Isaac Chotiner
@ichotiner.bsky.social
New Yorker staff writer and Houston Rockets fan.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Benjamin Netanyahu is “very embarrassed of the fact that Hamas still exists, that Hamas is still the dominant player in Gaza,” a researcher at Tel Aviv University told @ichotiner.bsky.social. “If he could choose, he would prefer to continue the war.”
What Israel and Hamas Actually Want from the Gaza Ceasefire
And how the fantasies and delusions of the major players could torpedo the deal.
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October 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Benjamin Netanyahu is “very embarrassed of the fact that Hamas still exists, that Hamas is still the dominant player in Gaza,” a researcher at Tel Aviv University told @ichotiner.bsky.social. “If he could choose, he would prefer to continue the war.”
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October 16, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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October 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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September 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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September 23, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, talks to @ichotiner.bsky.social about what Democrats might need to do to win the House in 2026—and the Supreme Court case that could have a bigger impact on that election than any redistricting could.
Texas’s Gerrymander May Not Be the Worst Threat to Democrats in 2026
Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, on a consequential Supreme Court case and why Republicans are registering so many new voters.
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September 9, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Nate Cohn, the New York Times’ chief political analyst, talks to @ichotiner.bsky.social about what Democrats might need to do to win the House in 2026—and the Supreme Court case that could have a bigger impact on that election than any redistricting could.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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August 20, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has approved a plan for Israel to take control of Gaza City. @ichotiner.bsky.social talks to Amos Harel, a defense analyst at Haaretz, about the military and political dimensions of Netanyahu’s announcement.
What Is Benjamin Netanyahu Really After?
Amos Harel, a defense analyst at Haaretz, on what’s behind Netanyahu’s push to reoccupy Gaza City, and how the Israeli Prime Minister has changed since the war began.
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August 10, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has approved a plan for Israel to take control of Gaza City. @ichotiner.bsky.social talks to Amos Harel, a defense analyst at Haaretz, about the military and political dimensions of Netanyahu’s announcement.
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August 5, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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July 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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July 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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June 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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June 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Last week, Ehud Olmert, a former Prime Minister of Israel, publicly denounced his successor, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the war that he has been waging in Gaza. In a new Q. & A. with @ichotiner.bsky.social, Olmert elaborates on his criticisms.
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June 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Last week, Ehud Olmert, a former Prime Minister of Israel, publicly denounced his successor, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the war that he has been waging in Gaza. In a new Q. & A. with @ichotiner.bsky.social, Olmert elaborates on his criticisms.
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What Israeli Officials Are Privately Saying About Starvation in Gaza
And how the humanitarian response intersects with Netanyahu’s ability to continue waging war.
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May 22, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Can Josh Hawley deliver for working class? He's got Trump's ear and wants "the biggest tax cut for working families in American history"
- $5,000k child tax credit
- Expand access to mortgage interest, charitable deductions
- Cool w raising taxes on highest earners
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- $5,000k child tax credit
- Expand access to mortgage interest, charitable deductions
- Cool w raising taxes on highest earners
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Josh Hawley’s on a tax mission: Make Republicans working-class-friendly
He may not prevail in the final version of President Donald Trump’s marquee bill. But the party’s purest populist in Congress is sure going to push.
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May 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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“As of today, I think it’s safe to say that all the progress that was achieved during the ceasefire has been reversed.” @ichotiner.bsky.social speaks with a relief worker as starving people in Gaza become increasingly desperate.
“The Situation Now Is So Beyond Imagination”
A relief worker on how, exactly two months since Israel suspended all aid to Gaza, hundreds of thousands of people in the territory have grown desperate for food and are struggling to survive.
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May 2, 2025 at 5:18 PM
“As of today, I think it’s safe to say that all the progress that was achieved during the ceasefire has been reversed.” @ichotiner.bsky.social speaks with a relief worker as starving people in Gaza become increasingly desperate.
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The Biden Official Who Doesn’t Oppose Trump’s Student Deportations
Why the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt blames universities for “opening the door” to the Trump Administration’s professed campaign to tackle antisemitism.
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April 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
New Interview: I talked to the Holocaust historian Deborah Lipstadt, who was Biden’s special envoy on antisemitism, about why she doesn’t oppose some student deportations, and why she wanted to keep some of her comments off the record. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...