Danielle Bett, at The Blogs

Jan 4, 2022, 2:47 PM

Emma Watson and Palestinian flags aren’t the enemy

Two states means two flags: Palestinian identity must not be demonised This week, Emma Watson’s Instagram showed a post which read ‘solidarity is a verb’. In the background, you can see a Palestinian protest containing some banners and Palestinian flags. The post’s caption contained the...

Nov 25, 2021, 2:30 PM

Silence on settler violence is no longer an option

Settlers throw stones at police in Amona outpost in the West Bank (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) via Jewish News

Last weekend we were presented with two very different images of Jews in the West Bank. The first, of Rabbi Arik Ascherman, with blood pouring down his face as a result of a violent settler attack. The second, of an unnamed settler – throwing rocks...

Sep 24, 2021, 2:28 PM

Moving beyond ‘pro’ and ‘anti’ Israel camps for real change

Layla Moran in the Commons (via Jewish News)

It’s time we move past empty statements on Israel, selecting “pro” and “anti” camps as if the Middle East was a board game, not a real place with people, desperate for real change. This week at the Liberal Democrat conference, a motion was adopted which...

Mar 3, 2021, 12:33 PM

In Anas Sarwar, the Scottish Jewish community has a friend

Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar in the Garden Lobby at the Scottish Parliament in Holyrood, Edinburgh. Picture date: Tuesday March 2, 2021.

Over the past few years, Anas Sarwar MSP has become a well-known name to Jewish communal leaders and organisations in Scotland, thanks to his consistent and active allyship in the fight against antisemitism. He’s done so by reaching out, working proactively with our community, and...

Oct 28, 2020, 6:22 PM

Acknowledging other people’s trauma does not erase our own

People take part in a Black Lives Matter protest in Trafalgar Square, London, following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, US, this week (Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire via Jewish News)

The Black community has existed in societies where their historic and structural suffering is at best, ignored, and at worst, celebrated as a white victory. Black history is an essential and inseparable part of our history. As a community, I believe that we ought to...

About Me

Danielle is Scottish Israeli, and has a degree in International Relations and Spanish from St Andrews University. She is currently Yachad’s Director of Communications, and previously worked with the JLC as their Scotland Manager