Makbula Nassar

Iris Gur, mother of conscientious objector Noa Gur Golan, protests in support of her daughter, who sat in prison for 98 over her refusal to serve in the IDF. (Courtesy of Mesarvot)

Israel Hayom’s new target: Conscientious objector’s mother

‘Israel Hayom’ put a high school principal in its crosshairs after she expressed support for her daughter’s refusal to serve in the IDF. This is what a witch hunt looks like. By Yali (Yael) Marom Israel Hayom, the newspaper funded by Netanyahu patron Sheldon Adelson, and the country’s most circulated daily, has found yet another…

By Yali (Yael) Marom November 19, 2017

Illustrative photo of Palestinian citizens of Israel. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Palestinian citizens of Israel won’t be bullied into silence any longer

A recent campaign against Palestinian journalist Makbula Nasser, who was attacked on the front page of Israel’s most-read newspaper, was meant to strike fear in the hearts of Palestinian citizens of Israel — the fear of speaking out. That may have worked with previous generations. Do you remember the neighborhood bully? The scary one who…

By Rami Younis November 10, 2017

Palestinian journalist Makbula Nassar.

When political persecution hits close to home

+972 Magazine strongly condemns the silencing of and political assault against Palestinian journalist Makbula Nassar by Israel’s most-read newspaper and a senior government minister. By +972 Magazine Israel Hayom, the free daily widely viewed as Prime Minister Netanyahu’s mouthpiece, reached new heights of McCarthyism when it targeted journalist Makbula Nassar, a blogger for Local Call…

By +972 Magazine November 8, 2017

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Portraits of the Arab boys who were beaten, tortured, and shot to death before being returned to their families. (Courtesy of Al-Jalil)

The gruesome murder of five Arab boys refuses to disappear — 55 years on

Beaten, tortured, and shot to death: this is the story of five Arab boys who met a gruesome fate at the hands of Israel’s security forces in September 1961. Ben Gurion’s government refused to tell the truth of what really happened. By Makbula Nassar Last week marked 60 years since the Kafr Qasim massacre. Although the event…

By +972 Magazine November 5, 2016

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Top Israeli minister shuts down TV station for Palestinian citizens

Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan orders Musawa, a Ramallah-based television station catering to Israel’s Arab citizens, to be shut down for violating Israeli sovereignty. By Makbula Nassar For the second time in a year, Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan has ordered the closure of a Palestinian media outlet. The satellite station in question, Musawa, was…

By +972 Magazine June 27, 2016

Palestinian citizens of Israel stand on a car during clashes in Umm al Fahm, Israel, October 27, 2010. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israel cannot afford to abandon its Arab youth

Sixty thousand Arab youths in Israel are defined as ‘idle,’ neither working nor studying, a precursor to a life of unemployment and violence. It’s time for the state to take drastic steps to ensure they too have a future. By Makbula Nassar Sixty-thousand young Arabs between the 18-22 are defined by the state as “idle”…

By +972 Magazine June 16, 2016

A soccer game held in honor of Mahrous Zbeidat, who was murdered by a family of collaborators. (photo: Wael Awad)

When Israel recruits Palestinian informants, Arab society pays the price

With every wave of political tension, Israel recruits new Palestinian informants en masse. They are resettled in Arab cities, where their presence prompts violence rates to surge. In fact, many will be murdered before even ‘making it.’ By Makbula Nassar (translated by Gila Norich) Aouni, who owns the neighborhood grocery in Haifa, wants me to…

By +972 Magazine September 25, 2015