'Being Black in America shouldn't be a death sentence.' What about being Palestinian?
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
Did you see the American police officers? Did you see how they choked George Floyd to death in Minneapolis? Did you see Officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on his neck, pinning him down, with Floyd begging for his life until he died five minutes later? ...
Benjamin Netanyahu’s victory
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
Benjamin Netanyahu has already scored a historic victory even before his trial begins. The right can enjoy this victory, which was perhaps achieved without being noticed, but which has fatefully sealed the fate of Israel’s agenda for many long ...
Palestinian prisoner Sami Janazrah nears second week of hunger strike as Israeli military courts reopen
- Samidoun صامدون
Palestinian prisoner Sami Janazrah, 47, neared his second week of hunger strike as Palestinians and people around the world readied to celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Sunday, 24 May 2020. Janazrah is once again jailed without charge or trial under Israeli ...
Underground economy: Israel's burial societies exploit Diaspora Jews
- Liat Levi ליאת לוי
Israeli cemetery operators charge exorbitant prices in violation of the law, flout rules and crowd graves into any available space. Regulation is spotty
The Ganei Ester cemetery in Rishon Letzion. Photo Eyal Toag
Last August, Simcha Plisner’ ...
Europe’s disappointing response to Israeli annexation of the West Bank
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
The all-clear has sounded for those who were worried: Israel can annex the West Bank as much as it wants – Europe will not stand in its way. Anyone who thought they could strike fear into our hearts over Europe’s reaction to annexation ...
Israel eyes expanding export of surveillance systems in shadow of coronavirus
- Yaniv Kubovich יניב קובוביץ
Defense Ministry tender asks civilian companies to provide information on security needs – including systems for tracking civilians – of ‘all countries of the world,’ excluding Iran, Syria and Lebanon
An Elbit drone flying ...
Let Israel annex the West Bank. It's the least worst option for Palestinians
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
What is the center-left camp in Israel afraid of when it comes to annexation? Why are the European Union and other countries feigning such a clamor against this coming development?
Final Countdown?, by Carlos Latuff
Annexation has always ...
Why didn't you tell us about the Palestinian village of Tantura?
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
Every year, on the eve of Memorial Day, we’d go visit the Bachrachs in their ground floor apartment on Spinoza Street. In later years, when the wife was widowed, we’d go see her in Feierberg Street, turning on the radio and listening to the ...
‘Fauda’ isn't just ignorant, dishonest and sadly absurd. It's anti-Palestinian incitement
- George Zeidan جورج زيدان
The Middle East is already bursting with disinformation, insinuations and dangerous propaganda: there’s no need for yet more. Fauda can do better *Warning: Spoilers*
As a Palestinian living in the occupied territories, I understand that a ...
Israel trading in ventilators for helpless Gazans is inhumane
- Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
If Israel had even a hint of human feeling toward the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, at least during the coronavirus pandemic, it would immediately lift all the bans and allow unlimited medical and economic aid into the enclave. If it showed more generosity ...
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