UK Politics
‘What pushed me to run was Gaza, to be honest’
Vashti speaks with Andrew Feinstein, the independent parliamentary candidate running for Keir Starmer’s seat
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Palestine-Israel
To those who are afraid – reflect on the roots of your fear
Zionism depends on a terrified diaspora. But a Jewish ethnostate that subjugates Palestinians in our name does not make anyone safe.
Jewish Identity
'Even now, I’m unpicking the indoctrination': Growing up in a Zionist youth movement
Vashti speaks to former Jewish youth leaders who have struggled to reconcile their values with their Zionist education.
The Pickle
We Are Not Numbers: Refusing Gaza’s dehumanisation
An exhibition reminds us that with every Palestinian life lost, there were mothers who cooked, students who learned and children who swam.
The Pickle
Live from the Oxford encampment
"We camp to show the world that we will not accept business as usual."
Palestine-Israel
‘I am the saddest, angriest, most disappointed Jew in the world’
An interview with Holocaust survivor Marione Ingram.
The Pickle
‘People are really fired up and angry’: Resisting the Rwanda plan
Vashti speaks to activists fighting detentions, deportations, and the wider “hostile environment”.
Palestine-Israel
Gaza and the erosion of the rules-based international order: A conversation with Carne Ross
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.
The Pickle
The expropriation playbook: Offshore finance and the Israeli settler movement
Through a British legacy of financial secrecy, the Israeli settler movement has a way to avoid international regulation and sanction.
Jewish Identity
Sometimes we win
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.
The Pickle
Tracing the apocalypse
For Israel and its allies, Iran’s attack has ushered in a new political reality in which Palestinians once again fade from view.
The Pickle
Six months of liberal Zionist doublethink
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.