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Israeli–Palestinian Negotiations through the Eyes of US Presidential Interpreter Gamal Helal (2023)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (in press). Israeli–Palestinian Negotiations through the Eyes of US Presidential Interpreter Gamal Helal. Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs, https://doi.org/10.1080/23739770.2023.2275228

Gamal Helal (b. 1954) is a former senior diplomatic interpreter and special adviser to the US government who served as senior diplomatic interpreter for Presidents George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama, as well as numerous... Read More about Israeli–Palestinian Negotiations through the Eyes of US Presidential Interpreter Gamal Helal.

Tracking and Tracing in Israel during COVID-19 Balancing between the Need to Protect Public Health and Individual Right to Privacy (2023)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R., & Haber, E. (2023). Tracking and Tracing in Israel during COVID-19 Balancing between the Need to Protect Public Health and Individual Right to Privacy. Israel Studies Review, 38(3), 29-50. https://doi.org/10.3167/isr.2023.380304

In March 2020, the Israeli government decided that its internal security agency may collect, process, and use technological information measures to tackle the spread of COVID-19. This was done by tracking the cellphones of those who may have contract... Read More about Tracking and Tracing in Israel during COVID-19 Balancing between the Need to Protect Public Health and Individual Right to Privacy.

The Harm in Hate Speech and in Holocaust Denial (2023)
Book Chapter
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2023). The Harm in Hate Speech and in Holocaust Denial. In J. Steel, & J. Petley (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Freedom of Expression and Censorship (195-207). London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429262067

This chapter begins by providing a general contextualisation of hate speech and the controversies around it. It then asks two questions: is Holocaust denial a form of hate speech? If the answer is positive, should Holocaust denial be banned? Section... Read More about The Harm in Hate Speech and in Holocaust Denial.

The pursuit of peace with the Palestinians: interviews with Ehud Barak (2023)
Journal Article
Cohen-Almagor, R. (2023). The pursuit of peace with the Palestinians: interviews with Ehud Barak. Israel affairs, 29(2), 385-450. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2023.2182467

These interviews are part of a major research project that is based on interviews and discussions with influential decision-makers, facilitators, mediators and negotiators who were involved in the Israel-PLO peace negotiations over the past three dec... Read More about The pursuit of peace with the Palestinians: interviews with Ehud Barak.

Expert Views on Medical Involvement in the Swiss Assisted Dying Practice: “We Want to Have Our Cake and Eat It Too”? (2023)
Journal Article
Nyquist, C., Cohen-Almagor, R., & Kim, S. Y. H. (2023). Expert Views on Medical Involvement in the Swiss Assisted Dying Practice: “We Want to Have Our Cake and Eat It Too”?. AJOB Empirical Bioethics, https://doi.org/10.1080/23294515.2023.2232796

Background: Most jurisdictions that allow euthanasia and assisted suicide (AS) regulate it through the medical profession. However, the extent and nature of how medicine should be involved are debated. Swiss AS practice is unusual in that it is manag... Read More about Expert Views on Medical Involvement in the Swiss Assisted Dying Practice: “We Want to Have Our Cake and Eat It Too”?.