Yardena Schwartz is a journalist and the author of Ghosts of a Holy War: The 1929 Massacre in Palestine That Ignited the Arab-Israeli Conflict.
Yardena Schwartz
By Yardena Schwartz
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Opinion The de facto annexation of the West Bank is a recipe for utter disaster
The alarming rise in attacks by Jewish extremists is part of a self-destructive state policy
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Opinion A time to sob, and to dance: Why does the joy of the hostage release feel so painful?
The wounds of the past two years won't heal quickly
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Opinion Yes, Trump’s Gaza plan is outrageous. It could also be just what the Middle East needs
After a century of Palestinian leaders rejecting a two-state-solution, Trump’s proposal could be a wakeup call that peace is the only solution
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News In Israel, activists and families push for stiffer sentences for child sex abusers
TEL AVIV — The story is all too familiar. A child is sexually assaulted and the perpetrator either goes unpunished or gets a short prison sentence, even community service. Activists describe a vicious cycle in which victims and their families have such low expectations of the Israeli justice system’s response that victims do not even…
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News An Israeli woman was murdered by her husband. It sparked a national reckoning over domestic violence.
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The murder of Diana Raz was almost too horrific to describe. Raz, 35, an Israeli couples counselor who helped women in abusive relationships, got into an argument with her husband, Amir, on Feb. 5, according to the police indictment against her husband. Amir, a police officer, proceeded to tie up three…
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News In Israel, some Netanyahu detractors are refusing vaccinations
TEL AVIV — Israel’s COVID-19 vaccination program has become the envy of the world, reaching a third of the population in just over a month. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is already trying to leverage that narrative in his campaign ahead of the March 23 election, Israel’s fourth in two years. But behind that curtain of…
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Fast Forward American Muslims Brought to Israel To Help Them Understand — Not Agree
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Alejandro Beutel bowed his yarmulke-covered head and pressed his hands and forehead into the 2,000-year-old stones of the Western Wall. After slipping a note into one of the cracks, Beutel whispered a prayer and cried. It’s a scene that unfolds daily at the sacred site in the Old City here — except…
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Fast Forward Is Palestinian Model City Sugar-Coating the Israeli Occupation?
RAWABI, West Bank (JTA) — Bashar Masri is not your typical billionaire real estate developer. Born in the Palestinian city of Nablus in 1961, as a teenager Masri was apprehended and jailed by Israel eight times for throwing rocks and organizing demonstrations, the first time when he was 14. During the first intifada, he served…
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