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Opinion Standing up for Israel’s democracy means standing up for Palestinians
Israelis have been in the streets for months. Palestinians and their allies in Sheikh Jarrah have been protesting evictions for 15 years
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Fast Forward Tel Aviv’s long-awaited light rail system is finally opening. But not on Shabbat.
Officials had said until recently that the trains would run on Shabbat in Israel’s secular center
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News Israel’s protest movement has birthed a cottage industry
Vendors populate Tel Aviv's protests, hawking cold water and noisemakers
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News Protests? What protests? Israel’s tourists enjoy nightlife and holy sites, uninterested in the country’s political strife
In Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, tourists continue to flock to holy sites, falafel stands and bars with little care for the mass demonstrations filling streets
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Opinion Have the protestors against Israel’s judicial overhaul gone too far?
A mass protest for the good of Israel needs to be led by moderates who want to unite, not radicals who refuse to compromise
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Fast Forward Ryanair says flight attendant ‘mistakenly’ called destination ‘Palestine’ on flight to Tel Aviv
The Irish airline did not apologize after Israeli passengers complained to Channel 14 News
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Fast Forward Israeli drama film ‘Concerned Citizen’ tackles gentrification and race issues in Tel Aviv
It takes place in the neighborhood of Neve Sha’anan, the south Tel Aviv neighborhood that’s home to many of the country’s foreign workers and asylum seekers
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Opinion I’ve been to Israel many times. These last 10 days were different
Visiting Israel as its 75th birthday celebrations intersected with a fraught political moment, I felt more engaged than ever before
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