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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · 1d

"People will only really understand what’s happened in Gaza after the genocide stops; it is far beyond what we know, both in terms of the casualties and the atrocities committed."

The Hind Rajab Foundation on the long road ahead for accountability. www.vashtimedia.com/hind-rajab-f...

“It’s a task for a whole generation”: how the Hind Rajab Foundation pursues Israeli war criminals around the world

A conversation with HRF chairman Dyab Abou Jahjah

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · 2d

In this week’s Pickle, editor Evan Robins sits down with @aboujahjah.bsky.social, chairman of the @hindrajabfoundation.be
, to hear about the organisation’s efforts to prosecute individual perpetrators of genocide. vashtimedia.com/hind-rajab-f...

“It’s a task for a whole generation”: how the Hind Rajab Foundation pursues Israeli war criminals around the world

A conversation with HRF chairman Dyab Abou Jahjah

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · 13d

Israel targeted Al-Helou hospital in Gaza City with two missiles. "Its forces are targeting the region’s remaining healthcare infrastructure", Vashti writes. Read the full article, including recent updates from Doctors Against Genocide, here: vashtimedia.com/israel-is-ra...

Israel is rapidly destroying Gaza’s hospitals

Collapse is imminent.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · 16d

In this week’s Pickle, Vashti’s editors provide an overview of the impending devastation of Gaza’s last remaining hospitals. vashtimedia.com/israel-is-ra...

Israel is rapidly destroying Gaza’s hospitals

Collapse is imminent.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · 23d

"Apart, Corbyn and Sultana have long demonstrated their commitment to the political principles that Your Party was meant to stand for. But together they’ve created a mess. Enough." vashtimedia.com/your-party-d...

We all deserve better than the Your Party debacle

A deeply embarrassing day for the left.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Aug 29

Originally published in @derspekter.bsky.social , this week's Pickle lets @jewitches.bsky.social imploring of the Left to claim back Judaism from the far right, resonate across the Atlantic in time for the High Holidays.

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Why the Left should embrace Jewish tradition

We cannot cede religion to the far right.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Aug 8

"As the forces of capital and geopolitical influence converge on world football, the sport has become a symbol of the changing locus of power in the international system."

Matthew Gordon with a parable in today's Pickle. vashtimedia.com/a-parable-of...

A parable of the Magpies

How Saudi investment in Newcastle football club might teach Britons to let go of their main character syndrome

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Aug 4

"I keep thinking that there must have been a mistake, or that Awdah will show up at a protest demanding the return of his own body."

Rabbi Aron Wander writes in memory of Awdah Hathaleen.

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Solidarity, Commitment & Struggle: In Memory of Awdah Hathaleen

"I keep thinking that there must have been a mistake, or that Awdah will show up at a protest demanding the return of his own body."

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Aug 1

"In other words: Palestinians will only be granted the right to self-determination if they also continue to be blown up. They must buy statehood with their lives."

@francescanwtn.bsky.social on the conditions of Keir Starmer's plans in this week's Pickle. vashtimedia.com/conditional-...

Conditional humanity

Making two of the necessary steps towards justice mutually exclusive is strange politics.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 28

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Don't Let Us Feel Alone

by Awdah Hathaleen

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 28

“So please, don't forget us. Always remember us, keep protesting and raising your voices for us, don't let us feel alone. It's the worst feeling ever. Be with us, with justice, and with humanity.”

Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 28

We are devastated and enraged by the murder of Awdah Hathaleen by Israeli settler Yinon Levi earlier today. Awdah was a writer, teacher, and activist in his village of Umm al-Khair in Masafer Yatta, and a friend of Vashti Media. May his words resound through the entire world:

Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 25

“From weapons to pensions to charities to the stock exchange to the media, there is no part of this society … not completely enmeshed in and profiting from the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza”, writes Vashti editor Evan Robins in this week's Pickle. vashtimedia.com/trading-with...

Trading with impunity

The Israeli stock market is at historic highs as the country enacts forced starvation. The UK wants its share of the profits.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 18

"Civic participation is a way to be counted but not, anymore, enough to be heard."

Vashti editor Asha Sumroy on 16 and 17 year-olds in England being awarded suffrage in this week's Pickle.

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The youth shall see visions

Good thing they know that direct action, not just a vote, brings visions about.

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BISA at Birkbeck @bisa-bkk.bsky.social · Jul 14

Read BISA's David Feldman @dmf101.bsky.social‬, @bengidley.bsky.social and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social in @vashtimedia.bsky.social ‬on how Jewish politics is in flux and why Jewish people and Jewish organisations should build the widest possible anti-racist coalition.

Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 11

"We are in a historical moment in which key parts of the Jewish community are shifting: a moment in which the possibility of a politics of horizontal solidarity can be glimpsed."

@dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social, and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social reply. vashtimedia.com/against-poli...

Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover

The authors of Facing antisemitism argue for embracing the shifting ground of the Jewish community.

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Lia Na’ama ten Brink @lntenbrink.bsky.social · Jul 11

Great piece and glad Vashti has published this exchange

Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 11

"We are in a historical moment in which key parts of the Jewish community are shifting: a moment in which the possibility of a politics of horizontal solidarity can be glimpsed."

@dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social, and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social reply. vashtimedia.com/against-poli...

Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover

The authors of Facing antisemitism argue for embracing the shifting ground of the Jewish community.

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Ben Lorber @benlorber8.bsky.social · Jul 11

“We are in a historical moment in which key parts of the Jewish community are shifting: a moment in which the possibility of a politics of horizontal solidarity can be glimpsed.”

Brilliant Left meditation on fighting antisemitism in Britain

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Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover

The authors of Facing antisemitism argue for embracing the shifting ground of the Jewish community.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 11

"We are in a historical moment in which key parts of the Jewish community are shifting: a moment in which the possibility of a politics of horizontal solidarity can be glimpsed."

@dmf101.bsky.social, @bengidley.bsky.social, and @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social reply. vashtimedia.com/against-poli...

Against political purity: A reply to Eli Machover

The authors of Facing antisemitism argue for embracing the shifting ground of the Jewish community.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 8

“The importance of all this spreads far beyond New York City. Worldwide, the false invocation of 'antisemitism' to throttle pro-Palestine voices as well as the left generally has put the entire notion of free speech in crisis” writes Ari Paul. vashtimedia.com/zohran-mamda...

The pro-Israel establishment couldn't tarnish Zohran Mamdani. Will this time be different from all other times?

A tidal wave of abuse is in motion. Mamdani can still prevail.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 4

In this week's Pickle, editor Kate Greenberg discusses the UK government's endless hypocrisy when it comes to Gaza.

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No bad words, and no good deeds

Banning direct action won’t make anger at genocide disappear – no wonder people are chanting.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 3

"The literary festival is an institution that deserves more suspicion than it gets" writes @eliacugini.bsky.social, uncovering the right's co-option of the Oxford Literary Festival and the free speech industrial complex pumping its festering heart.

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How the Oxford Literary Festival became a haven for the right

Behind the liberal festival facade, the OLF is providing a platform for the right-wing Free Speech Union and cashing in on culture wars – and it's not alone.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jul 3

Our explainer, updated today, available below

Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jun 27

At this terrifying juncture, our editors provide a comprehensive explainer of the UK government’s plans to proscribe Palestine Action.

Vashti stands with @palaction.bsky.social in the battle against proscription and the struggle for Palestinian liberation. vashtimedia.com/palestine-ac...

The proscription of Palestine Action: An explainer

Vashti stands with PA.

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Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jun 27

At this terrifying juncture, our editors provide a comprehensive explainer of the UK government’s plans to proscribe Palestine Action.

Vashti stands with @palaction.bsky.social in the battle against proscription and the struggle for Palestinian liberation. vashtimedia.com/palestine-ac...

The proscription of Palestine Action: An explainer

Vashti stands with PA.

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Brendan McGeever @brendanmcgeever.bsky.social · May 27

Some reflections on the politics of 'anti-antisemitism' in Britain. An interview with David Feldman, Ben Gidley and me for @vashtimedia.bsky.social. vashtimedia.com/state-of-ant...

The state of anti-antisemitism

An interview with the authors of a new Runnymede Trust report.

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Joseph Finlay @josephfinlay.bsky.social · Jun 3

My review of Gavin Schaffer's new book, with reflections on the practice of writing British-Jewish history.

Vashti Media @vashtimedia.bsky.social · Jun 2

"Let historians be historians," writes @josephfinlay.bsky.social
in his review of Gavin Schaffer's An unorthodox history: British Jews since 1945

On writing British Jewish history

Joseph Finlay reviews An unorthodox history: British Jews since 1945, Gavin Schaffer's new book that tells British Jewish stories from the position of the fringes rather than the mainstream

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