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Israel & Palestine The Jewish Left The Pickle

After Huwara

What happens when the pogroms are by Jews?

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Antisemitism & Antiracism Israel & Palestine 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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Israel & Palestine Israel & Palestine 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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Israel & Palestine Israel & Palestine Jewish Culture 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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Israel & Palestine Israel & Palestine 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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Israel & Palestine Israel & Palestine Report

Water, water everywhere

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

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Israel & Palestine Israel & Palestine Opinion

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.