Gilad Perez, at The Blogs

Dec 14, 2023, 11:03 AM

How hostage Ofir became breaking news in Holland

At Schneider Children's Hospital, where Ofir stayed for nearly a week, Jucha Engel looks back on those months between hope and fear. A "second holocaust," he calls that particular Saturday, October 7, when his Ofir was kidnapped along with...

Nov 29, 2023, 11:13 AM

Cease-fire brings temporary calm to Gaza

With packed donkeys and children in their arms, Palestinians returned home last weekend. But for Gazans from Gaza City, where most of the population lives, that was impossible because of the Israeli presence in the north. On Friday morning,...

Nov 28, 2023, 12:41 AM

Lack of workers in Israel affects economy

"I was the first one to be shot in my knee. I thought I was hit with stones," said Katchakorn Pudtason, a Thai farm worker who was injured on October 7th, at the Bangkok airport. Pudtason can still tell...

Nov 16, 2023, 11:43 AM

Tensions rise further in northern Israel

When the Israeli TV in the corner of the screen turns orange, it means an alarm in a particular area. Usually Israeli kibbutzim near the Gaza Strip are noted, such as Be'eri or Kissufim. But in recent days, the...

Nov 12, 2023, 12:51 PM

Pressure to release hostages increases

Thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday night to demand a return of at least 239 hostages held by Hamas. November 11th, 2023 (Gilad Perez)

In the heart of Tel Aviv, at Dizengoff Square, the hostages are everywhere: on flyers, in the light of candles and in the thoughts of bystanders. The central fountain has become one of many memorials to the at least...

Oct 24, 2023, 1:09 AM

‘We cannot resolve this conflict ourselves’

Many innocent civilians have been killed in recent weeks. Israeli women, children and elderly; Palestinian women, children and elderly. They have been buried and their relatives remain plunged in grief for the time being. Some are boiling with anger...

Oct 19, 2023, 7:31 PM

The suffering of the other is rarely covered

'War on Gaza' and 'Israel at war', two statements on the screens of two news channels, the Arabic Al Jazeera and the Hebrew N12 News. The two headlines are in bold letters, drawing how Arab and Hebrew news channels...

Oct 17, 2023, 12:06 PM

On the evacuation flight to the Netherlands

The Dutch government's repatriation flight. © DPG/Gilad Perez

A Dutch flag, staff wearing orange vests, and clogs at the desk. That's what Dutch evacuees should look for on Saturday at the Tel Aviv airport. Upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport, the delegations from Mexico and France must...

Oct 12, 2023, 10:16 PM

Everyone in Tel Aviv assists the army

Cookies, deodorant, socks, and many other products the Tel Aviv apartment complex residents collect. They are intended for their heroes who have left for the front. One resident, who does not want her name in the newspaper, says she...

Oct 11, 2023, 1:07 PM

Arab Israelis about conflict: ‘I just want peace’

Restaurant in the city center of Jaffa during the war with Hamas. October 8, 2023 (Gilad Perez)

Mohammed Baker (40) is one of the few on the streets this Sunday afternoon in Jaffa, the Arab port town next to Tel Aviv. Together with his mother, he is having lunch in an abandoned restaurant. The war has...

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As a freelance journalist in Tel Aviv, Gilad closely follows developments in Israel and the Palestinian territories. He does this for the Dutch daily Algemeen Dagblad and various other outlets. He attaches great importance to journalistic concepts such as independence and objectivity.

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