Evidently no one ever told them that democracy only works when you vote as the educated class sees fit. Tel Aviv, March 24 – The stunning electoral loss last week has ideologues and pragmatists on Israel’s political left wondering whether ...
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The first congratulatory phone call to the head of the Joint List, Ayman Odeh, came from US President Barack Obama. Jerusalem, March 17 – Israel underwent an electoral upheaval today as a political party representing the Arab ethnic minority swept into ...
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“It’s as if he can’t see the most obvious flaws in his world view.” Jerusalem, March 15 – Salim Joubran, a celebrated member of Israel’s judiciary who happens to be of Arab descent, remains completely unaware that Israel practices Apartheid ...
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“I have always had the State’s interests at the forefront of my mind, and it is mere coincidence that those dynamic, fluid interests always happen to dovetail completely with my career aspirations.” Tel Aviv, March 9 – Aspiring prime minister ...
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“There’s nothing more ‘status quo’ than uncivil marriage,” acknowledges MK Tzipi Livni. Jerusalem, March 3 – Political, cultural, and religious forces continue to vie for supremacy in resolving the question of whether Israel will recognize civil marriage, but even the ...
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Such a medium dovetails with the entire society’s primary means of expression and communication. Jerusalem, February 24 – Israeli candidates for prime minister have not held a debate since the 1998 elections, but incumbent Binyamin Netanyahu and Opposition leader Isaac ...
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“Political donors want to use us for their own purposes and have refused to fully get behind our movement.” Tel Aviv, February 18 – A once-hopeful new player on Israel’s electoral scene has had trouble convincing the electorate of its sincerity, ...
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“It’s a documented feature of the Israeli economy that you can see right from the day Netanyahu took office.” Tel Aviv, February 4 – Opposition leader Isaac Herzog laced into incumbent Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on the economic front ...
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Jerusalem, January 27 – The sudden collapse of Facebook and Instagram this morning inconvenienced more than a billion people, but perhaps none more so than the Israeli cabinet, who were now forced to pay attention during their weekly meeting. Long ...
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“I think it speaks to the level of control the Zionist-controlled media has over the rest of the so called independent media.” London, January 24 – Mira Bar-Hillel, a British-Israeli Journalist working for the Evening Standard, helped break a story ...
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