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A just, democratic society requires gender equality

Posted 15 October, 2025 in Analysis, Gender & Sexual Equality, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Voices for Change
A just, democratic society requires gender equality Tal Hochman  Last April, several months after the outbreak of the war with Hamas, Iran launched its first rocket attack on Israel. Panic spread across the country, and the government decided to shut down all educational institutions. But then, at 1 in the morning and just a…

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Sowing regional seeds of hope

Posted 10 October, 2025 in Abraham Accords, Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Palestinian Territories, Peace process, Regional Peacebuilding, Voices for Change
Sowing regional seeds of hope Eli Bar-On, Dr Najah Al Otaibi and Ghanem Nuseiben In May, at the historic Château d’Ermenonville outside Paris, something remarkable happened. Dozens of leaders from across the Middle East and North Africa – Israelis, Palestinians, Moroccans, Egyptians, Bahrainis, Jordanians and many others – gathered not to debate borders or assign…

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Justice for atrocities must matter

Posted 7 October, 2025 in Hamas, News, Social Justice, Voices for Change
Justice for atrocities must matter by Yael Vias Gvirsman  As Robert Jackson, the chief US prosecutor, reminded the world at Nuremberg: “Civilisation cannot tolerate [these acts] being ignored, because it cannot survive their being repeated.”  The trials at Nuremberg and, later, the Eichmann trial in Jerusalem, stand as defining moments in modern legal and moral…

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A voice for the region’s concerned mothers 

Posted 7 October, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Israel-Hamas 2023 conflict, Israeli Politics, Israeli-Palestinian Peacebuilding, News, Voices for Change
A voice for the region’s concerned mothers  by Naama Barak Wolfman  Since 7 October 2023, our lives have been marked by fear, grief and pain. Recent days have seen anger and frustration added to this unfortunate list. But, at ​Women Wage Peace​, we refuse to let despair shape the future. We do not represent governments;…

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Pursuing equality and democracy for all Israel’s citizens 

Posted 6 October, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Israeli Politics, Middle East, News, Peace process, Shared Society, Uncategorized, Voices for Change
Pursuing equality and democracy for all Israel’s citizens  By Shahira Shalabi The concept of democracy faces a profound challenge in today's Israel. The definition of the state as both "Jewish and democratic" creates an inherent tension in relation to its Palestinian citizens. Also referred to, especially internationally, as Arab citizens of Israel, this population,…

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A new generation of Bedouin leaders building a shared future

Posted 29 September, 2025 in Coexistence, Israeli Politics, News, Shared Society, Voices for Change
A new generation of Bedouin leaders building a shared future  by Menucha Saitowitz  At Desert Stars, we are building a new generation of Bedouin leaders – young people with the skills, vision and courage to shape not only the future of their own communities, but of Israeli society as a whole.  Our vision is…

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Dame Louise Ellman: Isolating Israel strengthens its current government via siege mentality

Posted 25 September, 2025 in Coexistence, Hamas, Israel, Israeli Politics, News, Peace process, Voices for Change
Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman has written the below article for JewishNews. Click here to read the original. Former LFI chair Dame Louise Ellman Nearly two years on from the 7 October 2023 atrocities and in the midst of a seemingly endless war, 48 hostages remain in captivity and only around 20 are thought to be alive.…

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LFI director: We must listen to – and strengthen – Israel’s voices for change

Posted 25 September, 2025 in Coexistence, Israel, Middle East, News, Peace process, Voices for Change
LFI director Michael Rubin has written the below article for LabourList. Click here to read the original. For nearly two years, Israelis and Palestinians alike have endured tragedy, suffering and grief that few of us can imagine. Standing in the scarred ruins of homes in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, visiting the site of the Nova music festival massacre,…

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Listen to and share these Israeli voices for change

Posted 25 September, 2025 in News, Uncategorized, Voices for Change
LFI’s Voices for Change project gives those in Israel striving for democratic values, social justice and peace the opportunity to share their challenges, hopes and achievements. Like almost every democracy today, Israel wrestles with polarisation and populism, and threats to its democratic values and institutions. In the Israeli case, these challenges are exacerbated by…

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