Cognitive dissonance

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Israeli activists seek fresh air amid clouds of tear gas at the weekly demonstration in Nabi Saleh, January 6, 2012. (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)
Soul searching at a West Bank demonstration
‘I go to demonstrations as a private person protesting the injustice done to the inhabitants of the West Bank. For them, however, I’m an Israeli before anything else, and this dissonance stands at the basis of the soul searching you are now reading.’ By Noam Rotem (translated by Jordan Michaeli) As a graduate of the…
By +972 Magazine January 11, 2014
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American PR man for Israel goes after Btselem
Noah Pollak, executive director of the Emergency Committee for Israel, has a piece in Commentary this month about Btselem, a major Israeli human rights organization working in the Occupied Palestinian territories Pollak, an American Jew of the extreme right persuasion, is known for his close connections with Israeli politicians and his unwavering dedication for attacking Israeli…
By Joseph Dana May 2, 2011
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