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Soon to be outlawed? A BDS rally in Melbourne (Photo: Takver)

Boycott bill: A way to persecute the Israeli left

Under the guise of a bill against boycotts, the Knesset is muzzling the anti-settlement left The Knesset’s Judicial Committee, led by MK David Rotem (Israel Beitenu) approved yesterday the “boycott bill” for its final reading. This likely means that the bill will imminently become a law. The former version of the bill (Hebrew) defined a…

By Yossi Gurvitz June 28, 2011

Racist “IDF recruit” video exposed as a hoax

A video of a gun-wielding IDF soldier swearing he would disobey orders not to shoot Palestinians and Sudanese created a stir in the Israeli blogosphere. The video turns out to be a hoax – but it still teaches us something of how such attitudes are perceived by local audiences. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu26JiIUbSY[/youtube] Over the weekend, a short…

By Yossi Gurvitz June 20, 2011

A Gay Girl in… Edinburgh?

As days go by, more and more details emerge on the backstage workings of the Gay Girl in Damascus blog, the author of which was ostensibly “disappeared” in Damascus last week. The website Lezgetreal, which played a key role in the establishment and early fame of the blog, published the two IP addresses from which…

By Dimi Reider June 11, 2011

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An act of hactivism: a racist email raises hackles & ends up educating

When racism becomes too ludicrous for comfort About a week ago, the deputy mayor of Carmiel, a man named Oren Milstein, was stupid enough to boast to a Yediot Ahronot reporter that he is operating, along with some shadowy group, a “snitch hotline”, which the good Jewish residents of Carmiel were invited to call and…

By Yossi Gurvitz November 1, 2010