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Roy Cohen

Roy Cohen is an award-winning filmmaker and writer, based in Israel

October 2023

  • Israeli troops run as clashes erupt outside the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem, September 2000. Photograph: Awad Awad/AFP/Getty Images

    The Audio Long Read
    From the archive: ‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’ – podcast

    From 2022: At a summer camp for kids from conflict zones, I met my brave, funny friend Aseel. He was Palestinian. I was Israeli. When he was killed by police, my hope for our future died with him

August 2022

  • Israeli troops run as clashes erupt outside the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City 28 September 2000, following a visit to the holy site by Israeli right-wing opposition leader Ariel Sharon.

    The Audio Long Read
    Best of 2022 … so far: ‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’ – podcast

    This week, from February: At a summer camp for kids from conflict zones, I met my brave, funny friend Aseel. He was Palestinian. I was Israeli. When he was killed by police, my hope for our future died with him. By Roy Cohen

February 2022

  • Israeli troops run as clashes erupt outside the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City 28 September 2000

    The Audio Long Read
    ‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’ – podcast

    At a summer camp for kids from conflict zones, I met my brave, funny friend Aseel. He was Palestinian. I was Israeli. When he was killed by police, my hope for our future died with him

January 2022

  • Aseel Aslih at a Seeds for Peace camp in the 90s.

    The long read
    ‘In our teens, we dreamed of making peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Then my friend was shot’

    The long read: At a summer camp for kids from conflict zones, I met my brave, funny friend Aseel. He was Palestinian. I was Israeli. When he was killed by police, my hope for our future died with him