Opposition to the newly founded national film awards represents more than a political dispute. It raises the deeper question of who gets to define Israeli culture in moments of national crisis.
The battle for Israelâs red carpet, postâOct. 7 Read More »
In the final part of the JNS series marking 20 years since the Gaza pullout, Einat Bloch, a teenage activist at the time of the Gaza pullout in 2005, says that leaving Gaza saved her community from an Oct. 7-style attack.
Former evacuee from Gush Katif: âThe expulsion from Gaza was a miracleâ Read More »
Bryna Hilburg, a symbol of the bereaved families of Gush Katif, talks to JNS about the attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the prospect of reinterring the remains of her son in Gaza.
âIt should be a strip of land open to all, not something closed,â says Meir Dana-Picard, a leader of the 2005 resistance against disengagement.
Jewish return advocate: Gaza must be âcontinuationâ of the Western Negev Read More »
âFor me, the idea is not to go back to Gush Katif, but to go back to a type of social, historical, Zionist, Jewish awareness that itâs a part of the State of Israel.â
Former Gush Katif resident Laurence Beziz: âWe wonât say we told you soâ Read More »