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Palestinians gather around a fire in the at-Tuffah district of Gaza city, which was heavily attacked during Israel’s latest offensive, Gaza City, September 6, 2014. The family of eight returned to their home, which is in danger of collapse due to the damage. Their home, like all the buildings in the area, is neither connected to the electricity or water infrastructure. (Photo by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
Disengagement? Israel’s interests in Gaza are stronger than ever
There is something ironic and self-contradictory about the Israeli Right’s plans for managing the conflict instead of solving it: Israel doesn’t have a real interest in truly disconnecting from Gaza. And Gaza isn’t going anywhere. By Itamar Sha’altiel Over the past several years Yoaz Hendel has been been positioning himself as a natural candidate to be…
By +972 Magazine December 13, 2014
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking in front of Israeli flags, July 20, 2014. (Photo by Haim Zach / GPO)
The ‘Jewish Nation-State Law’: Turning liberal Zionism on its head
Cementing the supremacy of national group rights over individual minority rights upends the precarious balance between Jewish and democratic, upon which liberal Zionism relies. For the ‘Nation-State Law’s authors and political patrons, however, this is just the beginning. Liberal Zionists of all stripes tend to have one thing in common: the belief — or at…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man November 28, 2014
Female IDF soldiers marching 1978 (GPO/CC BY NC SA 2.0)
Why soldiers don’t ‘break the silence’ to the IDF
When Israeli soldiers admit their past abuses of Palestinians, as they did again this week, the occupation’s defenders often ask: Why didn’t you report this to the army at the time? A personal illustration of why it is a disingenuous question.    I was 37, a new immigrant three and half years in Israel, drafted…
By Larry Derfner June 15, 2013
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WATCH: Netanyahu scolds top aide in front of cameras
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office is in utter chaos (and this is not an exaggeration) For years we all knew he was a difficult man to work for, but the situation in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office has reached new heights over the past few weeks. Natan Eshel, Netanyahu’s bureau chief, agreed on Sunday to…
By Ami Kaufman February 22, 2012
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