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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas embraces Palestinians recently released from Israeli prisons at a ceremony in the West Bank city of Ramallah, August 14, 2013. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)
Why Palestinians mark Prisoners’ Day
More than 7,000 Palestinians, including hundreds of minors, are currently in Israeli prisons. Honoring prisoners and ‘freedom fighters’ isn’t just a Palestinian tradition, however. Israelis do it, too. By Noam Rotem Palestinians across the West Bank and Gaza marked “Prisoners Day” Sunday, commemorating and highlighting the plight of thousands of Palestinians being held in Israeli…
By +972 Magazine April 17, 2016
File photo of Jewish Israelis mourning at a funeral for murder victims. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Searching for hope on days of unconscionable tragedy
The only thing that can stop the killing, that can turn desperate people from violence, that can stop the creation of new orphans, is hope. Unfortunately, it’s nowhere to be found. The most tragic part about the violence that strikes civilians in Israel and Palestine is that it is largely preventable. That is not to…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 3, 2015
Free speech silenced (Yossi Gurvitz)
Bill aims to strip citizenship, curb speech — a bellwether of Israel’s Right
A senior Likud MK is proposing to suspend much of Israeli democracy. His bill has zero chance of passing muster, but it does show where the Israeli Right thinks the future of the conflict lies.  MK Yariv Levin (Likud), chairman of the House Parliamentary Committee, is pushing a new directive — temporary legislation — to “combat…
By Dimi Reider November 26, 2014
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Racist “IDF recruit” video exposed as a hoax
A video of a gun-wielding IDF soldier swearing he would disobey orders not to shoot Palestinians and Sudanese created a stir in the Israeli blogosphere. The video turns out to be a hoax – but it still teaches us something of how such attitudes are perceived by local audiences. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu26JiIUbSY[/youtube] Over the weekend, a short…
By Yossi Gurvitz June 20, 2011
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