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‘A moment of disillusionment’: American Jews torn as Israel turns 75
Grappling with a far-right government and growing awareness of the Nakba, American Jews revealed mixed feelings marking Israel's independence.
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Emily Tamkin
June 2, 2023
Israelis, drop your denial and recognize the Nakba
Israeli recognition of its role in the Palestinian catastrophe is essential for both communities to survive. Other societies in conflict already figured that out.
By
Dahlia Scheindlin
May 21, 2020
When Israel planned ‘fantasy’ tours to Arab villages under martial law
New documents reveal how Israel’s leaders prepared to celebrate the country’s 10-year anniversary: by bringing tourists to participate in orientalist ‘fantasy’ tours to Arab villages, then under military rule. If you’re a young Jewish person, chances are you or someone you know has gone on a Birthright trip. If you have gone on Birthright, chances are…
By
Edo Konrad
July 23, 2018
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Thousands join Palestinian March of Return on Israeli Independence Day
The annual March of Return brought approximately 7,000 people to the destroyed village of Khubeizy on Israel’s Independence Day. The march, which went through village lands and debris, now a national park, ended with a rally in which speakers called for the implementation of UN Resolution 194, recognizing the Palestinian refugees’ right of return, and…
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Haggai Matar
April 17, 2013
The Round Trip part 20: Western Sahara
From Eilat to Kmehin via Eritrea, the days of yore, and the middle of nowhere Tonight at sundown, the Day of Remembrance for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism will begin. I picked a fitting city in which to pass this evening. Eilat is the one Israeli town that never knew war. In 1948, Palmach…
By
Yuval Ben-Ami
April 27, 2012
Are Israelis living in a ‘fear society,’ or a ‘free society’?
As much as left-wing protesters have to fear Israeli cops, they have to fear even more the Israeli “street” the cops are shielding them from. In his 2004 book The Case for Democracy, Natan Sharansky (with co-author Ron Dermer, head of Bibi Netanyahu’s brain trust) popularized his “town square test,” which he called the threshold…
By
Larry Derfner
April 27, 2012
Police besiege, arrest activists planning to commemorate Nakba
Some 15 activists from the organization Zochrot were besieged by police on Wednesday night in the NGO’s offices, in order to prevent them from quietly commemorating the Palestinian Nakba on Israeli Independence Day. Three were arrested for reading aloud names of destroyed villages. Reports started flowing in at around 22:30 p.m. through text messages and phone…
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Haggai Matar
April 25, 2012
My great-grandmother: Orthodox and anti-Zionist
The Jewish diaspora didn’t always march lockstep behind Israel. My great-grandmother–who escaped pogroms and lost family in the Holocaust–was an anti-Zionist. Rampant anti-Semitism drove my great-grandmother from Eastern Europe. There’d been pogroms; there were restrictions on the type of work Jews could do. My family made their way to New York City with little more…
By
Mya Guarnieri Jaradat
April 18, 2012
Arab citizens excluded from Independence Day torch-lighting
The Knesset committee in charge of organizing the torch-lighting ceremony for Independence Day has come up with this year’s list of participants–and it doesn’t include any Arabs. While Knesset members criticized the exclusion of minorities, the move reflects reality of life in Israel. According to Ynet, a Knesset committee’s exclusion of Palestinian citizens of the…
By
Mya Guarnieri Jaradat
March 29, 2012
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