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Palestinians line up to buy bread at a bakery in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, January 4, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

‘It’s like living in a mortuary, waiting for someone to bury you’

With Israel isolating the northern Strip, displaced Palestinians in Gaza City are grappling with the immediate perils of starvation and disease.

By Mahmoud Mushtaha January 11, 2024

People wear Israeli flags as they take part in celebrations marking Israel's 71st Independence Day in Jerusalem, May 8, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

The sad truth behind Israeli ‘happiness’

How can a country that administers constant violence and suffers deep inequalities be ranked the fourth happiest in the world?

By Asaf Calderon April 17, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset, March 20, 2023. (Marmor/Flash90)

Israel’s economy was Netanyahu’s crown jewel. Can apartheid survive without it?

The prime minister did not foresee that the judicial coup would undermine one of the core elements protecting Israel's apartheid regime.

By Nimrod Flaschenberg March 27, 2023

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Workers from the high-tech sector protest against the Israeli government's proposed changes to the legal system, in Tel Aviv, January 31, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Israeli high tech’s ‘political awakening’ evades a violent truth

High-tech workers say the new government's plans could harm their sector. But history shows the industry actually thrives off of volatility and violence.

By Sophia Goodfriend February 9, 2023

A model of the new Palestinian city of Rawabi is displayed at the center of the Rawabi project site, Feb. 23, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

The Palestinian city that mimics its colonizers

The West Bank city of Rawabi illustrates how Palestinian capitalists are trying — and failing — to form a middle class by mirroring Israel's neoliberal policies.

By Matan Kaminer August 29, 2021

Carmel fire: the price of the treasury’s policy

The firefighters’ lack of readiness not accidental, but a result of long-term economical policy. Last morning, making my Friday shopping at the local grocery, I heard a woman hissing that we should catch those Arabs who lit the fire on Thursday and burn them alive, like the 40 prison guards cadets. I butted in. “And…

By Yossi Gurvitz December 3, 2010

Between the Lines (Oct 13): US cautious about Israel’s Jewishness

The Headlines: Celebrity Politics > All the newspapers open with the rescue of miners in Chile. > The Israeli media has a love-hate relationship with Iranian President Ahmedinijad. They hate the person, but love to cover him. The reporting on his visit to Lebanon, starting today, is reminiscent of the excitement produced by the visit…

By Roi Maor October 13, 2010

Oct 12: Netanyahu: freeze in exchange for a Jewish state?

The Headlines: The “Jewish state” demand strikes back > Netanyahu offered the Palestinians an extension of the settlement freeze in return for recognizing Israel as the nation state of the Jewish people. Didn’t he offer them citizenship in return for the same thing, just the other day? It seems like yesterday’s bargain was better. The…

By Roi Maor October 12, 2010

Yedioth Aharonoth front page, 8 October.

Between the Lines (8 Oct): On the loyalty oath and racism

The Headlines: The Dollar declines, Israeli politics sink even lower > The dollar has sharply declined throughout the world. In Israel, the national bank has been trying to stop this development (which would hurt exports and economic growth) by buying huge amounts of foreign currency. Predictably, it is failing to exclude Israel from the global…

By Roi Maor October 8, 2010