Al Jazeera English, January 29, 2011 Not long after religious nationalists held a rally in Bat Yam under the banner of “Jewish girls for the Jewish people,” a group of rabbis’ wives published a letter urging Jewish women not to date Arab men. Jewish-Palestinian couples remain uncommon here in Israel. But both the rally and …
Maan News Agency, January 27, 2011 The Huffington Post, January 28, 2011 Earlier this week, Al Jazeera revealed the Palestine Papers — 1,600 internal documents that give a behind-the-scenes look at Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. Since then, Middle East analysts, observers, and op-ed writers have been talking about the usual doomsday scenarios: the collapse of the peace …
Al Jazeera English, January 22, 2011 There was that jarring week in December—a protest against Arab-Jewish couples, a South Tel Aviv march and demonstration against migrant workers and African asylum seekers, the arrest of Jewish teenagers accused of beating Palestinians, and the expulsion of five Arab men from their home in South Tel Aviv. It …
Al Jazeera English, January 9, 2011 On a recent Monday, over 200 Jewish Israelis rallied in Bat Yam, a suburb of Tel Aviv under the banner of Keep Bat Yam Jewish. The demonstrators, most of whom were religious and strikingly young, were there to protest romantic relationships between Arabs and Jews, particularly those between Arab …
Al Jazeera English, December 10, 2010 Hundreds of rabbis have signed a religious edict forbidding Jews from renting or selling homes or land to Arabs and other non-Jews. The public letter instructs Jews to “ostracize” those who disobey the order, which is widely viewed as an attack on the country’s Palestinian citizens. When the decree …
The Guardian, December 8, 2010 Over 50 of Israel’s leading rabbis have issued a religious decree forbidding Jews from renting or selling homes or land to non-Jews—namely, Arabs, migrant workers, and African refugees. The letter was signed by rabbis across the country—many of who are employed by the state as municipal religious leaders—and urged Jews …
Al Jazeera English, October 20, 2010 “I’m very afraid. I don’t know what to do,” says G, a Filipina worker, as she runs her fingers through her five-year-old son’s hair. Her husband was deported from Israel a year ago. Now she and her two children—aged five and one—face imminent expulsion to the Philippines. G—who is …
Al Jazeera English, October 14, 2010 You could easily miss the thin, gravel road that leads to Al Arakib, a Bedouin village in the north Negev. It’s a bit ironic, given the enormity of the struggle there and its deep implications for the Jewish state. Israeli forces have razed the village five times since late …
Al Jazeera English, October 13, 2010 Expressing his support for the controversial loyalty oath bill—legislation that will require non-Jews to pledge allegiance to Israel “as a Jewish and democratic state” —Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu remarked, “Zionism established an exemplary national state, a state that balances between the national needs of our people and the individual …
Al Jazeera English, October 6, 2010 It’s been 10 years since the October 2000 events that saw 13 unarmed Palestinians killed by Israeli police. Friday afternoon more than 6000 Palestinian citizens of Israel gathered in the Galilee village of Kfar Kana. Waving Palestinian flags—and gripping pictures of their martyred sons—they marched through the town to …