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Palestinians, many of whom came from the West Bank, are seen in Haifa during the last day of the Eid al-Fitr, July 19, 2015. (photo: Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills.org)

Israel’s Arab community and its contempt for its youth

I have zero expectations from racist Jews, but I’d expect the Arabs, my own community, to be less judgmental of young people. You have no idea what it’s like to walk down the street fearing the police and criminals, as well as your judgment. By Abed Abu Shehadeh Every time a young Arab is killed…

By Haokets May 2, 2016

Labor party leader Isaac Herzog at campaign headquarters on election night, March 17, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

No, Herzog, ‘Arab lovers’ is the last thing you can say about Labor

Isaac Herzog’s plea to the Labor Party to shed their ‘Arab-loving’ image is the latest in a series of pathetic attempts to pander to the right. Might offering a viable political and moral alternative to the right do the trick? By Orly Noy Labor leader Isaac Herzog was absolutely right when he said on Tuesday…

By Orly Noy April 20, 2016

Labor party leader Isaac Herzog at campaign headquarters on election night, March 17, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Isaac Herzog, leader of the non-opposition

Many people are describing opposition leader Isaac Herzog’s maiden speech in the 20th Knesset as the speech that could have won him the election. But is he offering an alternative that’s any better than Netanyahu? Mabrouk on you, the new government تشوفو على وجهها الخير – may it bring only good things. That’s how we,…

By Samah Salaime May 18, 2015

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Avigdor Lieberman (photo: Yotam Ronen / Activestills.org)

For Palestinian citizens, nothing but contempt and rejection for Liberman plan

‘Liberman’s proposals spoil the delicate fabric of relations between Arabs and Jews in Israel. They come from a man who paved his political path using right-wing statements, erecting barriers in the process of peace and leading us to fear and despair.’ By Riad Kabaha I was born in the early 1950s as an Israeli citizen.…

By +972 Magazine January 17, 2014

Hadeel, the subject of Ganit Ilouz's film "Dove's Cry." (photo: still from Dove's Cry)

Film review: Arab citizen of Israel, member of the enemy

What is a Muslim woman’s place in a country where Jewish suffering is the dominant cultural theme? A new Israeli film tells the story of Hadeel, a 27-year-old Arab woman who teaches at a Jewish school in central Israel, and explores the difficulty of never fully belonging. By Shoshana Madmoni-Gerber Dove’s Cry, Ganit Ilouz’s new documentary (playing…

By +972 Magazine November 16, 2013

MK Hanin Zoabi (photo: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

What Yair Lapid’s anti-Zoabi comments reveal about Israeli politics

It is not considered racist in Israel to discriminate against 20 percent of the population and the millions more living in the occupied West Bank. It is considered the self-determination of the Jewish people. The few words Yair Lapid said to the press the day after the election that made his Yesh Atid party the…

By Mairav Zonszein January 26, 2013

A call to establish a national memorial day for slain Arab citizens

Israel’s Amadou Diallo and Stephen Biko are 13 Arab Israelis shot and killed in October 2000 by the Israeli National Police. October 1 must be an Israeli national memory day for the victims. by Issa Edward Boursheh Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of October 2000 events in which Rami, Ahmad, Mohammad, Mosleh, Asil, Alaa, Walid, Emad,…

By +972 Magazine October 2, 2011