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Women’s liberation mustn’t stop at either side of the Gaza fence
Feminist principles compel us to stand with both the Palestinian women being slaughtered in Gaza and the Israeli women testifying about sexual violence.
By
Samah Salaime
December 22, 2023
The Palestinian group building power through youth
Baladna head Nidaa Nassar explains how the Haifa-based NGO is raising a generation of Palestinians to overcome their fragmentation and erasure.
By
Vera Sajrawi
June 21, 2023
The Palestinian ecovillage putting grassroots democracy into action
In the West Bank community of Farkha, a young communist leadership is championing feminism, sustainability, and care for elders.
By
Fatima AbdulKarim
January 10, 2023
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‘Love in organizing’: A tribute to a queer Jew for Palestine
Shatzi Weisberger died at 92 after a lifetime of organizing for LGBTQ, Black, and Palestinian liberation. Her memory will fuel us in the struggles ahead.
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Theo Rehm
January 5, 2023
The Mizrahi feminists shaking up Israel’s human rights scene
A new movement is bringing a fresh model to the struggle for the rights of Israeli society’s most invisible and marginalized groups. Can it succeed?
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Ben Reiff
April 12, 2022
Zionism split the women’s movement in the ’70s. Will it do the same to BLM?
From second-wave feminism in the 1970s and '80s to the BLM movement today, liberal American Jews have long struggled to shield their Zionism from their universal values.
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Dikla Taylor-Sheinman
September 10, 2020
Arab women made history in Israel’s local elections. Here’s how they did it
A record-breaking 26 Palestinian women were elected to office in Israel’s local elections. Despite the unprecedented numbers, there is still a long way to go. Arab women made history in the last round of local elections in Israel held in late October. A total of 26 Arab women were elected across the country, including the first Druze and first Bedouin woman,…
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Samah Salaime
November 26, 2018
When a Palestinian, Muslim woman went on Israeli Big Brother
Shams, a hijab-wearing, Palestinian woman went on the Israeli reality TV show to teach Jewish Israelis about her humanity. She was naive to think she’d succeed, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t support her. It’s hard with these Palestinians everywhere, even on Big Brother. I admit and confess, I know next to nothing about the…
By
Samah Salaime
May 30, 2018
The quiet feminist revolution in Arab society in Israel
Despite the hardships, Arab women are making gains in the Israeli legal establishment, local politics, academia, and even in the Islamic Movement. I watched as Hollywood stars collectively came out of the feminist closet during the Academy Awards this week. They spoke with pride about the recent #MeToo campaign, and demanded more respect and more…
By
Samah Salaime
March 8, 2018
Setting the struggle against gender-based violence back 30 years
A proposed bill to increase the sentences for Arab men who kill women ‘on the basis of family honor’ is not a step forward for feminism, but a step back. The Justice Ministry recently presented a bill to the Knesset’s Constitution, Law, and Justice committee that would define murder on the basis of “family honor”…
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Samah Salaime
March 2, 2018
‘There’s no such thing as a feminist name-change’
When I reverted my surname back to my maiden name, apparently the Interior Ministry decided I was getting divorced. How do you prove that you’re not getting divorced? My own personal brush with Kafka. I went to the Interior Ministry office in Beit Shemesh to get a passport issued for my adolescent son last week.…
By
Samah Salaime
January 2, 2018
‘Local Call’ wins award for social change
Local Call wins NIS 25,000 for its persistent coverage of the joint feminist struggle between Arab and Jewish women against gender violence. By +972 Magazine Hebrew-language site Local Call won the Dror Prize for social change, along with a NIS 25,000 cash prize, on Friday, for spotlighting the joint struggle between Jewish and Arab women…
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December 1, 2017
A room of our own: Building a new anti-racist space in Jerusalem
As Jerusalem grows more hostile toward anything remotely left wing, Israeli and Palestinian activists are looking to create a new space for activists to meet, plan, and struggle to change the face of the city. By Sahar Vardi I was 14 years old when I walked into a small room packed with books in a…
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November 7, 2017
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