Fania Oz-Salzberger

Feb 7, 2025 | jewishnews.co.uk | Fania Oz-Salzberger |Lee Harpin

Benjamin Netanyahu is traveling the world again. If you happen to meet him, please consider asking him to tell his son, advisors and media henchmen to get their vicious hands off the released hostages and their families. Netanyahu’s immediate circle is directly involved with a smearing campaign against relatives of hostages who dare criticize the government.

Jan 15, 2025 | thejc.com | Fania Oz-Salzberger

I am writing just prior to enormous shifts in the story of the Hamas-Israel war: a possible hostage and ceasefire deal, and the inauguration of US President Donald Trump. Both these eventualities may overturn much of the current stalemate, but they are not likely to alleviate the abyss between the right (now almost wholly mastered by Netanyahu, Smotrich and Ben-Gvir) and the liberal centre-left. That chasm emerged about a decade ago – and it has never been about the Palestinians.

Nov 25, 2024 | thejc.com | Fania Oz-Salzberger

This is an impassioned plea for the JC’s readers to choose between backing Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and supporting Israeli civil society. The collision between these two entities – these two Israels – which has been building for years, took a horrendous turn on October 7, 2023 and has now reached an irreversible nadir. Such a total parting of ways between the government and a large part of Israeli society is a tragedy for Israel, but we have been facing it for years.

Sep 18, 2024 | momentmag.com | Fania Oz-Salzberger

Let us begin with two facts: Israel has the highest proportion of Donald Trump supporters of any country outside of the United States; and most Israelis are far more interested in their country’s affairs than in the U.S. presidential election. That said, an August 19 poll by JNS/Direct Polls, which works—a caveat—for pro-Netanyahu TV Channel 14, indicated that 64 percent of Israelis support Trump for U.S. president, 28 percent want Kamala Harris and 9 percent have no opinion.

Jun 19, 2024 | ips-journal.eu | Fania Oz-Salzberger

As an Israeli directly affected by the horrors that Hamas inflicted on Israeli civilians on 7/10, my power of analysis – and more importantly, my power of hope – are marred by that day, the blackest in Israeli history. Like many liberal Israelis, it feels as if my life’s work for peace and democracy is lying in ruins alongside the burned Kibbutzim. When I speak to international audiences I could choose the easy path, voicing temperance and reason.