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A lesson on Israeli ‘democracy’ from an 18-year-old draft refuser
Previous generations of Israelis closed their eyes to the oppression of Palestinians, Mizrahim, and asylum seekers. Our generation can be different.
By
Yahli Agai
September 5, 2023
The violent lies of Israel’s president
When members of Congress applaud falsehoods about Israel being a vibrant democracy, they are aiding and abetting further oppression of Palestinians.
By
Yuli Novak
July 31, 2023
Is Israel’s hasbara bubble about to burst?
For decades, Israel's Western allies have nodded along as it professes to be 'the only democracy in the Middle East.' What happens if they stop?
By
Meron Rapoport
February 13, 2023
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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
‘Forward’ editor: Compare Israel only to Mideast states
Just because Sisi and Assad are close by doesn’t mean their disgusting policies seep through the border and infiltrate the Israeli system, poisoning our minds. Why not compare ourselves to countries we actually want to be more like? I gotta tell you, I’m really tired of this. I’m tired of Jewish right wingers in Israel and…
By
Ami Kaufman
June 26, 2014
The burden, and wall, of Zionism
Zionism has come to refer not to the many ways of building Israel, but to a litmus test. Any answer other than ‘I am a Zionist,’ is akin to being un-American in the 1950s. I didn’t join a Labor Zionist youth movement at 14 because I thought of myself as a Zionist. Actually I shied…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
May 6, 2014
Netanyahu’s boycott – of the Israeli media
By Tal Schneider countup Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has not given a single interview to the Israeli press since January 19, 2013. Not one question answered at a press conference, not a single one-on-one, and forget about a roundtable. In a democracy, this is incomprehensible. Amit Segal’s Channel 2 story on the matter (‘A…
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February 9, 2014
Right-wing parties revive attack on left-wing NGOs
The absurd contradiction between advancing bills with paranoid, dictator-style accusations of ‘foreign meddling,’ while throwing temper tantrums over the loss of that meddling for the sake of strengthening the occupation is deeply disheartening. Knesset members from two right-wing parties in Knesset have revived a bill to limit foreign government funding of left-wing Israeli NGOs. The…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
July 17, 2013
A personal account: (Not) voting in an age of cynicism
One simple answer to the question of why elections matter is that I feel part of something when I vote in Israel. Being away for four months, living deep inside the world of other peoples’ conflicts, provided a few more answers. For the first time since moving to Israel 15 years ago, I was not…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
January 23, 2013
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
NYTimes’ due fear for Israeli democracy adds some misconceptions
The New York Times published a laudable, bold editorial this weekend that highlights a number of creeping threats to Israeli democracy. The article is vital for reaching audiences who really care about Israel’s future. After three years of onslaught on Israel’s democratic foundations (which were already deeply flawed), the situation is now urgent. Every day, truly scary signs…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
July 21, 2012
New bill would let the Knesset crush the Court
Haaretz reports that a new bill for a Basic Law currently being debated would allow the Knesset to override Supreme Court rulings that a law is unconstitutional, by a 65-member Knesset vote, neatly killing off one of the last traces of checks and balances in Israel. It is particularly disturbing that Reuven Rivlin, Speaker of…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
April 8, 2012
Threats to Israeli democracy, tolerance gather momentum
If the threat against Israeli democracy is not recognized and opposed, it will gather momentum until inevitably, one of democracy’s vital organs – tolerance, enshrined in law, for minority groups and minority opinions – will cease to function. By Rachel Liel One thing on which virtually all Israelis, from right to left, can agree is…
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November 14, 2011
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