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Vigil
“For a good few minutes I just stood there, like I was waiting for something beautiful and improbable and inconceivable to happen.”
Palestine-Israel
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Patronising Palestine
The adults might be in the room, but the room is turning to rubble.
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Why did the Jewish Chronicle publish fake Israeli intelligence?
Israel’s army suspects fabrications published in the Jewish Chronicle were part of a pro-Bibi influence campaign, while the article’s author is not as he claims.
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Slow violence in action
“I was terrified, thinking he meant guns,” said Lazarus. “After a brief panic, the veteran clarified that he meant a shoot-off with cameras – us filming the settlers while they film us.”
History
How Britain paved the way for a century of Zionist colonialism
"While British support for Zionism is often framed around claims about Jewish safety, the reality is that Britain supported the Zionist movement and issued the Balfour Declaration for its own imperialist aims."
Palestine-Israel
Hasbara is failing. What’s next for Israel’s desperate image war?
As the world increasingly sees through Israel’s propaganda, its steadfast supporters scramble to stick to the narrative.
Culture
Censoring anti-Zionist art isn’t free speech
If it’s diverse perspectives the Board of Deputies wants, they’ll have to accept anti-Zionist art.
Palestine-Israel
In Israel-Palestine and the UK, we are contesting what it means to be Jewish
Across borders, diaspora Jews and Palestinians have been joined to each other. If they cannot survive colonisation, I do not know if we will either.
UK Politics
Labour's Zionism has a past, but should not have a future
Keir Starmer's staunch defence of Israel is no anomaly, but is rather in keeping with a tradition of Zionism with deep roots in the UK’s Labour Party.
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The condition of being hostage
Who counts as a hostage, and what does it mean to be one?
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Campus Dispatch II
It is the end of term at the University of Oxford, but the university’s Palestine solidarity encampment operates on a different timeline.
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.