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Archaic gag order lifted: Two Israeli civilians being held in Gaza
This is the third time in five years — that we can discuss — in which Israeli authorities have tried to use comprehensive gag orders to stop the publication of stories of public interest. This also is the third time that the Internet has made a mockery of such efforts to control information. A 28-year-old…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
July 9, 2015
Analysis: How Israel taught Hamas that violence is effective
The Islamic group has good reason to believe that violence will work for it, and maybe even set the stage for diplomatic engagement with Israel: it has in the past, both for itself and the PLO. It is ironic that Israel rushed to point to the kidnapping of three Israeli teens as the reason it…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
June 15, 2014
Hunger-striker Samer Issawi is another statistic in an unjust legal system
Unlike Prisoner X, there is no public outrage in Israel over the way the legal system is preventing Samer Issawi from receiving a fair trial. But then again, Issawi is Palestinian. Samer Issawi, the Palestinian prisoner who has been on an intermittent hunger strike for over 200 days, had his day in court on Thursday.…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
February 21, 2013
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WATCH: Bibi’s true role in historical events
Israeli activists and commentators got tired very quickly of Netanyahu pushing himself into every scene with released soldier Gilad Shalit today. Some of them went on Facebook to take the matter ad absurdum, by placing the prime minister in historic moments he had little real claim to. Like this, by Uri Streigold : Or this, by…
By
Dimi Reider
October 18, 2011
Gilad Schalit, once a captive, is now a soldier again
I have been crying since 10:24 this morning. After three hours, my television was finally on mute, but suddenly my eyes caught a flurry of activity: grainy footage of a tiny but unmistakable youngster, walking in a slanted way and being propped or dragged under his arms by people who obviously controlled him. It was…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
October 18, 2011
All for one, and one for all?
Most of us will never be privy to the behind-closed-doors discussions and negotiations that took place indirectly between Israeli and Hamas officials. Why one Palestinian prisoner was included on the list while another one was left off is, according to Israeli security officials, a matter of strategic consideration. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu insists that…
By
Roee Ruttenberg
October 18, 2011
Mentally, Gilad Schalit seems amazingly sound
Gilad Schalit’s mental state seems amazingly sound. In his interview on Egyptian TV, all his responses were perfectly rational, lucid, to the point. He didn’t mumble, he didn’t talk to himself, he wasn’t disconnected from reality – he looked dazed but definitely seemed to have his wits about him. I’m sure he has all sorts…
By
Larry Derfner
October 18, 2011
As it happened: Gilad Schalit comes home in prisoner swap
The first phase of the historic prisoner exchange is complete, as 477 Palestinian prisoners were released from Israeli jails and Gilad Schalit returned to Israel, after more than five years in Hamas captivity. Follow as Noa Yachot, Dimi Reider and Ami Kaufman report the developments as they happen. 18:48 French Ambassador comes to Schalit house…
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+972 Magazine
October 17, 2011
Rick’s Weekly Wrap: The Schalit Psychosis
Welcome to the Weekend Holyland Wrap, where unlike the rest of the country (where it’s all Schalit, all the time – and everything else be damned) we actually care about other stuff as well. Please take your anti-nausea pills, as some seriously repugnant individuals are soon to be back in circulation. The Schalit festival is…
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+972 Magazine
October 17, 2011
Israel doesn’t owe this much to its POWs
The Schalit process is unsustainable. For all the public support behind the Schalit deal (79%-14% in today’s Yediot Aharonot poll), for all the justifiable national pride over the large-hearted spirit Israel has shown, I think just about everybody understands that this is an unsustainable strategy for freeing captured soldiers. If and when the next Israeli soldier…
By
Larry Derfner
October 17, 2011
Sanctity and silence: Two notes on the Schalit hysteria
Shvuel Schijveschuurder defaced the Rabin memorial to protest the fact the killers of his family will be released as part of the prisoner exchange. This was denounced as “sacrilege,” while Schijveschuurder was depicted as “insane.” Neither makes sense Sanctity (and irrelevance): A large number of good leftist were shocked, shocked yesterday morning when Shvuel Schijveschuurder…
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Yossi Gurvitz
October 15, 2011
After Schalit, Israel likely to move (further) right
The 1-for-1,000 deal is probably the most “left-wing” thing Netanyahu’s ever done. The international community will now give him some slack, while the settlers, Lieberman et al will cash in their chits. The deal to release Gilad Schalit was the right decision, and despite my lack of love for Netanyahu, I give him a lot of credit for…
By
Larry Derfner
October 13, 2011
Palestinian prisoners must become part of the overall solution
The Schalit exchange will see nearly a thousand Palestinian and one Israeli prisoners of conflict go home. But the hostage-exchange practice cannot be allowed to go on. Prisoners should be invited to take an active part in dealings with Israel, and their release should become a part of the diplomatic process It’s hard to overestimate…
By
Dimi Reider
October 13, 2011
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