free speech in Israel

Omar Shakir, Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch (Courtesy of Omar Shakir).
PODCAST: Israel wants to deport this human rights defender
On the latest episode of The +972 Podcast, Human Right Watch’s Omar Shakir talks about Israel’s case against him, which he believes is a watershed moment for democracy and free speech in Israel. Listen here: iTunes/Apple Podcasts | Google Play | Spotify   For more than a year now, Israel has been trying to deport the Israel and Palestine Director…
By +972 Magazine June 28, 2019
Handout photo of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, June 4, 2018. (Haim Zach/GPO)
Israeli gov’t is trying to defund +972 Magazine, report says
Israel has been working to curtail critical voices in recent years, often by portraying them as foreign agents and seeking to dry up their funding. By +972 Magazine Staff Israel asked the German government to pressure two left-leaning political foundations to stop funding +972 Magazine, according to a report in the German media Thursday. +972…
By +972 Magazine December 6, 2018
The boycott law is in effect. Wait, can I write that?
The media cycle has been dominated by news of the anti-boycott law this week.  However, some might have missed a crucial point; the anti-boycott law is now in effect.  What does this mean for my writing on +972 and the work of the site in general? Simply put, if I write an opinion piece in…
By Joseph Dana July 17, 2011
Latest
Most Read
  1. A clash over gender segregation reveals the blindness of Israel’s protest leaders
  2. At the Gaza fence, a protest wave revives hopes of Palestinian mobilization
  3. The Haredi Zionist who advocated radical openness
  4. Biden’s message to Bibi: Normalization is more important than democracy
  5. Why the 'Pallywood' myth endures
  1. The Haredi Zionist who advocated radical openness
  2. A clash over gender segregation reveals the blindness of Israel’s protest leaders
  3. Biden’s message to Bibi: Normalization is more important than democracy
  4. At the Gaza fence, a protest wave revives hopes of Palestinian mobilization
  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. My last letter: Speak the words we were taught to fear
  5. Will Israel’s High Court defy the far-right government?