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Palestinians gather at the Dawabsheh family home in the West Bank village of Duma following an arson attack by Jewish terrorists, August 1, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Jewish terrorism: Ashkenazim provide the fuel, Mizrahim light the match

Israeli leaders have imbued generations of Mizrahim with a hatred for both Arabs as well as their own Arab identity. The results have been deadly.

By Orly Noy May 19, 2020

Likud supporters react as the first results in the Israeli Knesset elections are announced, September 17, 2019. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Yes, Mizrahim support the right. But not for the reasons you think

By supporting right-wing parties, Mizrahim have found solutions to hardships that stemmed from decades of Ashkenazi supremacy in Israel.

By Tom Mehager February 27, 2020

David Ben Gurion seen in the Knesset, February 11, 1961. (Fritz Cohen/GPO)

When Zionism imagined Jewish nationalism without supremacy

In his recent book, Dr. Dmitry Shumsky shows that, contrary to popular belief, the forefathers of Zionism did not envision a state based on Jewish supremacy. And yet Zionism, he says, inevitably involves the oppression of Palestinians. By Meron Rapoport No one was surprised when the authors of the Jewish Nation-State Law decided to write, in its opening clauses, that “The…

By +972 Magazine July 21, 2019

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Palestinian citizens of Israel and Jewish supporters protest against the Jewish Nation-State Law in Rabin Square, Tel Aviv, August 11, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Palestinian citizens of Israel debate an election boycott

After four years of one of the most hostile governments for Palestinians in Israel, Arab citizens are debating whether participating in or boycotting the upcoming Knesset elections is the best way to advance their struggle. By Henriette Chacar and Edo Konrad Frustrated with the breakdown of internal Arab party politics, and beset by an endless stream of attacks by politicians…

By +972 Magazine April 7, 2019

Apartheid in the Republic of South Africa. A beach for Whites only near the integrated fishing village of Kalk Bay, not far from Capetown. January 1, 1970. (UN Photo/KM)

How to build an opposition: Lessons from South African Apartheid

What can the Israeli left learn from South Africa? Instead of trying to defeat its right-wing rivals, the opposition should propose a platform of equality and humanism. By Liel Maghen It’s not uncommon for the history of South Africa to come up when discussing the history and present of Israel-Palestine. There are those who compare…

By +972 Magazine February 21, 2019

PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat being interviewed by Uri Avnery in west Beirut. (Photo by Anat Saragusti, courtesy of Uri Avnery)

Veteran left-wing journalist and peace activist Uri Avnery dies at 94

Avnery, who helped expose some of the darkest chapters in Israeli history and was a fervent opponent of the occupation, inspired generations of Israeli journalists. By +972 Magazine Staff Uri Avnery, one of Israel’s most prominent journalists and a seminal peace activist who was among the first Israelis to advocate for a sovereign Palestinian state, died…

By +972 Magazine August 20, 2018

Israeli activists clash with police officers during an operation to evacuate nine homes in the Jewish settlement of Ofra, in the West Bank, February 28, 2017. The Israeli Supreme Court ordered in 2015 to demolish nine homes which were allegedly built on private Palestinian land in Ofra. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

The settlers’ goal is not the settlements

It is the total transformation of Israel. The settlements, the settlers, and the occupation are all entirely associated with one another in the Israeli consciousness. The Left and the Right agree on this, albeit with varying considerations: the Left wants to apportion blame for Israel’s continuing control over the West Bank, while the settlers want to…

By Noam Sheizaf June 8, 2017

Education Minister Naftali Bennett, MK David Bitan, Culture Minister Miri Regev and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attend a Knesset plenum session, December 5, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Welcome to Netanyahu’s Westworld

Israelis have a choice: they can either oppose the occupation or watch the Right turn their country into a sadistic theme park. By Alon Mizrahi ‘Westworld’ is a new science fiction television show that revolves around a futuristic amusement park populated by androids. Westworld caters to high-paying guests who can do whatever they wish within…

By +972 Magazine December 11, 2016

Screenshot from Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs hasbara video.

For Israelis, Palestinian refugees are a constant, lurking threat

A new government public relations clip shows Israeli Jews as the perpetual victims of history. But once upon a time Israeli leaders were able to consider the pain of others, too. The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs managed to out-do itself on Thursday when it released its latest hasbara (state-sponsored PR) video of Jews as…

By Edo Konrad October 7, 2016

Prime Minister Netanyahu and Sara Netanyahu (right) during a Mimouna celebration. (photo: Activestills.org)

Unraveling Netanyahu’s Sephardic spin

Netanyahu knows that even in 2016, Mizrahim have the ability to kick him out of power. Benjamin Netanyahu has seen better weeks. Between being strong-armed by members of his cabinet over the confirmation of Avigdor Liberman as defense minister, and the fact that his wife, Sara, may soon be indicted over her unscrupulous handling of…

By Edo Konrad May 30, 2016

‘How can this monkey be talking about an ideology that developed in Europe?’

‘We are progress and modernization, freedom and equality, ‘peace and love.’ And they, what are they?’ On the history of the painful relationship between the Israeli Left and Mizrahim. By Ron Cahlili (Translated from Hebrew by Orit Friedland) The common wisdom is that Mizrahim and the Left are like oil and water, and that the two…

By Haokets April 17, 2013