Alona Ferber
aloner.bsky.social
Alona Ferber
@aloner.bsky.social
Senior editor, @prospectmagazine.co.uk | Co-host, The Prospect Podcast | Ex: NS, Haaretz, TBI | UK, Israel/Palestine, feminism, politics, Ursula K Le Guin | Sign up to my newsletter: http://thebacklash.substack.com |
"I observed that half the IQ In the world was possessed by women without mentioning they are more than 51 percent of population”

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November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Here is a satellite image from Tel al-Sultan in Rafah, one of the cities that has suffered the most destruction. The first image is from October 23, the second from October 25. The streets of buildings now look like nothing but piles of dust and rubble /4
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
After a short hiatus, The Backlash is back! With reads on Gaza, Xi’s “patriarchal turn”, the manosphere, “juvenile illiberalism”, the anti-abortion playbook in the UK, and Virginia Guiffre. Links to stuff by @emmahaslett.bsky.social, @diane2v.bsky.social and others
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October 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Very moving post on the other place by Elizabeth Tsurkov, the Israeli-Russian researcher who was kidnapped in March 23 in Iraq by Kataib Hezbollah and was thankfully released this September
October 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
And Trump begins. "It's a great honour. Nice place".
And he thanks the almighty G-d of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Standing ovation...!
October 13, 2025 at 11:11 AM
"The hostage families who arrived for Trump's speech discovered they were given a side room for viewing. All the seats in the gallery were allocated by Ohana to heads of authorities from Likud and vote contractors in the Likud center", according to @haaretzcom.bsky.social l's Chaim Levinson
October 13, 2025 at 10:43 AM
"There’s just so much that has been lost. Beyond just the basic immediate subsistence, can Gaza survive? I don’t know"

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October 10, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Our latest edition is out, with @omerbartov.bsky.social's magisterial essay on the history of genocide denial and how Israeli denialism over atrocities in Gaza has roots in the country's own history
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October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
The big banner at the end says “against war and occupation for peace and equal rights in Israel/Palestine”
October 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
The placards read: “complete and permanent ceasefire. Nothing less” and “ceasefire now. Release the hostages” and “stop starving Gaza”
October 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This placard reads “remembering lives lost in Gaza, Israel and Manchester”
October 5, 2025 at 12:30 PM
A particularly sombre @standing-together.bsky.social rally this month in London, marking two years since 7th October, two years of atrocities in Gaza, and taking place only a few days after the deadly attack on a synagogue in Manchester
October 5, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Here is Chikli’s response to the Board of Deputies…
October 5, 2025 at 11:33 AM
The Board of Deputies’ response to the Israeli government inviting Tommy Robinson to visit
October 4, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is the motion passed at Labour Party conference
September 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
At Labour Party conference to record the @prospectmagazine.co.uk pod with special guests @stellacreasy.bsky.social and Lucy Powell. Join me, @ellenhalliday.bsky.social and @benjamin-clark.bsky.social here at the Tees room at the ACC from 10:30
September 28, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Appreciating this headline
September 18, 2025 at 7:05 AM
And now the Mi-Neged protestors are saying “1234, stop this genocidal war, 5678 UK help deescalate”
September 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Now they are chanting “this invasion is a crime, Palestinians have no time”
September 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
A protest by Mi-Neged, a groups of Israelis in the UK, against atrocities in Gaza. They are banging pots and pans and are holding banners saying “Israelis again a the genocide”
September 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Astonishing comments on yesterday's march from Peter Kyle, now business secretary:

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September 14, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Thrilled to have found this at my station book exchange. What are the odds?
September 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
It's our 30th anniversary this month! To celebrate we are dropping our paywall until 4th September, just in time for our new issue, which comes out tomorrow. Visit @prospectmagazine.co.uk and register your email when prompted to access our entire archive >> www.prospectmagazine.co.uk?_gl=1*5n8ucc...
September 2, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Oh yes
August 26, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The response of Israel’s far-right, Kahanist national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to Arab parties uniting ahead of the next elections: “put on trial, revoke citizenship, encourage migration. Not voluntarily”.

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August 14, 2025 at 6:30 AM