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Israel didn’t publish coronavirus guidance in Arabic — so Palestinians stepped in
Weeks after the coronavirus outbreak began, Israel's Health Ministry had yet to publish Arabic guidance on its website. Palestinian civil society is changing that.
By
Suha Arraf
March 17, 2020
The Mizrahi author whose book Mahmoud Abbas wants to distribute
Ishaq Bar-Moshe started writing in Arabic two decades after he emigrated from Iraq to Israel. The language aroused deep antipathy in Israel — but Bar-Moshe was undeterred.
By
Naomi Niddam
November 8, 2019
Arabic was an official language in Israel for 70 years, 2 months, and 5 days
You can look at the new Jewish Nation-State Law from two angles: the message it sends to Jews, and the message it sends to Palestinians — you don’t belong here. Arabic was an official language of the State of Israel for 70 years, two months, and five days. As of July 19, 2018, it is…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
July 19, 2018
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How Arabic became a threat to ‘social cohesion’ in Israel
The absurd arrest of a Palestinian worker who was mistranslated by the police is a reminder that Arabic has been turned into a tool to oppress the native population in this country. Israelis read Sunday morning that Israeli police had mistakenly arrested a Palestinian worker after relying on a Facebook translation of a post he had…
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Orly Noy
October 23, 2017
Israeli cafe orders employees to stop speaking Arabic on the job
A branch of Aroma Espresso Bar in central Israel tells its Arab workers that speaking their mother-tongue is offensive to some of the customers. By Yael Marom A branch of “Aroma Espresso Bar,” one of Israel’s most popular coffee chains, told its Arab workers last week that they are no longer allowed to speak Arabic at…
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