ADNAN TBEILI of Nablus makes soap for Sindyanna of Galilee, which exports it worldwide. Since April this year he has not been able to get a permit to enter Israel. We at Sindyanna have tried to intervene through a lawyer.…
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A-Salaam Aleykom
Translation: Howard Klevansky The war of civilisations which has horrified the world since the events of September 11th 2001 ended in a wave of Barack Hussein Obama’s magic wand with the opening of his speech at the University of Cairo…
The Price of Olive Oil
ABU AL-ABED COULD not believe his eyes when he went down to his olive grove in the Deir Hana Valley. It was early November, but the trees were naked of fruit, as if they’d forgotten that it was harvest time…
The Gaza Economic Crunch
QASSAM ROCKETS hit the Israeli town of Sderot on an almost daily basis, but on September 4, 2007, at the start of the new school year, one fell beside a day-care center. That night Haim Ramon, a deputy and close…
Interview with Dr. John Gal
Michal Freedman interviews Dr. John Gal Dr. John Gal is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Social Work in the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was a member of the Tamir Committee, which in 2002 made recommendations for implementing…
Reforms versus Organized Labor
AFTER CUTTING INTO the living flesh of the jobless, the physically challenged, children and the elderly, and after trampling organized labor, the Israeli government in 2007 wakes up to discover that there is poverty in the land. One fourth of…
Flexible, All Too Flexible
AS CHANGE SWEEPS through global job markets, a debate is underway about the effect on workers. Are they benefiting? Or is work becoming less secure, with lower wages and the loss of hard-won rights? At the heart of the debate…