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Why I took 32 photos of my leg

I hurt my leg, so I gave it a treat: a trip to sites across Israel/Palestine that tell of just how fragile the human body is. The doctor says my leg is fine, but I have doubts. I twisted it playing football (soccer, so be it) last autumn, tore a muscle and feared damage to…

By Yuval Ben-Ami July 26, 2016

Tel Aviv Central Bus Station platform (Wikimedia/public domain)

Transportation in Israel: A paradise for Jews only

Although Israel’s Transportation Ministry has begun promoting green, sustainable transportation, a closer look at the government’s program reveals tremendous gaps between public transportation in the Jewish communities and the neighboring Arab communities. By Toby Cohen and Hagit Naali-Joseph Anyone for whom the quality of the environment and the future of the planet are top priorities is probably…

By +972 Magazine March 7, 2013

Pro-Palestinian activists aboard the SV Estelle catch sight of approaching Israeli Navy boats

EXCLUSIVE: Photos from the Gaza aid boat intercepted by the IDF

The following are exclusive photos taken on board the Estelle, as the ship was sailing toward the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break Israel’s siege on the coastal territory. The Israeli navy took over the ship before it reached its destination, and arrested some twenty activists, among them three Israeli citizens. Huge efforts were…

By +972 Magazine October 21, 2012

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A Christmas journey part 11: Granpa Frost & Snowflake

<< The Christmas Journey Home Petah Tikva – Ben Gurion airport – Ashdod – Givatayim, Merry Rashdistvo! I was hungry, walking at dusk into the city of Petah Tikvah from the Baptist Village. I took a peek into a a small Russian tavern. The looks of it didn’t really work my appetite, but something in…

By Yuval Ben-Ami December 21, 2011

September journey part 8: It makes no sense

Staying on the move in Israel and the Palestinian Territories through a month of trial. Who’d have thought I’d get shot in my mother’s hometown? I can venture a bit farther afield today, thanks to my truly beloved readers. So far my emergency fundraiser, following the disastrous effect a Turkish-Israeli diplomatic freeze caused to this…

By Yuval Ben-Ami September 9, 2011

When violence fills the leadership vacuum

As usual, when a new cycle of violence approaches, the papers are full of prophecies by this military analyst and that political pundit on how long it will last, who will blink first, is Hamas interested in escalation, can Islamic Jihad be curbed, can Israel afford this and will it do that. After only a…

By Ami Kaufman March 27, 2011

The Israeli ‘shikun’: Living in urban ugliness and how to deal with it

There must be some consequence to how most of us grow up with dubious architecture. The “shikunim,” dour apartment blocks not quite as gargantuan as those of eastern Europe, but about equally ornate, make up a great deal of the urban and suburban Israeli landscape. They were mostly built during the 1950s and 60s to…

By Yuval Ben-Ami September 12, 2010