inquisition, the other of the 1900s, germany in the 30s, russia in the last decade. vienna in the 1900s. this countries in which thejewish community feels most safe at any time other countries where freedom and progress are most secure at any time. the netherlands of the 17th century, britain and the first decades of the last century, america in the second half of that century. when jewish people in the second half of that century. whenjewish people are under threat, all of our freedoms whenjewish people are under threat, all of ourfreedoms are whenjewish people are under threat, all of our freedoms are threatened, the safety of the jewish community is the canary in the mine. growing anti semitism is a fever which weakens the whole body politic, a mark of a society turning to darkness and in on itself. i see that directly in my work tackling extremism in promoting community cohesion. there is one thing which increasingly unites the organisations and individuals which give
he left military detention in israel permanently disabled. a taxi driver from khan younis, released without charge after weeks of interrogation. his return soured by sadness. translation: my leg got infected and turned blue l and soft as a sponge. after seven days they took me to the military hospital. they operated twice to clean the wound but it didn t work. afterwards they took me to a public hospital where the doctor gave me two options my leg or my life. neither israel s army nor health ministry has responded to these allegations. there is growing concern over the medical care of gazan detainees in israel. classed as unlawful combatants even before interrogation, doctors say they are kept shackled and blindfolded, including during hospital treatment. allegations have centred on a new field hospital at the state imam military base. one senior medic there says patients are kept blindfolded and in nappies, with all four limbs handcuffed to the bed. the army, not me, they
The holiday of passover overlapping with the holiday of ramadan, and really so many people, muslims and jews in particular, wanting to go to the old city to the site which muslims know as aksa mosque, whichjews know as the temple mount. it is the third holiest site in islam, it has a millenniums old mosque on that site. jews look to it as the site of two biblical temples, it is the holiest site injudaism, and this is a time when people are on holidays that they come to jerusalem to try to mark those. now, in the coming days, i think what officials are really worried about is that these holidays continue to coincide. in fact, we are heading into next week, the final ten days of ramadan. those are days where it is encouraged for muslim