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Jan 24, 2022, 2:31 PM

Jews and Palestinians must be able to ‘count on the rest of us’ for solidarity

Top: Security services outside the Beth Israel Congregation in Texas during the siege. Bottom: The neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in East Jerusalem (Photo: Reuters) via Jewish News.

The act of terror at Beth Israel Congregation in Colleyville, Texas, in which four members of the synagogue, including the Rabbi, were taken hostage, is the stuff of nightmares for Jews around the world, particularly for clergy, charged with the task of guiding and leading our communities. When an...

Sep 30, 2021, 2:57 PM

Why can’t Labour recognise Israel-Palestine is not a conflict of equals?

Keir Starmer addressing LFI

Labour Party conference this week was an important moment for the Jewish community. The Board of Deputies erected a Succah outside the entrance to conference and the JLM hosted a packed-out fringe event, addressed amongst others by Sadiq Khan and Lisa Nandy. Conference passed the...

May 18, 2021, 7:50 PM

A Palestinian flag is not an existential threat to Jewish life

Demonstrators walk through Kensington as they make their way to the Israeli embassy in London, during a march in solidarity with the people of Palestine amid the ongoing conflict with Israel. Picture date: Saturday May 15, 2021. Via Jewish News

Tensions are running high – as they always do – when war breaks out in Israel-Palestine. Over the last few days, the attention of many has shifted away from the region to our own soil here in the UK where we seem to be importing...

Nov 25, 2020, 11:51 AM

Pompeo’s ‘Made in Israel’ cannot also be labelled ‘Sold as Seen’

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make a joint statement after meeting in Jerusalem, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. Photo by: Maya Alleruzzo, Pool Via JINIPIX

The term ‘slash and burn’ seems like the most accurate description of the purpose and impact of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s visit to Israel last week. Not satisfied with Donald Trump’s all-out four-year assault on the norms of engaging in Israel-Palestine, Pompeo’s last...

Feb 21, 2019, 6:09 PM

Netanyahu legitimises Jewish supremacists to keep his job

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (Photo by: JINIPIX / Jewish News)

Last night it was announced that two right-wing parties in Israel – Habayit Hayehudi (the Jewish Home), led by the National Union faction, and Otzma Yehudit (Jewish Power) would merge to run on a joint slate in the upcoming elections in Israel this April. The...

Jan 15, 2017, 1:02 PM

What really motivated Israel’s allies to pass the UN settlement resolution

If one takes a bell-weather reading of Israel’s relationships with some of its closest allies, the lay of the land looks solid. The UK is Israel’s second largest trading partner, the worth of bilateral trade having doubled in the last decade to US$5 billion. In...

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Hannah Weisfeld is Director of Yachad, a pro-Israel pro-peace group in the UK