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Rachel Avraham is the CEO of the Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy and an Israel-based journalist. She is the author of "Women and Jihad: Debating Palestinian Female Suicide Bombings in the American, Israeli and Arab Media." She has an MA in Middle Eastern Studies from Ben-Gurion University and a BA in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy

Why Vardanyan and Other Armenian prisoners aren’t Hostages

Rachel Avraham

Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy

A New Diplomatic Spat Developing Between Baku and Tehran?

Rachel Avraham

Dona Gracia Center for Diplomacy

The Future of the Greater Middle East Region

Rachel Avraham

Op-Eds

Washington Post Hostile Coverage of Israel, Azerbaijan, Must End

Rachel Avraham

Op-Eds

Iran Hates and Fears the Baloch Minority More than It Does Israel

Rachel Avraham

Russia

Iran Apprehensive at Enhanced Russian-Azerbaijani Relations following Putin’s Baku Visit

Rachel Avraham

Druze

The Druze of Majdal Shams in Desperate Need of Therapy

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Israel and Azerbaijan: A $5 Billion Unlikely Alliance Flourishes

Rachel Avraham

Islamists

French Imam Says Hamas Threatens the Entire World

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia Remains a Distant Dream

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Despite Call for Declaring ‘New Genocide,’ Armenian Colonialist Invaders Are Not Victims

Rachel Avraham

Ukraine

Pope Francis, European Conference, Preach Peace and Respect for the Law to Resolve Ukraine’s...

Rachel Avraham

Terrorism

Who Are the Safest Countries in the World?

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Mulling Reopening Its Embassy in Tehran after Last Year’s Attacker Was Sentenced to...

Rachel Avraham

Op-Eds

The Great Leader and the Jews, an Outstanding Documentary

Rachel Avraham

Op-Eds

Qaradaghli and Khojaly Massacres Were Precursors to October 7

Rachel Avraham

Op-Eds

How Azerbaijan’s Victory in Karabakh Compares to Israel’s War in Gaza

Rachel Avraham

Op-Eds

Why We Must Protest Against Anti-Semitism Worldwide

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Free Webinar Thursday: ‘Israel and Azerbaijan Against Iranian-Backed Radical Religious Terrorism’

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijanis Condemn Hamas Terrorism, Praise Israeli Resilience

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Israeli Journalist Urges Advocating for Azerbaijan, America’s Other Loyal Ally

Rachel Avraham

Jerusalem

Jerusalem’s Armenians Protest ‘Existential Crisis’ over Patriarchate’s Leasing of 25% of Its Land

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Israel and Azerbaijan Enhance Environmental Cooperation Following High-Level State Visits

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s Deputy FM at Herzliya Conference: ‘We Are proud our Country has Zero antisemitism’

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan’s Ambassador to Israel: Both Our Countries Are Worried About Iran

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Inaugurates Its Embassy in Tel Aviv

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Designated Azerbaijani Ambassador Attends Khojaly Memorial Event in Rishon LeZion

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

I joined Azerbaijani Protestors in Vienna Against UN Incompetence

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan Assisting Turkey in Dealing with Massive Earthquake

Rachel Avraham

Azerbaijan

Experts: Attack on Azerbaijani Embassy in Iran an Attempt to Impede Azerbaijan’s Ties with...

Rachel Avraham

Headlines

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Terrorism

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Ukraine

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On Campus / Education

Santa Ana Public Schools Prevented from Teaching Antisemitic Ethnic Studies

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Terrorism

IDF Adds 3 Battalions to Judea and Samaria in Response to Bus Explosions in Metro Tel Aviv

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US

Trump Senior Official Threatens Hamas with ‘Total Annihilation’

Terrorism

3 Buses Detonate in Bat Yam, Holon; Unexploded Ordnance Found on 2 Additional Buses

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