Fania Oz-Salzberger on Israel’s Current Turmoil

Fania Oz-Salzberger on Israel’s Current Turmoil

When I ask the Israeli historian and writer Fania Oz-Salzberger how she is doing, she tells me that any Israeli answering that question today is forced to separate personal life from political turmoil. As a country, Israel is still reeling from the trauma of 7 October, the agony about the 59 hostages who remain in captivity in the Hamas tunnel network, and the brutal war being fought in Gaza. Many Israelis, including Oz-Salzberger, are also deep…