David Merhav

David Merhav, Graduate student at Tel Aviv University, formerly journalist and Op-Ed columnist in Makor Rishon weekly.

Hamas members

Who is afraid of Hamas? Another military round is inevitable

US President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, September 26, 2018

Why Trumpism is here to stay

A bag of UNRWA cement found in an Islamic Jihad terror tunnel

The death agonies of UNRWA and the refugee problem


Idlib waits between massacre and diplomatic solution

The big question is, what will be the future of millions of innocent people who live in Idlib and depend on the diplomatic maneuvers of Moscow, Ankara and Tehran?

A child waits in a bus, evacuating fighters and civilians from the two besieged Shi'ite towns of al-Foua and Kefraya in the mainly rebel-held northwestern province of Idlib, to cross to Turkey from the Syrian-Turkish border crossing of Bab al-Hawa, December 28, 2015. Under the deal, the fighters fro

Toward an ‘Arab Fall’ in Syria

It seems that the Arab Fall in Syria will be marked by an Iranian presence with tight control over the Syrian economy.

A civil defence member ('White Helmet') runs at a site hit by an airstrike in the rebel held besieged Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria

Viewpoint: Zionism and the one-state idea

Shimon Peres and Menachem Begin chat at the inaugural session of the 10th Knesset in 1981

You can’t ignore the history, Mr. Prime Minister


Italy and the decay of European liberalism

Those who desire to save the liberal project in Europe and in America must release themselves from the bonds of the past; today more than ever, their people have nothing to lose but their chains.

An activist wears a cutout of Silvio Berlusconi a day after Italy's elections, March 2018

The Ghouta massacre and the West's failure

The innocent people in eastern Ghouta pay the price for the inability of the imperialist powers, the US and Russia, to reach an agreement that would end the bloodbath.

Mass destruction in eastern Ghouta

The coming general elections: Let the boys fight!


The Kushner Affair: Jerusalem's Credibility On Stake


The Gush Katif Lesson and the Asylum Seekers


The crooked timber of the one-state solution

The one-state solution is becoming popular, however the need for a viable solution to the conflict requires the rejection of simplistic formulas and adherence to the idea of dividing the country.

Palestinian protesters wave Palestinian flags as Israelis carrying Israeli flags walk past in front of the Damascus Gate outside Jerusalem's Old City