Religious Indoctrination Isn't the Real Threat in Israel
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
The settlers have caused Israel much more damage than the Haredim, and nationalism is a lot more dangerous than religious indoctrination
A Jewish man prays in the settler outpost of Amona in the West Bank on December 18, 2016. Credit BAZ RATNER/REUTERS
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The Unfinished Six Day War: An open letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu
- Alon Ben-Meir אלון בן-מאיר آلون بن مئير
Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu,
Since you celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the victory of the Six Day War, did you ponder what this triumph has done to the Palestinian people and to the moral character of the state of Israel? I am not sure how ...
Only Israelis, not Palestinians, are entitled to mourn their dead
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
A single line passes between the death and bereavement ritual for the Israeli dead and the display of indifference, inhumanity and gloating over the other nation’s dead – a line of dehumanization
There’s something moving about ...
Who's in Favor of a Massacre in Gaza?
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
One more hour in Gaza without electricity, and the signal there will be given: Qassam rockets. Israel once again will be the victim, and the massacre will begin
Israel and Gaza are not facing another war, nor are they heading for another “operation” ...
Israel: State of denial
- Gershon Shafir גרשון שפיר
The Israeli government has fashioned the occupation into a ‘permanently temporary’ state of affairs — and made a policy of denial one of its cornerstones.
Military occupation is a rare phenomenon in today’s ...
Good Arab, Dead Arab
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
In Israel, police killing a demonstrator is a marginal story, only because the victim is an Arab
The funeral of Mohammed Taha in Kafr Qasem on June 6, 2017. Photo David Bachar
Let’s say the demonstrator who was shot to death by a ...
Palestinian Family Left in the Dark After Teen's Horrific Death at Checkpoint
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
Israeli agents told the family their 15-year-old son was wounded after waving a knife at border police; four days later, they returned his bullet-riddled body
Raed Radeideh’s mother, Azaya. Raed's photos are on the closet and door. Photo ...
Die, Suffer, You Kahba
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
This is the lesson learnt by soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces from the Azaria trial: Instead of shooting a ‘terrorist,’ let the person bleed to death while cursing them
A horrific incident took place in the occupied territories last ...
When will the Israeli Left accept the occupation started in '48, not '67?
- Rami Younis رامي يونس רמי יונס
Only when the Israeli Left accepts that the occupation began in 1948 — and remains an open wound for Palestinians — can Arabs and Jews truly refuse to be enemies.
Palestinians participate in a rally marking the 69th anniversary ...
Means Of Blackmail
- Abdelbari Atwan عبد الباري عطوان
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to postpone moving the U.S. Embassy to occupied Jerusalem for another six months on the pretext of bolstering the chances of an agreement between the Palestinians and the Israelis worries us
Emad Hajjaj
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