Current sectionArt & CultureShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeRachel Hagigi, Yair Meyuhas, John Macdougall /AFP, Reuven Rubin, Rubin and Faigie Zimmerman collection, TirocheIsraeli activist and artist Rachel Hagigi embroiders images of the bombing of Gaza, forcing viewers to slow down and confront Palestinian suffering. Also this week: Major Israeli paintings could soon be yours provided you have a spare $300,000; and Tel Aviv's student film festival opens12:18 AM • June 23 2026 IDTIsraeli artist and political activist Rachel Hagigi remembers exactly what she was doing in September 2023. "I was sitting at home embroidering a horse for a cushion. Just a horse." It was the first time she had embroidered in about ten years. But soon the act of embroidery would move from horses onto very different subjects. In the NewsForget About Doomscrolling. It's Daydreaming That Will Ruin Your LifeStitch by Stitch, an Israeli Artist Confronts the Destruction of GazaNYC Mulling Apology for Deporting Lesbian Jewish Woman Who Died in AuschwitzYaacov Agam, Israeli Artist Who Pioneered Kinetic Art Worldwide, Dies at 98Roger Waters to Haaretz: 'My Songs Are About Truth, Love. Israel's the Opposite'Remembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIIsrael Is Conducting a Systematic Campaign of Ethnic Cleansing in the West BankWhere Does Andy Burnham Stand on Israel and Palestine?Netanyahu's Mouthpieces Turn on Trump, Revealing a Deeper Israeli IngratitudeIsrael Is Bleeding Support in U.S. and Pouring Tens of Millions to Change ThatTrump's Iran Deal Castrates Netanyahu, but It's Still Catastrophic for IsraelReport: Netanyahu 'Likely' to Sabotage Iran Deal, U.S. Officials Tell Trump