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Why do we only listen to violence?
Two intifadas increased Israeli willingness to make territorial withdrawals. Wars in Lebanon and Egypt led Israel to withdrawals from those territories. Despite all that, the Palestinian Authority is trying to maintain quiet and security for Israelis but receives nothing in return. If I were Palestinian I might come to a disturbing conclusion. One axiom of…
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Noam Sheizaf
March 10, 2016
No, Mr. Netanyahu, answers to terrorism are not all the same
The prime minister compares Israel’s predicament with the Palestinians to France’s current one with jihadists, but the true comparison is to France’s struggle with Algeria in the 1950s and early 1960s. In Paris early this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu drove home a message he’s been delivering for decades: “Israel supports Europe in its fight…
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Larry Derfner
January 16, 2015
Re-learning history: A tribute to North Africa’s Jewish artists
Though often forgotten in Israel today, some of North Africa’s biggest cultural assets were in fact Jewish. Meet the stars who shaped Maghrebi music, from the classical to the contemporary. By Ophir Toubul ‘There arose the idea of taking people who have nothing in common. The one lot comes from the highest culture there is…
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Cafe Gibraltar
October 9, 2014
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When will we get it? Palestinians are fighting for their freedom
We consider ourselves a nation that just wants to live in peace, but it’s about time we realize that for Palestinians the siege and the occupation are a constant state of war. This article is a translation from Hebrew of my Time Out Tel Aviv column from July 31. Not one of our wars was one of our…
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Noam Sheizaf
August 1, 2014
Sharon was no De Gaulle
To get out of the West Bank Israel needs a politician with the energy and reputation of Sharon and the political skills of De Gaulle. Whether such a figure exists is a different story. By Thomas Mitchell Ariel Sharon was Israel’s most politically successful military politician. His political career was a full decade longer than those…
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January 20, 2014
From Umm Kulthum to Woody Guthrie: Thoughts on cultural sovereignty
For an Israeli who has only known occupied, subdued and desperate Middle Eastern cities, there is something exciting about rediscovering the cultural world of a confident, proud Levant, cognizant of its traditions and histories. By Amos Noy (translated by Matan Kaminer) To ‘Amar, with fond remembrance. Between the demand for “authenticity,” which, while conscious of itself,…
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Cafe Gibraltar
May 10, 2013
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