A blog about art, politics and shared society in Israel

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An eighth front, a fifth column
Today, while Israel was still involved in hostilities in both Iran and Gaza, the Knesset took up the case for throwing Ayman Odeh "the terrorist" out of…
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'What if the situation had been reversed?'
That's the question every Israeli needs to ask themself when a Jew kills an Arab because he's in the wrong neighborhood, and the authorities dillydally…
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‘Light is the cheapest building material’
That’s just one of the architectural insights we get from Yael Melamede’s film about her Israel Prize-winning mother Ada Karmi-Melamede. We also get…
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Their 'three lines of history'
An April Holocaust tour of Poland gives rise to thoughts about the meaning of heroism, mutual responsibility and the value of choosing how one will die…
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'Excuse me if I’m disturbing your ethos'
Prof. Mustafa Kabha wants both Jews and Palestinians to know all there is to know about the history and geography of their shared homeland. And for Jews…
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'I was unprepared for the amount of hatred I witnessed in Hebron'
Lawrence Wright had turned in his semi-apocalyptic novel about a new Israeli-Palestinian war before October 7. Just don't call him a prophet
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When Israel becomes a lost cause
Wherever he is on the Jewish state, Peter Beinart has always arrived there before the rest of the Jewish community. Now, in his shock over Israel's…
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A blog about art, politics and shared society in Israel
A blog about art, politics and shared society in Israel
The musings and observations of a veteran journalist on Israeli culture and politics, with an emphasis on the contribution of Israel's Palestinian citizens to society
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