Join Our Solidarity Delegation to Israel
Our Fight is planning a unique solidarity delegation to Israel at the end of April. If you'd like to be part of the trip then please fill in the form at the end of this article, to express your interest.
Our Fight is an organisation made up of mainly non-Jews who come from all walks of life—religious and non-religious, right- and left-leaning—all of whom stand against anti-Semitism and with Israel.
The campaign was formed shortly after the 7.10 pogrom, as a response to the lack of empathy shown to Jews and Israelis in the shadow of the worst attacks on Jews since the Holocaust. However, we quickly realised that standing against anti-Semitism requires standing for Israel. And perhaps even more importantly in 2025—the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz—we see that challenging anti-Semitism also requires pushing back against growing attempts to 'de-Judify' the Holocaust.
Activities and Campaigns
Since 7.10 Our Fight have stood shoulder-to-shoulder with our Jewish and Israeli friends: we have protested against Hamas sympathisers; we have stopped the marches; we have door-stepped UK Cabinet members in support of Emily Damari; we held memorials on Holocaust Memorial Day; we challenged the lie that there is a genocide in Gaza; we organised On the Precipice: Why Standing for Civilisation Means Standing With Israel in partnership with British Friends of Israel.
Remaking the Promise of Never Again
Most worryingly for those working to challenge anti-Semitism we are seeing a decline in Holocaust education and Holocaust awareness, resulting in both its relativisation (other events such as a war, are described as being comparable to the Holocaust) and inversion (Jews are accused of committing the very crimes that were committed against them).
In order to play our part in challenging this trend, we are running a major campaign in 2025, Remaking the Promise of Never Again. Activities have included public displays of a Yad Vashem exhibition as well as a symposium at JW3.
Brendan O'Neill in conversation with Mark Birbeck at the plenary of Remaking the Promise of Never Again.
The next key activity will be a solidarity delegation to Israel.
Solidarity Trip
Our solidarity delegation will begin on Yom HaShoah as an indication of our commitment to ensuring the key message of the Holocaust—that anti-Semitism can lead civilisation to its darkest place—is not lost.
We also aim to see first-hand how Israel is forced to deal with the threat of terrorism on all sides, and how people live their daily lives accordingly. We hope to meet people from all walks of life including those affected directly by 7.10 and other terrorist attacks, the IDF who are tasked with defending Israel and its citizens, journalists, religious leaders, government and political figures, and others.
The trip will end with the two days of events that begin with Yom HaZikaron (Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of Israel and Victims of Terrorism), which is immediately followed by the celebrations for Yom HaAtzmaut (Independence Day).
Our Goals
Although we aim to gain insight from our trip, we would also like to give back to Israel by looking for volunteering opportunities as well as holding talks about our experiences as a solidarity campaign in the UK.
To achieve this we plan to take a group of mainly non-Jews comprising activists, young people, students and embedded journalists.
During the trip we will cover Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, both the north and the south, and sites such as the Nova Festival memorial.
The trip will help us to better understand why we stand for Israel and to convey to Israel that it is not alone in its fight.
Prices
There are two options for the trip:
Option 1: 7 days, returning on Yom HaZikaron (April 30th)
- Single Occupancy - 7 nights stay (checkout on April 30th) - £1,537*
- Shared Occupancy - 7 nights stay (checkout on April 30th) - £1,187*
Option 2: 9 days, returning after Yom HaAtzmaut (May 2nd)
- Single Occupancy - 9 nights stay (checkout on May 2nd) - £1,797*
- Shared Occupancy - 9 nights stay (checkout on May 2nd) - £1,347*
*Price includes: accommodation, breakfast, packed lunch, private coach with tour guide to events in the north and the south.
*Price excludes: flights, ETA-IL, travel/health insurance, evening meals, gratitudes, 17% hotel tax for Israeli passport holders and transfers to airport.
Register
If you are interested in being part of our solidarity delegation to Israel, please complete the form below. Note that this is an Our Fight supporters-only trip; if you join us on our trip to Israel then you will be required to sign up, as well as agree with our basic principles, which are to stand with Israel, against anti-Semitism, and for free speech.
We hope you will join us!
