Tom Mehager

Tom Mehager is the facilitator of Zochrot’s “Nakba, Ashkenazim, and Mizrahim” workshop and a member of the Joint Nationality researcher team at the Van Leer Institute.

Recent Articles
Israelis protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, outside the PM's official residence in Jerusalem, Dec. 12, 2020. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
There is no defeating the right without Israel’s oppressed groups
If the Balfour protests are only interested in removing Netanyahu, it will not matter to their leaders how racist the alternative will be.
By Tom Mehager January 5, 2021
Young Jewish Israelis celebrate Jerusalem Day at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City, May 21, 2020, marking 53 years since Israel occupied East Jerusalem. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
‘How can a Palestinian feel a sense of equality in a Judaizing state?’
In a wide-ranging interview, Prof. Amal Jamal talks about the exclusion of Palestinian citizens from Israel's COVID-19 response, Netanyahu's consolidation of power, and the possibility of a different Israeli identity.
By Tom Mehager July 12, 2020
Likud supporters react as the first results in the Israeli Knesset elections are announced, September 17, 2019. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
Yes, Mizrahim support the right. But not for the reasons you think
By supporting right-wing parties, Mizrahim have found solutions to hardships that stemmed from decades of Ashkenazi supremacy in Israel.
By Tom Mehager February 27, 2020
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  2. Six months after October 7, a lament for the paths not chosen
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