Kiryat Tivon

Still from the play "Frekha Shem Yafe" (Frekha is a Beautiful Name), directed by Hana Vezana Grunwald. (photo: Annie Atedgi)
Can a Mizrahi girl fit into Israel’s national story?
I grew up in a place where my first name was nothing more than a word on my identification card. Where the Holocaust was something that didn’t belong to me. Where my story had no place. All because of my ethnicity.  By Adi Sadaka Ever since I was a young girl and through my years growing…
By Cafe Gibraltar October 19, 2014
Sapir Sabah receives the “Jewish State” award, during a ceremony organized by former MK Michael Ben-Ari , Kiryat Tivon, February 9, 2014. (Activestills.org)
PHOTOS: Rightists award student who persecuted ‘left-wing’ teacher
Far-right former MK Michael Ben-Ari and notorious Hebron settler Baruch Marzel hold an award ceremony for a high school student who tried to have her teacher fired for expressing “left-wing” views. A very strange ceremony took place in the small town of Kiryat Tivon, in northern Israel on Sunday. Former Knesset member Michael Ben-Ari gave…
By Activestills February 10, 2014
High school students against political silencing of teachers (Oren Ziv / Activestills)
Hundreds gather to support politically ‘persecuted’ teacher
Some 500 high school students and teachers demonstrated at the entrance to the town of Kiryat Tivon Saturday night to show their support for Adam Verete, a local teacher who is facing possible sacking over proclaiming his left-wing political views in class. The usually tranquil town of Kiryat Tivon, just outside of Haifa, was rattled this…
By Haggai Matar January 26, 2014
Latest
Most Read
  1. After backlash, conference drops Israeli archeologist for settlement university ties
  2. These Israeli youth are burning their draft orders — and no longer feeling alone
  3. Biden’s antisemitism strategy gets a lot right — but has one problem
  4. Under settler terror, Palestinians tear down and flee their village
  5. What will Saudi-Iran rapprochement mean for the Palestinians?
  1. After backlash, conference drops Israeli archeologist for settlement university ties
  2. These Israeli youth are burning their draft orders — and no longer feeling alone
  3. Biden’s antisemitism strategy gets a lot right — but has one problem
  4. Avoiding an Israeli fascist isn't the brave move the EU thinks it is
  5. Under settler terror, Palestinians tear down and flee their village
  1. Revealed: The IDF unit turning ‘hilltop youth’ settlers into soldiers
  2. After backlash, conference drops Israeli archeologist for settlement university ties
  3. These Israeli youth are burning their draft orders — and no longer feeling alone
  4. The suppressed history of Israel’s support for the brutal Greek junta
  5. I'm a Nakba survivor. In the ruins of my home, I write my hopes in stone