Salman Masalha
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...
Showing posts with label Racism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Racism. Show all posts
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....
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...
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....
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...
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....
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...
Left, Right - What’s the Difference?
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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...
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
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From Rabin's Assassination to The Druze protest
The Old, Familiar...
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 .
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Where Is This ‘Israel’ They Talk About?
In view...
The Nakedness of the Israeli Left
Excluding a fifth of Israel’s citizens from their political calculations is not worthy of being called the left.
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The Israeli Media Is Hostile
The media sought out cheap Arabist manipulators who tried to bring depth to their analyses and assert that the fires were linked to terror....
Jewish and degenerate
Racism and chauvinism, regardless of which side they come from, destroy every bit of gray matter in the human br...
Herzog in the wake of Gandhi
Isaac Herzog's Plan for Separation Sounds Horribly Familiar
The leader of the opposition should remember that there is no Jerusalem without Palestinians, just as there is no Jerusalem without Jews.
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Herzog in the wake of Gand...
Israel’s Arabs and liberals are no great leftists
The ‘leftists’ only want to find favor in the eyes of the West, while the Arabs are only looking for honorific titles in the Knesset.
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Israel’s Arabs and liberals are no great leftists
Jews and Arabs in Israel live in two different worlds that rarely overlap. There are Arab towns and Jewish towns. There are also “mixed...
Turning Jerusalem into Tehran
The racist downpours that have fallen on Israel lately are only the first rains of a long winter of racism, one that will flood Israel for years to come.
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Netanyahu is turning Jerusalem into the new Tehr...
Rights and responsibilities of Israel's Arab citizens
The Israeli Arab leadership’s positions on belonging to the state and its institutions are full of contradictions, and the time has come to resolve them.
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Rights and responsibilities of Israel's Arab citizens
Police clash with protesters in the...
B. Michael || The right to resist oppression and tyranny
Once upon a time, a time we knew better days, had loftier values, and even had more enlightened elected officials.
B. Michael ||
The right to resist oppression and tyran...
Apartheid city
New Arab city will perpetuate inequality
We should oppose the construction of a new Arab city on principle. From here it’s a short distance to pushing Arab citizens out of so-called 'Jewish' cities.
Salman Masalha || Apartheid ci...
