Isaac Chotiner
Isaac Chotiner is a staff writer at The New Yorker, where he is the principal contributor to Q. & A., a series of interviews with public figures in politics, media, books, business, technology, and more. Before joining The New Yorker, Chotiner was a staff writer at Slate and the host of the podcast “I Have to Ask.” He has written for The New Yorker, the Times, The Atlantic, the Times Literary Supplement, the Washington Post, and the Wall Street Journal. After graduating from the University of California, Davis, Chotiner worked at The Washington Monthly before joining The New Republic, in 2006, as a reporter-researcher. He went on to run the magazine’s online books section and later became a senior editor.
Gaza’s Unexploded-Bomb Crisis
Clearing the territory of ordnance and rubble could pose a challenge unseen since the Second World War.
How Much Aid Is Actually Reaching Gazans?
The chief economist of the U.N.’s World Food Programme on imminent famine and what’s needed to avoid it.
Elliott Abrams and the Contradictions of U.S. Human-Rights Policy
The longtime State Department official and Iran-Contra player on Israel’s war in Gaza and his own record in Latin America.
How Gaza’s Largest Mental-Health Organization Works Through War
Dr. Yasser Abu-Jamei on providing counselling services to Palestinian children: “When relatives are killed, we try somehow to calm the child and then ask questions: What are you going to do tomorrow? What are you going to do the day after tomorrow?”
Inside Israel’s Bombing Campaign in Gaza
The Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham on his investigations of the I.D.F.’s use of A.I.-backed targeting systems and the dire cost to Palestinian civilians.
Why Israel’s Approach to Civilian Casualties May Not Affect U.S. Support
An analyst with the International Crisis Group on how strikes are being carried out in Gaza and whether the Biden Administration is ignoring American laws by continuing to provide Netanyahu with military aid.
Biden’s Increasingly Contradictory Israel Policy
A former State Department official explains the Administration’s sharpening public critique of Israel’s war and simultaneous refusal to “impose a single cost or consequence.”
The Brutal Conditions Facing Palestinian Prisoners
Since the attacks of October 7th, Israel has held thousands of people from Gaza and the West Bank in detention camps and prisons.
Why Biden’s Floating Pier Is Unlikely to Meet Gaza’s Needs
A veteran humanitarian on what it will take to feed civilians in the region.
What a Top U.N. Official Sees on His Weekly Trips to Gaza
James McGoldrick describes the challenges of delivering aid during Israel’s bombardment.
Why America Isn’t Using Its Leverage with Israel
Senator Chris Van Hollen on the catastrophe in Gaza, and his differences with the Biden Administration.
Does the Biden Administration Want a Long-Lasting Ceasefire in Gaza?
More than four months into the war, John Kirby, the National Security Council spokesman, explains why U.S. support for an extended pause in fighting may not translate to an endorsement of an end of hostilities.
The Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza Can Only Get Worse
Trying to project the death toll from Israel’s military campaign over the next six months.
The Trauma of Giving Birth in Gaza
An obstetrician who just returned from the war zone describes what the Israeli bombardment has meant for maternal care.
Trying to Keep His Family Safe in Rafah
As Israel’s military campaign turns to what has become Gaza’s home for displaced civilians, a Palestinian aid worker describes his long journey to the city, and how he talks to his kids about air strikes.
A Pediatrician’s Two Weeks Inside a Hospital in Gaza
No space, no supplies, and harrowing life-and-death decisions.
The Importance of the I.C.J. Ruling on Israel
The court did not order a ceasefire, but its finding that Israel is the subject of “plausible” claims that it is in violation of the Genocide Convention is momentous, an international-law expert says.
How Senate Democrats Are Divided on Israel
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley discusses Bernie Sanders’s failed resolution to condition U.S. military aid to Israel, and his visit to the Gaza border.
How Israel’s Inspection Process Is Obstructing Aid Delivery
Senator Chris Van Hollen describes what he witnessed on the Egypt-Gaza border.
Gaza’s Unexploded-Bomb Crisis
Clearing the territory of ordnance and rubble could pose a challenge unseen since the Second World War.
How Much Aid Is Actually Reaching Gazans?
The chief economist of the U.N.’s World Food Programme on imminent famine and what’s needed to avoid it.
Elliott Abrams and the Contradictions of U.S. Human-Rights Policy
The longtime State Department official and Iran-Contra player on Israel’s war in Gaza and his own record in Latin America.
How Gaza’s Largest Mental-Health Organization Works Through War
Dr. Yasser Abu-Jamei on providing counselling services to Palestinian children: “When relatives are killed, we try somehow to calm the child and then ask questions: What are you going to do tomorrow? What are you going to do the day after tomorrow?”
Inside Israel’s Bombing Campaign in Gaza
The Israeli journalist Yuval Abraham on his investigations of the I.D.F.’s use of A.I.-backed targeting systems and the dire cost to Palestinian civilians.
Why Israel’s Approach to Civilian Casualties May Not Affect U.S. Support
An analyst with the International Crisis Group on how strikes are being carried out in Gaza and whether the Biden Administration is ignoring American laws by continuing to provide Netanyahu with military aid.
Biden’s Increasingly Contradictory Israel Policy
A former State Department official explains the Administration’s sharpening public critique of Israel’s war and simultaneous refusal to “impose a single cost or consequence.”
The Brutal Conditions Facing Palestinian Prisoners
Since the attacks of October 7th, Israel has held thousands of people from Gaza and the West Bank in detention camps and prisons.
Why Biden’s Floating Pier Is Unlikely to Meet Gaza’s Needs
A veteran humanitarian on what it will take to feed civilians in the region.
What a Top U.N. Official Sees on His Weekly Trips to Gaza
James McGoldrick describes the challenges of delivering aid during Israel’s bombardment.
Why America Isn’t Using Its Leverage with Israel
Senator Chris Van Hollen on the catastrophe in Gaza, and his differences with the Biden Administration.
Does the Biden Administration Want a Long-Lasting Ceasefire in Gaza?
More than four months into the war, John Kirby, the National Security Council spokesman, explains why U.S. support for an extended pause in fighting may not translate to an endorsement of an end of hostilities.
The Humanitarian Catastrophe in Gaza Can Only Get Worse
Trying to project the death toll from Israel’s military campaign over the next six months.
The Trauma of Giving Birth in Gaza
An obstetrician who just returned from the war zone describes what the Israeli bombardment has meant for maternal care.
Trying to Keep His Family Safe in Rafah
As Israel’s military campaign turns to what has become Gaza’s home for displaced civilians, a Palestinian aid worker describes his long journey to the city, and how he talks to his kids about air strikes.
A Pediatrician’s Two Weeks Inside a Hospital in Gaza
No space, no supplies, and harrowing life-and-death decisions.
The Importance of the I.C.J. Ruling on Israel
The court did not order a ceasefire, but its finding that Israel is the subject of “plausible” claims that it is in violation of the Genocide Convention is momentous, an international-law expert says.
How Senate Democrats Are Divided on Israel
Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley discusses Bernie Sanders’s failed resolution to condition U.S. military aid to Israel, and his visit to the Gaza border.
How Israel’s Inspection Process Is Obstructing Aid Delivery
Senator Chris Van Hollen describes what he witnessed on the Egypt-Gaza border.