Samuel J. Hyde
Samuel J. Hyde is a South African-Israeli writer on Israel and the Middle East based out of Tel Aviv. He began his career studying the rise of Nazism at the Holocaust and Genocide Center and is currently a fellow at the Jewish People Policy Institute based in Jerusalem. Over the years, he has worked in various research institutes such as the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education, the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, and UN Watch, and edited Dr. Einat Wilf's We Should All Be Zionists.
Revolution against Israel, US, and the West binds progressives to Iran - opinion
How did Israel establish democracy? The answer is Jewish cultural tradition - opinion
Islamism: The Left’s moral black hole - opinion
Post-Assad Syria: The end of Baathism and the rise of Islamism - opinion
Perhaps Abu Mohammed al-Julani will defy the grim precedent, maybe he will break away from Salafi jihadism and break the cycle that has consumed countless others.
Hilltop Youth, Hardal: The anti-Zionist Jews threatening Israel - opinion
These fundamentalist Jewish groups twist Jewish tradition into an abominable chimera, mixing biblical literalism, ethno-nationalism, and theological obsessions similar Evangelical Christians.
Israel's path forward: Embracing the Jewish heritage of secularism - opinion
If the secular front in Israel wants to gain increased political support, it will need to begin not by stating what it is, but by defining who it is.
Psychological warfare: Hamas wants to turn Israel against itself - opinion
Through their brutality, its operatives reopened all the Jewish people’s collective scars – and they did so deliberately. Thus, their aim is to turn the war into a psychological war against ourselves
Settler goals can't coexist with a Jewish-majority democracy - opinion
The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin sent a message to the liberal front: Peace with your neighbors means war with your brothers.
Israel's new haredi draft exemption proposal is an ethical travesty
Controversy looms over lowering the age of military exemption for Israel's yeshiva students.
Axis of Arab renaissance and the Jewish state - opinion
While the move to make peace with the Jewish state was certainly not welcomed in every corner of the broader Middle East, it was also not rejected.
In a secular Israel, liberal American Jews will have no problem - opinion
These Jews, accustomed to the American tradition of religion in the service of liberal values and progress, believe that the Jewish religion could play a different role in Israel.
