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Want to be a judge in Israel? Get in line and sing the national anthem
The Israeli national anthem, a Zionist hymn that excludes Israel’s Palestinian population, could soon become part of the job requirement for judges. Do you want to be a judge in Israel? Then according to Yisrael Beiteinu MK Robert Ilatov, you must sing Hatikva, the Israeli national anthem. Although Ilatov was only elected to the judicial appointment…
By
Natasha Roth-Rowland
July 23, 2015
Russian speakers are ditching Liberman: Where are they going?
Aside from the elderly, the Russian-speaking community in Israel is no longer throwing its support behind the Yisrael Beiteinu leader. So why aren’t the other parties capitalizing on Liberman’s loss? By Edi Zhensker Much has been written about media’s role in establishing the daily agenda in Israel: issues that the media decides to spotlight make it…
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+972 Magazine
February 8, 2015
United Arab slate thumbs nose at Liberman’s disqualification attempt
After years of engaging in relentless, blatantly racist incitement against the Arab parties, the foreign minister may soon get his comeuppance. Avigdor Liberman, head of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party and current foreign minister, is trying to get the new unified list of Arab parties disqualified from running in the upcoming elections. According to settler website Arutz Sheva,…
By
Lisa Goldman
January 24, 2015
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This election, Liberman’s racism is going mainstream
Liberman launched his election campaign under the slogan ‘Ariel to Israel, Umm al-Fahm to Palestine,’ once again signaling his willingness to expel Palestinian citizens from the country. The only difference? This time around he is being flagged as a moderate. Every time Avigdor Liberman opens his mouth to speak, one can smell hate and fear-mongering.…
By
Samah Salaime
January 17, 2015
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
The post-Netanyahu era starts tomorrow
Bibi will be the lamest of ducks in his next and last term as PM. Hold the applause, though – what’s rising up to take his place is worse. If, as expected tomorrow, Likud-Yisrael Beiteinu gets in the low-30s in Knesset seats, this election will mark the beginning of the post-Netanyahu era. Bibi will remain as…
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Larry Derfner
January 21, 2013
Campaign video decrying intermarriage is labeled racist
With national elections less than two weeks away, political campaign videos are much in the news. A few days ago Noam Sheizaf wrote about the Balad party video that was banned, allegedly for mocking Hatikvah, the national anthem. Now Shas, the Mizrachi ultra-Orthodox party that is predominantly Moroccan, is getting some heat for a campaign…
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Lisa Goldman
January 9, 2013
The myth of the wasted Israeli vote – and the alternative
As Israeli elections approach, are you considering voting for a party you don’t really like, merely to prevent Bibi-Lieberman from winning? Here is a piece from a friend active with the Da’am Workers Party on the importance of voting not just for the lesser evil, but for a party that offers a real alternative to…
By
Mairav Zonszein
November 9, 2012
WATCH: MK claims gays interfere with army’s ability to fight
After Yisrael Beiteinu MK Anastasia Michaeli’s rant a few days ago against homosexuals (which will apparently continue in a lengthy interview later this week in Maariv) it was MK Uri Ariel’s (National Union) turn to do some gay-bashing. On June 18 he was interviewed on the Knesset channel and said that gays should not be…
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Ami Kaufman
June 19, 2012
Campaign urges Americans in Israel to vote in U.S. election
A new initiative to get Americans citizens living in Israel to vote in the upcoming presidential election claims it is not advocating a specific candidate. However, its strategic campaign manager admitted it is funded by the “Adelsons” of the philanthropic world. I recently came across an ad online seeking volunteers for something called the “iVoteIsrael…
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Mairav Zonszein
June 10, 2012
New bill would condition Knesset electability on completion of military service
Palestinian citizens cannot be expected to serve an institution that protects the Jewish identity of the state. If Israel prohibits its Palestinian citizens from participating in elections, it would cease to function as a democracy, and it would lose its case against claims of apartheid. By Fady Khoury The media reported this week that MK Moshe…
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+972 Magazine
January 13, 2012
Israel censors Palestinian textbooks in East Jerusalem
Israeli authorities are attempting to impose new censored textbooks in Palestinian schools in East Jerusalem. Jalal Abukhater provides a sample of the changes and argues that censorship of Palestinian heritage and history is illegal, ineffective and dangerous. Students and parents are mounting protests. By Jalal Abukhater While the mainstream media has been dominated by big…
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October 22, 2011
Yisrael Beiteinu MK: Tent organizers are like Palestinians
MK Faina Kirshenbaum from Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu Party – the same MK responsible for proposing the bill to establish parliamentary committees to investigate the funding of NGOs in Israel – was quoted today in Israel’s Ynet as saying that the tent protest organizers remind her of Palestinians. I’m paraphrasing and translating: The tent leaders’ demands…
By
Mairav Zonszein
August 15, 2011
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