Zeev Jabotinsky

David Ben Gurion seen in the Knesset, February 11, 1961. (Fritz Cohen/GPO)

When Zionism imagined Jewish nationalism without supremacy

In his recent book, Dr. Dmitry Shumsky shows that, contrary to popular belief, the forefathers of Zionism did not envision a state based on Jewish supremacy. And yet Zionism, he says, inevitably involves the oppression of Palestinians. By Meron Rapoport No one was surprised when the authors of the Jewish Nation-State Law decided to write, in its opening clauses, that “The…

By +972 Magazine July 21, 2019

Benjamin Netanyahu gives a victory speech on election night, March 18, 2015. (Photo: +972 Magazine)

‘The Jews are heading to the polls in droves’

It turns out that one of Benjamin Netanyahu’s most notoriously divisive statements in recent years reflects, almost identically, an anti-Semitic election slogan exposed and decried by none other than the founding father of right-wing Zionism, Jabotinsky. By Gilad Halpern Ze’ev Vladimir Jabotinsky, the founding father of the Zionist right and forebear of Likud, has been…

By +972 Magazine May 10, 2016

Heinz-Christian Strache, Chairman of the Freedom Party of Austria. (photo: (Franz Johann Morgenbesser CC BY-SA 2.0)

The Israeli Right’s historic ties to European fascism

The ruling Likud party welcomed to Israel members of the far-right Austrian Freedom Party, whose founders were high-ranking officials in the Third Reich. But the Israeli Right’s ties to fascist movements stretch back as far as the 1920s. By Noam Rotem The heads of the Freedom Party of Austria, an extremist, far-right political party, are…

By +972 Magazine April 14, 2016

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A Palestinian adjusts his mask during a protest near the Gaza border Strip, near Nahal Oz crossing, October 30, 2015. Since the beginning of October, more than 60 Palestinians have been killed in shootings and clashes with Israeli forces in the occupied Palestinian territories and Israel, while eight Israelis have been killed in knife and gun attacks. (photo: Ezz Zanoun/Activesills.org)

Why Israel’s education minister thinks hope is dangerous

The politicians in Israel’s government want nothing more than for Palestinians to simply give up on statehood. They’re not so clear on what happens next. The man in charge of educating the next generation of Israelis believes that the driving force behind terrorism is hope. Yes. You read that correctly. “Terrorism is not a result of the Palestinians losing…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man November 20, 2015

Rick’s Weekend Wrap: Your Holyland news digest

What makes the boycott law a cowardly act? What is the tent protest all about? And why does the IDf shoot at fishermen? Rechavia “Rick” Berman gives you the week’s top stories as they ought to be told. A new weekly feature on +972 By Rechavia “Rick” Berman Welcome ladies and gentlemen to the first…

By +972 Magazine July 17, 2011