Lihi Yona

Lihi Yona is a JSD candidate at Columbia Law School focusing on employment law and race theory in Israel and the United States.

Recent Articles
Israeli activists and supporters enter Kibbutz Nir David and swim in the Asi River for a couple of hours on August 14, 2020. (Photo by Mati Milstein)
The story of Israel’s Ashkenazi supremacy in one river
A river running through an Israeli kibbutz has turned into a site of controversy and violence that highlights how irrelevant the Zionist left has become.
By Lihi Yona August 18, 2020
Illustrative photo of American Jews taking part in New York City's annual 'Celebrate Israel Parade.' (GIli Getz)
Mizrahi-washing: The new face of Israeli propaganda
A new brand of pro-Israel activism is exploiting the oppression of Mizrahi Jews in order to justify the subjugation of Palestinians.
By Lihi Yona June 25, 2020
A Holocaust survivor is seen wearing a face mask as he sits at his porch in Jerusalem on Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 21, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
On Holocaust Remembrance Day, we deserve to be more than just ‘Jews’
Israel’s treatment of its poorest Jewish citizens facing the coronavirus, including Holocaust survivors, is a reminder that this country sees us as a means to the Zionist project’s end. Nothing more.
By Lihi Yona April 21, 2020
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  2. An Israeli professor plotted to massacre Palestinians. Social media rejoiced
  3. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
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  5. In Gaza, the specter of famine is returning
  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. An Israeli professor plotted to massacre Palestinians. Social media rejoiced
  3. Why Israel’s election was a moment of Palestinian unity
  4. The permanence of ‘NAZA’
  5. Palestinian citizens are the big winners of Israel’s election. It doesn’t matter
  1. ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
  2. Why ‘NAZA’ terrifies Israel's liberal elite
  3. 50 shades of right: An Israeli election primer
  4. ‘There are no dreams here’: How Israel’s outgoing gov't remade the West Bank
  5. Debunking Israel’s latest list of ‘terrorist’ journalists in Gaza