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Antisemitism & Antiracism Interview Jewish Culture LGBTQ+ Middle East The Pickle UK

Mizrahi stories take centre stage

Victor Esses tells Samantha Ellis how his new show is pushing back against Ashkenormativity in the industry.

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Middle East Palestine-Israel The Pickle

The Nakba never ended

And Britain remains complicit.

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Middle East The Jewish Left The Pickle

After Huwara

What happens when the pogroms are by Jews?

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Antisemitism & Antiracism Middle East Opinion

We must resist Netanyahu’s cynical right-washing of the Holocaust

The Israeli PM’s plans to appoint an anti-Palestinian racist to lead Yad Vashem conveys the danger of particularising the Shoah.

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Middle East Palestine-Israel Report

Palestinians come home for Christmas

69 years after their village was razed on Christmas Eve, these Palestinians are determined not to let the pandemic prevent them from celebrating and mourning on their ancestral land.

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Jewish Culture Middle East Palestine-Israel Review

Can film unteach Hasbara?

A new documentary, screened at the UK Jewish Film Festival this week, considers whether exposure to video footage of the plight of Palestinians can change the hearts and minds of Israel’s fiercest advocates.

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Middle East Palestine-Israel Report The Jewish Left

“Resist”: The political street art of Jerusalem

A reading of the politics written onto the city walls.

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Middle East Palestine-Israel Report

Water, water everywhere

A contest over a spring exposes Israel’s water apartheid.

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Middle East Opinion Palestine-Israel

Israel is in denial about police brutality

Israeli politicians have expressed remorse at Eyad Hallaq’s killing, however it’s clear they view it as an aberration.