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Former Knesset Speaker Avraham (Avrum) Burg (photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

(Another) Knesset Speaker endorses one-state solution

Former Knesset Speaker Abrum Burg has an op-ed in Haaretz in which he not only endorses the one-state solution, but calls the entire left to do the same. Burg has flirted with the idea in the past, but he was never so explicit: So enough of the illusions. There are no longer two states between…

By Noam Sheizaf December 24, 2011

Debate: Does J14 herald a new political era in Israel?

By Libby Lenkinski & Noam Sheizaf For a month now, Israel has been going through an unprecedented upheaval. What started as a small protest at the heart of Tel Aviv over housing costs, turned into a nation-wide call for social justice, which had brought hundreds of thousands to the streets. Some feel that this unexpected…

By +972 Magazine August 13, 2011

The emergence of the new Israeli Left

Joseph Dana and I have a cover story for The Nation this week on the Israeli activists who takes part in the unarmed protest in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. We discuss the history of the joint struggle, its political significance and the challenges lying ahead. Though we say it in the text several…

By Noam Sheizaf March 13, 2011

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Protesting the rabbis’ letter: “1935 is here”

The rabbis’ ruling against renting homes to Arabs, made public this week, brought dark memories to some Israelis At Wednesday night’s protest in front of the Great Synagogue in Jerusalem condemning the rabbis’ letter, the message was clear: 1935 is here, referring to the legislation of the Nuremburg Laws in Nazi Germany. Speakers at the…

By Mairav Zonszein December 9, 2010