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...

@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...

Die 3 gegenwärtigen Brennpunkte zusammengefasst: Pro-Israel; Pro-Palästina; Pro-Peace. Bitte RP.

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...

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.

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...

Importante thread:

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: ⬇️

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: ⬇️

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.

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 ⬇️

Sad that this still needs repeating. #antisemitism #Manchester @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social

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.

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."

Gerne weiterleiten ! @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social meets @afalkhatib.bsky.social in Siegen www.cjz-siegen.de/november-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."

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.

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…

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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"

This is excellent

This FT piece from @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social is worth taking the time to read. Gift link: on.ft.com/41xdSYg

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!

Paywall-free access to my FT article on Israel and Palestine.

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 .

My new piece in FT. “Here’s a truth to reckon with: neither Israelis nor Palestinians are going to disappear any time soon. No one can destroy their respective claims to a sovereign state in their ancestral homeland, which happens to be the same land.” www.ft.com/content/d871...

"Η μάχη για την ψυχή του Ισραήλ", της @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social είναι ό,τι χρειάζεται να διαβάσει κανείς για να κατανοήσει την αγωνία του Ισραηλινού δημοκρατικού κέντρου. www.ft.com/content/d871...

I'd like to see him lose a debate to Fania Oz.

When Shada Khatib, an Arab Israeli student, was killed by an Iranian missile, Israelis’ responses showed the strength of Arab-Jewish bonds—and the forces that threaten them, writes Fania Oz-Salzberger.

« Refusez de servir » : l'historienne israélienne Fania Oz exhorte les soldats de son pays à ne pas participer à la guerre à Gaza ➡️ https://l.humanite.fr/IE7

Publicly calling upon young Israeli soldiers to refuse serving in Gaza was one of the saddest and most difficult posts I have ever had to write. But here it is. A last ditch attempt to save my country’s decency and soul.

We, citizens of Israel, working in Israeli academic institutions, share civil responsibility for the horrendous acts done in our name at the Gaza Strip, in particular the contempt for human lives, the policy of starvation and the demolition of Gazan cities. ➡️

My initial thoughts on the US attack on Iran’s nuclear sites: 1. If Netanyahu and Trump planned this operation (rather than Trump follow his whims) - kudos to both. 2. The world is safer this morning from unconventional weapons, but more vulnerable to “conventional” terror. It will erupt and hurt. ⬇️

Dear friends in Iran, if you’re really getting internet access from Musk (a rare good deed of his) — please know that many of us here in Israel do not see you as enemies. Both our peoples, as well as the Palestinians, are entitled to peace, democracy and far better government.

Just out (in Hebrew): Amos Oz, Dear Audience A selection of speeches interviews and lectures given between 1964 and 2018. On writing, politics, war and peace, Jewish culture and Israel-Palestine. Edited by Fania Oz-Salzberger and Gafnit Lasri Kokia Published by Keter. Translations forthcoming.

“We were not born to be a nation of masters.” – Amos Oz, augustus 1967 86 jaar geleden werd hij geboren. 58 jaar geleden schreef hij dit. Vandaag voelt het alsof het gisteren is. (via @faniaoz-salzberger.bsky.social)

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I miss my father so much.

Amos Oz, born 86 years ago today, wrote these words as early as August 1967, two months after the Six Days War. If only Israel listened. "We were not born to be a nation of masters. ‘To be a free people’ — this phrase must echo in our hearts, or else we lose our human image. ⬇️

My take, debating my father’s take of 2015, on what it means to be pro-Israel today. momentmag.com/pro-israel-t...

My take, debating my father’s take of 2015, on what it means to be pro-Israel today. momentmag.com/pro-israel-t...

Conversation *in English* on my newest book, ”Germany and Israel after 7 October.” Fania Oz-Salzberger spricht mit Verleger Jonathan Landgrebe über ihr Buch »Deutschland und Israel nach dem 7. Oktober«. www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL_x...

Grandmotherhood. The sheer new energy of wishing to make the world much better, now also for her sake.