admin | October 18, 2021
Can Israel learn from New York?Regarding Needed: A civility spiral to propel Israeli-Arabs forward (October 13): I disagree with Prof. Gil Troys suggestion that Israel can learn from New York how to tackle the Israeli-Arab crime problem because it has over the years lowered its crime rate.
admin | October 18, 2021
Because there is no way to deny that Israel refuses to grant basic civil rights to millions of Palestinians in the territories it has occupied since 1967, the Israeli government and its supporters in the West reflexively smear anyone who refuses to ignore or excuse this injustice using a familiar set of lies. Thats why the attacks on Sally Rooney this week, for refusing an Israeli publishing firms request to produce a Hebrew translation of her new novel, Beautiful World, Where Are You, to honor the Palestinian-led cultural boycott of Israel, were so predictable. Rooney explained in a written statement that she was convinced that Israels unequal treatment of the Palestinians in the occupied territories was akin to the former apartheid regime in South Africa, justifying an international campaign of boycott, divestment, and sanctions like the successful one against that state
admin | October 18, 2021
Youre here by mistake, because [Israels first Prime Minister David] Ben-Gurion didnt finish the job and throw you out in 1948, lawmaker Bezalel Smotrich told Arab Knesset members during a debate on a proposed change to the Basic Law on Immigration, which was sponsored by his Religious Zionism colleague, Simcha Rothman. Thats the truth, thats the truth, Smotrich reiterated.
admin | October 15, 2021
This essay is based on a lecture she delivered to FPRIs Butcher History Institute on Teaching about Israel and Palestine, October 25-26, 2014. The Butcher History Institute is FPRIs professional development program for high school teachers from all around the country. One of the key forces in shaping the history of Palestine was the Zionist movement
admin | October 15, 2021
FOR Jews, Jerusalem is a symbol of the return to Zion, their ancient homeland. But criticism of Zionism is often slammed as anti-Semitic. So what exactly is it
admin | October 15, 2021
Speaking from the Knesset plenum on Wednesday, far-right Religious Zionism MK Bezalel Smotrich said David Ben-Gurion, Israels first prime minister, should have finished the job and kicked all Arabs out of the country when it was founded. During comments on a contentious immigration bill proposed by the opposition, Smotrich shouted about the need to maintain Israel as a Jewish and Democratic state. Yes, Jewish, with a Jewish majority, he called out.
admin | October 15, 2021
Our children and grandchildren were born in Israel, says Ben-Zion. How can they grasp the meaning of aliyah? How can they understand what a privilege they have to be born here
admin | October 15, 2021
JNS.org Fourteen letters penned in the 1940s by the legendary rabbi known as the Hazon Ish have been donated to the National Library of Israel in Jerusalem by the family of their recipient, Rabbi Zvi Yehuda, one of the rabbis students. The Hazon Ish (Rabbi Avraham Yeshaya Karelitz, 1878-1953) is considered to be one of the most influential rabbis of the 20th century. The letters reveal a very personal side to the revered spiritual leader
admin | October 15, 2021
"Lebanon, as always, will leave behind successfully the Zionist-backed seditions and conspiracies thatare planned and carried out by the masters and agents of this regime," said Saeed Khatibzadeh on Friday.
admin | October 13, 2021
Recently 700 journalists and writers signed a petition calling for fuller media coverage of the plight of the Palestinians. Reportage on the Middle East has long been contested
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