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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This Pesach, the big battles will be with our inner voices

President Joan Donoghue (C), and other judges in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) take their seats prior to the hearing on the genocide case against Israel, brought by South Africa, in The Hague on January 11, 2024. South Africa hopes that a landmark "genocide" case against Israel at the UN's top court on Januray 11, will seek to compel Israel to halt its military operations in Gaza, where more than 23,000 Palestinians have been killed according to the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry. (Photo by Remko de Waal / ANP / AFP) / Netherlands OUT (Photo by REMKO DE WAAL/ANP/AFP via Getty Images)

The ICJ ruling has forever changed how it is to be a Jew

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Rachel Goldberg-Polin addresses the press at the United Nations Headquarters on October 24, 2023

Amid the anguish of war, a mother’s empathy is powerful

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Demonstrators take part in a protest inside Charing Cross station following the 'London Rally For Palestine', in central London on November 4, 2023, as they call for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

These are dark times but we mustn’t let fear cloud our judgment

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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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September 28, 2023 11:14

Netanyahu likes to speak for Jews — but he doesn’t stand up for them

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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August 17, 2023 15:57

How Yad Vashem protects the world's Holocaust memories

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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August 10, 2023 10:23

The crisis in Israel is not just about the State — but the Jewish people

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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June 22, 2023 10:45

The phrase " Stop genocide against uyghurs " on a banner in men's hand. Human holds a cardboard with an inscription. Communism. Totalitarianism. Kill. Prison. Colonies. Control. Discrimination. Rights

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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April 25, 2023 10:21

NORTHAMPTON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 10: Labour Party Leader Jeremy Corbyn and Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott take questions after a speech setting out his agenda on October 10, 2019 in Northampton, England. Jeremy Corbyn has promised a Labour government would hold a Brexit referendum soon after winning a general election. (Photo by Darren Staples/Getty Images)

Power-hungry Bibi is Israel's biggest threat

Jonathan Freedland makes the case against Netanyahu

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March 23, 2023 09:56

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) sits next to Interior and Health Minister Aryeh Deri during a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem, on January 8, 2023. (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN / POOL / AFP) (Photo by RONEN ZVULUN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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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March 16, 2023 12:35

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 19, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/POOL ***POOL PICTURE, EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES, PLEASE CREDIT THE PHOTOGRAPHER AS WRITTEN - YOAV DUDKEVITCH/POOL*** *** Local Caption *** ישיבת ממשלה ראש הממשלה נתניהו משרד קבינט מדבר שרים

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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January 26, 2023 09:52

Be prepared for the end of Israel as we know it

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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December 8, 2022 12:50

Israeli right wing Knesset member Itamar ben Gvir (L) and Bezalel Smotrich (R) are pictured during the swearing in ceremony of the new Israeli government at the Knesset (Israeli parliament) in Jerusalem, on November 15, 2022. - Israel swore in a new parliament today hours after a deadly attack, as veteran hawk Benjamin Netanyahu advances talks on forming what could be the country's most right-wing government ever. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo / POOL / AFP) (Photo by MAYA ALLERUZZO/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

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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October 20, 2022 11:31

We must not give up hope that enemies can become friends

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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September 13, 2022 15:14

LOHHEIDE, GERMANY - JUNE 26: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh lay a wreath at the inscription wall during their visit of the concentration camp memorial at Bergen-Belsen on June 26, 2015 in Lohheide, Germany. The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh viewed the grave of Anne Frank, before they met two survivors of the camp and as well as two liberators. This is the final day of a four day state visit, which is their first to Germany since 2004. (Photo by Julian Stratenschulte - Pool/Getty Images)

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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September 1, 2022 13:28

The American far right seethes with deep antisemitism

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Jonathan Freedland

Latest from Jonathan Freedland

This Pesach, the big battles will be with our inner voices

The ICJ ruling has forever changed how it is to be a Jew

Amid the anguish of war, a mother’s empathy is powerful

These are dark times but we mustn’t let fear cloud our judgment

More from Jonathan Freedland

Netanyahu likes to speak for Jews — but he doesn’t stand up for them

How Yad Vashem protects the world's Holocaust memories

The crisis in Israel is not just about the State — but the Jewish people

Boycotting Israel is wrong but this anti BDS bill is not the answer

Diane Abbott letter shows the hard left still doesn't get it

Power-hungry Bibi is Israel's biggest threat

The ranks of Netanyahu's critics are swelling week after week

Be prepared for the end of Israel as we know it

There’s only one way we should respond to Israel’s far right

We must not give up hope that enemies can become friends

The Queen's passing reminds us that the Holocaust is going from memory to history

The American far right seethes with deep antisemitism