Ari Shavit

A protest marking International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women in Tel Aviv. (Activestills.org)

+972’s Person of the Year: The women standing up to sexual harassment

The women who spoke out in 2016 executed an unplanned pincer move. As accusations snowballed, women inspired one another to speak up. First and foremost, what 2016 should mean for Israel’s social institutions is that there are limits on power. Whether or not men acknowledge what they did as wrong, title or talent must not protect them.

By +972 Magazine December 30, 2016

Ari Shavit on the Charlie Rose Show (photo: YouTube screenshot)

Ari Shavit’s non-apology

Haaretz columnist Ari Shavit apologizes for sexually assaulting an American journalist. Well, kind of. Eight days after American journalist Danielle Berrin published allegations of sexual assault against an Israeli journalist who she refused to name, Haaretz columnist and author Ari Shavit identified himself on Thursday and issued an apology “from the bottom of his heart…

By Mairav Zonszein October 28, 2016

A home demolition in East Jerusalem. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Let’s not forget that East Jerusalem Palestinians are stateless

Two of Haaretz’s biggest names claim the violence in Jerusalem reveals the failure of ‘bi-nationalism.’ Perhaps they have forgotten that over 300,000 residents there live under occupation, rather than in any type of sovereign state. The stabbing of an Israeli soldier in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba and the killing of two Palestinian…

By Edo Konrad October 16, 2015

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IAF fighter jet during an exercise. (photo: IDF Spokesperson)

Why Israel picks fights with Hezbollah

And why it will probably pick another one before too long. After Hezbollah’s fatal attack on Israeli soldiers Wednesday, the two enemy sides are in a rare configuration: they’re even. Israel killed six Hezbollah guerrillas and an Iranian general on January 18, so Hezbollah killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded seven more, and now they’re…

By Larry Derfner January 30, 2015

A tunnel in Gaza (Marius Arnesen, Flickr)

From Iran to the tunnels: Do we really have to live this way?

Those who spot an existential threat at every turn, turn their backs on diplomacy and mock peace efforts are now astonished to find that the enemy has sought out their own weapons of attack. The tunnels are a self-fulfilling prophecy; the time has come to look for another way. By Nir Baram It is heartrending…

By +972 Magazine August 2, 2014

Netanyahu and Abbas in Washington, September 15, 2010 (State Dept. Photo)

‘There was no generous offer’: A history of peace talks

Raviv Drucker, a prominent journalist who co-hosts a well-known television magazine program on Channel 10, wrote a tough blog post in which he takes some of Israel’s best known journalists to task for presenting a completely erroneous interpretation of the Palestinian position regarding a negotiated agreement for a two-state solution. I have translated his post…

By Lisa Goldman April 26, 2014

Ari Shavit on the Charlie Rose Show (photo: YouTube screenshot)

Ari Shavit and the failure of the Kerry process

A public exchange has been taking place between Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken and the paper’s columnist Ari Shavit over Mahmoud Abbas’ refusal to recognize Israel as a “Jewish state.” According to Shavit’s latest piece, supporting peace means forcing the Palestinians to accept Israeli preconditions, otherwise there will be no agreement. This has always been the logic…

By Noam Sheizaf March 27, 2014

Israeli Bedouins throw stones at Israeli police during a protest against the Prawer-Begin Plan, on Road 31 near Hura, Israel, on November 30, 2013. Hundreds of Israeli Bedouins and activists protested and clashed with police, trowing stones and setting tires on fire. Police fired tear gas and arrested at least 10 protesters. Activists declared a 'day of rage' across Israel and Palestine in protest against the Israeli government's Prawer-Begin Plan, which if implemented will displace tens of thousands of Bedouin citizens from their homes in the Negev desert. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

+972’s Editor’s Picks of 2013

As 2013 comes to a close, +972 Magazine’s editors and bloggers took time to look back at the year that was, and share the articles that most resonated with them – in no particular order. ‘They’re all named Mohammad nowadays’ In one of the most heartfelt posts of the year, Mya Guarnieri describes the difficulties of…

By +972 Magazine December 28, 2013

Ari Shavit on the Charlie Rose Show (photo: YouTube screenshot)

Book Review: On Ari Shavit’s ‘My Promised Land’

The Zionist story, re-told by the elite, for the elite. A new book by Haaretz journalist Ari Shavit won rare compliments in recent weeks from the liberal Jewish elite in the United States. A couple of prominent Jewish writers—Leon Wieseltier and Thomas Freidman—praised the book on the pages of the New York Times, the New…

By Noam Sheizaf December 19, 2013

Ari Shavit on the Charlie Rose Show (photo: YouTube screenshot)

Ari Shavit: Apocalypse now, apocalypse forever

Ari Shavit, one of Haaret’z most renowned columnists, has been warning Israelis of the coming apocalypse from time immemorial. But whether he is talking about the Iranian nuclear program or a future Palestinian state, not one of Shavit’s nightmare scenario’s come true. Perhaps it is time we stop taking him seriously. By False Prophet Blog…

By +972 Magazine November 21, 2013

Palestinians being expelled from Lydda in 1948 during Operation Danny. (Palmach archive, photographer unknown)

‘Thanks for doing Zionism’s filthy work’: A response to Ari Shavit

Israeli journalist Ari Shavit expresses gratitude for the perpetrators of the Lydda expulsion and massacre — for doing the ‘filthy work,’ explaining that, even ‘the critics of later years enjoyed the fruits of their deed.’ A response to Shavit’s ‘Lydda, 1948‘, published in The New Yorker. By Ami Asher Palestinian historian Nur Massalha wrote that from…

By +972 Magazine November 11, 2013

Ehud Barak (Lisa Goldman)

Ari Shavit Iran interview: A bootlicking masterclass

Israeli readers woke up this morning to a deafening, orchestrated drumroll, with the headlines of all four Israeli dailies beating out a steady call for war. The soloist of this dubious ensemble was Haaretz columnist Ari Shavit, who was given prime-space on top of the Haaretz to interview Defence Minister Ehud Barak, hilariously presented as…

By Dimi Reider August 10, 2012

‘Anonymous decision maker’ advocating war with Iran is Ehud Barak

The top stories in all Israeli dailies this weekend discuss a coming strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Thirty-seven percent of Israelis think President Obama would stop Iran from developing a bomb, while only 29 percent doubt it. The front page headlines in all major daily papers in Israel deal with the increased likelihood of a…

By Noam Sheizaf August 10, 2012