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Tamer Nafar. (Courtesy)
‘Our role is to hold on’: Palestinian artists in Israel after October 7
Three Palestinian creatives grapple with their responsibility to make art that meets the moment while Israeli authorities stifle free expression.
By Tamer Nafar July 21, 2026
A performer at the ‘Blacklist’ show of human rights and anti-occupation groups, Tel Aviv Port, February 5, 2016. (Courtesy photo)
‘Blacklisted’ human rights groups sing a defiant tune
Amid an unprecedented wave of delegitimization and attacks on human rights groups in Israel, dozens of organizations throw a mini-festival in Tel Aviv, sending a message that they will not be deterred. Over a thousand people joined dozens of human rights organizations in Tel Aviv’s port Friday afternoon in order to send a message that…
By Natasha Soffer-Roth February 5, 2016
Protest against the boycott Law, Tel Aviv, June 12 2011 (photo: Oren Ziv/activestills)
Silencing dissent in Israel – continued
Silencing dissent doesn’t only mean directly quashing free speech. Silencing, or a chilling effect, also take place when certain forces in society dominate and monopolize the narrative, deciding what is acceptable, what is fringe and what is mainstream. Judaism for me is a sensibility of collective self-questioning and uncomfortable truth-telling: the dafka-like quality of awkwardness…
By Mairav Zonszein October 1, 2014
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Democracy, delegitimization and denial in Israel
By Aeyal Gross Does the decision to form a parliamentary committee to investigate Israeli human rights groups mark the end of Israeli democracy? I would rather consider it as another nail in the coffin. Early in 2010 I wondered whether we are seeing the end of Israeli democracy. Indeed, the investigative committee is only a…
By +972 Magazine January 15, 2011
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