

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Whether Trump or Clinton win the U.S. election, Netanyahu loses. No wonder he's 'silent' - Opinio...

Whether Trump or Clinton win the U.S. election, Netanyahu loses. No wonder he's 'silent' - Opinio...

It's not every day that the prime minister of a country talks to an important visiting delegation from the Un…

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Trump Called Netanyahu 'Fucking Crazy.' Why Won't Bibi's Rivals?

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Netanyahu's challengers aren't labeling him 'crazy' for striking Lebanon, and are instead painting him as a weak leader who has capitulated to Trump.
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Israel's Future Holds Its Own 'Handmaid's Tale' if This Group Gets Its Way

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A right-wing group with supporters at the highest levels of power is systematically advancing a plan for a halakhic, Gilead-like Israel rooted in Jewish supremacy and a harsh religious vision.
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What Made an ex-Mossad Chief Say He's 'Ashamed to Be a Jew'

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Tamir Pardo, who had dedicated his career as Mossad chief to foiling Iran's nuclear capabilities, is now warning about what truly endangers its existence Share to FacebookShare to X Article printing is available to subscribers only Print in a simple, ad-free format Subscribe Zen reading is available to subscribers only Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format Subscribe Former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo hardly fits the profile of a radical leftist who would compare Israeli behavior to that of...
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Awards

Simon Rockower award for excellence in covering Zionism, Aliyah and Israel.

2017
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B’nai B’rith World Center Award for Journalism for Excellence in Diaspora Reportage

2016
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