Yagil Levy

Yagil Levy is a professor of political sociology and public policy at the Open University of Israel. His most recent book in English is: Whose Life Is Worth More? Hierarchies of Risk and Death in Contemporary Wars.

Articles by Yagil Levy
People gather near a car used by the U.S.-based aid group World Central Kitchen, which was hit by an Israeli strike the previous day.
People gather near a car used by the U.S.-based aid group World Central Kitchen, which was hit by an Israeli strike the previous day.

How a Culture Shift in the Israeli Military Helps Explain Gaza’s Death Toll
Analysis
Yagil Levy
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (back) greets U.S. President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (back) greets U.S. President Joe Biden upon his arrival at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion Airport.

Why Israel Needs America’s Tough Love
Argument
Yagil Levy
A group of man stand in a rocky field. An Israeli soldier wearing green military fatigues reaches out to push a hand against the chest of another man, who wears a red T-shirt and baseball cap as he gestures toward his own head. The man in red is flanked by two other men dressed casually in blue shirts, and all four seem to be speaking intensely.
A group of man stand in a rocky field. An Israeli soldier wearing green military fatigues reaches out to push a hand against the chest of another man, who wears a red T-shirt and baseball cap as he gestures toward his own head. The man in red is flanked by two other men dressed casually in blue shirts, and all four seem to be speaking intensely.

Lines Increasingly Blurred Between Soldiers and Settlers in the West Bank
Analysis
Yagil Levy
AFP/Getty images
AFP/Getty images

Could an Israeli attack on Iran promote peace?
The Middle East Channel
Yagil Levy

Israel’s Rough Draft
In Other Words
Yagil Levy
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