Nathan Thrall
An immersive storyteller, Nathan Thrall paints broad pictures with small details.
Nathan Thrall is a celebrated journalist who lives and works in Jerusalem and has reported widely on the conflicts in the region.
Winner of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, Nathan Thrall is a vital speaker helping audiences understand the Israel-Palestine conflict on a human level. Thrall is a Jewish American journalist living in Jerusalem whose work has been cited by the United Nations Security Council, General Assembly, and Human Rights Council, as well as in reports by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, among others. His commentary is often featured in print and broadcast media, including the Associated Press, BBC, CNN, Democracy Now!, The Economist, Financial Times, The Guardian, The New York Times, PRI, Reuters, Time, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. He spent a decade at the International Crisis Group, where he was director of the Arab-Israeli Project.
Thrall crafts exceptional works of creative nonfiction that weave creative liberty with extensive research, giving much-needed emotional dimension to headlines. As a speaker, he is able to guide audiences to moral clarity, understanding, and empathy through intensely charged political times. He lives in Jerusalem with his wife and two daughters.
“Thrall is one of the few writers who can combine vivid storytelling with in-depth analysis.”
—The New York Times
Trinity Says
“Nathan is incredibly intelligent, courageous and fair. We need more writers like him.”
Expertise
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict
- Journalism & international affairs
- Life in the Jewish state
Video Highlight
“It was a very slow process for me of learning and unlearning.”