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Blue or white collar, racism prevails in Israel’s job market

A new study into discrimination in the Israeli employment market finds that the resumes of Yuval Hershkowitz and Eden Almog are still going to generate far more consideration than those submitted by Yuval Amsalem and Waleed Houri. By Yossi Dahan (Translated from Hebrew by Noam Benishei) Yuval Hershkowitz, an Ashkenazi Jew, and Yuval Amsalem, a…

By Haokets January 11, 2014

Palestinian youth working under precarious conditions, under the minimum wage on plantations in the Jewish settlement of Ma'ale Efrayim, Jordan Valley, March 21st, 2009. (Photo: Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

What’s behind Israel’s biggest economic boom? The occupation

The period of Israel’s history that by far saw the largest economic growth, more than any other, was the six years following the Six Day War. And what agricultural, industrial, or hi-tech breakthroughs took place around 1967-1973? None worthy of mention. More than any other single factor, it was the establishment of the Occupation-Settlement Enterprise.…

By Haokets October 28, 2013