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Likud vs Likud: How Revisionist Zionism conquered Israeli politics
Israel’s elections have been billed as a clash of the titans between Netanyahu and Gantz. But no matter who wins, the real victory goes to Vladimir Jabotinsky, the grandfather of the Likud. In what should be regarded as a historic photograph taken last Monday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the head of the Likud party, and Benny…
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Amjad Iraqi
September 26, 2019
Philippine police are executing people with Israeli weapons
Israel continues to export arms and military training to Rodrigo Duterte’s regime, even after the ICC launched a preliminary investigation to look into suspicions of crimes against humanity there. By Eitay Mack For much of the past two years, Israel has been exporting weapons and military training to the Philippine security forces. As part of President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal drug…
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+972 Magazine
August 19, 2019
Netanyahu can count on U.S. Jews to stay silent on the occupation
The prime minister sparked controversy when he announced he wouldn’t be speaking at the biggest Jewish American event of the year. But Bibi knows that no matter what, American Jews won’t speak out against his occupation policies. Prime Minister Netanyahu knows that no matter what, he can count on American Jews not to speak out against…
By
Joshua Leifer
October 31, 2017
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Israeli president’s apology offers a rare hope for coexistence
With his unprecedented and heartfelt speech in Kafr Qassem commemorating the massacre there, President Rivlin has outlined a future of equality, respect and shared identity for Israelis and Palestinians alike. Israeli President Reuven (Ruby) Rivlin visited the Palestinian town Kafr Qassem in the Triangle region of Israel on Monday to commemorate the massacre of 49 of…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
October 27, 2014
Nine more Jewish families take over Silwan homes in dead of night
If settling Jews beyond the Green Line in Palestinian East Jerusalem is legitimate, why are organizations sneaking in settlers in the middle of the night? Nine Jewish Israeli families took over two empty buildings in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in East Jerusalem overnight Sunday. According to the NGO Ir Amim, the families took control…
By
Mairav Zonszein
October 20, 2014
WATCH: The boy who put equality back on the agenda
Reuven (Rubi) Rivlin did what no other Israeli leader is doing. He heeded the call of a tender Arab boy – and followed him in support of tolerance and equality. This is how George Amireh and Rivlin pose an alternative to an entire society, We were presented with a pleasant surprise this week from the…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
October 4, 2014
Good Lorde! Now we’re fighting New Zealand!
In the world of Israel’s ‘anti-diplomacy,’ anything is possible — including the extremely improbable. There comes a time in every Israeli’s life when he or she must undertake a great challenge on behalf of the Zionist endeavor. This morning I learned that my country has found itself at the center of a diplomatic debacle with…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
September 8, 2014
Likud is no longer the largest party in the Knesset
Netanyahu now has the same number of seats as his main coalition partner, Yair Lapid. This leaves him at the mercy of his arch-rival, President Reuven Rivlin, if the coalition would need to be reshuffled without new elections being called. Up until mid last month, Netanyahu’s coalition enjoyed a reasonably obvious hierarchy. The Likud-Beitenu list…
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Dimi Reider
August 10, 2014
‘Captive soldier would have been better off if we shot him’
New testimonies emerge from soldiers who believe that the capture of a soldier is too strategically risky to be allowed, at any price. The real risk that the botched rescue operation was trying to avert, however, could well be more political than strategic. There has been some controversy during the war about the meaning of…
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Dimi Reider
August 10, 2014
Not just escalation: A frightening new era of Jewish-Arab relations in Israel
Attacks by Jewish hooligans on Arabs, unprecedented incitement by right-wing politicians and clashes between Israeli Police and Arab youth. We’ve been here before, but never like this. By Ron Gerlitz This article is written at the height of an extensive, violent escalation in the Jewish-Arab conflict, both within Israel and between Israel and the Palestinians…
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July 12, 2014
Lame duck, not nuclear duck: Netanyahu’s staggering defeat
The slow crumbling of Netanyahu’s political prestige reached its nadir on Tuesday, when his own heir apparent Gideon Sa’ar turned against him to elevate arch-rival Reuven Rivlin to presidency. Reuven Rivlin’s victory in the presidential elections on Tuesday was a resounding one, but nowhere near as resonant as Benjamin Netanyahu’s defeat – a domestic political…
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Dimi Reider
June 10, 2014
Where is the Palestinian candidate for Israel’s presidency?
When a minority consistently feels disenfranchised and excluded, it retreats from civil society. Now is the time to ensure that Israel’s Palestinian minority and its elected representatives no longer take that route – for the sake of all citizens. By Ilan Manor Following the shameful presidency of convicted rapist Moshe Katzav, most Israelis felt that only…
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February 6, 2014
City council campaign calls to ‘Judaize Jerusalem’
Likud MK Rivlin calls for criminal investigation into settler’s municipal election slogan. Previous campaigns warned of Arabs ‘terrorizing’ Jewish girls. By Mairav Zonszein and Michael Omer-Man A list of candidates running in the upcoming Jerusalem municipal elections is vying for (Jewish) votes with a slogan calling to “Judaize” the city. The phrase is associated with efforts…
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Mairav Zonszein
October 1, 2013
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