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Rachel Shabi

@rachelshabi.bsky.social
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Journalist, author, broadcaster. Politics, Middle East

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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is unlawfully denied an entry visa to the US, while the wanted war criminal, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is now in New York speaking at the UN General Assembly. What a world
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The wildly over-the-top reaction to Britain's tiny Israeli settlements trade ban – including hyperbolic media inflation of minimal risks and nonsense warnings – is a sign of just how much international impunity Israel has enjoyed, and for how long
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
First piece for Zeteo UK! Not just morally objectionable and deeply irresponsible, the views set out by Britain’s Jewish community bodies are increasingly out of touch. They cannot claim to reflect a consensus of opinion. And we shouldn’t let them, either. zeteo.uk/p/on-israel-...?
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On Israel, the Chief Rabbi Does Not Speak for British Jews
The UK Jewish establishment has gone ‘crazy’ over a possible plan from Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to sanction illegal Israeli settlements. But polling shows they do not represent UK Jewish opinion.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
“[The claim that antisemitism has been imported into Europe is] an astoundingly revisionist claim, considering that Christian European countries invented antisemitism and perpetuated it in the most pernicious, violent and deadly ways for centuries on end.”
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
New post: rachelshabi.substack.com/p/the-mainst...
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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‘It was so terrifying’: care workers tell of being trapped at home by Belfast mob
Sumayah Nakazibwe and Stella Ariokot feared they would be next as fires took hold of neighbouring houses
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Nigel Farage called for "pure cold rage" and that's exactly what he has now got. Why it's time for our leaders to finally start acting against the forces of hatred now bringing racist pogroms to our streets bylinetimes.com/2026/06/10/t...
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Tommy Robinson, Nigel Farage and the ‘Pure Cold Rage’ Used to Trigger a Racist Pogrom in Belfast
Mainstream politicians have stood by as the global far-right campaigns for anti-migrant violence on our streets. Now we're suffering the consequences, argues Adam Bienkov
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
The Elephant in the Room: Antisemitism in the Shadow of Israel’s Wars An important and impassioned piece by @rachelshabi.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/bylineti...
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The Elephant in the Room: Antisemitism in the Shadow of Israel’s Wars
Amid anger over Gaza, antisemitism is rising – and anti-Muslim hate is too often overlooked, argues Rachel Shabi
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A crucial article by the great @rachelshabi.bsky.social . To defeat the monster of antisemitism we must also defeat the monster of Islamophobia, and all forms of racism and hate. substack.com/home/post/p-...
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The elephant in the room: antisemitism in the shadow of Israel's wars
Amid anger over Gaza, antisemitism is rising – and anti-Muslim hate is too often overlooked
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Latest post - The elephant in the room: antisemitism in the shadow of Israel's wars rachelshabi.substack.com/p/the-elepha...
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
A typically nuanced and persuasive post, well worth reading and considering
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Natasha Walter @natashawalter.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
@rachelshabi.bsky.social is always the voice we need to listen to on antisemitism 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Latest post - The elephant in the room: antisemitism in the shadow of Israel's wars rachelshabi.substack.com/p/the-elepha...
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
A generous review of my book, Off-White. Especially appreciate its recognition that my background as an Arab-Jew informs my approach and perspective: quakersocialists.org.uk
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Quaker Socialist Society
Uniting the Quaker values of equality and peace with the Socialist values of equality and peace
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Rachel Shabi: "What else is [Streeting] going to come up with, what policy is he going to come up with, what policy has the Labour right come up with for years? Nothing. Zip. Zilch. They've got nothing.. what has he got to offer... except for regurgitating.. brexit again"
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Apparently our calcified, disconnected and incompetent political class is not to blame for this crisis. Oh no, it is the public’s fault for being “ungovernable”
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Honoured to deliver the Quaker's Salter lecture this year. It was about the moral catastrophe in Gaza and catastrophes across the Middle East and you can watch it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Awa...
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The Middle East: a moral catastrophe? – Rachel Shabi | Salter Lecture 2026
YouTube video by Quakers in Britain
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Ruthi Brandt @ruthibrandt.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🧵The excellent @rachelshabi.bsky.social in piece explaining that antisemitism is, actually, and always has been, a term that describes Jew-hating specifically, despite the term 'Semite' being in there: rachelshabi.substack.com/p/no-its-not... Re point in background to 105A motion to #GreenParty conf
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No, it’s not about ‘Semites'
But its a surprisingly common fallacy
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Natalie Sedacca @nataliesedacca.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
‘You have a credibility problem if you’re falling at this first hurdle. Put simply: potential allies won’t trust you as reliable narrators on what antisemitism is not, if they cannot trust you to know what antisemitism actually is.’
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Imo what is happening on x is that the algorithm loves racist and anti semitic content, and the people who are on there marinate in it all day, and the epstein files has offered an excuse for even left identified people to indulge in the trangressive pleasure of public bigotry as a little treat
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Latest post: rachelshabi.substack.com/p/no-its-not...
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Claiming Gaza is a 'sectarian' issue is both blatantly racist & blind to why we all care about Gaza. As new Green MP Hannah Spencer said last night 'Whether its on our doorsteps or across the world, if somebody is being oppressed or suffering an injustice, I will always speak up'
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 25/02/2026
I was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC | Jason Okundaye
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I was at the Baftas – and while hearing the N-word was unsettling, all anger should be aimed at the BBC | Jason Okundaye
By failing to remove John Davidson’s tic from the broadcast, editors let down both black and disabled people, says Guardian assistant Opinion editor Jason Okundaye
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
"Starmer promised stability, service over spectacle and a government of national renewal. Instead, we got the muddle of endless U-turns, persistent stagnation in the absence of joined-up, large-scale strategy and now, a full-blown crisis" - @rachelshabi.bsky.social www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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The UK’s Epstein Crisis
If Keir Starmer is safe for now, it’s only for lack of alternatives within his party.
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
It took just 18 months for the Labour government to sink into the sand of its own morally adrift vacuity. My piece for @thenation.com on Starmer, Mandelson and more www.thenation.com/article/worl...
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The UK’s Epstein Crisis
If Keir Starmer is safe for now, it’s only for lack of alternatives within his party.
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
As a resident of Birmingham, I would like to thank @rachelshabi.bsky.social for writing this balanced and clarifying piece about Birmingham's Macabi Tel Aviv fiasco.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv - again
In which our politicians sided with football hooligans and against police chiefs
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Tom Davies @tomdaviese17.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
"If you wanted seriously to tackle antisemitism, which is frighteningly on the rise globally, you would not go about it like this." Excellent from @rachelshabi.bsky.social on the political class's continued ignorant opportunism around Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv rachelshabi.substack.com/p/maccabi-te...
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Maccabi Tel Aviv - again
In which our politicians sided with football hooligans and against police chiefs
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Nick McGeehan @ncgeehan.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
An excellent piece that acknowledges that the West Midlands Police made mistakes, that there was antisemitic violence in Amsterdam, and that despite both of these facts, the case for banning Maccabi Tel Aviv fans was - to use a footballing term - very clear and very obvious.
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Rachel Shabi bringing some vital common sense and perspective to the increasingly absurd and hysterical Maccabi furore
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Paul Hebden @paulhebden.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Thank god for @rachelshabi.bsky.social one of the few commentators with a consistent anti-racist voice - including a strong critique of the left's failures on anti-semitism - who I trust. You should sign up to her substack. rachelshabi.substack.com/p/maccabi-te...
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Read here: rachelshabi.substack.com/p/maccabi-te...
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Live at 7pm with the brilliant @rachelshabi.bsky.social youtu.be/gSO99OEHfO0?...
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How Antisemitism Is Used To Excuse War Crimes | Rachel Shabi | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
Latest post, a bit on how London hearts migrants - Merry Christmas! rachelshabi.substack.com/p/crowning-l...
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Team Mamdani recognised that antisemitism claims could have serious repercussions and did not assume they would be irrelevant to his electability. This approach offers a compelling model for others to follow rachelshabi.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
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The Mamdani masterclass on antisemitism
For the left, New York mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s approach offers important lessons
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Team Mamdani’s strategy over antisemitism was smart, sensitive and effective. It was grounded in universalism and a shared humanity. It worked. And it could work elsewhere too. rachelshabi.substack.com/p/the-mamdan...
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Brussels folks! I'll be speaking at the Ideas Festival this Sunday, come join us if you're around, full details: fullcircle.eu/event-6416147
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Full Circle - [Ideas Festival] Rachel Shabi: On Building Genuine Solidarity
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
UK government tried to override police assessments – thereby exposing British Muslims to racism – and made violently racist Israeli football fans synonymous with Jewish. If you wanted to tackle antisemitism, you sure as hell wouldn't go about it like this rachelshabi.substack.com/p/the-maccab...
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The Maccabi Tel Aviv derangement syndrome of Britain's political class
How do progressive antiracists respond?
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
I wrote about the Manchester synagogue attack and attempts to blame Gaza protests rachelshabi.substack.com/p/indivisibl...
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Its fragile and there are so many buts - but amid all that right now: huge relief
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
A quick post to my Substack last week, about the Manchester synagogue attack and the way the far-right uses Jewish communities to push its own noxious ideology rachelshabi.substack.com/p/manchester...
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Manchester attack, antisemitism and the far-right outrage machine
The attack on a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur was bad enough - and then came the far-right's noxious political appropriation of it
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I took part in this devastating episode on how Israel has targeted and killed journalists in Gaza - the most courageous professionals who carried on working in the most impossible conditions www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUSx...
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Smear. Kill. Repeat. Israel’s playbook for journalists in Gaza | The Listening Post
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
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Political Research Associates @praeyesright.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Shanice Octavia McBean and @rachelshabi.bsky.social join us for our final episode of Lifting the Curtain On Antisemitism. Listen in as we explore how progressives can build alliances, challenge false framings around antisemitism, and deepen their understanding of the issue: ow.ly/k56950WZ1m1.
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
The paperback is out today! www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/Off-Wh...
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Off-White
Why can't we talk about antisemitism? 'I cannot wait for Off-White to be read, debated and put into practice.' Naomi Klein, author of Doppelganger ...
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
How do I preserve the spirit of my Iraqi-Jewish mum’s life and the land that produced her, in a political climate determined to vanquish not just the reality of her world, but the idea that it could ever have existed in the first place? inews.co.uk/opinion/ive-...
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I’ve lost my mum. Now I’m fighting to keep hold of her Iraqi-Jewish identity
My parents told the story of how Jews were treated in the Middle East, before and after the creation of the state of Israel
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Will be in Sydney tonight and Melbourne on Tuesday in conversation with the Jewish Council of Australia, looking at the country’s authoritarian moves to crush free speech on Gaza and conflate antisemitism and anti-Zionism, and much more: www.jewishcouncil.com.au/2025/07/off-...
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Off White: The Truth about Antisemitism - a Jewish Council Conversation with Rachel Shabi
As authoritarian ‘antisemitism’ plans and envoys continue to distort our politics at home and abroad, it has become difficult to […]
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Hannah Fearn @hannahfearn.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
This is a moving and important read by @rachelshabi.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/rachelsh...
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On losing a mum and keeping a culture
Now they are gone, how do I hang on to the erased identity of my Iraqi-Jewish parents?
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Rachel Shabi @rachelshabi.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
UK media coverage of Gaza is a disgrace
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 24/05/2025
Outrage after an Israeli attack kills nine of a Gaza doctor’s children while she was at work, aged seven months to 12 years, with two still under the rubble aje.io/i7m1nb
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Outrage, horror after Israeli attack kills nine children of Gaza doctor
The young victims, two of whom remain under the rubble, range in age from seven months to 12 years old. .
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
If only there were someone in a senior position of power in this relationship
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