Israeli right wing

Activists protest the launch event for an anti-trans book in Ramat Gan, May 28, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

‘Murderous bigotry’: Hundreds protest Israeli launch of anti-trans book

The Hebrew-language edition of Abigail Shrier's book, decried as 'transphobic propaganda,' has been slammed for importing a U.S. conservative culture war.

By Oren Ziv May 30, 2023

Activists hold up posters in support of Jonathan Pollak at the weekly protest in the Palestinian town of Beita, occupied West Bank, February 3, 2023. (Wahaj Banimoufleh)

The plot to put an Israeli anti-Zionist behind bars

The collusion between police and right-wing groups to indict veteran activist Jonathan Pollak is an alarming escalation that threatens all Jewish dissidents.

By Oren Ziv February 9, 2023

A public reading of Breaking the Silence testimonies in Tel Aviv to mark 10 years since the organization was founded, June 6, 2014. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Why do so many Israelis hate Breaking the Silence?

The organization of former Israeli soldiers is coming under attack from every direction these days — from the Israel’s president to the defense minister to the police. So what’s the deal? Breaking the Silence is a Jewish organization made up of former Israeli soldiers, most of whom served in combat roles. All they want to do…

By Haggai Matar December 14, 2015

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Boston Marathon aftermath. (photo: Pete Tschudy/CC BY-NC 2.0)

The Right’s latest invention: ‘Gazans celebrated Boston bombings’

The birth and growth of an utterly baseless, extremely damaging claim. If you Google “Gazans celebrate Boston Marathon bombings” or variations of that entry, you will have your reading cut out for you. Such a scene was reported by Pamela Gellar, possibly America’s best-known Muslim-basher, on her website Atlas Shrugs. The story was headlined “DANCING…

By Larry Derfner April 24, 2013

A section of Israel's separation wall in the West Bank. (Activestills.org)

Rightists say bring down the Wall, leftists say let’s keep it

Noted right-wingers call to demolish the separation wall. True, they are driven by a desire for annexation, but the Left finds itself in an unseemly position – defending one of the great injustices of the occupation in the name of the distant prospect of two states. Former Defense Minister Moshe Arens yesterday told Ma’ariv he thinks the…

By Dimi Reider April 11, 2013

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (photo: Yotam Ronen / Activestills.org)

The post-Netanyahu era starts tomorrow

Bibi will be the lamest of ducks in his next and last term as PM. Hold the applause, though – what’s rising up to take his place is worse. If, as expected tomorrow, Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu gets in the low-30s in Knesset seats, this election will mark the beginning of the post-Netanyahu era. Bibi will remain as…

By Larry Derfner January 21, 2013