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Israel’s ‘thought police’ law ramps up dangers for Palestinian social media users
Rights advocates warn the draconian law will enable unprecedented surveillance, raising Palestinian fears of arrest for their online activity.
By
Sophia Goodfriend
November 24, 2023
Teachers or terrorists? Far-right MKs want the Shin Bet to police schools
A bill authorizing Israel's security service to hire and fire teachers, a policy long carried out in Arab schools, is so extreme that even the Shin Bet opposes it.
By
Gil Gertel
July 26, 2023
PHOTOS: Anti-government protests escalate as Israel curbs judiciary
Israelis continued to take to the streets in their tens of thousands over the past week to protest the government's judicial overhaul.
By
Oren Ziv
July 24, 2023
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What I would’ve told the Knesset about settler violence — if they’d let me
I was the only Palestinian invited to address Israeli settler violence at a Knesset committee. But right-wing parliament members sabotaged the conversation.
By
Ali Awad
October 15, 2021
Can she handle it? How the Israeli media covers women politicians
Women running for the Knesset have to overcome not only voters' gender stereotypes, but a media landscape that is heavily skewed in men's favor.
By
Noa Balf
March 23, 2021
Netanyahu is embracing fascists — and the world is tolerating them
Itamar Ben-Gvir is not an outlier in Israeli politics; he is part of a far-right alliance that the international community has been normalizing for years.
By
Sami Abu Shehadeh
March 4, 2021
Why are Israelis shocked when the army shows up at the Knesset?
The sight of soldiers policing protests outside the Knesset rightfully angered many. But in Israel's militarized society, this scene should not be surprising.
By
Orly Noy
September 30, 2020
PHOTOS: Police arrest pro-democracy demonstrators outside Knesset
Hundreds protest in Jerusalem after the government suspended the Knesset, shut down the courts, and allowed the surveillance of Israelis as part of its emergency regulations.
By
Oren Ziv
March 19, 2020
A coronavirus coup in broad daylight
As democracy goes into quarantine and surveillance of citizens becomes the norm, Israel is heading straight for an autocracy run by Benjamin Netanyahu.
By
Michael Sfard
March 19, 2020
The Joint List’s triumph over hate
The Joint List may not save this place, but it showed that it is the only real alternative to the racism and incitement of the Israeli right.
By
Samah Salaime
March 4, 2020
Every Israeli election needs a Palestinian woman as a villain
Attempts to bar Balad MK Heba Yazbak from the election shows how Palestinian women are constantly demonized as embodiments of Israeli fears.
By
Orly Noy
January 21, 2020
Nearly half of Knesset members were born into a reality of apartheid
Young Israeli lawmakers are arriving in parliament after an entire life in which Israel’s control over Palestinians is the natural state of the world. No fewer than 49 new members of Knesset took their oath of office on Tuesday, in large part thanks to the dizzying success of the stand-for-nothing Blue and White party. The…
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Orly Noy
May 1, 2019
Likud attempts to intimidate Palestinian voters with hidden ballot cams
Poll workers from the Likud party are using hidden cameras to record Palestinian voters as they head to the polls on Election Day. The goal? To intimidate Arab citizens and make sure they stay home. Members of the ruling Likud party placed at least 1,200 hidden cameras on poll workers across Palestinian towns and villages in Israel…
By
Haggai Matar
April 9, 2019
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