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A Jewish Israeli man holding an Israeli flag confronts a Palestinian woman holding a kaffiyeh on the sidelines of the ultra-nationalist "Jerusalem Day" march, May 13, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
A state that belongs to only some of its citizens
According to the proposed ‘Jewish Nation-State Law,’ Israel does not belong to Israeli citizens, more than 20 percent of whom are not Jewish. Instead, it is the state of the Jewish people, roughly half of whom are not even Israeli. There is a form on the Israeli Interior Ministry’s website, where one can order duplicate…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man July 13, 2018
Pro-Israel supporters fly Israeli flags at the Israeli Day Parade in New York City. (Ben Roffer/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Why I had to leave Israel’s Foreign Ministry
As a former Israeli ambassador, I never expected just how badly the country’s situation would deteriorate. By Ilan Baruch It has been five years since I breathed a sigh of relief and left Israel’s Foreign Ministry building. No more would I represent the Netanyahu government’s hasbara as a diplomat and attorney. In my farewell letter…
By +972 Magazine February 24, 2016
Tallit and Kippa from a Glasgow synagogue, 2007 (Photo: Jimmy MacDonald/flickr)
Best things in Jewish state include: 24/7 convenience stores
It’s not often that I feel inspired to write about the aspects of the Jewish state that I really truly like, considering how much damage is done in the name of that state. So I am listing a few such aspects that I noticed this weekend, wondering if they add up to a different notion…
By Dahlia Scheindlin June 30, 2012
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