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Education Minister Naftali Bennett speaks at Yedioth Ahronoth's Stop BDS conference, March 28, 2016. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Naftali Bennett’s vision: Equality through Jewish supremacy
Behind all the pretty words, Bennett’s speech at the Israel Prize ceremony reveals exactly what he’s after: a Jewish nationalist theocracy.  By Gil Gertel During last Thursday’s annual Israel Prize ceremony, Education Minister Naftali Bennett gave a speech laying out his vision. He called for the establishment of a national, Jewish state, and in order…
By +972 Magazine May 20, 2016
A voice calling in the wilderness: A journey to the ‘Castle of the Jews’
Five hundred words and three photos from one place. This time: a church in the middle of a minefield, water you can walk on, an international border with no soldiers and a legal limbo that wouldn’t make sense anywhere else. What is the strangest place in the world? Depends how you define “strange.” In English, one…
By Yuval Ben-Ami May 29, 2014
WATCH: This land belongs to me. And you. And them. Oh, and those guys
Growing up and living in Jewish towns in Israel (Haifa, Ra’anana, Tel Aviv, Givatayim and now Bat Yam), my Yom Kippurs were always of the quiet kind. Silent streets, clean air and kids riding bikes. But on this Kippur, I ventured into Jaffa and saw another world. Maybe the real world? It was noisy as…
By Ami Kaufman October 7, 2012
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Icon, Orthodox Gospel Church in Nazareth (Photo: Dahlia Scheindlin)
Dear fellow American Christians: Speak up against suffering
By Andrew Miller and James-Michael Smith   Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. —Matthew 5:9   We are writing to you, our fellow Christians from the United States, with which the State of Israel has enjoyed a unique relationship since its founding, because we are concerned with the nature…
By +972 Magazine February 28, 2012
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  1. The Haredi Zionist who advocated radical openness
  2. My first letter as +972's new editor-in-chief
  3. The permit regime is Oslo’s enduring legacy. It must be abolished
  4. 'Your grandparents couldn't return to Al-Sajara. But I know they died hoping'
  5. 'I told Arafat: Israel will promise you an inch and not give you a millimeter'
  1. The permit regime is Oslo’s enduring legacy. It must be abolished
  2. 'Your grandparents couldn't return to Al-Sajara. But I know they died hoping'
  3. 'I told Arafat: Israel will promise you an inch and not give you a millimeter'
  4. Israel's armed drones are heralding an era of automated killing
  5. My first letter as +972's new editor-in-chief
  1. ‘It’s like 1948’: Israel cleanses vast West Bank region of nearly all Palestinians
  2. 'I told Arafat: Israel will promise you an inch and not give you a millimeter'
  3. 'Youth Against Dictatorship': Meet Israel's new class of conscientious objectors
  4. 'Don’t raise your voice — you're not in Britain anymore'
  5. My last letter: Speak the words we were taught to fear