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When a Palestinian, Muslim woman went on Israeli Big Brother
Shams, a hijab-wearing, Palestinian woman went on the Israeli reality TV show to teach Jewish Israelis about her humanity. She was naive to think she’d succeed, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t support her. It’s hard with these Palestinians everywhere, even on Big Brother. I admit and confess, I know next to nothing about the…
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Samah Salaime
May 30, 2018
Would you turn in your own child? The dilemma facing Palestinian parents
A number of Palestinian youngsters have been turned in by their own families in recent weeks, despite the fact that they had not yet committed any crime. Leveraging threats of collective punishment, the state is becoming Big Brother. By Noam Rotem Generations of Soviet children grew up with the story of Pavel Morozov, the…
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+972 Magazine
December 8, 2015
Pilot begins for Israel’s National Biometric Database program
New database will allow immediate access by security forces, without court order, to the face scan and finger prints of every Israeli. After several delays, the Interior Ministry on Monday will commence the two-year pilot stage of Israel’s National Biometric Database Program. When completed, the database will include the biometric information – a face scan…
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Noam Sheizaf
July 8, 2013
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Israeli ‘Big Brother’ contestant photographed with blindfolded Palestinians
Entertainment reporter and blogger Omri Hayoon posted a picture of Itai Wallach, smiling with arms spread behind the backs of two blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinians. The picture seems to have been taken during Wallach’s service in the Israeli paratroopers. Itai Wallach, 26, will be somewhat of a household name in the next few months…
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Ami Kaufman
July 7, 2013
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