Israeli Jews

Left wing activists protest against the war, calling to end the war in Gaza and Lebanon, outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, November 20, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

What is the duty of the Israeli left in a time of genocide?

Israeli leftists have been more divided and marginalized than ever since the October 7 assault, with joint Palestinian-Jewish struggle at a breaking point. Yet their sights remain set on long-term political change.

By Hadas Binyamini January 3, 2025

A Holocaust survivor is seen wearing a face mask as he sits at his porch in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 21, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we deserve to be more than just ‘Jews’

Israel’s treatment of its poorest Jewish citizens facing the coronavirus, including Holocaust survivors, is a reminder that this country sees us as a means to the Zionist project’s end. Nothing more.

By Lihi Yona April 21, 2020

Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib wore a thobe, a traditional Palestinian dress, at the House swearing -n ceremony on January 3, 2019. (Photo

This is how to fight Israel’s Jewish Nation-State Law

From Palestinian refugees to High Court justices, the Jewish Nation-State law will have a significant impact on several groups affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This is what we can do about it. By Said Zeedani The Jewish Nation-State Law, a new law with the force of a constitutional amendment, enshrined Israel as the exclusive nation-state of the…

By +972 Magazine November 29, 2018

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An Israeli soldier checks women's IDs, Qalandiya checkpoint, West Bank, August 20, 2010. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

How one of Palestine’s preeminent journalists lost hope for peace

Nasser Laham, the editor-in-chief of Palestine’s biggest independent media outlet, used to be an ardent supporter Abbas and the peace process. But after decades of failed attempts, something inside him changed. Today he believes Palestinians must stop talking about peace. ‘We’ll wait a thousand years, the Israelis will be defeated. What’s the hurry?’ By Meron Rapoport…

By +972 Magazine July 8, 2018

Israeli soldiers arrest an Israeli protester during a demonstration against the separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil'in. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

What Palestinians need from our Jewish allies

We want to work with the Israeli Left to build a future based on equality and justice for all. But not at any cost. I was recently asked about what kind of conditions need to exist to for real Arab-Jewish partnership to exist in the Israeli Left. Opinionated, smart Palestinians (I try my best to be one of…

By Samah Salaime December 20, 2016

Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray overnight during Laylat al-Qadr, outside the Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, July 13, 2015. Layal al-Qadr, falls on the 27th day of the fasting month of Ramadan, marking the night Muslims believe the first verses of the Koran were revealed to the Prophet Mohammed through the archangel Gabriel. Activestills.org

The Ramadan guide for the curious Israeli

Most Israeli Jews know next to nothing about their Palestinian neighbors. Here are a few pro-tips for the holy month of Ramadan. And so it begins. Ramadan, the month of fasting in Islam, in which Muslims are made to fast from sunrise until sunset for 29-30 straight days, after which they celebrate three days of…

By Samah Salaime June 6, 2016

Palestinian citizens of Israel participated at the main march commemorating Land Day in the village of Deir Hanna, northern Israel, on March 30, 2015. (photo: Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

In the Jewish state, equality for Arabs is impossible by definition

Isn’t it time to finally ask why every single attempt to achieve full equality for Palestinian citizens has failed? By Umar al-Ghubari (translated by Richard Flantz) This week the Israeli army radio, Galei Tzahal, conducted a survey which, among other things, polled the attitude of Israeli Jews regarding full equal rights for Arab citizens of…

By +972 Magazine January 24, 2016