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Boycotts

The Hollywood boycott of Israel is a blow against the prospect of peace

Shutting out Israeli creatives only makes it harder to imagine a secure future for Israelis and Palestinians

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Olivia Colman, one of the Hollywood stars who said they'd boycott Israeli creative institutions (Getty)

Bono just showed celebrities how to criticise Israel without crossing the line

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Mourners lights candles during a vigil outside of the White House for two Israeli embassy workers killed by a Pro-Palestine shooter (Getty)

Blaming Netanyahu for antisemitism is a dangerous cop-out

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Bob Vylan frontman Bobby Vylan led a Glastonbury crowd in chants of 'death, death to the IDF' (Image: Getty)

Glastonbury’s death cult: When ‘progressive’ Britain turns its back on Jews

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Civilians in Tel Aviv and Tehran are facing the same brutal oppressor

Sitting in a bomb shelter in Israel, it’s never been more obvious that Israel’s fight is not with the Iranian people

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June 16, 2025 15:23

Protesters waving a flag of Israel (L) and the pre-revolution flag of Iran march against antisemitism in a Paris street (Getty)

The crowd at Coachella cheered ‘F*** Israel!’ – and no one blinked

This wasn’t radical resistance, it was crowd-pleasing populism.

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April 21, 2025 12:56

Mo Chara from Irish Hip Hop trio Kneecap performs onstage during the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival at Empire Polo Club on April 11, 2025 in Indio, California. (Photo Getty Images)

Meir Kahane can never be the answer to Israel’s woes

Jewish strength can never come from extremism

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February 25, 2025 17:20

Meir Kahane covered in fake blood after a protestor assaulted him in 1986 (Alamy)

We choose humanity even when the costs are high

Hope feels fragile in this broken world, but without it we risk losing hold of who we are

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January 22, 2025 10:18

Supporters and relativeswatching a live television broadcast on the release of Israeli hostages, at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, on January 19 (Getty Images)

When people claim Jesus was Palestinian, they’re not just wrong, they’re erasing Jewish history

UN would call Jesus a Jewish settler if he were alive today

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December 20, 2024 12:11

Baby Jesus on a Keffiyeh nativity scene at the Vatican (Getty)

We can all learn from Wicked, an allegory of Jewish history

Be bold. Be righteous. Be unyielding in the face of lies. Because if Wicked teaches us anything, it is this: silence is complicity.

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November 27, 2024 09:53

US singer Ariana Grande (L) and Nigerian-British actor Cynthia Erivo (R) pose upon arrival for the European Premiere of the film "Wicked" at the Royal Festival Hall in central London on November 18, 2024. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP) (Photo by BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images)

Jews are part of the very fabric of the Middle East

It matters that our people are indigenous. It’s about real history, not an abstract concept

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October 30, 2024 11:25

The Western Wall in Jerusalem (Getty Images)

Being Progressive and Zionist makes sense: So why has Israel lost the left?

The left is being ignored, and that is a dangerous route for us to go down

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October 1, 2024 14:16

Palestinian flags and protest banners at an entrance to UCL in London (Getty Images)

We must come out as Jewish every day and not be scared to show our pride

By embracing our identity with confidence, we honour the memory of those who came before us and lay a solid foundation for those who will come after us

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August 7, 2024 12:22

BERLIN, GERMANY - APRIL 25: Participants wearing a kippah during a "wear a kippah" gathering to protest against anti-Semitism in front of the Jewish Community House on April 25, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. The Jewish community made a public appeal for Jews and non-Jews to attend the event and wear a kippah as a show of solidarity. The effort was sparked by a recent incident in Berlin in which a Syrian Palestinian man berated and struck with his belt a man wearing a kippah. The kippah-wearer was not Jewish, but an Israeli Arab who wore the kippah curious what reaction he might receive while walking in Berlin. In 2017 Germany reportedly recorded 1453 criminal offenses related to anti-Semitism, of which 94 percent were attributed to German citizens. (Photo by Carsten Koall/Getty Images)

It’s entirely wrong to accuse Kamala Harris of not having Israel’s back

Her support for the Jewish state is long-standing and rock solid

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July 24, 2024 08:26

US Vice President Kamala Harris attends Israel's Independence Day Reception, hosted by the Embassy of Israel to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the founding of the State of Israel, at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC, on June 6, 2023. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

We need our Israeli hero: what is Marvel’s end game?

Moviemaking behemoth Marvel has repeatedly taken risks to show audiences a diverse pantheon of superheroes. Now in a cowardly way it has landed on the side of erasure

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July 16, 2024 12:20