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We feel you, America — it’s lonely at the bottom
With the election of Donald Trump, a lot of progressive Americans must now be feeling what we here in the Israeli left have felt for a long time — outnumbered, unwanted, frustrated, and alone. For a while now, I’ve been writing about how lonely it is to be a leftist in Israel, to be part of…
By
Mairav Zonszein
November 9, 2016
What do Israelis really know about Palestinian suffering?
Mass funerals for terrorists are no more a representation of Palestinian society than Israelis who dance with knives and glorify Baruch Goldstein are a representation of Israeli society. By Ksenia Svetlova Yoaz Hendel, a former director of communications for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, wrote an article in Yedioth Ahronoth’s weekend supplement addressing a topic that has became…
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+972 Magazine
March 5, 2016
WATCH: How the far-right glorifies killing of Palestinians
The leader of a popular Jewish supremacist group circulates a new video that puts CCTV footage of stabbing attack to bouncy electronic music and violent, disturbing lyrics. Benzi Gopstein, the head of Lehava, posted a video on his Facebook page Monday glorifying the killing of Palestinians. Lehava is a popular Jewish supremacist group dedicated to preventing Arab-Jewish relations,…
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Mairav Zonszein
November 24, 2015
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Channeling loss to stimulate change: 71 days of dialogue in Tel Aviv
The forum of bereaved families rests on the belief that the only way to end violence between Israelis and Palestinians is by recognizing the humanity of ‘the enemy’ through open and honest dialogue. That goal, however, appears to be as far away as ever. By Henriette Chacar It’s hard to imagine how one might begin solving…
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Henriette Chacar
October 3, 2014
WATCH: Mitt Romney says two-state solution is ‘unthinkable’
In the video below, Mitt Romney implies that the two-state solution is dead, and after essentially stating that all Muslims in the Middle East are a threat to Israel, sums up his foreign policy strategy with “hope that ultimately, somehow, something will happen and resolve it.” Oh, and he also thinks the West Bank borders…
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Mairav Zonszein
September 18, 2012
Author of ‘The Color Purple’ boycotts Israeli publisher’s translation
Alice Walker, author of the award-winning novel ‘The Color Purple,’ has reportedly refused translation rights of her book to an Israeli publisher, citing Israel as an ‘apartheid state’ with policies worse than the treatment of blacks in the southern United States and South Africa. The Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel…
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Roee Ruttenberg
June 19, 2012
Memorial Day: The book of lost lives
I published this post on last year’s Memorial Day, on my old blog. Somehow, it feels only fitting to repost it again – so little has changed. Some years ago, a team of authors released a book: The book documents, without exception, every single human being who died in that conflict. The order is chronological,…
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Dimi Reider
May 8, 2011
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