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.

Salman Masalha || 
Rights and responsibilities of Israel's Arab citizens


Police clash with protesters in the Arab town of Kafr Kana, November 11, 2014. (Photo by Gil Eliyahu)

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 tyranny

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 city

The international occupation of Palestine

 The world is a partner:
The time has come to call a spade a spade: The occupation in Palestine isn’t just Israeli – it’s a Western occupation.

Salman Masalha || 
The international occupation of Palestine

Vivian Eden || Fading faces in the rain


Vivian Eden || 
Fading faces in the rain
 
Of ink and identity: The late Samih al-Qasim on the ephemeral nature of the printed word as it encounters the elements.
MIDDLE EAST
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ISRAEL-PALESTINE
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