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The Beaten Path: Seeking refuge in Eilat (part 9)

Israel was borne of a need to escape a violent Europe. Now Israelis feel a constant need to escape a violent Israel. The deconstructed tourist trail reaches the deepest south, which is where they often go. Part nine of Yuval Ben-Ami’s journey through the Holy Land’s most popular tourist sites. Off the Sinai smuggling routes, there’s…

By Yuval Ben-Ami December 4, 2014

Israeli border police patrol near Palestinian women selling vegetables in the Old City near Damascus Gate, East Jerusalem, May 19, 2013. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

The economics of Oslo, 20 years later: A snapshot

There is much to say about the justness (or unjustness) of the Oslo process, specifically the economic and human impact it has had over the last two decades in Israel and Palestine. What follows is a snapshot. By A. Daniel Roth Twenty years ago this week Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat signed the historic Oslo…

By +972 Magazine September 18, 2013

'Food not bombs' action in south Tel Aviv, March 6, 2008 (Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Lapid’s plan to tax fruits and vegetables harms society’s weakest members

If passed as is, Finance Minister Lapid’s new budget would increase the price of produce by 18 percent. VAT and sales taxes on produce are rare in the Western world because they disproportionately harm the poorest and weakest segments of society, which is exactly what Lapid’s proposal stands to do. It may seem like small…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man May 12, 2013

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