SOURCE: MONDOWEISS Yesterday Peter Beinart, the liberal Zionist writer, disclosed that he had been detained at Ben Gurion airport on August 12 for an hour of questioning of his political opinions/activities. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu promptly released an unprecedented statement saying the detention had been a mistake, and Beinart said he would accept Netanyahu’s … Continued
SOURCE: ELECTRONIC INTOFADA.NET BY: ALI ABUNIMAH Activists in Tunisia are celebrating victory after dockworkers forced a cargo ship chartered by the Israeli shipping company Zim to abandon efforts to land at the port of Radès. The Cornelius A, which had disappeared from maritime tracking websites early Wednesday, reappeared on Thursday. On Thursday morning the … Continued
SOURCE: EURONEWS BY: ALICE CUDDY Thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv this week for what has been dubbed the “world’s largest Arabic lesson”, held in response to a controversial new law that removed Arabic’s status as an official language in the country. The “nation-state” law, passed on July 18, declared Hebrew the language of … Continued
SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: ZVI BAR’EL Near the exit from one of the Arab villages in the Galilee, the local council put up a sign reminding drivers to buckle up. The sign is entirely in Hebrew, as if only Hebrew-speakers left the village every day on their way to work or school. Further down the road, … Continued
SOURCE: ARAB AMERICAN INSTITUTE BY: DR. JAMES J. ZOGBY This past week by a vote of 62 to 55, Israel’s Knesset passed legislation called “Israel as a Nation-State of the Jewish People.” Heralding the passage of the bill, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described it as “a defining moment in the annals of Zionism and the … Continued
SOURCE: LOS ANGELES TIMES Since its establishment in 1948, Israel has claimed to be both a Jewish state and a democratic state. But are those two aspirations achievable, or are they mutually exclusive? Can a country founded as a Jewish homeland — with a “right of return” for diaspora Jews, a flag featuring the Star … Continued
Ironically, amid the discussion of Israel’s ‘Jewish and democratic values,’ a section of the law that might have called for preserving Arabic’s official status would have been the only part of it to be both Jewish and democratic SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: YONATAN MANDEL The nation-state law is stirring fierce debate among both Jews and Arabs … Continued
The new law can only play into the hands of those extremists among Israeli Arab politicians who are doing their level best to prevent the successful integration of Israel’s Arab citizens into Israeli society SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: MOSHE ARENS Just as some of us had been hoping that the Jewish nation-state bill had disappeared in … Continued
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN BY: OLIVER HOLMES Israel is in the throes of political upheaval as the country’s ruling party seeks to pass legislation that could allow for Jewish-only communities, which critics have condemned as the end of a democratic state. For the past half-decade, politicians have been wrangling over the details of the bill that … Continued
One is a former beauty pageant contestant, the other a traditional, hijab-wearing mother of six. Haaretz visits Kafr Qara to hear about a unique mayoral race SOURCE: HAARETZ BY: JUDY MALTZ KAFR QARA – Never has an Arab woman been elected mayor of an Israeli town or city. Only once before has an Arab woman actually run. … Continued
By: Emiliya Strahilova/Arab America Contributing Writer Prince William just ended his visit to Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. His trip is considered to be historic by the world because it was the first time a member of the British royal family stepped onto Israeli/Palestinian lands. Even before he started packing his bags, he was already judged … Continued
SOURCE: THE NEW YORKER BY: ADAM ENTOUS On the afternoon of December 14, 2016, Ron Dermer, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States, rode from his Embassy to the White House to attend a Hanukkah party. The Obama Administration was in its final days, and among the guests were some of the President’s most ardent Jewish … Continued
342 Results (Page 18 of 29)
Loading ...