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Palestinians take part in a protest in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, May 4, 2017. (Flash90)
Israelis simply don’t want to know about Palestinian prisoners
The Israeli public doesn’t care about Palestinians on hunger strike, about conditions in prison, or what happens to a body after it is deprived of food for so long. Sometime in the ’90s, “Popolitica,” a popular political talk show in Israel, brought on a woman from Israel’s geographical periphery who could not send her child to school…
By Orly Noy May 9, 2017
A family of Jewish immigrants from Yemen at the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, 1948-49. (photo: Wikicommons)
‘But you’re not really Mizrahi’: Rewriting an erased identity
In the face of repeated sexual harassment and offhand racist comments by friends and acquaintances, one writer turns her anger into a reformulation of her identity. The awakening of sorts follows Amnon Levy’s Hebrew-language TV documentary series, “The Ethnic Demon.” By Naama Katiee (Translated from Hebrew by Rachel Beitarie) I’m about to finish high school, and I’m…
By Haokets September 14, 2013
Yair Lapid at journalism conference in Tel Aviv, 20.11.11 (Photo: Oren Ziv/ActiveStills) THUMB
Popular anchorman’s entry into politics likely to secure PM’s rule
Yair Lapid left his position in Channel 2 News and announced his intention to enter politics. He is likely to split the secular vote in a way that won’t allow anyone but the Likud to form the next government One of the questions that has dominated the political landscape in Israel in the last couple…
By Noam Sheizaf January 11, 2012
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