Nicky Blackburn

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Mar 27, 2025, 11:20 AM

My son just joined the army. Why doesn’t the government care?

New recruits board a bus at the IDF enlistment center in Tel Hashomer. (Nicky Blackburn)

I need to know that my beautiful boys are not pawns who are put in danger to keep a prime minister in charge and out of jail. Instead, I feel betrayed

Sep 17, 2014, 11:04 AM

To dip where no-one has dipped before

Armed with a bag of apples and a jar of honey ISRAEL21c set out across Israel recently to find some of the more extreme places that people enjoy their New Year traditions. After a summer of conflict with Gaza, and...

Mar 9, 2014, 10:25 AM

Hell yeah, Tel Aviv is happy

Tel Aviv is happy (Youtube screenshot)

One way to get Pharrell's infectious song out of your head - dancing around Tel Aviv

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Nicky Blackburn is a journalist who has lived and worked in Israel for over 30 years.