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In Israel, ‘politics as usual’ means escalating Palestinian oppression
Three trends from Israel’s do-over election demonstrate that the more Israeli politics stay the same, the more dangerous its policies become. There are many moments in Israeli-Palestinian history where landmark developments seem to change nothing and everything at the same time. Israel’s September election is one of them. While featuring many familiar and predictable patterns, the latest…
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Amjad Iraqi
October 4, 2019
What Israeli media gets wrong about Palestinian voters
As long as journalists don’t challenge the mainstream segregationist narrative in Israeli society, they will have negligible impact on Arab voter turnout, says Palestinian sociologist Dr. Maha Karkabi Sabah. By Oren Persico For consumers of Israeli media, there are essentially two separate election campaigns taking place right now, says Dr. Maha Karkabi Sabah, a researcher…
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The Seventh Eye
September 6, 2019
Palestinian citizens of Israel debate an election boycott
After four years of one of the most hostile governments for Palestinians in Israel, Arab citizens are debating whether participating in or boycotting the upcoming Knesset elections is the best way to advance their struggle. By Henriette Chacar and Edo Konrad Frustrated with the breakdown of internal Arab party politics, and beset by an endless stream of attacks by politicians…
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April 7, 2019
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Another Netanyahu lie at CAP
Netanyahu claims that more Arabs voted for him than Labor in the last election. That’s simply false. Think Progress, the internet news arm of the Center for American Progress, fact-checked Netanyahu’s talk at the influential Democratic think-tank yesterday. They found no less than 10 problematic statements on “the big issues.” As many observers were quick…
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Noam Sheizaf
November 11, 2015
‘Israel Hayom’ and Netanyahu’s shared fear of Arab voters
The prime minister’s gravest allegation against those working against his re-election is that they are trying to raise voter participation among Arab citizens of Israel. ‘Israel Hayom,’ meanwhile, has decided that Arab voters’ opinions just don’t count. By Oren Persico “Millions of shekels from overseas — to raise voter participation for the Left and the…
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The Seventh Eye
March 9, 2015
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