There is no Arab left-wing in Israel

You call this a left? The left is supposed to bridge the gap and the national tension by positing a civic agenda that crosses ethnic boundaries. The question is whether there is such a leftist agenda among the Arabs in Israel. Salman Masalha There is noArab left-wingin...

Rabbi Lior's racism is not his fault

Rabbi Dov Lior did not invent the wheel. He only hung the monotheistic dirty laundry out in public.---Salman MasalhaIt's not Rabbi Lior's faultFirst, let me say this: As a descendant of one of the Sons of Noah who has violated all manners of prohibitions, I am doomed to any...

On Artistic Freedom in the Nationalist Era

Salman Masalha On Artistic Freedomin the Nationalist Era As I am not a state, I have no secure borders nor an army guarding its soldiers’ lives night and day and there is no colored line drawn by a dusty general in the margins of his victory. As I am not a legislative council,...
MIDDLE EAST
  • War Games

    Israel also needs Iran. Just as Iran calls Israel the Little Satan (compared to the great American one), Israel also portrays Iran as the devil incarnate...
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  • Arab Nationalism?

    The past several years have provided decisive proof that all the pompous Arab slogans from the ideological school of the Syrian and Iraqi Ba’ath parties...
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ISRAEL-PALESTINE
  • For Jews only

    The Jewish messianic understanding of the "Land of Israel" is what dictated the move. Now Netanyahu will surely find a way around the High Court with general Jewish support.
  • Make way for Barghouti

    As long as Abbas bears the title “president of Palestine,” he will keep sitting there praising Palestine. But he will be bearing this name in vain...
 

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