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Why are Palestinian citizens staying out of the anti-Netanyahu protests?
Jewish Israelis are only now waking up to the neglect and racism that have long defined our reality.
By
Yaser Abu Areesha
July 24, 2020
Netanyahu’s authoritarian rule is turning Israelis against the state
The 'anyone but Bibi' slogan has clear limitations, but when Netanyahu and the Israeli regime have become one and the same, a new civil struggle has begun.
By
Meron Rapoport
July 23, 2020
The High Court didn’t stop Netanyahu. It won’t stop annexation either
The center-left camp hoped the High Court would put an end to Netanyahu's rule. Now that it's given him the green light to remain in office and advance annexation, opponents need to find new ways to resist.
By
Meron Rapoport
May 7, 2020
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Israel’s opposition campaigned on democracy. Netanyahu won on Zionism.
Blue and White thought Israeli voters would opt for a copy of Likud without the corruption. It lost that bet three elections in a row.
By
Yousef Munayyer
March 3, 2020
Netanyahu’s entitlement is a product of Israel’s social hierarchy
A democracy would ensure that a prime minister charged with corruption should step down. But under Israel’s ethnic and class-based regime, what he did is less important than who he is.
By
Shoshana Gabay
December 1, 2019
A Netanyahu indictment won’t save Israeli democracy
In Netanyahu’s Israel, checks and balances are irrelevant or corrupt, accountability is conspiracy, and a watchdog media is a national saboteur. Tough times are ahead. There has been no shortage of people who were thrilled by the announcement Tuesday night that Israeli police recommend indicting Benjamin Netanyahu in two corruption cases. A Haaretz headline crowed…
By
Dahlia Scheindlin
February 14, 2018
Tens of thousands protest Israel’s ‘Crime Minister’: Will it matter?
Nobody expected Saturday’s demonstration to be so enormous, but everyone was angry. Creative expressions of frustration were everywhere and demonstrators vowed to continue the protests — but what impact will they have? What started as a ripple on Israeli social media networks over the weekend burst out into a full-blown, massive demonstration against the government on Saturday…
By
Dahlia Scheindlin
December 3, 2017
Tens of thousands protest government corruption in Tel Aviv
Netanyahu is currently facing three separate corruption probes, and his political allies are promoting legislation to shield him from accountability. (Read Dahlia Scheindlin’s report from the protest.) By +972 Staff and Haggai Matar Tens of thousands of Israelis packed into Tel Aviv’s posh Rothschild Boulevard Saturday night to protest government corruption, as well as new legislation that would shield…
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+972 Magazine
December 2, 2017
WATCH: Hundreds of Israelis protest government corruption
At the beginning of June, hundreds of Israelis gathered in Petah Tikva to protest against the slow progress on investigations into government corruption, particularly the scandals surrounding Netanyahu, as well as against threats to freedom of expression. Read more: Civil society groups join forces to protect freedom of speech Netanyahu scandal exposes corruption in the…
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Social TV
June 21, 2017
Netanyahu scandal exposes corruption in the Israeli press
The alleged dealing between Netanyahu and the publisher of ‘Yedioth’ reveals the driving force behind Israel’s biggest newspapers — a type of corruption that couldn’t exist in media outlets with truly independent journalists. By Shuki Tausig Israeli media this week revealed secretly recorded conversations between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the publisher of the country’s best-selling…
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The Seventh Eye
January 8, 2017
Why Israel’s former prime minister is going to prison (and why he’s not)
Ehud Olmert this week became Israel’s first former prime minister to head to prison. Here is a simple explanation of why, what legal troubles still await him, and the crimes for which he’ll never pay. Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is going to jail — albeit only for 18 months. The Supreme Court shortened…
By
Dimi Reider
December 30, 2015
Former Prime Minister Olmert sentenced to six years in prison for bribery
Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced Tuesday morning to six years in prison on bribery charges in the biggest corruption scandal in Israel’s history. Olmert was convicted of accepting bribes in exchange for expediting the permit process for the Holyland real estate development while he was mayor of the city, years before his premiership. The…
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Edo Konrad
May 13, 2014
Coming attraction: Liberman the peacenik
If a militant nationalist wants to get elected prime minister of Israel, he has to repeat the word ‘peace’ over and over. Unlike a lot of other leftists in despair over Liberman’s acquittal on Wednesday, I don’t think it’s a foregone conclusion he’s going to succeed Netanyahu as prime minister. I agree that he…
By
Larry Derfner
November 8, 2013
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