Of Turbans and Turbines

 Corruption is corruption, no matter in which community. We have had enough! Salman Masalha || Of Turbans and TurbinesThe country was in a frenzy last week due to the protest by Druze in the Golan Heights against the start of the construction of a farm of wind ...

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Israeli Arab Lawmakers on LGBTQ People

This violent discourse has exposed not only the depth of denial in Arab society of the very existence of an LBGTQ community in its midst ...

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Israeli Arabs, it’s time to play the political game till the end

It is clear to any intelligent person that advancing the interests of Arab citizens, a minority, cannot bear results without participating in the countries institutions of power and without the support of the Jewish majority...

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The Israeli Election as a Racist Festival

The difference between Benny Gantz and Yitzhak Rabin As long as things continue to operate along tribal, ethnic and religious lines here, there can be no hope....

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Abandoned Minority

Arab Leaders, Police Share the Blame for Crime Afflicting Israeli Arab Towns...

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Battling Tribalism in Israeli Politics

It must be said unequivocally that any party that doesn’t aspire to replace the government, or at least to be part of a coalition that would be an alternative to the current government, has no political right to exist...

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Abed L. Azab || Yes, I’m going to vote in the Israeli election

As in every election campaign, there is an opportunity to vote and exert influence. This time we must do so, to end the nightmare of right-wing rule....

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Why Should an Israeli Arab Vote?

the existence of democratic elections – is being upheld doesn’t entitle the country to be called a true democrac...

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The Israelification of Israeli Arabs

Vandalized Balad-Raam campaign poster in  Reina, April 8, 2019 Contrary to prevailing conceptions, it turns out that the Arab public yearns to participate in determining the political and social agenda of this country....

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An Empty Zionist Bluff Appears in Galilee

Since its founding, Nazareth Illit’s name has been tied to that of the Arab city. Now it is being reborn with the name Nof Hagalil, which is nothing more than an empty Zionist bluff....

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Israel’s left is like the right

Anyone who aspires to lay a foundation for a genuine left must reject this separation. He must break the partitions that separate the country’s citizens on a religious or ethnic basis...

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A police force of and for all citizens

Civil equality requires, among other things, acceptance of civic responsibility for the entire public, regardless of religion, race and gender. ...

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Good night, Blue and White

The most the Arabs can aspire to is to provide indirect help in forging a “Jewish unity” government. This indicates that the problem is in the Jewish court, not the Arab one....

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The Joint List has no right to exist

Putting all Arab representatives together is an obstacle to the possibility of creating a civic national discourse that crosses ethnic and communal boundari...

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Arab MKs must not shy away from seeking power

The Arab MKs, who swear allegiance to the state from the Knesset podium, must demand, and receive, all the rights granted to MKs, without exception...

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Arabs, boycott the election in droves

Since political imagination is a rare commodity among the Arabs and their leaders I don’t foresee such a thing happening. ...

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No-shows at the Wedding

Lucy Aharish’s marriage to Tzachi Halevy, which drew the seed purists from their hideouts, exposed the simple truth about matters of relationships between men and women – that Israel is no different than the surrounding Arab region...

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Left, Right - What’s the Difference?

Salman Masalha || Left, Right -  What’s the Difference?  Arab MKs have always sat in the opposition, but theirs is a simulated opposition, and will never be a real part of Israel’s democracy. This is an ostracized opposition – even the 'left' isn’t ready to...

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From Rabin's Assassination to The Druze protest

The nation-state law basically gave a constitutional stamp of approval to that same campaign of divisiveness and racist spirit that led to the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin Salman Masalha || From Rabin's Assassination to The Druze protest The Old, Familiar...

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Where Is This ‘Israel’ They Talk About?

The nation-state law has not one but several intolerable clauses. All those who spoke out against only two of its clauses are full partners to this fraud that is supposedly Israeli, humane and liberal . Salman Masalha || Where Is This ‘Israel’ They Talk About? In view...

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