The U.S. ambassador to Israel has harsh, honest, and long-overdue words about Israeli actions in the West Bank.
Gershom Gorenberg
Gershom Gorenberg is a senior correspondent for the Prospect. His most recent book is War of Shadows: Codebreakers, Spies, and the Secret Struggle to Drive the Nazis From the Middle East. Follow him on Twitter @GershomG.
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