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'Ultimately, We're All Jews': What Really Made MK Simcha Rothman Lose Control in NY

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Noa Landau

Leaving Ramallah, Checkpoint by Checkpoint

Late last month, on the eve of the Shavuot holiday, my sister, her friend and I went to listen to the author Ta-Nehisi Coates, who was being hosted...

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Hanin Majadli

Few Have Heard of Baby Mohammed. Fewer Will Hear About His Killers

By the age of two and a half, children can already speak a little. They aren’t weaned yet. At two and a half, they still need a hand when...

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Gideon Levy

How Much Longer Can the Judicial Overhaul Protests Ignore Israeli Occupation?

For 22 weeks, hundreds of thousands of Israeli citizens have been taking to the streets to fight for democracy. That is impressive and moving,...

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Ayman Odeh

At 70, No One Suspects Me of Being a Shin Bet Agent

When my grandfather turned 70, his friends celebrated his birthday. In the living room of the small apartment on Rosenbaum Street in Tel Aviv,...

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Gideon Levy

As Israel Woos the Saudis, It Must Not Neglect Ties With Abu Dhabi

The Saudis’ hosting of the Arab League summit, attended by Syrian President Bashar Assad, seemingly made a statement about who’s in charge. In...

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Moran Zaga

The Erstwhile TV Presenters Masquerading as Israel’s Opposition

Aside from her enormous talent, what stood out in a new documentary about Inbal Perlmuter, “If You Let Me Go” (broadcast on Yes), was the ability...

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Carolina Landsmann

Is Judicial Reform a Trojan Horse for West Bank Annexation?

Bezalel Smotrich, a champion of Israeli settlement in the Palestinian territories and now finance minister, has never been apprehensive about his...

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Yaakov Or

How Do You Say 'McCarthyism' in Hebrew?

In the book “Finding George Orwell in Burma,” journalist Emma Larkin describes the extensive network of informers established by the military...

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Yoana Gonen

Israel's Finance Minister Knows Nothing of 'Exalted Principles'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich spoke a lot of nonsense during his celebratory interview with the free daily Israel Hayom last week. The part...

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Tamar Kaplansky

How Two Arab Children Exposed Israel's Fast-moving Apartheid

“Carmiel, a Jewish city, was designed to create a foundation for the Jewish settlement of Galilee. Opening a school for native Arabic speakers...

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Zvi Bar&x27El

Using Israel's Diversity as a Diplomacy Asset

The soccer world has been in an uproar recently over Mesay Dego’s appointment as a coach for Maccabi Haifa, the national soccer champion. Some...

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Roni Malkai

Israelis Already Pay a High Price for Netanyahu's Coup. One Compromise Could Make It Worse

In his book “The Abyss: Bridging the Divide Between Israel and the Arab World,” former MK Eli Avidar described a conversation between former...

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Sami Peretz

The Palestinian Flag Litmus Test for Israel's Democratic Protesters

An amendment to the Students’ Rights Bill is due to appear in the near future before the Ministerial Committee for Legislation. The amendment...

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Manal Totry Jubran

Israel Is on a Mission to Supersize Its West Bank Settlements

There are three recent developments related to Israel's West Bank settlements that at first glance seem unconnected, but are actually all deeply...

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Hagit Ofran

The Breakneck Chutzpah of Israel's Groveling Transport Minister

Miri Regev is touring Morocco. Eight days at the taxpayer’s expense. She’s keeping a travel log for the little people left behind. “The fast...

01.06.2023 3

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Uri Misgav

Netanyahu, Israel's Leading Pathological Liar

Benjamin Netanyahu is a certified liar. Not for nothing did Bezalel Smotrich, who is now his finance minister, call the prime minister “a lying son...

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Nehemia Shtrasler

Israel's New Minister for Nuclear Absurdity

Shortly after the cabinet approves David Amsalem’s appointment as minister in charge of the Israel Atomic Energy Commission, which will happen...

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Yossi Melman

Arab Leaders Are Emboldening the Israeli Right

The Palestinian-Israeli writer Emil Habibi coined the Arabic phrase “alfarg al-arabi,” which freely translates as “the Arab salvation wheel.”...

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Odeh Bisharat

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