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Tensions high between Israelis and undocumented African migrants
Tel Aviv is known for its beautiful beaches, beautiful people and care-free spirit. But the Hatikva neighborhood, on the city’s south side, has a very different reputation. About 50,000 people from different African countries have come north from Egypt and across the Sinai desert into Israel, with half that number arriving in just the last couple of years. This neighborhood of south Tel Aviv is ...
Neve Gordon: Erasing the Nakba
Be'er-Sheva, Israel - I first heard about the Nakba in the late 1980s, while I was an undergraduate student of philosophy at Hebrew University. This, I believe, is a revealing fact, particularly since, as a teenager, I was a member of Peace Now and was raised in a liberal home.
A Writer In the Middle (East)
Novelist Sayed Kashua is in the unusual position of being an Arab with Israeli citizenship. He talks to Eric Herschthal about living on the fault line.
Dispute over Israeli place names
Land dispute writ large on road signs
Israeli President appeals for calm with Iran
Calling an Iranian nuclear bomb 'a real danger to humanity,' Israel’s President on Wednesday night nevertheless reiterated his appeal for calm in dealing with the Iranian regime
An open letter to Johan Galtung: Peace-making and anti-Semitism can’t go together?
Dear Prof. Galtung – I do not know what you were/are thinking; I have no idea what your intentions really were/are. I was appalled and deeply hurt by your encouraging people to read The Protocols of the Elders of Zion – which remains the most anti-Semitic text ever written.
Netanyahu Calls for Elections: Will It Really Change Israel?
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Israel Plans September Vote That Favors Netanyahu
Israel's prime minister has called for parliamentary elections more than a year ahead of Israel's next scheduled vote. Netanyahu and his Likud Party are running strong in the polls, but issues such as Iran, the Israeli economy and the role of the ultra-Orthodox will factor into the campaign.
Calendar Picks and Clicks: May 5-11
For a list of Lag b’Omer events, visit jewishjournal.com/lag_bomer. GOOD DEEDS DAY Volunteers are needed to participate at community service projects, including gardening, feeding animals and painting at the Shalom Institute in Malibu; feeding the homeless at Venice Beach; a picnic for Israeli-Americans with cancer and their families at Woodley Park; a creek cleanup in Compton; and a tour at the ...
Rumors of mass Israeli emigration are much exaggerated
Interviewing Israel’s President Shimon Peres in the April 4 issue of Time magazine, a correspondent quoted the often-cited number in suggesting that 1 million Israelis live outside their native country: “It’s not as if Jews are flocking there [to Israel].
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