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Sign to Susya, with Arabic blacked out (Yuval Ben Ami)

New law would demote Arabic language in the name of ‘social cohesion’

Members of Knesset say law builds a ‘collective identity’ that will preserve the ‘values of democracy.’ By Orly Noy A group of MKs from Yisrael Beiteinu, Likud and Jewish Home recently submitted a bill that calls to rescind the status of Arabic as an official language in Israel. On its own, the bill is neither out…

By Orly Noy August 26, 2014

Now Bibi is calling Yair Lapid an anti-Semite

People who see Netanyahu as the great Jewish avenger should know how low he’s willing to go in exploiting the memory of Jewish suffering. I can never get over the shamelessness with which Israeli nationalist power freaks will exploit people’s memories of anti-Semitic persecution for their own low purposes. Nobody’s better at it than…

By Larry Derfner March 3, 2013

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (photo: Yotam Ronen / Activestills.org)

The post-Netanyahu era starts tomorrow

Bibi will be the lamest of ducks in his next and last term as PM. Hold the applause, though – what’s rising up to take his place is worse. If, as expected tomorrow, Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu gets in the low-30s in Knesset seats, this election will mark the beginning of the post-Netanyahu era. Bibi will remain as…

By Larry Derfner January 21, 2013

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Knesset polls: Likud slightly down, settler parties gaining momentum

Two new election polls came out yesterday, both telling roughly the same story: the Likud-Beitenu party is losing some voters to the National Religious Party and to Otzma Le’Israel, an extreme faction led by former Kahane man Michael Ben-Ari. Both parties are identified with the settler movement (though settlers are well represented in Likud as well). According…

By Noam Sheizaf December 19, 2012