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In Israel’s military court, one’s fate is sealed long before trial
For the vast majority of Palestinians in Israel’s military courts, keeping defendants in prison until the end of legal proceedings is the rule, not the exception. By Yael Stein A visit to Israel’s military court at Ofer Prison can be confusing. A sense of injustice pervades the place, but it is sometimes hard to put…
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+972 Magazine
June 23, 2015
Israel invites you to ‘like’ the occupation on Facebook
COGAT’s new Facebook page will not hide the fact that with every ‘like’ it receives, the occupation becomes more permanent in our minds. A few weeks ago, the Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit launched its own Facebook page. COGAT, which operates under Israel’s Ministry of Defense, controls the blockade of the…
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Amjad Iraqi
June 21, 2015
You can boycott anything in Israel — except the occupation
The ‘boycott law’ won’t put an end to the BDS movement — its real importance lies in the criminalization of all opposition to the occupation. A few months ago, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman called for a boycott of businesses owned by Arab citizens of Israel. Such remarks — blunt racism directed at 20 percent…
By
Noam Sheizaf
April 16, 2015
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When the conversation over occupation feels outdated (part 2)
Last week I wrote about the outdated feeling the debate over the occupation renders. One commenter wondered why both Larry Derfner (who also commented on the article) and I are “disappointed” with Knesset members from Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party, even though they say the very same thing we write about on this site. I…
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Noam Sheizaf
June 16, 2013
On ‘occupation denial’ and the case for international pressure on Israel
An Israeli decision to continue the occupation is illegitimate, even if it was reached through a democratic process. Democracy has no meaning when the population at hand is not allowed to take part in it. This is a slightly modified translation of my weekly op-ed in the Israeli daily Maariv. “Occupation denial” is the latest…
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Noam Sheizaf
April 9, 2013
WATCH: A ‘Jews only’ street and a Palestinian dirt path in Hebron
I have posted in the past about the policy of ethnic separation around the Jewish houses in Hebron. Shuhada street – once the location of a central market – was first closed to Palestinian cars, and now even Palestinian pedestrians must walk along a tiny dirt road, while Jewish settlers and their guests get the rest of…
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Noam Sheizaf
March 7, 2013
‘A Jewish and Democratic state is a zombie idea’
Israeli novelist Nir Baram, on his Facebook page: Arafat Jaradat died because “he ate too much.” Issawi was arrested for eight months for traveling in the West Bank. Hassan Usruf was viciously attacked because he met the wrong youngsters. Many more Arabs are held without trial because they are Arabs. One and a half million Palestinian Israelis…
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Noam Sheizaf
February 26, 2013
Who gets to vote in Israel’s democracy?
If we exclude Gaza, one in every 4.5 people living under Israeli rule doesn’t have the right to vote in the coming elections; that one person is (almost) always Palestinian. If Gaza is included, it’s one in three who is not represented. The Israeli Knesset is the sole sovereign between the sea and the Jordan…
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Noam Sheizaf
October 30, 2012
Poll: Israelis support discrimination against Arabs, embrace the term apartheid
A majority of the public wants the state to discriminate against Palestinians, says a poll published in Haaretz. The findings don’t reflect a failure in education, as some might argue, but rather the inherently discriminatory nature of the state and the result of decades-long occupation. Gideon Levy reports in Haaretz today the findings of a…
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Noam Sheizaf
October 23, 2012
Response to Burg: Israel’s democracy flawed from inception
The New York Times continues to push the myth that Israel was once liberal and democratic, and is now growing detached from these values. Now it publishes an op-ed by a former Knesset speaker, which promotes this notion and similar misconceptions about the United States and the U.S.-Israel relationship. Only a couple of weeks after…
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Roi Maor
August 5, 2012
Occupation comes home: What was a military surveillance vehicle doing in TLV last night?
Protesters taking part in the #J14 march last night couldn’t help noticing a large army vehicle near the route of the protest, on the corner of Ibn Gvirol and Frishman streets (basically under my house). The car, nicknamed Raccoon, is a modified Hummer with special surveillance equipment. It is often used in the occupied territories…
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Noam Sheizaf
July 1, 2012
Nakba Law in action: Students must pay expenses for ceremony
A new law forbidding the commemoration of the Palestinian catastrophe prompted Tel Aviv University to charge students organizing a joint Israeli-Palestinian ceremony on May 14th in order to pay the security expenses. A little over a year ago, the Israeli Knesset passed the Nakba Law, stating that institutions who receive state funding are not to…
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Noam Sheizaf
May 13, 2012
Teacher summoned to hearing over leftist Facebook comments
A teacher in an Israeli public school, who has become the target of a hate campaign after she expressed leftist views on Facebook, has been summoned to a hearing at the Ministry of Education. According to the teacher, following some messages she posted on a Facebook debate regarding an “alternative memorial day” (a pro-peace event…
By
Noam Sheizaf
November 16, 2011
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