Jonathan Sacerdoti

Could this tree planting scheme bring down Israel's prime minister?

13 January 2022 9:55 pm

Planting trees is not usually a controversial activity, especially in the eco-conscious twenty-first century. But as ever, the rules are…

HBO’s The Prince should leave George alone

3 August 2021 4:30 pm

Last year Netflix refusedto add a disclaimer to the beginning of every episode of The Crown, warning viewers that it…

Why Israel is rolling-out third vaccine doses

15 July 2021 6:29 pm

It’s time to think about your third Covid vaccine dose. That might sound like a premature suggestion when many people…

What's the real reason Israel's vaccines were rejected by Palestinians?

22 June 2021 6:53 am

Sipping an iced coffee in a Tel Aviv café this week, it felt like it was 2018 again. Nobody wears a…

The disinformation war continues between Israel and Hamas

22 May 2021 5:15 pm

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has started, and the gates to Gaza have opened for the international press. Now…

Hamas's rockets are killing Palestinians too

16 May 2021 3:26 pm

Israel’s military action in Gaza is widely reported daily across the world. Images of hundreds of rockets lighting up the…

What the fight against HIV can teach us about defeating Covid-19

22 April 2021 9:20 pm

In the eighties, we were warned to beware an easily spread, deadly virus. The government’s ominous HIV adverts told us…

How should we honour the 'angels' of the Holocaust when they're gone?

8 April 2021 3:30 pm

Yom HaShoa is Israel and the Jewish people’s day of remembrance for the Shoa, or Holocaust. It falls this year…

The trouble with 'BAME'

27 February 2021 6:30 pm

Are Black people and Asians the same? Are they different from other ethnic minorities? What about Jews? And who do…

Should we judge Roald Dahl's work by his anti-Semitism?

8 December 2020 1:12 am

Roald Dahl died in 1990. So why does it matter today that he was an anti-Semite? Why has his family…