Tag Archives: Palestine

Some Reflections on Two Years of War in Gaza

Posted on October 18, 2025 by jonathanspyer

Australian, 18/10 At the Gama Junction, a few kilometers from the Gaza border,  I met Gadi Mozes.  Among the crowd of people waiting to greet the convoy bearing the last 13 of the living Israeli hostages from Gaza.  Gadi, who … Continue reading →

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Jebalya, Shani Louk and the Conceptzia

Posted on August 30, 2025 by jonathanspyer

I remember the light in the Valley of Ela on the day of Shani Louk’s funeral.  It was late springtime, clear light, of the kind that you get in Jerusalem.  I didn’t get enough time to travel round the villages … Continue reading →

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Searching for the Last Jews of Damascus: A Journey Through Memory and Ruins

Posted on February 9, 2025 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post, 24/1 In Damascus again after a hiatus of nearly eight years, I decided to see what remained of the city’s once flourishing Jewish community. The dictator was gone. The new Islamist rulers had yet to fully stamp their authority on … Continue reading →

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In the Heart of Darkness

Posted on October 18, 2024 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post, 18/10 A Yezidi former slave rescued from Gaza Reveals Her Horrifying experiences in Jihadi Captivity It is now two weeks since the rescue of the Yezidi hostage Fawzia Amin Sido from captivity in Gaza by the IDF, in … Continue reading →

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Notes from a Long War – Israel, a year on from October 7

Posted on October 10, 2024 by jonathanspyer

The Australian, 6/10 ‘We have sat, an easy generation, in houses held to be indestructible,’ wrote the German poet Bertolt Brecht, of himself and his countrymen, in 1925.  These words have returned to me on a number of occasions in … Continue reading →

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An arrest raid in Gush Etzion

Posted on February 26, 2024 by jonathanspyer

Jerusalem Post, 16/2 “You meet the terrorist at the end of the process, on the road, but there’s a whole system that leads up to that point, so if you can hit at what lies behind, and prevent it, then … Continue reading →

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Hamas and the Rebirth of Illusion

Posted on March 7, 2011 by jonathanspyer

Haaretz-27/05/2005 A process of rethinking is currently taking place in British and American foreign policy establishments regarding Hamas. The movement’s ability to command high levels of popular support is giving credence to formerly fringe opinions that have long advocated rapprochement … Continue reading →

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