D. L. Katz

Jan 17, 2025 | vashtimedia.com | Kate Greenberg |Yarden Gur |Francesca Newton |D. L. Katz

The Pickle — 3 min read “I don’t believe it. I can’t believe we’re still alive,” was the message I received from Hadeel Wael Qassem, a 22-year-old pharmacy student living in central Gaza with twelve members of her family. In the hours that followed, she sent me videos of celebrations in the streets.

Jan 10, 2025 | vashtimedia.com | Yarden Gur |Francesca Newton |D. L. Katz

Photographer and solidarity activist Tash “Trash” Lever and I never crossed paths in north-west London but found ourselves living together in a Jerusalem apartment in September 2022. We were both participating in Achvat Amim, an immersive political education programme aimed at bringing diaspora Jews into anti-occupation work and activism on the ground.

Jan 9, 2025 | vashtimedia.com | Francesca Newton |D. L. Katz |Kate Greenberg

The Galilee is often depicted as a sanctuary of rolling hills and ancient olive groves. Among Israelis, the land's natural beauty is intertwined with its reputation for mythical healing powers: ads for spiritual retreats dot local message boards, promising to bring balance to fractured lives. The region is alive with the rhythm of vipassana meditation courses, inner-voice singing circles and aura-cleansing therapies.