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Rafi DeMogge


Rafi DeMogge is the pseudonym of an Israel-based author and researcher who writes on political demography. You can follow him on Twitter @HeTows.

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  1. Response ·

    Status Quoism Is a Temperament, Not an Ideology

    By Rafi DeMogge

    I would like to thank Evelyn Gordon, Robert Satloff, and Calev Ben-Dor for their thoughtful and perceptive responses to my essay on the diplomatic costs of Israeli territorial concessions. Below, I’ll...

    Status Quoism Is a Temperament, Not an Ideology
  2. Response ·

    Maintaining the Status Quo Is a Choice

    By Rafi DeMogge

    In “The Failed Concepts That Brought Israel to October 7,” Shany Mor identifies four factors that made Hamas’s attack on Israel possible: (1) the failed concept of the status quo, (2) the settler move...

    Maintaining the Status Quo Is a Choice
  3. Monthly Essay ·

    To Save Itself from International Isolation, Israel Must Hold On to the West Bank

    By Rafi DeMogge

    The diplomatic case against territorial concessions.

    To Save Itself from International Isolation, Israel Must Hold On to the West Bank
  4. Observation ·

    What the Demographics of Israel’s Fallen Soldiers Reveal about the Country

    By Rafi DeMogge

    Committed to developing and supporting the intellectual, religious, and political leaders of the Jewish people and the Jewish state.

    What the Demographics of Israel’s Fallen Soldiers Reveal about the Country
  5. Response ·

    The Death of Evidence-Based Two-Statism

    By Rafi DeMogge

    One of the most dramatic effects of October 7 is that it turned Palestinian statehood from a remote possibility into an outright impossibility. On that day, supporters of Palestinian statehood, among...

    The Death of Evidence-Based Two-Statism
  6. Response ·

    The Sources and Size of Israeli Polarization

    By Rafi DeMogge

    In my essay “ The Looming War over Israel’s War of Return ,” I predicted that Israel’s immigration regime would become increasingly controversial and politicized. I based this forecast on the underlyi...

    The Sources and Size of Israeli Polarization
  7. Monthly Essay ·

    The Looming War Over Israel’s Law of Return

    By Rafi DeMogge

    Over the coming years, Israel's most famous law will become an object of political gamesmanship and a potential tool for demographic engineering—no matter who will be in power.

    The Looming War Over Israel’s Law of Return