Nathan Thrall

Nathan Thrall was born in California, USA, in 1978, and currently resides in Jerusalem. He is one of the most influential analysts, writers, and journalists in the study of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, recognized for his critical perspective and ability to challenge conventional narratives about the region. Thrall studied at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and earned a master's degree in politics at Columbia University. He has been a professor at Bard College and a regular contributor to international media such as The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, London Review of Books, and The New York Review of Books.

Thrall worked for a decade at the International Crisis Group, where he was director of the Arab-Israeli Project, covering Israel, the West Bank, Gaza, and regional relations. His journalistic and essayistic approach is characterized by documentary rigor, analytical depth, and the willingness to question the most widespread assumptions about the conflict, both in the political and in the social and human spheres.

His most important works are: A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy (2023), The Only Language They Understand: Forcing Compromise in Israel and Palestine (2017) and his most important awards are General Nonfiction Pulitzer Prize (2024) and Finalist and listed in international awards

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