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How Israel’s emergency plans widened the south’s class divides
Four teachers at an Ashkelon high school reveal how the state’s handling of Oct. 7 evacuees played into racial, economic, and geographic inequalities.
By
Roy Cohen
January 10, 2024
In photos: Israel loses control of the south
I have covered every Israeli attack on Gaza from the Israeli side since 2009, and I have never seen anything like this. Chaos pervades everything.
By
Oren Ziv
October 9, 2023
This Israeli leftist wants his camp to break the Tel Aviv bubble
Activist and Meretz member Avi Dabush explains what the Israeli left gets wrong about towns like Sderot, their Mizrahim, and their views on Gaza.
By
Noam Sheizaf
November 30, 2021
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On the Gaza fence, a call for stability — not vengeance
The latest round of violence in Gaza has already taken the lives of at least 34 Palestinians. Meanwhile, in Israel's southern towns, residents want stability — not more war.
By
Oren Ziv
November 15, 2019
There’s a way out of our shared hell with Gaza
Life in Gaza is unbearable. Without resolving the crisis there, the lives of Israelis living in the south will continue to be a living hell. By Eric Yellin A few days ago, on Wednesday night, I was on my way to a film screening in Sderot, a city near the fence with Gaza. A minute after…
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August 9, 2018
Gaza is here — and it’s not going anywhere
After 17 years of war, Israel’s leaders still fail to understand that no amount of military force will make Gaza disappear. By Avi Dabush I was born and raised in Ashkelon; now I live near Sderot. I still remember Gaza, just an arm’s length away. No matter how much military force Israel uses, Gaza is not…
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May 30, 2018
Gaza and Sderot are extras in the government’s horror show
Even the members of Netanyahu’s government acknowledge that what Israel is doing in Gaza is folly, yet there is no one to stop it. By Avi Dabush Let’s start with a quiz. Who said the following: “We are marching a march of foolishness when it comes to Gaza. The government has no policy or strategic decision-making.…
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December 17, 2017
Nikki Haley’s view of Gaza is through Israeli eyes only
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley came to Israel to see the conflict up close. It’s a shame that when it came to Gaza, she only got one perspective. By Yoni Mendel “We are at the height of an important visit from UN Ambassador Nikki Haley in Israel. We are visiting the towns…
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June 11, 2017
PHOTOS: Israelis hold Purim rally for jailed conscientious objectors
Israeli demonstrators gather in central Tel Aviv to support Tair Kaminer and Ayden Katri, two Israeli conscientious objectors who refuse to serve in the army because of its actions in the occupied territories. Dozens of Israelis demonstrated last Thursday in central Tel Aviv in support of two Israeli conscientious objectors, one of whom is currently…
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Activestills
March 27, 2016
Why Israelis are asking the UN to end the siege on Gaza
After countless pleas to the Israeli government went unanswered, a group of Israelis who live along the Gaza border ask Ban Ki-moon to intervene and end the siege on their neighbors. A group of Israelis who live in the Gaza border region sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon last week imploring him “to…
By
Haggai Matar
March 10, 2016
Israeli conscientious objector sentenced to third stint in jail
Tair Kaminer sentenced to 30 days in military prison. She has served a total of 45 days after refusing to enlist in the IDF due to her opposition to the occupation. Israeli conscientious objector Tair Kaminer was sentenced on Monday to another 30 days in military prison for refusing to enlist in the IDF. This…
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Haggai Matar
March 1, 2016
Dozens protest in support of Israeli conscientious objector
Tair Kaminer is expected to be sentenced to a month in military jail for refusing to enlist in the IDF. Kaminer: ‘Military jail frightens me less than our society losing its humanity.’ Approximately 40 demonstrators accompanied Israeli conscientious objector Tair Kaminer to the Tel Hashomer induction base on Sunday, where she is expected to be…
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Haggai Matar
January 10, 2016
What we really need now? A politics of love
Fear and pain flow in the streets, between Gaza and Sderot, between Hebron and Jerusalem, forcing us to think about providing enough compassion for one another so we can come to solutions to the violence. By Mijal Simonet Corech Once, Israeli academic Yael Berda and I came up with an expression: “politics of love.” We never…
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October 4, 2015
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