Lee Mordechai

Lee Mordechai is a senior lecturer in the Department of History at the Hebrew University.

Recent Articles
Palestinians line up to receive meals from the World Central Kitchen in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, March 16, 2025. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Weaponizing starvation, Israel seeks full control over Gaza aid distribution
The acute hunger crisis in the Strip is part of a deliberate Israeli strategy to cripple Hamas’ governance capabilities and banish humanitarian groups.
By Lee Mordechai and Liat Kozma March 26, 2025
Palestinians injured in an Israeli airstrike brought to Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, in the Gaza Strip, August 26, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
A war on hospitals is a war on civilians: Israel’s fatal blow to health in Gaza
Two documents outline the scale of destruction upon Gaza’s health system and medical workers, threatening the very possibility of sustaining life in the Strip.
By Liat Kozma and Lee Mordechai November 1, 2024
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  2. Why everything Israelis think they know about Iran is wrong
  3. Netanyahu’s Iran gambit aimed to realign the world behind Israel. It may backfire
  4. Israel's greatest threat isn't Iran or Hamas, but its own hubris
  5. With Iran war as pretext, Israel suffocates the West Bank
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  2. Why Israel's demand for Hamas to disarm is a red herring
  3. How Kahanism found its way into the Israeli political mainstream
  4. ‘She’s dying in front of my eyes’: The Gazan children starving under Israeli siege
  5. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
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  2. 'We've killed so many children — it's hard to argue with that'
  3. ‘She’s dying in front of my eyes’: The Gazan children starving under Israeli siege
  4. ‘Render it unusable’: Israel’s mission of total urban destruction
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