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About 20% of Israeli citizens are Palestinians. In many ways they play an outsized role in Israeli society, but they also face significant discrimination by law and in everyday encounters. This is the subject of my latest article. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/yo…
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Opposition leaders have said they won’t ally with an Arab party, though polls show this is their only sure path to victory over Netanyahu. Mansour Abbas thinks he can change their minds. Excellent analysis by political scientist Rida Abu Rass. newlinesmag.com/argument/the…
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Palestinian citizens of Israel face considerable discrimination, but some, like Haifa-born Yousef Haddad, have chosen to identify with the state and its system. The loyalty is not often reciprocated, writes @lisang in @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/spotlight/yo…
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An Israeli Druze Received Two Government Orders on Oct. 7 — One for Active Military Duty and One for the Demolition of His Home On the dilemma of Palestinian citizens of Israel like Haifa-born Yousef Haddad who choose to identify with the system: @lisang newlinesmag.com/spotlight/an…
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A century ago, a French school in Damascus bet on nonconfessional, coeducational, bilingual learning. Its recent decision to separate boys and girls has Syrians asking what that wager still means. By historian @smoubayed in @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/essays/a-cha…
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Heidi Levine, an American photographer for the Washington Post, was beaten by Israeli settlers in the West Bank today while covering an olive harvest by Palestinians. She’s now in a Ramallah hospital. This happens every day on the West Bank. Every single day. Palestinians attacked, journalists attacked, Israeli & foreign observers attacked. When is the IDF going to start taking this seriously? And where is the US embassy & Trump administration?
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Facts known: 50 very fine people on that side, charged & beat the shit out of a woman w a press vest and cameras.They kicked her while she was down maybe 50 times. I can translate the statement below if you don't speak the language. It says: go right ahead.
The Prime Minister’s Office: The facts surrounding the confrontation near Abu Falah, during which Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was allegedly assaulted, remain unclear and are under investigation. Israel unequivocally condemns violence against anyone—Jews, Arabs, Christians or journalists. Those responsible will be held accountable. But serious questions remain. Reports indicate some 200 Arabs and far-left activists confronted approximately 40 Israeli youths. Footage shows masked individuals on both sides hurling objects, amid reports of fireworks fired at Jewish youths. Other footage appears to show Levine knocked down and immediately helped to her feet by the same unidentified individual. The investigation must establish the facts, including who initiated the violence. We will not allow disputed incidents to be exploited to demonize the hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria. The facts must determine the conclusions. Not the headlines.
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The Prime Minister’s Office: The facts surrounding the confrontation near Abu Falah, during which Washington Post photojournalist Heidi Levine was allegedly assaulted, remain unclear and are under investigation. Israel unequivocally condemns violence against anyone—Jews, Arabs, Christians or journalists. Those responsible will be held accountable. But serious questions remain. Reports indicate some 200 Arabs and far-left activists confronted approximately 40 Israeli youths. Footage shows masked individuals on both sides hurling objects, amid reports of fireworks fired at Jewish youths. Other footage appears to show Levine knocked down and immediately helped to her feet by the same unidentified individual. The investigation must establish the facts, including who initiated the violence. We will not allow disputed incidents to be exploited to demonize the hundreds of thousands of law-abiding Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria. The facts must determine the conclusions. Not the headlines.
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In one of our current top reads, @lisang reviews two films that are unsparing in their depiction of Israeli attitudes toward the war: the documentary film “NAZA” and the satirical drama “Yes!”, both by Israeli directors. f.mtr.cool/m9ftz82e14
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If you’re protesting and blaming *checks notes* Zohran Mamdani for the Gaza genocide you may, you just may, need to check yourself into a mental health facility.
Pro-Palestinian protesters gather outside City Hall to call out Mayor Zohran Mamdani for what they see as his betrayal of the movement. "Mayor Mamdani, you can't hide we charge you with genocide" was a chant that just rang out.
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The documentary film “NAZA” and the satirical drama “Yes!,” both by Israeli directors, hold up mirrors to Israeli society that most find too difficult to see, writes @lisang in @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/review/two-f…
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An exclusive investigation finds that women making jeans for Levi's, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger and Coach in eastern Turkey face coerced overtime, harassment and staged audits. By @OzlemTemena for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/reportage/th…
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ICE Turns Its Sights on Buryat Asylum-Seekers A member of the persecuted Russian Mongol minority reveals the life he hopes to keep in the US, and the one he dreads if deported Reportage by @apradabianchi and Soyonbo Borjgin for @newlinesmag. newlinesmag.com/reportage/ic…
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"The next time the nostalgia or falafel craving hits you, and you long for the warm spice palate of the Middle East, and you fire up Fairuz on Spotify, consider experimenting with an Egyptian recipe.” f.mtr.cool/oaagqbcdsy
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Why Ethiopia Is at War Once Again @alanboswell and ACLED's Jalale Getachew Birru join @kliwewe on Global Insights to discuss what the previous peace deal left unresolved in Tigray and the new alliance against the federal government. newlinesmag.com/podcast/why-…
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Israel revoked aliyah eligibility of two young Jewish activists, British & American, both active in protective presence in West Bank. This is a seismic move for a country founded on the principle that Israel is the state of all Jewish people @haaretzcom haaretz.com/000001a0-e38d-db…
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My new investigative piece for Haaretz on the Israeli occupation of southern Syria, based on interviews with dozens of local residents, Syrian detainees released from Israeli prisons & Israeli soldiers who served there. Israel is creating new enemies archive.li/4Jak6
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"Traitors": Graffiti in Ashdod directly targets Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, directors of "NAZA." This is part of an ongoing wave of incitement against the directors, spanning politicians, opposition leaders, and senior figures in the Israeli government. By @OrenZiv_
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