Maya Ilany, at The Blogs

Aug 8, 2019, 7:05 PM

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict is not a docudrama

Samer Sleiman (Screenshot from Haaretz video)

How far should you go to get a good shot? This week it was revealed that the Israeli security forces planted a gun in the home of an innocent Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem so they could later play out a “search” for that same...

Apr 2, 2019, 11:31 AM

Israel and Gaza: A broken record

Israeli soldiers seen walking next to Merkava tanks that are stationed in an open area near Israel's border with the Gaza Strip on October 19, 2018. (Photo by: JINIPIX via Jewish News)

This week marked one year since the first “Great March of Return” protest in the Gaza Strip which saw thousands of Palestinian demonstrators walking towards the border fence with Israel. One year on, and Israelis and Gazans are no more safe or secure than they...

Aug 20, 2018, 5:29 PM

The example Uri Avnery set was without fear or bias

Uri Avnery meeting with PLO chair Yasser Arafat in Beirut. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, via Jewish News).

“A spiritual and political revolution in a Jewish state that would lead to the formation of a new nation.” In September 1946, this was the ambitious goal of a 23-year-old youngster who had immigrated to Israel from Germany 13 years earlier. Uri Avnery, who died...

Jun 15, 2018, 11:25 AM

What’s stopping Israel from completing the separation barrier?

The Separation Barrier, the construction of which began in 2002, is one of several contributing factors to the fall in terror attacks committed against Israelis since the second Intifada. There is no doubt that the presence of the barrier serves as a partial deterrent, alongside...

About Me

Maya Ilany is the deputy director of Yachad, an organisation that exists to build support in the Anglo-Jewish community for a political resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.