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Israeli activists graffitied anti-occupation slogans across Tel Aviv in the run-up to the 2016 pride parade. (photo: Activestills.org)

Ahead of Tel Aviv Pride, queer activists bring the occupation home

LGBTQ activists hang banners and graffiti anti-occupation slogans across Tel Aviv in the run-up to the city’s annual pride parade. 180,000 people are expected to take part in the festivities, at least half of them tourists. By Yael Marom In the run up to Friday’s Tel Aviv Pride festivities, Israeli LGBTQ activists hung banners and spray-painted…

By +972 Magazine June 3, 2016

Panel of the Israeli Supreme Court (file photo, Activestills.org)

Shuttering shops on Shabbat: Hypocrisy and the rule of law

The Supreme Court recently ordered that the rule of law be enforced when it comes to Tel Aviv shuttering businesses on the Sabbath. But the court is inconsistent with its own demands, only ordering that ‘the law is the law’ when it’s convenient. These are confusing times. Our friends don’t know what to think, and…

By Laissez Passer July 1, 2013

Policeman and attack dog watch over African workers emptying asylum seeker's store (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

Municipal authorities raid and shutter asylum seekers’ businesses in Tel Aviv

Dozens of Tel Aviv municipal officers, border policemen and private movers raided several businesses run by African asylum seekers around Tel Aviv’s central bus station, confiscating goods and welding the doors shut. Officials also poured bleach into food in a Darfur refugee’s restaurant. Is city hall preparing for the upcoming municipal elections? A group of…

By Haggai Matar May 12, 2013

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No Give Backs! Facing down the Tel Aviv municipality

Three weeks ago, I received one of those hated bill-looking envelopes from the Tel Aviv municipality. It was not time for our hated Arnona bill to arrive, so I was skeptical about what they could possibly want from me. Enclosed were a letter and a bill for over 1,000 shekels. I found this strange. The…

By Ori J. Lenkinski January 8, 2013

Pussy Riot: On freedom of expression, Putin has a partner in Israel

By Jonathan J. Klinger A few months ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin came to Israeli for a brief visit. The president, who receives embarrassing support from Israeli Minister of Foreign Affair Avigdor Liberman, and almost magical admiration from Knesset member Anastasia Michaeli, also received a warm hug from Israeli government leaders, first and foremost Benyamin Netanyahu. This welcome leaves no room for doubt that there is a…

By +972 Magazine August 20, 2012

Tel Aviv gives Turkey cause for war

There has been plenty of sabre rattling between Israel and Turkey over the past couple of weeks, up to and including with the Turkish Air Force de-registering Israeli warplanes from their flight computers’ friend/foe lists. But it is plucky little Tel Aviv that’s contemplating a move that might just prove the last straw for Ankara.…

By Dimi Reider September 14, 2011

Rendering of Tel Aviv's Bloch Street in April 2012 after bike lanes are added (Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv Municipality)

As TA bike lanes grow, residents demand voice in planning

After years of pressure from advocacy groups, the Tel Aviv Municipality has finally adopted an aggressively pro-bicycle agenda. Bike lanes are being paved, a bike-share system is being launched, and the city’s PR machine is working hard to sell the new strategy. Yet, the insensitivity and obtuseness which with the new policy is being implemented…

By +972 Magazine April 24, 2011