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An organic intellectual and social justice pioneer: A profile of Shlomo Swirski
A profile of one of the most influential people in the struggle for social justice in Israel. Although he was kept out of academia, perhaps it was for the better. Who knows how much we would have lost had he wasted his days trying to sneak an article into the American Journal of Sociology. By…
By Haokets May 11, 2013
Citizens, Palestinian and Jewish, protest death of public housing
Yesterday, dozens of citizens of Israel, Palestinian and Jewish, staged a mock funeral for the death of Israel’s public housing, in protest of the evictions that threaten to leave both Palestinian and Jewish families homeless   The group of Palestinian and Jewish Israeli protesters held the demonstration in front of Halamish offices in Jaffa. Halamish and…
By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat November 30, 2011
random ad in central Tel Aviv, with not a single Hebrew word or cultural reference, and shows that the true home of many city residents is abroad (Photo Credit: Roi Maor)
Israeli Liberals II: A detached elite looking outwards
Israeli Jewish liberals are focused on social and cultural identity, look away from Israel and towards the west, do not have alliances with economically disadvantaged groups, are sympathetic towards the military, and prefer to exercise influence through non-electoral channels. In my previous post, I argued that Israeli liberals are not the right audience for anti-occupation…
By Roi Maor March 17, 2011
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The cultural meaning of occupation (Mati Shemoelof)
Israel’s control over the Palestinian territories has continued for more than 40 years. While government policy toward the territories has gone through different phases over the past four decades, there has been no significant shift toward ending the occupation. How did the occupation and its administrators become so powerful?  Why there isn’t any strong opposition?…
By +972 Magazine October 2, 2010
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