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Jonathan Freedland
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This Pesach, the big battles will be with our inner voices
Arguments will rage across the Seder table between different views of the right course for Israel, but the real argument will be within ourselves as we grapple with our own conflicting feelings
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The ICJ ruling has forever changed how it is to be a Jew
The judgment has been widely misunderstood, but it’s futile to argue that point. We will now be seen as a ‘perpetrator’ people rather than as a ‘victim’ people — and not just by cranks
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Amid the anguish of war, a mother’s empathy is powerful
As the parent of a hostage, her trauma is unbearable. But because she is also able to empathise with the other side, she connects with the world beyond Israel and the diaspora
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These are dark times but we mustn’t let fear cloud our judgment
The people on the marches may be naive or even wilfully blind, but that doesn’t mean they are all antisemites
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Netanyahu likes to speak for Jews — but he doesn’t stand up for them
Bibi is sacrificing the Jewish community to serve his own interests
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How Yad Vashem protects the world's Holocaust memories
Israel's largest Shoah centre is investing in a new high security bunker as it responds to new threats
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The crisis in Israel is not just about the State — but the Jewish people
The paradox is that the very issues driving millions to turn away from Israel in despair simultaneously demand we involve ourselves in the country more vigorously than ever
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Boycotting Israel is wrong but this anti BDS bill is not the answer
The legislation aims to promote community cohesion but will pit British Jews against other groups
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Diane Abbott letter shows the hard left still doesn't get it
How could someone with such direct experience of racism show such little understanding of how it affects others?
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Power-hungry Bibi is Israel's biggest threat
Jonathan Freedland makes the case against Netanyahu
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The ranks of Netanyahu's critics are swelling week after week
Groups protesting the Israeli government used to be fringe, now they are being joined by thousands
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Be prepared for the end of Israel as we know it
If you call yourself pro-Israel, then defend it from those who are bent on burning it down
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There’s only one way we should respond to Israel’s far right
It’s easy to knock down the arguments for making clear that diaspora Jews do not support the biogtry of Ben-Gvir and Smotrich — but it’s important that we stand with their opponents
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We must not give up hope that enemies can become friends
It’s easy — and understandable — to be browbeaten by antisemitism. But we need to trust that sometimes people can move, attitudes can shift and positive change can happen
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The Queen's passing reminds us that the Holocaust is going from memory to history
There are fewer and fewer people alive who witnessed the founding event of today's Britain
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The American far right seethes with deep antisemitism
A new book about the storming of Capitol Hill in 2021 provides remarkable reporting of the attitude to Jews in a movement that can genuinely best be described as fascistic
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