‘People are really fired up and angry’: Resisting the Rwanda plan
Vashti speaks to activists fighting detentions, deportations, and the wider “hostile environment”
Vashti speaks to activists fighting detentions, deportations, and the wider “hostile environment”
In supporting Israel’s collective punishment of Gaza's civilians for the heinous acts perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th, Western powers have brazenly dispensed with key pillars of the very same liberal world order they purport to uphold.
Through a British legacy of financial secrecy, the Israeli settler movement has a way to avoid international regulation and sanction.
The Exodus story teaches us that we must never lose sight of our ability to create a better world, no matter how impossible that may seem.
For Israel and its allies, Iran’s attack has ushered in a new political reality in which Palestinians once again fade from view.
Since 7 October, the principal dividing line on Israel-Palestine has been supporting or opposing a ceasefire. For a faction accustomed to taking the middle ground, that has posed a unique dilemma.
Artist, poet and writer Joshua Leon speaks to Vashti about his first solo exhibition on the construction of British Jewish identity.
What a reductive analogy can tell us about the unfolding catastrophe.
The Jewish feminist movement in the UK has left a complicated and contested legacy.
The UN Security Council’s first call for an immediate ceasefire is little more than a nod.
Across the West Bank, Hamas’ 7 October attack has become the latest pretext for accelerating the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians.
Portraits of the activists defying repression and persecution to protest Israel’s bombardment of Gaza.
Transness implores us to know each other again, and again.
A new literary form emerges under genocide.
The materials helping us understand the situation on the ground and the world letting it happen.
Revelations about a ‘masterplan’ for ethnic cleansing have triggered historic protests across Germany. But off the streets, centrists are bending to far-right demands.
The Jewish Left
As Israel’s brutal war on Gaza rages on, we need approaches to Jewishness that reject this violence while claiming visions of religious purpose and shared life, wherever Jews may be.
Palestine-Israel
Exploring the responses of British Muslims and Jews to a new era of mass protest.
History
‘By my death I wish to make the strongest possible protest against the passivity with which the world is permitting the extermination of the Jewish people.’
Culture
Vashti speaks to the hosts of a new podcast exploring what British Jews really think.
The Far Right
Examining the social and political context of Polish MP Grzegorz Braun’s December attack.
Culture
The Museum of London Docklands’ new exhibition 'Fashion City' explores the complex relationship of Jewish migration to the capital's fashion.
Palestine-Israel
Neturei Karta have become the poster children of Jewish anti-Zionism. But under the surface lie some uncomfortable truths.
Culture
Vashti reviews London’s first ever Jewish pantomime.
Jewish Identity
The same commentators who have marketed themselves as authorities on antisemitism are among Britain’s most prominent purveyors of transphobia.
Palestine-Israel
As some Israeli soldiers light Hanukkah candles on the ruins of Palestinian homes in Gaza, we must look to the rich Jewish tradition of opposing tyranny.
Palestine-Israel
Exploring the potential of non-statist forms of Jewish life.
Antisemitism and Anti-Racism
Last weekend’s March Against Antisemitism was in fact a march against solidarity with Palestinians.
The Jewish Left
Documenting an unprecedented mobilisation.
Jewish Identity
In an exclusive excerpt from his new book, rabbi and scholar Shaul Magid examines the hegemony of Zionism in today’s Jewish world and questions whether this is healthy for Jews or Judaism.
Palestine-Israel
As conflation and confusion abound after 7 October, we need clear thinking about antisemitism.
Palestine-Israel
Moshé Machover assesses Israel’s Gaza war in its historical context – and offers a stern warning.