Travelling the Arab World: Lebanon
Sitting on the Mediterranean Sea and bordering Israel and Syria, Lebanon has an incredibly rich, but volatile history. The town of Byblos, just north of Beirut is one of the…
Travels around the Arab world: Jordan
Jordan is one of the lesser known Arab nations, and as such often flies under the radar of Western attention. As a country bordered by Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and…
Prince William’s Israel visit is long overdue
On June 25th, Prince William touched down at Ben Gurion Airport where he would be beginning what is the royal family’s first ever official visit to Israel. In her 65…
Why is there a price placed on life in Gaza?
The Guardian recently reported that the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza has removed an eight-month-old baby from a list of people killed by the Israel Defence Forces on the Gaza…
Supporting Gaza? Better be for the right reasons
Whilst scrolling through my Facebook I came across a post from an old school friend. It contained an appeal hoping to raise money for the Palestinians who had died in…
Israel is at the mercy of mainstream media’s prejudice
Israel is wrongly depicted by the media as the clear and sole culprit of Palestinian suffering. Coverage on the Hamas-orchestrated protests along the Gaza border this week was no exception….
Stop thinking of Jews in platitudes
One thing that always astounds me is that people, clever, enlightened, stupid people, think that to be Jewish is to be Israeli, or support Israel, or come from Israel, and…
Anti-racist, anti-facist, anti-Semite? Millennials have forgotten the Holocaust
In one of the most disgusting cases of antisemitism we have seen in recent years, Mireille Knoll, an 85-year old French Holocaust survivor, was stabbed 11 times, then burned to…
University ‘Safe Spaces’ will never be completely impartial
It has been at least two years since King’s College London Student Union (KCLSU) began to employ Safe Space Marshals. Their role was created to implement the university’s eponymous Safe…
Who decides what we read about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict?
Like most, I receive my daily world news from Facebook, whether it be suggested articles or shared posts from friends. My newsfeed as a result is often filled with Human…
Are you an anti-semite?
Criticising Israel is a risky business. There is a delicate line marking the distinction between anti-Semitism and the condemnation of Israeli policy. Without questioning your right to form opinions on…
You should be a Zionist
What is Zionism? You tell me. Politically speaking, we’ve never been a more outspoken society. Israel, Palestine and the Middle Eastern conflict being among the most divisive issues. The word…
The legal case for Israel is a myth
You will be well aware of one of the frequent arguments in the arsenal of the supporters of Israel (and proponents of its right to exist) is that the United…