Emanuele Ottolenghi is a political scientist and journalist. He is research fellow in Israel Studies at the Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies and at the Middle East Centre. He teaches Israeli politics and the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict at Oxford University.

Emanuele Ottolenghi lived in Israel for five years, where he was research fellow for Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem and obtained his PhD. in political theory from The Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Emanuele Ottolenghi is a columnist in his native Italy’s Il Foglio, and has also regularly writes (regularly writes or regularly written) for the Guardian, the Jerusalem Post and Newsday. His book Electoral Reform in Israel will be published in 2006.

Recent articles

Anatol Lieven’s misunderstanding of nationalism, inconsistent liberalism, and personal prejudices deform his judgment of the relationship between Israel, the United States, and the Arab world, says Emanuele Ottolenghi.

The failure of successive Israel-Palestine peace initiatives has a deeper root than nationalism or political violence; it derives from the lack of responsibility of the contending parties. In this respect, the current roadmap shares the defect of its predecessors. The challenge of the region is to end dependence both on outside forces and the illusion of a ‘solution’, and to understand that the way ahead lies within and between the combatants themselves.