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Meron Rapoport
Meron Rapoport is an editor at Local Call.
Recent Articles
‘Change in Israel will only happen when there are costs that force our eyes open’
Oct. 7 has ‘broken a contract’ between the army and gov’t, but has yet to shake key parts of Israeli society into a different paradigm, says scholar Yagil Levy.
By
Meron Rapoport
February 13, 2024
Israel shirked accountability for decades. Is the ICJ breaking its armor?
From Ben Gurion to Ben Gvir, Israel's dismissiveness of international sanctions has held strong. But the ruling at The Hague may be cracking that impunity.
By
Meron Rapoport
February 5, 2024
Will the ICJ find Israel guilty of genocide?
Attorney Michael Sfard outlines what could play out as the world’s top court decides if and how to intervene in Israel’s war on Gaza.
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Meron Rapoport
January 11, 2024
The ‘second Nakba’ government seizes its moment
Israeli leaders are explicit about reusing the methods of 1948 in Gaza today. But what didn’t quell the Palestinians then will not do so now.
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Meron Rapoport
January 2, 2024
Netanyahu is prolonging the war to save his life’s mission
While an endless military operation allows the prime minister to cling to power, it also fulfills a larger ideological goal: preventing Palestinian statehood.
By
Meron Rapoport
November 17, 2023
The end of the Netanyahu doctrine
The prime minister's claim that Middle East peace was possible without the Palestinians has been shattered by Hamas' incursion, and the ensuing war.
By
Meron Rapoport
October 9, 2023
‘It’ll turn campus into an army base’: Tel Aviv University to host soldiers’ program
A collaboration between the Israeli army and TAU has drawn backlash from faculty and Palestinian students decrying the militarization of academia.
By
Meron Rapoport
October 4, 2023
‘I told Arafat: Israel will promise you an inch and not give you a millimeter’
Reflecting on the Oslo Accords 30 years later, veteran politician Hanan Ashrawi recounts her arguments with PLO leaders during the negotiations, and explains why Israel's political crisis is opening cracks in the occupation.
By
Meron Rapoport
September 13, 2023
Bibi is unmoved by air force refusers — the occupation doesn’t need them
The prime minister's indifference to threats by over 1,000 reserve pilots shows that when it comes to Israel’s security, he’s been bluffing the whole time.
By
Meron Rapoport
August 22, 2023
The settlers wanted supreme power. They got a rebellion instead
The religious-Zionist movement has made vast inroads in Israeli state and society for two decades. The judicial overhaul may bring it all crashing down.
By
Meron Rapoport
August 15, 2023
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