identity politics

WATCH: ‘Israeli Arab’ or Palestinian?
One in five Israeli citizens are Arab — Muslim, Christian, Druze, Bedouin. A 2014 +972 Magazine poll found that the percentage of Arab citizens of Israel who identify as Palestinian has risen dramatically in recent years. Rami Younis and Israel Social TV explore the changing Palestinian identity politics inside Israel. Stay tuned for the next episodes…
By Rami Younis January 6, 2017
Zionist Camp supporters listen to exit poll results, Tel Aviv, March 17, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Beyond Netanyahu: On the collapse of the so-called Left
Many in the Israeli Left saw the recent election defeat as a danger to democracy. But if the Left wants to win elections, it needs to let go of its anti-Mizrahi fear-mongering and racism. by Elad Ben Elul (translated by Joshua Tartakovsky) In order to understand the outcome of the recent elections in Israel, one…
By Haokets March 27, 2015
A demonstration against the decision of the Bank of Israel to distribute new bank notes which only commemorate prominent Ashkenazi (European Jews) poets . When asked why Mizrahi (Arab Jews) writers were excluded, the committee claimed that they did not know of any renowned Mizrahi poets. Tel Aviv, Israel, May 2, 2013. (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)
What is Mizrahiness? Seeking answers through questions
What does it mean to be Mizrahi in Israel of 2013? And why is it that Mizrahiness is better expressed in questions than in answers? An exploration following Amnon Levy’s Hebrew-language TV documentary series, ‘The Ethnic Demon.’ By Almog Behar (Translated from Hebrew by Rachel Beitarie‏) What is Mizrahiness? What does it mean to be Mizrahi in…
By Haokets September 21, 2013
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A Palestinian call to engage with the ‘Jewish question’
By Marzouq El-Halabi | Translation from Arabic to Hebrew: Nadav Franckovich, from Hebrew to English: Dimi Reider The Palestinian discourse must  leave denial behind and engage seriously with the Jewish and Zionist questions. No more talk of the victorious and the defeated, victims and victimisers, but a new narrative shared by both sides of the…
By +972 Magazine June 2, 2011
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