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MK Hanin Zoabi (photo: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)
What Israeli Arabs really want from their leaders
It’s not what the Jewish majority likes to believe.  A common Jewish Israeli criticism of Arab Knesset members is that they do a disservice to their constituents by focusing on high politics, mainly the Palestinian issue, instead of dealing with bread-and-butter economic issues that would really help them. (There may be something self-serving about this…
By Larry Derfner January 8, 2013
monopoly board-flickr-CEThompson
The locomotion commotion: Israel Railways strikes again
Lately, I have become sickeningly addicted to playing Monopoly. I don’t know what form of capitalist virus has invaded my brain but it has made me feverish for the game. (The iPad application is pretty impressive, I should add). Over the course of more than a handful of tackles with the computer player, I have…
By Ori J. Lenkinski February 12, 2012
West Bank highway signs, with the Arabic defaced at bottom (photo: Lisa Goldman)
Is Arabic truly an official language in Israel?
The CEO of the state-owned Israel Railways has rejected calls for announcements of upcoming train stations to be made in Arabic, in addition to Hebrew and English By Issa Edward Boursheh Regrettably, the CEO of Israel Railway has chosen to ignore calls for train stations to be announced in Arabic, claiming it would “make the train…
By +972 Magazine January 26, 2012
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