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How one Palestinian spring became a leisure spot for Israelis only
The spring that once belonged to the Palestinian village of Walajeh is now off limits to its residents. As of last week, it is open to Israeli settlers alone.
By
Aviv Tatarsky
October 22, 2019
In East Jerusalem, nightly raids leave Palestinian neighborhood reeling
For the past six weeks, Israel has been sending paramilitary police forces to raid the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya every evening. The raids, a severe form of collective punishment, have left one young Palestinian dead and hundreds wounded. By Aviv Tatarsky It’s 5:30 p.m. and some 10 large police vans rumble into the East Jerusalem neighborhood…
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August 4, 2019
Plenty of talk about ‘peace,’ little commitment
When leaders from center-left aren’t willing to deepen the struggle against the occupation, it’s hard not to feel that they, too, prefer the status quo. Notes from the Haaretz Conference for Peace. The most genuine moments at Thursday’s Haaretz Conference on Peace came from two right-wing speakers — Yariv Levin and Ze’ev Elkin, both ministers…
By
Noam Sheizaf
November 13, 2015
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How Likud became the Almighty’s contractor at the Temple Mount
For Israel’s ruling party, Zionism was first and foremost about settlements and security rather than religious salvation. The growing interest in the Temple Mount, however, reflects a complete transformation of Israeli politics as we know it. Welcome to the end times. By Tomer Persico The attempted assassination of Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick, to whom I…
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November 4, 2014
Israel’s mainstream Channel 2 starts to question the two-state solution
What does it mean when the Israeli mainstream elite questions the two-state solution, which up until now has enjoyed practically unquestioned stature in Israeli society? An analysis. Israel’s Channel 2 aired a lengthy item (starting around 30 minutes in) on Friday evening, asking a shocking question: Is the two-state solution still viable? This question is…
By
Dahlia Scheindlin
June 3, 2013
Israel’s deputy FM: Russian Jews get what some American Jews forget
One hundred Jewish leaders from Russia sent a public letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging him to ignore the call from Jewish-American leaders and public figure to make territorial concessions for peace. “…we believe that the decisions of the Head of the Government of Israel on critical issues should be taken for the sake…
By
Noam Sheizaf
April 14, 2013
The one-state plan according to Israel’s top settlement council
Though it is the establishment opinion that two states will happen, those opposing it are literally executing a plan to kill it. By Joel Braunold With President Obama visiting Israel, many groups are trying to get his attention so they can let the president know what they think he should do. Included within the pleas…
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March 22, 2013
The Likud presents: The craziest, most radical list ever expected to win elections
Knesset members behind attacks on the left, Arabs and asylum seekers won the day at the Likud primaries. All moderates but one were pushed down the list, and probably won’t serve in the next Knesset. The Likud, Israel’s ruling party the last four years, and the one expected to win the next elections according to…
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Noam Sheizaf
November 26, 2012
How the Netanyahu gov’t undermines Israeli democracy
Several actions by the current government are intended to deny the opposition its essential freedom of action One of the basic principles of a democratic regime is that it allows all citizens to participate in it equally. The basic assumption is that the faction currently in power will be removed someday, and that the opponents…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
February 11, 2012
Settler leader: Democracy must be dismantled
Haaretz reports that settler leader Benni Katzover calls for dismantling democracy and “bowing to Judaism,” and the leader of the right-wing coalition aids “price tag” activists. Can we discuss the treason of the right yet? The veteran settler leader, Benni Katzover, was caught (Hebrew) telling some meshigene Chabad paper, “Beit Mashiach”, that “I would say that…
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Yossi Gurvitz
January 8, 2012
The way to beat the fascists? Let them go wild
Why waste all this energy on small victories against the powerful right? Let them hit the wall. Hard. The social networks today were all abuzz with a big victory for the left over the right. Bank Leumi, the largest bank in Israel, was forced to freeze a charity campaign when customers discovered that money they…
By
Ami Kaufman
December 11, 2011
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