Tag: Israel-Palestine

  • The Eurovision Song Contest as an information war battlefield

    The Eurovision Song Contest as an information war battlefield

    The presence of Israel in the 2024 Eurovision song contest has generated a lot of protest, but Israel’s participation is an important part of its ‘Hasbara’ strategy to keep being seen as a rational democratic actor. This piece was previously published in Dutch as a column for SamPol. Military and political strategists have long known…

  • Israel and the Palestinian Territories: the last days

    When I did my masters in Amsterdam in 2014, I went on a 10-day diversity studytrip to Israel and the Westbank with a group of the VU university in Amsterdam. I kept a journal from this trip as a sort of stream of consciousness to make sure I would not forget. This is the last…

  • Israel and the palestinian territories: day 5-6

    When I did my masters in Amsterdam in 2014, I went on a 10-day diversity studytrip to Israel and the Westbank with a group of the VU university in Amsterdam. I kept a journal from this trip as a sort of stream of consciousness to make sure I would not forget. This is the 3nd…

  • Israel and the Palestinian territories: day 3-4

    When I did my masters in Amsterdam in 2014, I went on a 10-day diversity studytrip to Israel and the Westbank with a group of the VU university in Amsterdam. I kept a journal from this trip as a sort of stream of consciousness to make sure I would not forget. This is the 2nd…

  • Shalom! Salaam alaikum! studytrip to Israel and the Palestinian territories

      When I did my masters in Amsterdam, I went on a diversity studytrip to Israel and the Westbank with a group of the VU university in Amsterdam. I kept a journal from this trip as a sort of stream of consciousness to make sure I would not forget. I wrote this all with a…