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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announcing the cease fire between Israel and Hamas (photo: Koby Gidon/ Government Press Office)
Like school arsonists, Netanyahu rejects Arab-Jewish coexistence
The prime minister’s reaction — or lack thereof — to the arson attack against Jerusalem’s bilingual school reflects what can only be understood as contempt for Palestinian-Israeli partnership.  The arsonists who set fire to the Arab-Jewish bilingual school in Jerusalem Saturday night decided to pile up the first graders’ books and burn them in the…
By Mairav Zonszein December 1, 2014
Graffiti sprayed on Jerusalem's bilingual school reads: "There is no coexistence with a cancer." (photo: Jerusalem Firefighters)
Jerusalem mixed school set on fire in apparent arson attack
The largest Arab-Jewish educational institution in Israel has been targeted several times in the past. Jerusalem’s bilingual Arab-Jewish school was set on fire Saturday night, and hate speech was sprayed on its walls with the messages: “Kahane was right” and “There is no coexistence with cancer.” One classroom was totally consumed while another was partially…
By Mairav Zonszein November 29, 2014
Asma Agbaria, chairwoman of Da'am (YouTube screenshot)
WATCH: Finally, an Israeli politician demanding Arab-Jewish unity
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post sharing my personal grappling with the question of whether to vote or not in the election in 12 days. I’m still not sure if I will end up voting, as it feels to me in principal like conceding to Israel’s farcical democracy and a direct affront to…
By Mairav Zonszein January 10, 2013
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Kedem St in Ajami overlooking the beach (Mati Milstein)
Arabs and Jews come together to oppose gentrification in Jaffa
About 100 residents of Jaffa — Arabs and Jews — came together on Friday afternoon to protest a city plan that threatens to change the character of their neighborhood. The Tel Aviv-Jaffa Municipality master plan for all Jaffa includes construction of a 15-meter multi-lane road on Kedem Street in Ajami, between the Jaffa Port and…
By Mairav Zonszein November 11, 2012
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