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Opinion The fall of Israel’s government empowers dangerous conspiracies on the right
There has been a marked rise in poisonous rhetoric against Israeli Arabs by right-wing politicians over the past 12 months
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Opinion Why the Israeli government failed but isn’t a failure
Bennett and Lapid's coalition government will leave a legacy on Arab-Jewish political partnership that should inform future progressive strategies
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Opinion In three funerals, the real spirit of Israel is exemplified
During my years in public office, I attended many shivas for fallen soldiers of Israel. Each of them was emotionally draining. One, though, left an especially profound impression. Hadas Malka, a police officer, was stabbed to death outside Jerusalem’s Damascus Gate in 2017. She had refused to accept a safe desk job in the Israeli…
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Opinion Learning to trust my neighbors again
On a recent Shabbat, my family gathered to celebrate a new bride and groom. 30 of us were all looking forward to spending time together and enjoying ourselves. The highlight of Shabbat was a walking tour of the Abu Tor neighborhood in Jerusalem, one of the few mixed Arab and Jewish neighborhoods in Israel, which…
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Opinion Israeli Arab life has gotten better — why aren’t we celebrating?
The mayor of Nazareth, the largest Arab town in Israel, announced on Feb. 11 that he was backing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel’s March 23 election. Outside of Israel, this landmark development was only sparsely reported on in American media. In a Reuters’ article that highlighted Netanyahu’s anti-Arab history, Arab leaders disparaged the mayor,…
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Fast Forward As Yom Ha’atzmaut dawns, video honoring Arab-Israeli health workers tops 2 million views.
The most viral video in Israel today is one honoring the Arab-Israeli health care workers who are on the front lines fighting the spread of COVID-19 in the country. The video has topped 2 million views in Israel alone, meaning it has been viewed by a quarter of all Israelis, which is more than any…
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Fast Forward Arab Parties Recommend Benny Gantz Form Next Israeli Government
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Arab Joint List recommended to President Reuven Rivlin that Blue and White head Benny Gantz be tapped to form the next government in order to end the political career of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Joint List head Ayman Odeh explained his coalition’s decision in an op-ed published in the New York…
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Fast Forward Israel’s Arab Parties Might Join A Government Coalition — With Conditions
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The leader of the Joint List of Arab parties said he would join a center-left government after Israeli elections in September, under certain conditions — a move that would prove historic. No majority-Arab party has ever joined a governing coalition in Israel, though they have backed left-wing governments from the sidelines in…
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