Nir Nader interviews poet Yudit Shahar (Unless otherwise noted, translations are by Stephen Langfur.) YUDIT SHAHAR arrived at the Challenge office on a Friday morning. She had taken the bus, which got stuck in a huge traffic jam at the entrance to…
Article Author: Nader, Nir
The Privatizing of the Israeli Mind
Poet Aharon Shabtai discusses the influence of the Occupation on Israeli culture Aharon Shabtai has published 18 books of poetry in Hebrew. His prize-winning translations of Greek drama are definitive. Two of his books have appeared in English: Love and Other…
Against the Revolving Door
ON JUNE 11, 2006, Israel’s Educational TV (a government channel) sent 30 of its workers a letter saying, “Your services will not be needed after July 15.” No reason was stated. The dismissed are officially freelancers who have been employed…
Gaby Lasky: Left of Meretz
ATTORNEY Gaby Lasky, human-rights activist, is 11th on the Meretz list for the upcoming elections. She has previously served as the General Director of Peace Now. Nir Nader, editor of Etgar (Challenge’s sister publication in Hebrew), interviewed her in early February, 2006.…
Can’t Get Enough of Sharon
NOW that the fog has lifted from the disengagement plan in Gaza, the question remains, “Is this what the Left had in mind when it ceased to fear Sharon and began loving ‘Arik’?” Welcome to Gaza Prison. No one enters…
Breaking Silence
“BREAKING SILENCE” is a movement of soldiers who have served in the Occupied Territories and have decided to tell the Israeli public what they have done and seen. The group began organizing in the spring of 2004. Some 65 soldiers…