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Sandy Tolan

Sandy Tolan is author of the international bestseller, The Lemon Tree, and most recently, Children of Stone, the Power of Music in a Hard Land. He is associate professor at the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. He blogs at ramallahcafe.com.

Foreign PolicySeptember 13, 2018

Was Oslo Doomed From the Start?

“I remember the nice days where there was peace without agreement. Now we have agreement without peace.”

Sandy Tolan
Arms SpendingOctober 18, 2016

American Weapons Are Blocking True Peace Between Israel and Palestine

Obama’s $38 billion weapons deal is the nail in the coffin for a two-state solution.

Sandy Tolan
MusicApril 30, 2015

A Flute in Palestine: Making Art in an Apartheid State

In this increasingly confined land, art is a vital escape—if you can get the instruments past the checkpoint.

Sandy Tolan
Arms SpendingAugust 12, 2014

How the War in Gaza Could Have Been Avoided

The US and Israel passed on chance after chance to avoid the deadly war in Gaza—and prevent the deaths of thousands.

Sandy Tolan
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Foreign PolicySeptember 22, 2011

As the UN Debates Its Bid for Statehood, Palestine Disappears

Israel’s expansion project in the West Bank and Jerusalem is ensuring that the “nation” that the UN might grant membership will be each day a little smaller, a little less viable, a little less there.

Sandy Tolan