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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.
By
Tom Pessah
April 10, 2023
‘The Israeli police wanted to show that they are in control of Al-Aqsa’
Writer Jalal Abukhater explains the context behind a violent raid in Al-Aqsa, and why the mosque is more than a place of worship for Palestinians.
By
Vera Sajrawi
April 5, 2023
No, Israel’s Passover closure is not like lockdown under occupation
It's hard for Israeli Jews to be separated from loved ones due to the coronavirus. But their lockdown is temporary — for Palestinians, it's endless.
By
Orly Noy
April 8, 2020
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A guide to an anti-capitalist, non-Zionist Passover
A hilarious new radical Passover Haggadah by the London-based Jewdas collective provides Jews across the diaspora the opportunity to hold their own alternative seder. By Michal Zweig and Aaron Kaiser-Chen A Jewdas Haggadah (Pluto Press, 2019) Fraught with Ashkenormativity, punctuation and spelling irregularity, and all-around anarchy, the Jewdas Haggadah has arrived this Passover, just as Jews around the world are…
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April 23, 2019
Where is Palestine’s Gandhi? Marching in Gaza
Rather than ask when the Palestinians will produce a Gandhi, we must ask when Israel will produce a leader that does not subjugate an occupied population through lethal violence. By Neve Gordon For decades Zionists have blamed the Palestinians for Israel’s ongoing colonial project. “If only the Palestinians had a Mahatma Gandhi,” many Israeli liberals have exclaimed, “then the…
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April 1, 2018
COMIC: Festival of freedom? Not if you’re in Gaza, or a refugee in Israel
This Friday marks the start of Passover, known to many as the ‘festival of freedom.’ Not so much this year if you’re a Palestinian from Gaza, Ahed Tamimi, or one of the hundreds of African asylum seekers spending the holiday behind bars. By Noam Rabinovich
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March 28, 2018
Hundreds of asylum seekers in Israel to spend Passover behind bars
High Court extends an injunction against the planned mass deportation of African asylum seekers, but those already locked up for refusing deportation will spend the ‘festival of freedom’ in prison. Hundreds of African asylum seekers will remain in Israeli prisons this Passover, their fate on hold after the country’s High Court gave the government an…
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Joshua Leifer
March 27, 2018
Marking the festival of liberation as the occupation hits 50
As we celebrate Passover this year, we will also be marking the 50th year of the occupation. It’s time to reflect on what liberation really means when you’re holding another people captive. By Frima (Murphie) Bubis This year, as we celebrate the holiday of Passover, commemorating the Jewish people’s release from the shackles of slavery, we…
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April 10, 2017
Surviving the Passover seder: A how-to for leftists
The Passover seder can be trying at the best of times: all that food, family and arguing. But it’s even more treacherous territory if you’re a leftie — so here’s your guide to getting through the night (relatively) unscathed. By Ido Nice The Passover seder is fast approaching, and along with it, the inevitable political…
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April 9, 2017
Temple Mount activists ‘practice’ sacrifice in East Jerusalem
The practice run, ahead of what some groups believe will be the construction of a Third Temple, was co-ordinated by dozens of groups from the Temple Mount Movement — including those who call for the destruction of Muslim holy sites. Warning: This article contains a graphic image of animal slaughter. Text by Tali Janner-Klausner Photos…
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Activestills
April 21, 2016
A new era of anti-occupation Judaism
American Jews have long overwhelmingly supported an end to the occupation, but increasingly, we are building an organized critical mass who are also willing to push our institutions and politicians in the same direction. IfNotNow takes its Passover message of liberation to Hillel and AIPAC. By Leanne Gale We gathered early in the morning, before…
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April 20, 2016
COMIC: The Haggadah’s evolution from generation to generation
Haggadot have historically evolved to reflect the needs and aspirations of their respective communities. Eli Valley envisions an American Jewish Haggadah for presidential primary season. Eli Valley is a writer and artist whose work has appeared in The New Republic, The Nation, The Daily Beast, Gawker and elsewhere. A collection of his comics will be…
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April 19, 2016
High Court on BDS: Somewhere between terror and Holocaust denial
The High Court decision on the ‘boycott law’ uses the word terror 11 times, likens BDS supporters to Holocaust deniers and quotes a right-wing columnist who makes it his duty to target boycott supporters. By Yael Marom The justices of Israel’s High Court upheld the controversial “boycott law” Wednesday, giving ground for individuals to sue…
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April 17, 2015
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