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How Israelis came to worship leaders who despise them
Israelis used to admire leaders who went to war against Palestinians. Today they admire leaders who go to war against average Israelis.
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Orly Noy
February 27, 2020
Why the Jerusalem embassy opening was a fitting way to mark the Nakba
Both the U.S. and Israeli governments are run by racist demagogues who simultaneously deny an occupation exists while doing all they can to perpetuate it. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat believes that East Jerusalem Palestinians are “satisfied” with the move of the U.S. Embassy to their city. Speaking to Israeli news website Ynet on Sunday, as…
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
May 15, 2018
Christian leaders shut down Holy Sepulchre church to protest Israeli policy
A bill to expropriate church property and a plan to charge the church 650 million NIS in back taxes prompt protest from Christian leaders. Christian leaders announced that the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, one of the holiest sites in all of Christianity, will be closed indefinitely to protest a Knesset bill that will allow…
By
Joshua Leifer
February 25, 2018
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‘We will overcome’: Arson and mourning at Jerusalem’s bilingual school
The mixed Jewish-Arab school has been the target of racist attacks in the past, but for the parents, students and teachers of the ‘Hand in Hand’ school, this feels different. ‘This time, the fire was ignited inside our home.’ The timing couldn’t have been more “perfect”: while I was still at a demonstration against the…
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Orly Noy
November 30, 2014
‘Police threaten to destroy memorial for slain Palestinian teen, Mohammed Abu Khdeir’
Clashes and riots break out over the death of another Palestinian teen shot by Israel police. Israel Police on Sunday threatened to destroy a memorial for murdered Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir, who was burned alive by several Israeli Jews on July 2, according to Tamar Fleishman, an Israeli activist who met with the Abu Khdeir…
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Mairav Zonszein
September 8, 2014
An invitation to Israel’s thought police: Haul me in
A Palestinian man from East Jerusalem is summoned by Israeli police for a Facebook status describing his city as occupied. It has been a month since I last visited Occupied Jerusalem. By writing those words, I may be hastening my return to the city, albeit involuntarily. This week, a Palestinian resident of Occupied East Jerusalem…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
February 21, 2014
Tel Aviv, Jerusalem mayors keep posts; right-wing populists register successes
The municipal elections in Israel yesterday brought no major surprises. In the most interesting political fight this year, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat beat Atty. Moshe Lion, whose candidacy was backed by Shas’s Aryeh Deri and former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman. The defeat has implications for the political futures of both politicians: Deri is weaker without…
By
Noam Sheizaf
October 23, 2013
Why are Jerusalem leftists voting for a pro-settlement mayor?
Over 5 million Israelis have the right to vote in the municipal elections today. National politics are not as directly reflected in municipal polls as they were in the past – when Likud and Labor used those as platform for securing their parties’ political machines (plus, there just isn’t much of a competition in the…
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Noam Sheizaf
October 22, 2013
Resource: The failing East Jerusalem education system
With the start of the new school year, today (2.9.2013) The Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Ir Amim published an annual update on the dire state of education in East Jerusalem, revealing deep gaps between the two parts of the city. The report concludes that the Jerusalem Municipality and state authorities are…
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+972 Resources
September 2, 2013
Backed by court, East Jerusalem settlement expands into Palestinian home
In Israel, a settler’s pre-1948 property claim provides legal grounds for the takeover of private Palestinian land. The property deeds of scores of Palestinians are disregarded, because there is one set of laws for Jews and another for Palestinians. Separate and unequal. By Moriel Rothman Last month, as last minute wrangling over the Democratic Party…
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+972 Magazine
October 3, 2012
Are Israeli Jews avoiding Jerusalem?
For my column in the Jerusalem Report this week analyzing public opinion, I asked a sample of Israeli Jews a survey question: How often do they visit their beloved city, their holiest of holies, the eternal, undivided capital? After all, the majority of Israeli Jews reject the division of Jerusalem and proclaim everlasting love. But…
By
Dahlia Scheindlin
April 5, 2012
Jerusalem police detain 7-year-old Palestinian child
The Jerusalem detained a seven-year-old Palestinian child for alleged stone-throwing, and interrogated him for hours, separate from his father, in direct contravention of the law. A long time ago, during the First Intifada, I was manning a shift in the Dir Al Balah Civil Administration ops desk, when a stupid army officer radioed me that…
By
Yossi Gurvitz
January 4, 2012
Footloose in Jerusalem: Hear no evil, see no evil
The dancers of a Jerusalem-based company are organizing a protest against a policy designed to shield the eyes of passersby who would rather pretend they don’t exist Three years ago, I worked for the Kolben Dance Company, whose base is in the Gerard Bechar Center in Jerusalem. Today and tomorrow, joined by a group of…
By
Ori J. Lenkinski
November 22, 2011
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