Dahlia Scheindlin

A Jewish Israeli man shouts at Palestinians while waving the Israeli flag in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem on Jerusalem Day, June 2, 2008. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
Voting Netanyahu out is not going to ‘save’ Israel-Palestine
Israeli citizens are about to vote in national elections for the second time in six months. But has anything changed since April? Why is no one talking about the occupation? And are we really about to see the end of the Netanyahu era? +972 writers talk about why these elections matter. Israeli voters will head to the…
By Natasha Roth-Rowland September 15, 2019
Screenshot from 'Disregarding Gaza,' by Tamar Glezerman and Arianna LaPenne.
WATCH: Short doc looks for the Palestinians in Israeli elections
Why is Gaza not an issue in Israel’s elections? Filmmakers Tamar Glezerman and Arianna LaPenne speak with +972 bloggers to examine the mainstream media landscape, and its marginalization of the Palestinians, the occupation and the war in Gaza. Shot during Operation Protective Edge, this short documentary follows independent writers and photojournalists as they cover one…
By +972 Magazine March 15, 2015
A small Israeli girl casts her mother's vote in the 2013 Knesset elections. (photo: Yotam Ronen / Activestills)
Perfecting the art of predicting the future — Israeli elections
Pre-election polls are a national sport in Israel, but they’re not very accurate. Now there’s a new player on the field, running a new polling project that claims to to have found the system’s flaws — and fixed them. A look at how polls affect voting patterns, which populations are traditionally under-represented and the mistakes…
By +972 Magazine February 6, 2015
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The rhetorical abuse of unarmed Palestinian resistance by Mahmoud Abbas
My colleague, Dahlia Scheindlin, in her thoughtful analysis of PA president Mahmoud Abbas’s major speech on the Palestine statehood bid, notes, The non-violent approach [Abbas] emphasized in his speech is the revolution of political, cultural and moral identity the Palestinians have undertaken. Many have asked if they are inspired by the Arab Spring and I…
By Joseph Dana September 17, 2011
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