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How Israelis came to worship leaders who despise them
Israelis used to admire leaders who went to war against Palestinians. Today they admire leaders who go to war against average Israelis.
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Orly Noy
February 27, 2020
Why the Jerusalem embassy opening was a fitting way to mark the Nakba
Both the U.S. and Israeli governments are run by racist demagogues who simultaneously deny an occupation exists while doing all they can to perpetuate it. Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat believes that East Jerusalem Palestinians are “satisfied” with the move of the U.S. Embassy to their city. Speaking to Israeli news website Ynet on Sunday, as…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
May 15, 2018
Christian leaders shut down Holy Sepulchre church to protest Israeli policy
A bill to expropriate church property and a plan to charge the church 650 million NIS in back taxes prompt protest from Christian leaders. Christian leaders announced that the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, one of the holiest sites in all of Christianity, will be closed indefinitely to protest a Knesset bill that will allow…
By
Joshua Leifer
February 25, 2018
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J’lem construction in next decades – mostly on occupied territory
This is not a Peace Now report, but an official document of the Jerusalem Municipality: According to a survey conducted at the request of the mayor’s office, 60,718 new housing units are slated for construction in Jerusalem in the next decades. Of those, 52,363 of them will be built east of the Green Line, in…
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Noam Sheizaf
November 6, 2011
Racism, settlements and Glenn Beck: One pic that says it all
Joseph Dana twitted this pic from the Glenn Beck rally, which tells most of what you need to know about the current moment here. The second man on the right is Supermarket mogul Rami Levi, who recently started separating Arab and Jewish workers at one of his stores. to his right is Nir Barkat, the…
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Noam Sheizaf
August 24, 2011
Great-grandson of S.Y Agnon to McEwan: Don’t shake hands with apartheid
Israeli activists from the Boycott From Within disrupted an event with British author Ian McEwan this evening in Jerusalem. McEwan, the recipient of this year’s Jerusalem Prize for Literature, was asked by Israeli and Palestinian activists to boycott the prize and not ‘whitewash’ Israeli violations of international law in the West Bank, Gaza and East…
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Joseph Dana
February 22, 2011
J’lem cops try to shut down leftist pub as mayor dines nearby
So here’s a weekend story from the city on the hill. The mayor of Jerusalem, Nir Barkat – responsible for the highly controversial building projects in the East of the city – went out to dine at the posh Cavalier restaurant in the city. He was spotted by activists from the Sheikh Jarrah solidarity movement,…
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Dimi Reider
January 14, 2011
So this Arab tries to buy a settlement. No, for real. (UPDATED)
The Arabs can’t have our land. And they can’t have our young girls, either. And they certainly can’t have our settlements! What happens when a Palestinian tries to buy a settlement? You heard me: buy a settlement. Well, for this you’d have to ask Palestinian businessman Bashar al-Masri. Ever since al Masri announced his company…
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Ami Kaufman
January 10, 2011
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