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Palestinian women cross the Qalandiya checkpoint outside Ramallah, West Bank, into Jerusalem to attend the first Friday of Ramadan prayers in the Al-Aqsa Mosque, July 12, 2013. (photo: Activestills.org)

Is Israel ‘evil?’

Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy, who in the past has called Israel Air Force pilots a ‘death squadron,’ condemned Israel as ‘pure evil.’ But is he right this time? By David Sarna Galdi Israeli media’s reigning provocateur, Gideon Levy, is an intellectual hooligan hanging around the neighborhood pub just waiting to cause some trouble. Levy insists…

By +972 Magazine August 10, 2016

Illustrative photo of Jewish extremists. (Courtesy of RHR)

‘Our’ murderers – what would Arendt and Buber say?

There is soul-searching and there is the self-gratifying appearance of soul-searching. The deception of the latter lies within the words: ‘Tear out these wild weeds from among us.’ Confession: I held out hope, to the last minute, that the murderers of Mohammed Abu Khdeir would not be “mine” – Israeli, Jewish. The hope that they…

By Dahlia Scheindlin July 7, 2014

(photo: Sigal Rozen)

Court: Eritrean torture victim must remain in jail

It is clear that through its decision to leave the asylum seeker in custody, the court refused to recognized his particular situation. Thus, it rejected the possibility that will forever remain open before us: the possibility – which is both an obligation and a right — to discover compassion. By Asaf Weitzen Judge Eliyahu Beitan of…

By Laissez Passer February 25, 2013

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Theresienstadt (photo: Peder Sandholm/Flickr)

A crime against Jewish blood and honor

The following was originally posted on Wish You Orwell. Israel is famous for supporting the documentation of the personal stories of Holocaust survivors: various functionaries often repeat the phrase that since the ranks of the survivors are depleting rapidly, it is vital that their stories be documented for posterity. This, apparently, derives from the strange…

By Yossi Gurvitz August 28, 2010