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David Davidi-Brown

David Davidi-Brown at 2024's Human Rights Awards (credit: Yoav Pichersky)
July 1, 2026, 10:30 am
Five years at New Israel Fund have taught me that empathy cannot be rationed
It is possible – indeed essential – to hold deep commitment to Israelis alongside urgent compassion for Palestinians
By David Davidi-Brown
Loud and proud: Jewish participants at London Pride with Bromley Reform Synagogue's Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner (centre)
May 27, 2026, 2:30 pm
There is no Pride in excluding Queer Jews
We all deserve to enter LGBTQIA spaces without being asked to prove our Jewishness meets the criteria others set for 'good Jews.'
By David Davidi-Brown
Demonstrators gather holding flags and placards as they attend a protest against antisemitism and extremism, in London, Sunday, May 10, 2026.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
May 11, 2026, 11:43 am
We cannot effectively fight antisemitism if we tolerate other forms of hatred
We should be cautious about aligning with anyone who offers vocal support for Jews while expressing or excusing hostility toward Muslims, immigrants, asylum seekers or Palestinians
By David Davidi-Brown
2NRNC57 Hawara, Gaza. 27th Feb, 2023. A view of a building and cars burned by Israeli settlers in a revenge attack after two Israeli brothers were killed yesterday by a Palestinian gunman in Hawara, in the West Bank, on Monday, February 27, 2023. Photo by Debbie Hill/ Credit: UPI/Alamy Live News
March 26, 2026, 9:43 am
Under cover of war, we must listen to the Israelis sounding the alarm
A variety of prominent figures - from both Israel's Left and Right - are speaking out against a pattern that is becoming harder to ignore: the erosion of moral and legal boundaries
By David Davidi-Brown
The giant menorah is lit in Trafalgar Square during ChanukahLIVE!, as crowds gather for the annual public celebration in central London. Credit: Mark Thomas
December 19, 2025, 11:39 am
Defiance must be matched by compassion
Governments, politicians, the police, faith leaders, friends, and colleagues can—and must—do more to ensure Jewish communities are safe everywhere, writes David Davidi-Brown
By David Davidi-Brown
Police officers stand in front of Stop the Hate UK’s fenced-off counter-protest area on Waterloo Bridge. Credit: Louis Errington/YouTube
November 20, 2025, 4:59 pm
Britain is growing more polarised on Israel-Palestine. We can model a better way
Understanding these shifts isn’t only about a foreign conflict. It’s about how Britons relate to one another in a moment of strain and mistrust
By David Davidi-Brown
Tommy Robinson, AKA Stephen Yaxley-Lennon (Wikimedia Commons/Shayan Barjesteh van Waalwijk van Doorn)
October 6, 2025, 11:53 am
OPINION: British Jews must reject Tommy Robinson – and those who welcome him
There should be no red carpet rolled out for racists - Amichai Chikli's attempt to do so shows his fundamental unsuitability to be Israel's Minister of Diaspora Affairs
By David Davidi-Brown
Keshet UK Pride picture from 2017, with a Jewish member of the march wearing a kippah, alongside another with an Israel flag. (Jewish News)
August 19, 2025, 1:46 pm
OPINION: What homophobia taught me about holding communities together
I’ve spent decades working with and for those who believe my love is wrong. That experience taught me we can overcome divisions if we stop using “unity” to silence dissent
By David Davidi-Brown
Palestinians receive aid packs
July 30, 2025, 10:10 am
OPINION: Recognition of a Palestinian state won’t end the war – but it might end the silence
UK plans to recognise Palestine come amid rising Jewish calls to end the war and alleviate Gaza's suffering
By David Davidi-Brown
Prime Minister Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting, April 7, 2024. Credit: GPO
March 27, 2025, 3:24 pm
OPINION: When is enough, enough when it comes to Israeli leaders’ undemocratic moves?
We must sober up to prevent an Israel led by extremists
By David Davidi-Brown
Ultranationalists protest against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of assaulting a Hamas terrorist, at the Beit Lid military base near Beersheba, July 29, 2024. (Chen Leopold/ Flash90)
July 31, 2024, 4:38 pm
OPINION: Sde Teiman shows we must support courage over cruelty
'It can be hard to know where to turn when confronted by the worst behaviour within any society and even more so when it comes from a place we cherish', writes David Davidi-Brown
By David Davidi-Brown
Protests in Israel. Pic: David Davidi-Brown
July 11, 2024, 3:04 pm
OPINION: Our support for Israelis needs us to oppose the extremists in their government
'It is harder and harder to trust that Israel’s government is guided by seeking security for its citizens', writes David Davidi-Brown following an emotional return to the Jewish state
By David Davidi-Brown
'Together we will win'; slogan atop of one of the buildings at the Azrieli Centre
March 14, 2024, 3:19 pm
OPINION: Together, we will win for all in Israel and Palestine
'We can have sympathy for grieving and terrified Israelis without defending all the actions of an extremist government that continues to jeopardise their safety', writes David Davidi-Brown
By David Davidi-Brown
Tens of thousands of Israelis protesting against Benjamin Netanyahu's proposed changes to Israel's judiciary
October 20, 2023, 5:20 pm
OPINION: We must stand with Israel and stand for justice
'The authoritarian aspirations that prompted forty weeks of mass protests have not disappeared,' writes David Davidi-Brown, CEO, New Israel Fund
By David Davidi-Brown
An illustrative photo of a banner supporting the Breaking the Silence organization, in Tel Aviv, July 1, 2017. The banner reads 'We are all breaking the silence.' (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 26, 2023, 4:20 pm
OPINION: Israel risks becoming unrecognisable as a Jewish or democratic state
If Israel's government pushes forward autocratic policies, such as taxing civil society groups receiving foreign government funding at 65%, the country will have taken a decisively anti-democratic turn.
By David Davidi-Brown
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