Joel Schalit – The Battleground

Co-founder, Editor-in-Chief: An Israeli-American journalist, Joel Schalit has covered European, Middle Eastern and US politics since 1994. The former news editor of Euractiv and managing editor of Tikkun, Schalit has commented on EU and German affairs for Israeli broadcaster i24News since 2016. His books include Israel vs. Utopia, The Anti-Capitalism Reader and Jerusalem Calling.

Joel Schalit / 21 Apr 2023

Liberation Day Today

Remembering WWII in Italy

In the lead-up to every Liberation Day on 25 April, adverts commemorating the event appear on most of the municipal billboards of my Torino neighbourhood.(...)

Joel Schalit / 26 Sep 2022

The Week Before the Election

Photographing Italian Politics

Few Italian elections since the turn of the millennium have felt more like the twentieth century than this one.(...)

Joel Schalit / 17 May 2022

Sharing the Tragedy

Nakba Day in Torino

No European city knows the Nakba like Berlin. At least in my part of town, Neukölln.(...)

Joel Schalit / 19 Apr 2022

Ukraine War Abroad

The View From Torino

Ukraine is everywhere. Wherever you look, from newspapers to graffiti and TV, everyone is talking about it. (...)

Joel Schalit / 04 Apr 2022

Making Use of Syrians

Russia’s Populist Exception

Twenty years ago today, it would have been the stuff of conspiracy theory.(...)

Joel Schalit / 18 Mar 2022

A Russian Education

Putin’s Genocide Charge

No war in recent memory has divided progressives like the Ukraine crisis. (...)

Joel Schalit / 04 Mar 2022

Radioactive Europe

Russia’s Nuclear Tightrope

The German press was alarmed. Wild boars had infiltrated Berlin and were making their way to the city centre.(...)

Joel Schalit / 22 Feb 2022

From Russia With Love

The Ties That Bind

“Let the Americans take them,” said Tzila. “Their politics are terrible. They could damage the country.”(...)

Joel Schalit / 08 Feb 2022

Reading Propaganda Posters

Fratelli d’Italia in Torino

They had a different Italy in mind. But the mistake in ad placement was still telling.(...)

Joel Schalit / 25 Jan 2022

Tremors of War

Holocaust Memorial Day in Torino

It’s an awkward sort of honour. But Torino always has the best Holocaust Memorial Day billboards. (...)

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