Oren Kessler
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Oren Kessler

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Oren Kessler is an author based in Tel Aviv and Washington. A Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he was previously deputy director for research at Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, research fellow at the Henry Jackson Society in London, Arab affairs correspondent for the Jerusalem Post, and an editor and translator at Haaretz English edition. In 2026-2027 he will serve as Goldman Visiting Professor at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service.

Born in Rochester, New York, he holds a BA in history from the University of Toronto and an MA in diplomacy and conflict studies from Reichman University. Kessler’s work has appeared in media outlets such as Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Politico.

Palestine 1936, his first book, was named winner of the 2024 Sami Rohr Prize, among the Wall Street Journal's 10 Best Books of 2023, a Booklist best book of the year, and finalist for a National Jewish Book Award and the American Library Association's Sophie Brody Medal.
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    • Palestine 1936

    • The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict
    • Written by: Oren Kessler
    • Narrated by: Shawn K. Jain
    • Length: 9 hrs and 12 mins
    • Release date: 2024-02-06
    • Language: English
    • 3 ratings

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