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Debunking the myths of Israel’s Declaration of Independence
If Israeli protesters want to cite Israel’s founding document as a moral guide, they first need to acknowledge its failings.
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Tom Pessah
April 10, 2023
In Israel’s official portrait, only Jewish lives matter
A new government report published on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day only concerns itself with infant mortality statistics and life expectancy of Jewish citizens. What does that say about Israel’s attitude towards non-Jews? It is not all that uncommon for nationalist Israelis to accuse anybody politically to the left of them of supporting, or…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
April 30, 2017
Equality could be the ultimate deterrence to violence
If the Israeli security establishment is looking for a proper way to put an end to violence, a little equality in the eyes of the law might go a long way. By Talal Jabari One of my very first assignments as a young journalist was to go to Shuafat Refugee Camp in East Jerusalem to take…
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July 17, 2016
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The agonies of being an Arab democrat in the Knesset
When establishing the Knesset’s Palestinian democratic party, the founders of Balad had to shift their discourse and terminology: from the liberation of Palestine and the establishment of one inclusive democratic state, to the reinvention of Israel as a democratic state, the party’s secretary general writes. But has such a shift paid off? By Awad Abdelfattah On…
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June 29, 2014
The Jewish-Israeli Left can participate in the Palestinian struggle, but not as a partner
Israeli Leftists want the 1.5 million Palestinians who live in this country to become an integral part of this Israeli society. But they see their fellow Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank belonging to a different country. A Palestinian man and a Jewish woman are both participants at a Jaffa protest rally. The Palestinian…
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Rami Younis
June 23, 2014
How to beat the occupation: Equality, equality, equality
Achieving justice requires putting aside specific visions of one or two states and instead pushing your communities, schools, places of worship and governments to take up the mantle of legal equality in place of occupation. By A. Daniel Roth Just like you, I argue about how many states is the right number of states between…
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April 30, 2014
East Jerusalem teenager on life as a stateless Palestinian
By Jalal Abukhater Under Israeli law, it is illegal for me to live in the West Bank. More accurately, if I am discovered to be living there, my blue Israeli identification card may be taken away, and replaced by a West Bank ID card. Meanwhile, Jewish settlers are allowed to come from all over the…
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End of year poll updates: Israel and Palestine
Here’s a summary of some of the top quality polling being done by Israelis and Palestinians, about Israelis and Palestinians. From masses of data, I’ve selected highlights addressing two main themes: the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and the state of democracy in both societies. All the data comes from sources I trust. I use names or…
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December 29, 2010
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