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A members of Carmel's settler rapid response team attacks Israeli left-wing activist Guy Butavia, September 16, 2017.

WATCH: Settler attacks left-wing activist, breaks his arm

Guess who was detained and taken in for questioning. An Israeli settler attacked a left-wing activist in a settlement in the south Hebron Hills Saturday, breaking his arm. The activist was transferred to Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva, where his left arm was put in a cast. On Saturday morning, left-wing activists from Ta’ayush arrived…

By Yali (Yael) Marom September 17, 2017

A Palestinian family sits in the remains of their demolished home in the West Bank village of Umm al-Kheir, April 6, 2016. (Wissam Hashlamon/Flash90)

Pushing Palestinians off their land — by pumping sewage onto it

Not content with ongoing demolitions in Umm al-Kheir and the destruction of its taboun, settlers in nearby Carmel have resorted to piping their waste onto the land belonging to the village. By Yossi Gurvitz, for Yesh Din The usual problem with reporting on what happens in the West Bank is lens width, an essential physical problem: you…

By +972 Magazine March 31, 2017

Seven Nights 6: Malawi

On its next to last night, the journey leads away from the cities and, in a way, to another continent. For other nights click here. The papers promised a meteor shower. Here was a great excuse to take a spin out of town. I haven’t been off the Jerusalem-Tel Aviv axis in a while (Bethlehem is…

By Yuval Ben-Ami August 14, 2015

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Settler attacks in South Hebron Hills (go unreported)

This morning, while internationals were escorting Palestinian residents of Um al Hir (in South Hebron Hills) to their pasture to graze their herds, settlers assaulted them by throwing stones and hitting them. Apparently they did not go after Palestinians but only the international escorts, who were specifically requested to be there due to recent tensions…

By Mairav Zonszein January 23, 2011

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Israel’s unaccountable executive

My op-ed in the Jerusalem Post today discusses the serious problem of Israel’s accountability mechanisms, in the context of the Carmel fire: No society is perfect, but democratic nations are able to examine themselves and learn from their errors. Strong countries are not afraid of admitting mistakes. Democracy’s underlying premise – that government is the…

By Roi Maor December 21, 2010

The flames of the Carmel fire seen on the backround of the town of Nesher (photo: grebulon/flickr)

Carmel scapegoats III: the meaning of responsibility

The settlers and the ultra-orthodox are not the cause for Israel’s collapsing public services. The professional middle class, which considers itself a “silent majority” of “responsible citizens” but is quite the opposite, should take a hard look in the mirror. This is the third and final installment in a series of posts, examining arguments, which…

By Roi Maor December 17, 2010

Carmel fire scapegoats, part II: the settlements

The settlements are a moral and practical disaster, but they are the symptom rather than the cause of Israel’s ills. This is the second in a series of three posts, examining arguments, which have resurfaced following the Carmel fire, that assign the blame for Israel’s problems to the ultra-orthodox or the settlements. To read the…

By Roi Maor December 9, 2010

Ultra Orthodox Jews (Photo: Wikipedia)

Carmel fire scapegoats, part I: The Ultra-Orthodox

In a series of three posts, I will examine arguments, which have resurfaced following the Carmel fire, that assign the blame for Israel’s problems to the ultra-orthodox or the settlements. In this first post, I argue that the ultra-orthodox play a marginal role both in Israel’s economic and social problems, and in the shaping of…

By Roi Maor December 8, 2010

Carmel fire: the price of the treasury’s policy

The firefighters’ lack of readiness not accidental, but a result of long-term economical policy. Last morning, making my Friday shopping at the local grocery, I heard a woman hissing that we should catch those Arabs who lit the fire on Thursday and burn them alive, like the 40 prison guards cadets. I butted in. “And…

By Yossi Gurvitz December 3, 2010

The Carmel disaster: My forest is on fire

The weird vibes actually started the day before. Something just didn’t feel right. And then it began. Cellcom, Israel’s largest cell provider, crashed. Totally. For the whole day. 3.5 million users with dead phones. Cellcom also happens to be the supplier of phones to the newspaper I work in – which meant that either reporters…

By Ami Kaufman December 3, 2010

Israel’s deadliest fire: Eli Yishai must go

If Israel’s PM doesn’t show his racist and incompetent Interior Minister the way out immediately – he should face consequences, too. Israelis and international forces are still fighting the fire that started yesterday morning on the Carmel Mountain near Haifa. 41 people, most of them from Israel’s prison service, died when their bus was trapped…

By Noam Sheizaf December 3, 2010