Altalena revisited
The religious right triumphs in the ideological battle over state power
On Monday 27 June, Rabbi Dov Lior was arrested by the Israeli police for refusing to report for questioning about his religious sponsorship of a book advocating r
Eyal Clyne is an Israeli researcher of society in Israel-Palestine. He focuses on the conflict and other Israeli political issues. Some of the posts on his Hebrew blog appear also in English and elsewhere, and some of his pieces for JNews are also cross-posted with other sites.
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In the land of King David
As the Israeli government endorses school trips to the Occupied Palestinian Territories, Israelis protest against the arrest of four hikers who killed a Palestinian during a similar tour.
Last week Israeli Education Minister Gideon Sa’ar announced a new programme – taking Israeli school children on tours to the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. It is scheduled to begin in September.
Lia Tarachansky ([email protected]) is an Israeli-Canadian journalist and the director of the upcoming documentary, Seven Deadly Myths. Most recently she worked as a Middle East correspondent with The Real News Network. Her writings and videos are available at www.liatarachansky.com
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Teachers: Racism in schools a "deep phenomenon"
Israeli outlet Ynet has reported a worrying increase in expressions of racism among Israeli schoolchildren.
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New bill to outlaw groups that question Israel as 'Jewish and democratic'
On Sunday 7 November 2010, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation discussed a new private bill, entitled, ‘The Bill for Protecting the Values of the State of Israel (Legislation Amendments
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What Netanyahu means when he says 'two states'
Sunday’s approval of a discriminatory loyalty oath requiring non-Jews seeking naturalization to swear a loyalty oath to ‘the Jewish state’ adds to growing fears that for this Israeli government, a ‘peace deal’ might involve a mass transfer of Israel’s Arab citizens.
In June 2009, shortly after he was elected, Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu surprised many by declaring in a public
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Loyalty oath adds to gathering threat to Arab citizens of Israel
As Knesset reconvenes, the ‘peace process’ is seen as just another term for excluding Israel’s Arab-Palestinian minority from the state
Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu has decided to back a proposed amendment to Israel’s citizenship law, raised in July by Justice Minis
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Cancer patients humiliated at Ben Gurion airport
A charity treat for 36 teenage cancer patients went wrong when three members of the group were humiliated and forced to strip in the course of a security check at Ben Gurion airport.
Thirty-six young cancer patients from the north of Israel – both Jewish and Arab – received a funded trip from a local charity and set out for Disney World in Orlando, Florida – but their journey was soured by a humiliating altercatio
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Israel’s attitudes to Arab citizens are a measure of its approach to peace and democracy, say Arab MKs
Arab members of the Israeli Knesset visit London to report on the increasingly beleaguered Arab-Palestinian community in Israel
Three Arab-Palestinian parliamentarians, members of the Israeli Knesset, visiting London to report on the situation of Palestinian citizens of Israel, provided a stinging critique of the well-known maxim that ‘Isr
The information and analysis above are based on briefings to the media and to the House of Commons by MK Talab A-Sanea’ of the United Arab List, MK Dr. Jamal Zahalka of the Democratic National Party (Balad) and MK Haneen Zu’bi of Balad, on 26 and 28 July 2010.
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Rumours of displacement plans for the Bedouin of the Negev desert
The demolition of 45 houses in the Bedouin village of Araqib in the Negev desert on Tuesday is seen as a trial run for further demolitions and expulsions
The demolition of more than 40 houses in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Araqib in the Neg
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Netanyahu’s African quest
Why the Israeli government fears asylum-seekers
Shir Hever is an Israeli economist and commentator who researches the economic aspects of the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territories.
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