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After backlash, conference drops Israeli archeologist for settlement university ties
Archeologists criticized the participation of two Ariel University scholars at the international event, citing illegality of excavations on occupied territory.
By
Oren Ziv
May 28, 2023
Eyewitnesses: Settler stabbed Palestinian to death as Israeli forces looked on
Ali Hasan Harb was stabbed while settlers tried to erect a tent on his family's land in the occupied West Bank, eyewitnesses say.
By
Oren Ziv
June 22, 2022
A medical school in the service of colonialism
Ariel University's new medicine faculty is part of a wider effort to normalize illegal settlements — and Israel's national medical body is defending it.
By
Osama Tanous
and
Ghada Majadli
March 3, 2022
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Tel Aviv University faculty condemn deal with settlement medical school
The deal will allow students from Ariel University to do clinical work in TAU's affiliated hospitals. 'We're being forced to support the occupation.'
By
Meron Rapoport
January 21, 2021
Israel’s national theater must resist normalizing occupation
By agreeing to perform in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat Arba, Habima is forgoing its values of Cultural Zionism while adopting the dangerous mindset of Miri Regev and Benjamin Netanyahu. By Misha Shulman Earlier this year Israeli Minister of Culture Miri Regev announced a new policy for the funding of the arts: artistic organizations…
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October 28, 2016
WATCH: How one West Bank village is fighting to regain its land
Residents of the village of Deir Istiya, located next to the West Bank settlement Ariel, have been nonviolently protesting the blocking off access to their farmland by the Israeli army, which affects the lives of 500 families.
By
Social TV
May 27, 2016
The only issue that matters in Israel’s elections
I grew up in a settlement. I met more Palestinians that the average Israeli. But it was only during my military service in the West Bank that I realized our 47-year rule over the occupied territories must come to an end. By Shay Davidovich Elections have always fascinated me. As a child, I insisted on…
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+972 Magazine
March 15, 2015
The silent majority of complacency: Israel’s right-wing voters
They’re not overtly racist, violent or angry. They’re not worried by the prospect of another intifada or war. They’re not singing about the economy, but they’re not crying either. More than anything, they see no alternative to Netanyahu. They’re the right-wing mainstream.
By
Larry Derfner
March 14, 2015
The Israeli government’s election gift to West Bank settlers
Netanyahu tells supporters at a settlement campaign event that Israel will continue to build in the West Bank, as his Likud party competes with more hawkish parties for settler votes. Erekat calls for boycott, divestment in response. Less than a month and a half before general elections, the Israeli government published tenders for 430 new…
By
Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
January 30, 2015
Film review: A documentary explores Israeli attitudes to the Nakba
The eponymous scene of On the Side of the Road, a documentary that explores Israeli attitudes toward the Palestinian Nakba, or catastrophe, occurs midway through the film on an unpaved road just outside the West Bank settlement of Ariel. Interrupted by a curious Israeli family out for a pastoral drive, director Lia Tarachansky stops to…
By
Lisa Goldman
November 28, 2013
Can a settler be against the occupation?
Is it possible to oppose the occupation from within the settlements? Does one become a settler because of their race, religion, political views, ideology, or just by living beyond the Green Line? One settler sets out to find answers, and you might just be surprised with what she has to say. By Orit Arfa People…
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+972 Magazine
October 24, 2013
McDonald’s ruins chances for a Tarantino moment in West Bank
As a result of McDonald’s Israel decision not to open a branch in the settlement of Ariel, here’s a discussion we’ll never hear, unfortunately. Jules Winnfield: Okay, so, tell me about the outposts. Vincent Vega: So what you want to know? Jules: Well, building is legal there, right? Vincent: Yeah, it’s legal, but it ain’t…
By
Ami Kaufman
June 26, 2013
McDonald’s turns down offer to open restaurant in West Bank settlement
The Israeli financial daily Calcalist reported this morning (Wednesday) that McDonald’s has turned down an offer to open a restaurant in the settlement of Ariel, beyond the Green Line. The local contractor for McDonald’s in Israel is Omri Padan, one of the founders of Peace Now. McDonald’s-Israel has confirmed the report in Calcalist. A representative of the company, who is…
By
Noam Sheizaf
June 26, 2013
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