It started with the TikTok of Palestinian youth, and escalated to an unprecedented exchange of fire between Hamas and Israel. This is not a classic war, because while the leaders take care to be protected and guarded, the residents of…
Tag: Israeli Arabs
Daam Challenges the Arab Voters
When it comes to the elections among the Arab voters, it seems that reality has stood still: as if we are not in the midst of the Arab spring, as if hundreds of citizens are not being slaughtered in Syria…
Vote!
On January 15, Israel’s leading liberal newspaper Haaretz printed an unusual opinion piece. Unusual not just because it was printed in two languages, Hebrew and Arabic, which in itself was extraordinary – but also because of the content. The newspaper is doing…
Arab youth and social protest in Israel
Israelis by the hundreds of thousands have marched in protest since July 14, shouting slogans like those heard in the Arab uprisings, in the same tone and the same rhythms – above all, “The people demands social justice!” The demonstration…
After the Flotilla: A Survey of the Regional and Local Situation
The following article is taken from the quarterly report by Yacov Ben Efrat, General Secretary of the Organization for Democratic Action (Da’am), to the ODA’s Central Committee on July 25, 2010. The international reaction to the killing of nine activists…
The Ghetto in the Ghetto
The past year has witnessed two cases in the religious schools where ultraorthodox Jews of West European descent (Ashkenazis) discriminated against ultraorthodox Jews of darker hues. In August 2009, private religious schools in Petach Tikva refused to admit Ethiopian Jews.…
The Arab Sector: Israel’s Springboard into the OECD?
Assaf Adiv is the National Director of the Workers Advice Center (WAC-MAAN). A briefer version of this article was published in The Marker on April 15, 2010. Every few months politicians and economists beat their breasts over the fact that Israel’s 1.5…