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Aurele Aaron Tobelem

Jul 5, 2024, 3:32 PM

Poisoning the Well: Anti-Zionism and the Myth of Permanent Enmity

“The Jewish movement is national and not imperialist interested parties have been able to make capital out of what they call our differences.” Cynics might roll their eyes at this quote which appears to have been lifted from an...

Nov 21, 2023, 1:01 AM

King’s College London Delays in Condemning Hamas

Protest organised by KCL Students for Justice for Palestine, November 2023 (Aurele Tobelem)

The ongoing geo-political events of the 7th October 2023 which transpired in Israel and Gaza have provoked an international reaction of shock, anger, and panic. The infiltration of Hamas forces from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel and the...

Feb 7, 2023, 10:04 PM

Why SJPs Are Wrong About Yoseph Haddad

In the past week, Israeli-Arab activist Yoseph Haddad has been giving lectures on life in Israel as an Arab to interested communities across London as part of a partnered venture with StandWithUs UK. Haddad's tour has been met with...

Jan 29, 2023, 7:16 PM

Israeli-Palestinian Violence Threatens Diplomatic Progress

Juxtaposed Palestine & Israel flags with intermediate blurred zone (WikiMedia Commons/Yellowblood)

Once again, hostilities have resumed in Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza. In the wake of an IDF raid on operatives of a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terror cell in the Jenin refugee camp which left 7 gunmen and...

Dec 29, 2022, 4:50 AM

Lighting the Way Forward: Hanukkah And Morocco

Close-up of a Hanukkah menorah [Licensed under CC-BY-2.0]

In recent years, the progress made by the Abraham Accords has demonstrated the willingness of leaders within the Muslim world, more specifically the Arab world, to work towards mutual benefit and normalization of relations with Israel. My personal experience...

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Aurele Tobelem is an undergraduate History student at King's College London. A Sephardi Jew of French-Moroccan origin, he is predominantly concerned with exploring and documenting Jewish relations in the Middle East and North Africa. Formerly the President of the KCL Israel Society (2023-24), he is currently the Middle East Editor at the King's Geopolitics Forum and a Youth Advocate for Harif UK.

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