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Former Israeli President Shimon Peres is seen with opposition leader Isaac Herzog at the funeral of former Knesset member Binyamin Fuad Ben-Eliezer at the Holon cemetery, August 30, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Now that Peres is gone, it’s time the Zionist Left did some soul searching

Instead of condemning Arab MKs for boycotting Peres’ funeral, Zionist Left parties should ask themselves why Palestinian citizens don’t trust them. Why are so many Jews in Israel disappointed and angered by the Joint List’s decision to not attend Shimon Peres’ funeral? What is the source of the endless bitterness and incitement on the Internet? How…

By Samah Salaime October 5, 2016

Mahmoud Abbas and Shimon Peres in Jordan, May 26, 2013 (Mark Neiman / GPO)

Abbas had to ask the Israeli army for permission to attend Peres’s funeral

While leaders around the world coordinated their visits with the Foreign Ministry, the Palestinian president was forced to ask permission from an occupying army. The irony. As a matter of diplomatic protocol, visits by heads of state are handled by the Foreign Ministry. The issue is so immutable that when the Israeli Foreign Ministry staff went on strike a…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man September 29, 2016