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Avi Dabush who came in ninth at Meretz primaries after the release of the results in the primaries in Tel Aviv, February 14, 2019. (Gili Yaari/Flash90)

This Israeli leftist wants his camp to break the Tel Aviv bubble

Activist and Meretz member Avi Dabush explains what the Israeli left gets wrong about towns like Sderot, their Mizrahim, and their views on Gaza.

By Noam Sheizaf November 30, 2021

Members of Knesset Stav Shafir, Oren Hassan and others participate in the March for Equality, June 20, 2016. (Photo: Histadrut spokesperson)

What are settlers doing at the ‘March for Equality?’

Israeli settlements enjoy preferential, subsidized budgets, and play an integral role in a system of segregation and dispossession. Who let them join the ‘March for Equality’ with Israel’s most underserved and disadvantaged communities? Israeli social activists and local government leaders began a march on Jerusalem this week, the March for Equality, demanding equality in state…

By Haggai Matar June 20, 2016

Sheikh Jarrah, Jerusalem, 2011. (photo: Mati Milstein)

Black labor: How a white elite uses black soldiers to enforce its will

A new photo project focuses on the soldiers of Israel’s Border Police, the main military unit used to enforce the occupation of the Palestinians. Shot in various locations across Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, ‘Black Labor’ looks at the points of impact where Israel’s elite pits black Jews against Palestinians. Photos by Mati Milstein, text…

By Haokets September 25, 2015

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Israelis march during a protest calling for social justice, Hatikva neighborhood, south Tel Aviv, June 14, 2012. (photo: Activestills.org)

Israeli Black Panther: Mizrahim must boycott the elections

Since its establishment and until today, not a single election has fundamentally changed the status of Mizrahim in the ‘only democracy in the Middle East.’ Now we must use the only tool we have left at our disposal and refuse to participate in the game altogether. By Reuven Abergel For Palestinian citizens of Israel, the upcoming…

By Haokets February 20, 2015

Amir Farshad Ebrahimi (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Let’s talk about Gaza, Sderot and the racist valuation of lives

A frank discussion about everything we don’t mention when talking about rockets and bombs and Gaza. Let’s talk about fear, about poverty, about angst and about racism. By Lilach Ben David Let’s talk about Gaza. Let’s talk about a small strip of land that god didn’t forget about, but about which we are certainly trying to…

By +972 Magazine July 8, 2014

Omar Jihad Mashrawi holding his one-year-old son, who died from his injuries following an Israeli air strike, Shifa Hospital, Gaza City. (photo: Anne Paq / Activestills)

Gaza operation will be declared a success, until the next war

No. Not again. This can’t be happening again. But there it is. Once again, just like it was four years ago, it is winter. Reports on tension, violence, the regular exchange of rockets on southern Israeli towns, and assassinations and airstrikes on Gaza dominate the media once more. Calls for revenge and a more resilient…

By Haggai Matar November 14, 2012