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When Israel planned ‘fantasy’ tours to Arab villages under martial law
New documents reveal how Israel’s leaders prepared to celebrate the country’s 10-year anniversary: by bringing tourists to participate in orientalist ‘fantasy’ tours to Arab villages, then under military rule. If you’re a young Jewish person, chances are you or someone you know has gone on a Birthright trip. If you have gone on Birthright, chances are…
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Edo Konrad
July 23, 2018
Why I’m going on hunger strike on Israeli Independence Day
As Israelis go out to enjoy barbecues and fireworks, I will be fasting in solidarity with the Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, and the millions of Palestinians who live under occupation. By Adi Golan Bikhnafo On Tuesday, as the smell of barbecued meat and fireworks envelops Tel Aviv, I will be fasting in Jaffa’s Clock…
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May 1, 2017
In Israel’s official portrait, only Jewish lives matter
A new government report published on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day only concerns itself with infant mortality statistics and life expectancy of Jewish citizens. What does that say about Israel’s attitude towards non-Jews? It is not all that uncommon for nationalist Israelis to accuse anybody politically to the left of them of supporting, or…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
April 30, 2017
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Standing up to the monopoly on mourning in Israel
For those of us who confront the realities of what goes on here every day, especially those of us who cannot escape it, or who make it part of our profession, every day is a form of Memorial Day and Independence Day. That is what we are trying to change. I went to one of…
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Mairav Zonszein
May 11, 2016
How I explained the Nakba to my kids
By Noam Rotem Say Dad, what is independence? An independent person is a person who can do whatever they want. They are free and nobody makes decisions for them. When a state is independent, it means that no one tells it what to do and it can decide for itself what it deems to be…
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May 11, 2016
Liberating Israelis from the mentality of occupation
The occupying identity has become second nature — a state of being. Recognizing the Nakba and Palestinian right of return would go a long way toward liberation — of Israelis. By Eitan Bronstein Aparicio and Dr. Eléonore Merza Bronstein On the 67th Independence Day of the State of Israel, its citizens appear to be further than ever…
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April 23, 2015
PHOTOS: March of return to a destroyed Nakba village
On the day that many Israelis celebrated their Independence Day, thousands of Palestinian residents of Israel and Jerusalem marched to the site of the northern village of Lubya. Lubya was one of more than 500 Palestinian communities destroyed by Zionist militias in the Nakba, Arabic for ‘catastrophe,’ the term given to the forced displacement of…
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Activestills
May 7, 2014
On Memorial Day, Israelis must reflect on Palestinians’ collective punishment
This year’s Memorial Day and Independence Day come at a time of increasing incidents of terror against the Palestinian population in both Israel and the West Bank. And yet, Palestinians are the ones being put under total closure. The Israeli military imposed a closure on Palestinians in the West Bank as of 6 p.m. local…
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Mairav Zonszein
May 5, 2014
Left Jabs: Getting ready for Independence Day, and more
Short, polarizing comments about the news. ————- Celebrate Israel Former heads of Shin Bet and Mossad say Israel could, without question, stop the runaway settler attacks on Palestinians if it wanted to, it just doesn’t want to. On Tuesday, why shouldn’t we celebrate Israeli Independence Day? This is a great country if you’re Jewish.…
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Larry Derfner
May 4, 2014
Land, my land: One issue that can be resolved
The time has come to allow ourselves to see this country not only as the battleground of a national struggle but as a shared homeland, which with painful concessions and tremendous confidence-building efforts on both sides, we can turn into a good place where our children will want to live. By Ron Gerlitz As Israel’s…
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May 6, 2013
From prisoner protests to the Boston bombings: A week in photos – April 11-17
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April 19, 2013
Thousands join Palestinian March of Return on Israeli Independence Day
The annual March of Return brought approximately 7,000 people to the destroyed village of Khubeizy on Israel’s Independence Day. The march, which went through village lands and debris, now a national park, ended with a rally in which speakers called for the implementation of UN Resolution 194, recognizing the Palestinian refugees’ right of return, and…
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Haggai Matar
April 17, 2013
The Round Trip part 20: Western Sahara
From Eilat to Kmehin via Eritrea, the days of yore, and the middle of nowhere Tonight at sundown, the Day of Remembrance for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism will begin. I picked a fitting city in which to pass this evening. Eilat is the one Israeli town that never knew war. In 1948, Palmach…
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Yuval Ben-Ami
April 27, 2012
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