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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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Between elegance and desolation: A short journey to Qalqilya
Eight hundred words and three photos from one place. This time, the city from which the muezzins sing over the rooftops of the settlements of Kochav Yair and Nir David. Here is the closest thing that I will have to a Passover vacation: a hop for one morning to a city that is not especially attractive, though…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
May 7, 2014
A new settlement is born in Hebron
As peace talks teeter, three families move into what will be the first new settlement in Hebron since the 1980s – with the full support and blessing of the army. Three Israeli settler families moved into a contested home in the West Bank Palestinian city of Hebron, following a years-long legal battle and culminating on…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
April 13, 2014
The other ‘1 percent’: On refugees and Passover
When we look around us this Passover, we are not the ones in need of protection, and we are not the ones escaping slavery. Somehow Israel has missed this role-reversal. Text by Rebecca De Vries and Natasha Roth Photos by Karen Zack Freedom of movement and the right to liberty do not apply to anyone…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
April 13, 2014
A Passover lesson: ‘And then we were free’
By Eli Valley Eli Valley is a writer and artist whose work has been published in New York Magazine, The Daily Beast, Gawker, Saveur, Haaretz and elsewhere. Eli is currently finishing his first novel. His website is www.EVComics.com and he tweets at @elivalley.
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April 13, 2014
Liberal Zionism at 65: Fantasy and reality
Liberal Zionism has had 65 years to prove Israel can indeed be both a Jewish state and a liberal democracy. Given its track record, is it time to put the ideology to rest? By David Sheen Imagine if you would, for a minute, that Liberal Zionists have been proven correct: that it is totally possible for…
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April 11, 2013
Between Ashkenazim and Sephardim: A guide to Passover piyutim
Jewish liturgical poetry dates back to the Bible and the rabbinical sages that came after. In honor of Passover, Café Gibraltar presents a primer to traditional Jewish religious singing for the holiday and the Jewish month of Nisan. By Patia Hana The holiday of Passover summons a plethora of piyutim (Jewish liturgical poetry usually sung, chanted…
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Cafe Gibraltar
April 1, 2013
Next year in rebuilt Jerusalem: A Passover call for justice
A truly rebuilt Jerusalem is a place where freedom and justice can flourish, a place where Jews and Palestinians can live alongside one another without checkpoints and walls, without the fears and realities of a hyper-militarized society, a place devoid of settlements and separation. By Oren Kroll-Zeldin Every spring Jews around the world gather around…
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March 25, 2013
The Kaufman Critique: Keeping Passover real at McDonald’s
It’s been over a year since the last Kaufman Critique was published. It’s not that I haven’t been to restaurants lately, more of a time issue. And certainly, writing about McDonald’s isn’t the best comeback post, but hey – maybe it’ll get me back into the food-groove. Anyway, it’s Pesach. The holiday I hate the…
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Ami Kaufman
April 8, 2012
A holiday of (selective) freedom: thoughts for Passover
Passover thoughts on Zionism and Israel’s siege mentality, and a bit of hope in the form of the local ‘occupy’ movement. Normally I would not pay much attention to anything signed by “Latma” – a Hebrew right-wing media watchdog and satire site. This time, however, I think they’re on to something. The clip they released…
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Haggai Matar
April 5, 2012
The anti-feminist who stole Passover
Even from the right-leaning, Netanyahu-venerating paper Israel Hayom, I was taken aback by an op ed yesterday by Rivi Gutgold. I found it to be an anti-feminist assault that seems to pre-date Madmen and shatters any residual myth of the feminist Israel. It began: With all due respect to the feminist world in which…
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Dahlia Scheindlin
April 2, 2012
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