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Fania Oz-Salzberger

@faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social
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Historian of ideas, Enlightenment scholar. Israeli Jew. Doing my best to be liberal, humanist, zionist (two states 🇮🇱🇵🇸), peace seeker.

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Princess Mycelia 🇮🇱🤟🦁☀️ @thinkfungus.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Dr. @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social is listed as one more zionist enemy of humanity on the anti-Israel hate site ‘reverse canary mission’, from which she is blocked. Congrats on the badge of honour! #twostatesolution #zionism
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Emma Woodhouse @emmawoodhouse.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social Hier zunächst der Text, in dem Fania beschreibt, warum sie sich wünscht , dass die liberale Opposition die israelischen Parlamentswahlen Wahlen am 27. Oktober gewinnt.
Hier ist, warum ich möchte, dass die liberale Opposition die kommenden israelischen Wahlen am 27. Oktober gewinnt:
* Ihre neue Regierung wird daran arbeiten, unsere schwächelnde Demokratie wiederherzustellen, indem sie die Bedrohung für die Justiz beseitigt und korrupte Ernennungen im öffentlichen Dienst rückgängig macht.
*Sie wird den langen Prozess einleiten, die israelische Politik zu reformieren, indem sie Rassisten, Extremisten und korrupte Handlanger aus der Macht entfernt.
* Hoffentlich werden eine oder mehrere arabische Parteien eingeladen, der Koalition beizutreten. Eisenkot und Liberman haben das ausgeschlossen, aber sie werden es bereuen, wenn sie mehr Finger für eine Knesset-Mehrheit brauchen. Selbst wenn nicht, sind jüdisch-arabische Bürgerpartnerschaft und gleiche Bürgerrechte bereits zu prominenten Themen im öffentlichen Diskurs geworden. Endlich.
* Eine offizielle Untersuchungskommission zum 7. Oktober und zum Gaza-Krieg. Endlich.
* Das Bildungssystem wird eine längst überfällige Reform in Angriff nehmen.
Dies ist ein entscheidender Teil eines allgemeinen gesellschaftlichen Prozesses der moralischen Heilung. Hyper-Nationalismus und religiöser Fanatismus werden an den Rand gedrängt.
* Siedlergewalt und die Nachgiebigkeit der Armee werden eingedämmt und bestraft. Ja, ich erwarte tatsächlich, dass Eisenkot, Bennet und Golan das hinkriegen.
* Frieden mit den Palästinensern wird immer noch fern sein, aber ein Horizont dafür wird sich wieder öffnen. Friedensgespräche mit dem Libanon, Saudi-Arabien, vielleicht sogar Syrien, werden wieder aufgenommen.
* Die stetig wachsende ultraorthodoxe Gruppen werden auf ihre übertriebenen finanziellen Vorteile verzichten
 müssen, Wehr- oder Zivildienst leisten und einen Kernlehrplan in ihren Schulen einführen.
* Ich hoffe, dass arabische (palästinensische und andere) Bürger ermutigt werden, Zivildienst zu leisten.
(parallel zum obligatorischen Wehrdienst für jüdische Bürger.* Die israelische Regierung wird aufhören, das Volk anzulügen. Vielleicht wird sie uns auch einige harte, pragmatische Wahrheiten sagen können.
* Friedenssuchende Palästinenser im Westjordanland und in Gaza werden
sprechen können.
* Eine moderate und demokratische israelische Regierung wird unwissende Israel-Hasser nicht umdrehen, aber sie wird unsere wahren (und zähen)
Freunde offenbaren und mobilisieren.
* Und schließlich, wie mein Vater 1999 sagte, wird das endlose Geräusch eines Kompressors draußen vor unserem Fenster plötzlich aufhören. Zuerst einmal die Stille.
Wünscht uns Glück.
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Phileas Fogg @phileas18.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Je parle avec un sentiment de deuil : pas seulement pour les personnes assassinées que je connaissais, ni même pour les nombreux Israéliens innocents et le très grand nombre d’innocents tués à Gaza que je ne connaissais pas."
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It’s that time of the year again. Make no mistake: Israelis have not even begun to process the trauma and the grief. This is no excuse for any war crime whatsoever. But it is still a solid and cataclysmic truth. Ignore it at your peril.
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Israel’s next government—barring the increasingly unlikely prospect of another Netanyahu victory—will inherit an almost overwhelming burden. The task is Herculean. At stake is not only survival, but also moral responsibility.” My latest op ed. momentmag.com/day-after-is...
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What Can Be Undone—and What Can't?
Israel’s pro-democracy organizations, civic forums, legal associations and NGOs have quietly begun preparing for the day after.
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Fania Oz-Salzberger | Pour un sionisme pragmatique k-larevue.com/sionisme-lib...
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Pour un sionisme pragmatique
Historienne des idées et fille d’Amos Oz, Fania Oz-Salzberger refuse le face-à-face mortifère entre soutiens d’Israël et de la Palestine. Contre les récits à somme nulle et les conceptions absolues de...
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“Israel’s next government—barring the increasingly unlikely prospect of another Netanyahu victory—will inherit an almost overwhelming burden. The task is Herculean. At stake is not only survival, but also moral responsibility.” My latest op ed. momentmag.com/day-after-is...
momentmag.com
What Can Be Undone—and What Can't?
Israel’s pro-democracy organizations, civic forums, legal associations and NGOs have quietly begun preparing for the day after.
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Years ago I wrote that so-called progressivism, though partially descended from liberalism, is an enormous threat to it. To the point of patricide. I rest my case. spectator.com/article/the-...
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Meet Farah Ahmed, Jason Arday’s colleague
Farah Ahmed has explicitly attacked ‘western education’ as a ‘threat’ to Muslims, condemned democracy and integration
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Just watched Nolan’s Odyssey. My opinion is not that important. Maybe later. I prefer to recommend two modern masterpieces to you. Constantinos Cavafis’ 1911 poem “Ithaka”. Erich Auerbach‘s essay “Odysseus’ Scar” opening his 1946 book ‘Mimesis’. Links below. Set sail and you won’t regret it.
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Nitpicking on Nolan’s Odyssey. * Ancient bedrooms didn’t boast double beds flanked by twin nightsteads & vanity table. * The final Sailing to the West is not Homer. Dante? Tennyson? I rather think Tolkien. * Bronze Age guys were not in the habit of saying “Our Bronze Age is coming to an end”. ⬇️
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Just watched Nolan’s Odyssey. My opinion is not that important. Maybe later. I prefer to recommend two modern masterpieces to you. Constantinos Cavafis’ 1911 poem “Ithaka”. Erich Auerbach‘s essay “Odysseus’ Scar” opening his 1946 book ‘Mimesis’. Links below. Set sail and you won’t regret it.
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
My Oxford keynote is now in print, with full access to online text. “Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro-peace: Some thoughts on squaring the circle” Hosted by the Massada Center at Worcester College. fathomjournal.org/pro-israel-p...
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Defending Liberal Zionism: Pro-Israel, Pro-Palestine, Pro-Peace
Fania Oz-Salzberger argues against the false dichotomy between pro‑Israel and pro‑Palestine. She argues that 'the idea that Israel and Palestine form a zero‑sum conflict—that one people’s ga...
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
My Oxford keynote is now in print, with full access to online text. “Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro-peace: Some thoughts on squaring the circle” Hosted by the Massada Center at Worcester College. fathomjournal.org/pro-israel-p...
fathomjournal.org
Defending Liberal Zionism: Pro-Israel, Pro-Palestine, Pro-Peace
Fania Oz-Salzberger argues against the false dichotomy between pro‑Israel and pro‑Palestine. She argues that 'the idea that Israel and Palestine form a zero‑sum conflict—that one people’s ga...
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
My Oxford keynote is now online. “Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro-peace: Some thoughts on squaring the circle” Hosted by the Massada Center at Worcester College. youtu.be/jQuDjXiW-F8
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Professor Fania Oz-Salzberger: Massada Annual Lecture 2026
YouTube video by Worcester College, Oxford
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
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Emma Woodhouse @emmawoodhouse.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
@faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social Ein weiterer, wohl hoffnungsloser Versuch, das „andere Israel“ sprechen zu lassen. Zu übermächtig wirken Netanjahu u seine Kumpane, mit ihren Gewaltexzessen. Sperare contra spem. ip-quarterly.com/en/new-israe...
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A New Israel in a New Middle East? Not if its Democracy Fails
An Israel that emerges as a regional power while shedding its liberal-democratic core will be a diminished Israel. The elections later this year will, therefore, determine the country’s future.
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
My Oxford keynote is now online. “Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro-peace: Some thoughts on squaring the circle” Hosted by the Massada Center at Worcester College. youtu.be/jQuDjXiW-F8
youtu.be
Professor Fania Oz-Salzberger: Massada Annual Lecture 2026
YouTube video by Worcester College, Oxford
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
This horrible reality must be exposed and defeated. I am not writing this to help Israel’s haters, but to help save my country and identity. Many Israelis are fighting to oust our current evil regime and its thuggish protégés. www.jewishnews.co.uk/settler-viol...
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Some settlers have become full-fledged terrorists. Their acts are anti-Jewish
Surging attacks and state inaction threaten Israel’s moral core, raising urgent calls for political and societal change
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Tomorrow I will speak to the Oxford International Relations Society. Title: “Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro peace: Empowering the moderates. Balliol, 17:30. Admissions arranged with the convener -see link. talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/bdf...
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Pro-Israel, pro-Palestine, pro-peace: how to empower the moderates
Professor Fania Oz-Salzberger is a historian of ideas and political thought, and Professor Emerita of History at the University of Haifa. She was educated at Tel Aviv University and at Oxford, where s...
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
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„From the river to the sea - we need therapy“ - Freundeskreis fuer christlich-juedische Zusammenarbeit Bad Laasphe e.V.
Historikerin Fania Oz-Salzberger und Soziologe Jules El-Khatib suchten in Siegen nach einer friedvollen Koexistenz im Heiligen Land
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Joerg Lau @joerglau.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
A powerful essay by the fearless @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social on the necessary moral reckoning that has to follow the cease-fire, on BOTH sides. fathomjournal.org/difficult-co...
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IttyM @ittyminchesta.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
@faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social "A good leader should be able to tell his or her own people hard and uncomfortable truths. The current Israeli leadership is not up to the challenge. We need to stop expecting miracles. We need to deradicalise." fathomjournal.org/difficult-co...
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Difficult Conversations | What Israelis and Palestinians need to hear | Fania Oz-Salzberger
Following news of a ceasefire in Gaza and the return of the 20 remaining living hostages, Fathom asked Israelis and Palestinians to consider issues that both peoples need to grapple with at this time....
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Emma Woodhouse @emmawoodhouse.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Die 3 gegenwärtigen Brennpunkte zusammengefasst: Pro-Israel; Pro-Palästina; Pro-Peace. Bitte RP.
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Katerina Oikonomakou @katoiko.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
H @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social απευθύνεται σε Ισραηλινούς (και Παλαιστίνιους), αλλά αυτό το κείμενο σπάνιας πνευματικής εντιμότητας και γνήσιου ανθρωπισμού, από μια διανοούμενη που δεν προσπαθεί -όπως τόσοι άλλοι- να γίνεται αρεστή, είναι πολύτιμο για όλους μας. fathomjournal.org/difficult-co...
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Difficult Conversations | What Israelis and Palestinians need to hear | Fania Oz-Salzberger
Following news of a ceasefire in Gaza and the return of the 20 remaining living hostages, Fathom asked Israelis and Palestinians to consider issues that both peoples need to grapple with at this time....
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
It’s olive picking time in the West Bank again. Violent settlers, who have forgotten how to be Jewish, are attacking harvesters, beating up an old woman, destroying trees. They go unarrested and unpunished. When he was still healthy, Amos Oz would be there with other volunteers, helping the pickers.
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Pro-Israel - Pro-Palestine - Pro-Peace: The University of Siegen and the Society for Christian-Jewish Cooperation Siegerland invite you to two dialog events on November 4 and 6, 2025. uni-siegen.de/en/2025/isra...
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Jorge Manuel Lopes @jmlopes2.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Importante thread:
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
So all living Israeli hostages have come home. A huge emotional weight off our shoulders. We can no longer postpone the next steps. Many of us, perhaps even most of us, are going to stay on the streets for our remaining and ongoing struggles: ⬇️
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
So all living Israeli hostages have come home. A huge emotional weight off our shoulders. We can no longer postpone the next steps. Many of us, perhaps even most of us, are going to stay on the streets for our remaining and ongoing struggles: ⬇️
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Regardless of any genuine and heartfelt empathy for the innocent people in Gaza - anyone marching today to cheer Hamas and celebrate the anniversary of 7 October 2023 is, to put it simply, the scum of the earth.
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
A very prevalent opinion in Israel today, as voiced by journalist Sefi Ovadia: “In the end, Netanyahu is doing what he was called to do for a long period of time and refused (yes, refused for political reasons). He agrees, under pressure from Trump, to the release of hostages first ⬇️
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Anne Rethmann @arethmann.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Sad that this still needs repeating. #antisemitism #Manchester @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
This Yom Kippur, unlike those who are obeying all the religious rules without an iota of regret in their hearts, I turn to the Israel I was brought up to love, and to the kibbutz I grew up in. To the generation whose families were recently burnt in Europe, but taught us to work hard and seek peace.
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Justin Deegan @justindeegan.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Have started this and it's already a superb read. Fania here finishes an essay with "So, if you are still, in any reasonable way, ‘pro-Israel’ at the present horrendous moment, please consider backing its civil society rather than its calamitous government. You can no longer support both."
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Lilo Start @lilostartuplilo.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Gerne weiterleiten ! @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social meets @afalkhatib.bsky.social in Siegen www.cjz-siegen.de/november-2025/
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Veranstaltung:

Israelis und Palästinenser im Dialog
Für eine friedvolle Koexistenz im Heiligen Land

Prof. Dr. Fania Oz-Salzberger, Israel
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, Palestine/USA

4.11. 19:00 US-C-116 Friedrich Schadeberg Hörsaal
6.11  19:00 Spandauer Saal, Siegerlandhalle
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IttyM @ittyminchesta.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Please read @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social:"Israel’s remaining true friends, and Palestine’s true friends, are invited to support our pro-democracy civil society, especially the peace-seeking part. Reasonable governments should sanction or punish Netanyahu, but beware of rewarding Hamas."
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Shane McKee @shaneir.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
This is a very important piece from @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social - please read and consider. And governments MUST act to save both Palestine and Israel from Netanyahu and his genocidal partners.
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
ILLEGITIMATE, the writers’ and poets’ protest movement’s new English-language anthology, published ahead of the Netanyahu couple’s trip to the US, is available here. Please read and share. fliphtml5.com/cjarf/tknx/Ill…
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Israeli Crisis: A Literary Review of Resistance and Legitimacy
"Illegitimate: The Israel Literary Review of Resistance" (September 2025) offers a stark critique of Israeli society and leadership amid crisis. Edited by Pamela Peled and Ilana Sheinfeld, it showcase...
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Billy Linehan 🇪🇺🇮🇪 @billylinehan.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The battle for the soul of Israel The country’s moderates are not giving up the struggle against their rogue government — and progressives elsewhere must not give up on them, writes historian Fania Oz-Salzberger www.ft.com/content/d871...
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The battle for the soul of Israel
The country’s moderates are not giving up the struggle against their rogue government — and progressives elsewhere must not give up on them, writes historian Fania Oz-Salzberger
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
At the King’s Arms, Oxford. Because it’s never too early, or too late, for a good book and half a pint of lager.
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Espaiqui @espaiqui.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
It's not obligatory to agree with Fania but it's essential reading if, especially from a distance, you want to express a balanced, non-sectarian opinion. Precisely because the world is becoming more sectarian and Israel with it, I'm pessimistic. The title of the article seems to me very appropriate.
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funniemac.bsky.social @funniemac.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Thank you, @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social, for this enlightening and encouraging article. Hopefully it will be widely disseminated and break the ideological knots in many people's minds.
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marlebone.bsky.social @marlebone.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
If you want a nuanced, fact-based, human and honest analysis of the Israel-Hamas war and the state of the Israeli democracy read this piece by Fania Oz-Salzberger.
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Francesc Trillas Jané @francesctrillas.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
"We need Israel and Palestine to share the land, either by partition or by a creative confederate structure, enabling sovereignty and self-rule for both nations"
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Matt Leys @mattleys.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This is excellent
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kerry parke @kelissa.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
This FT piece from @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social is worth taking the time to read. Gift link: on.ft.com/41xdSYg
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Ildiko Otova @ildikootova.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
In a world where voices of reason seem increasingly rare, this piece by @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social stands out as a beacon of clarity. It’s a must-read!
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Fania Oz-Salzberger @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Paywall-free access to my FT article on Israel and Palestine.
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Paul Knott @paulknott11.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
Required reading, I reckon, for everyone interested in the future of the free and democratic world, as well as Israel & Palestine specifically. By @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social in the @financialtimes.com .
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