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Protest against Iran war August 23, 2012 (Activestills)

Israelis fear nuclear Iran, but don’t believe Israel will attack

Listening to Israel’s political leaders, it sounds like the country might be at war by the time this piece goes to press. The government is counting on profound levels of fear in Israel to buoy its policies. Indeed, in January a survey of mine showed that Jewish respondents chose nuclear Iran as the top threat…

By Dahlia Scheindlin August 28, 2012

From Spain, with love: M-15 activists write to their J14 friends

The following is a letter that activists from the M-15 social protests movement in Spain wrote to their friends in J14 An open letter from the M15 movement in Spain to the J14 movement in Israel: You will only be free when you decide to be free. When we see the assemblies of Kiryat Shmona,…

By Ami Kaufman July 7, 2012

Shaul Mofaz (Photo: Sgt. Andy Dunaway, U.S. Air Force (United States Department of Defense photo), Public Domain/Wikimedia commons)

Shaul Mofaz, potential statesman, deserves a break

By Roni Schocken Congratulations to Benjamin Netanyahu and Shaul Mofaz. I’ve been fond of Mofaz for a while now. Ever since he served as defense minister in Ariel Sharon’s government during the disengagement from Gaza, Mofaz has been building himself up as a serious politician and perhaps even a statesman. It was during the disengagement…

By +972 Magazine May 10, 2012

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Social protest in Jaffa, 27 August, 2011 (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills)

Arab social justice needs heard by the gov’t-what about J14?

The leaders of a civil society organization working for equality for the Palestinian citizens of Israel spoke on Tuesday before the Trachtenberg committee – the government-appointed panel charged with recommending steps to improve economic and social justice in Israel. The committee’s invitation to Ron Gerlitz and Dr. Mary Totry of Sikkuy, the Association for Civil…

By Dahlia Scheindlin August 30, 2011