Ami Ayalon

Israelis gather at a rally calling for a change of government and to replace Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, March 7, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
It’s time to stop asking why the Israeli left has disappeared
For Israeli left-wing voters, nothing is more important than overthrowing Netanyahu. Yet despite their common cause, the left remains anything but united and it is polling at unprecedented lows. There is one thing shared by nearly every Israeli who does not define her or himself as right-wing: a profound desire to oust Benjamin Netanyahu. And…
By Dahlia Scheindlin February 14, 2019
The Gatekeepers (photo: Sony Pictures)
A ‘no-strategy’ strategy: The Gatekeepers and soldier testimonies
Do not be misled by the paranoid helplessness of the six powerful men in Dror Moreh’s film – the end goal of Israel’s military rule is the complete demise of the dream of Palestinian independence. By Oded Na’aman Ami Ayalon, former head of the Israeli Shin Bet, grew up on a kibbutz near the Sea of…
By +972 Magazine March 23, 2013
The Gatekeepers (photo: Sony Pictures)
Can ‘The Gatekeepers’ open the gates to the empire?
Is there growing realization within Israeli society that the social, political, moral, and military basis of the occupation is unsustainable? If so, perhaps ‘The Gatekeepers’ need not change people’s minds, so much as express them. A college professor once taught me that a decaying empire clenches onto power with a chokehold. Israel’s occupation of the…
By Dahlia Scheindlin February 24, 2013
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