Villa in the Jungle

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Heads of the four parties comprising the Joint List (from left to right) Ayman Odeh of Hadash, Masud Ganaim of Ra’am, Jamal Zahalka of Balad and Ahmad Tibi of Ta’al, Tel Aviv, February 11, 2015. (Photo by Activestills.org)

Meet the Mizrahi activists who support the Joint List

In a special meeting with members of Knesset from the Joint List, a group of Mizrahi activists present a manifesto calling for Palestinian-Mizrahi solidarity against racism and discrimination. “Facing a reality of fear, discrimination, separation, and incitement we have joined together to form alliances, to cross barriers of ethnicity, gender, and consciousness.” Those are the…

By Orly Noy March 19, 2016

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tours Israel’s fence along the Jordanian border along with IDF Chief of General Staff Gadi Eizenkot (L), February 9, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

What about us ‘beasts’ living inside the Villa in the Jungle?

Netanyahu’s magic solution for all of Israel’s problems is to fence the state in. But he will still be left with over a million Arabs, potential beasts of prey, and all the incitement in the world will not remove them. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this month announced a plan to surround the State of…

By Samah Salaime February 21, 2016