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For all its military might, Israel succumbed to its most fatal weakness
The illusion that Israel could control Gaza endlessly is rooted in a dysfunctional political system that is incapable of imagining an alternative future.
By
Lev Grinberg
November 15, 2023
In the looming civil war, the Israeli right has the upper hand
While the government can rely on national-religious identity to mobilize supporters, the opposition’s counternarrative suffers a serious weakness.
By
Menachem Klein
July 24, 2023
The narcissism that blinds Israelis to Jenin’s oppression
Not only did the anti-government protests not condemn the assault on Jenin, its leaders even praised the 'brave men' who took part in the invasion.
By
Orly Noy
July 7, 2023
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Israel’s Knesset just voted on a very dangerous law for democracy
The draft law, which passed the first of three votes on Monday, would allow the expulsion of Arab MKs from the Knesset. It is one of several recent steps by the Netanyahu government to limit Palestinian political participation. Minutes before leaving for the spring recess Monday night, Israel’s Knesset passed the first reading of a…
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Ethnic cleansing poll a dangerous sign for Israel
The vast majority of Jewish Israelis don’t want to give up their privilege. But nobody has the right to ‘democratically’ deny rights to another. The most shocking piece of information to come out of a Pew Research Center survey of Israeli society published Tuesday is that nearly half of Jews in the country say they support…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
March 9, 2016
Israelis elected a non-democracy
Obama must understand that these elections were more than just a referendum on Netanyahu — they were a referendum on Israel’s character, and Israelis did not vote for democratic ideals. Many on the center-left in Israel are still trying to wrap their head around Netanyahu’s victory. They simply cannot grasp that most Israelis really want…
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Mairav Zonszein
March 22, 2015
The next time Netanyahu talks about ‘common values’
Hours after disavowing the two-state solution, the Israeli prime minister makes clear that his version of democracy includes as few Arabs as possible. A few hours after the polls opened in Israeli elections on Tuesday, incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a message that offends the very spirit of democracy and equality. Invoking military terminology,…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
March 17, 2015
Wake-up Call: 47 years of disenfranchisement
Did you know that in 15 out of Israel’s 20 elections one in three people living under Israeli rule haven’t had a vote? Ami Kaufman has a wake-up call for you. Click here for +972’s full coverage of Israeli elections
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Ami Kaufman
March 9, 2015
Liberman to head of Joint List: You’re not wanted here
Why is it that neither the debate host nor the heads of the other political parties stopped the foreign minister as he alluded to the expulsion of one out of every five Israelis? By Oren Persico When does staying silent become collaboration? Last Thursday, Channel 2 hosted a debate between the heads of all the…
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March 7, 2015
No Voice: Hopes for Israeli elections from those who cannot vote
Over 200,000 people with no legal status live in Israel today. There are another 4 million in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. All of these people are directly affected by Israeli elections but they have not right to vote. This is what they have to say — about the Right and the Left, the…
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Liberman’s de-patriation plan of illusions
Liberman’s proposal to cure Palestinian citizens of their ‘split personality’ violates pretty much everything democracy stands for. Headlines blazed in Friday’s Yedioth Ahronoth announcing the outlines of a peace proposal released by Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman. It’s not clear what prompted Liberman to release the plan at this moment – campaign considerations, a brief drop in attention…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
November 29, 2014
In my name, in your name, in all of our names
We talk endlessly about equality and feminism while putting up with a bunch of greedy pyromaniacs controlling the Middle East and running a war over our heads, a war in which we are but extras. And yet the role they assign us is instrumental: we are factories for their cannon fodder. By Naamit Mor Haim (translated…
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In Gaza, looking back at Hamas’ legacy
Gaza’s younger generation always believed in Hamas’s right to be in power, but Hamas never believed in the youth’s right to take part in their own society. By Abeer Ayyoub I was only 18 when Hamas won the parliamentary elections in 2006. I wasn’t fully aware of the difference Hamas could make for the country,…
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