Gideon Levy's Blog, page 4

Israel is beginning to celebrate a new independence - SanFranciscoSentinel.com

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[image error] Israel is beginning to celebrate a new independence
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Tel Aviv was bursting at the seams on Saturday night. It was not the mother of all protests - it was the grandmother of all protests. The city looked like one of the stormiest cities on earth. Streams of people were flowing in every ...

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The miracle of the rebellion - Ha'aretz

[image error] The miracle of the rebellion
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A generation comprised partly of drunks and druggies, some of them violent, a generation that had partly also become racist and nationalist By Gideon Levy Tags: Israel protest Israel housing protest It happened not only when it was least expected, ...

Israel is beginning to celebrate a new independence - Ha'aretz

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[image error] Israel is beginning to celebrate a new independence
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The mass protest rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday was a huge success, but the great test is still ahead of the protesters and of Israel. Tel Aviv was bursting at the seams on Saturday night. It was not the mother of all protests - it was the grandmother ...

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Wanted: Israeli leaders who understand the people - Ha'aretz

[image error] Wanted: Israeli leaders who understand the people
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The State of Israel is run by non-Israelis. Our political and economic leaders - and to some extent our defense leaders - are mostly people unfamiliar with the Israeli experience and the Israeli ...

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Gideon Levy / Israeli protesters must remain in tents until time is right - Ha'aretz

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[image error] Gideon Levy / Israeli protesters must remain in tents until time is right
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It was the night that Benjamin Netanyahu was tossed out of the Prime Minister's Office in disgrace. Netanyahu will stay in office for a time, but his time is up. Finished. ...

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Stay in your tents - Ha'aretz

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Just two weeks old, and the list of the protest's accomplishments is long. But it could still end in tears or, at worst, with nothing. It has more than a few enemies and its future is vague, but nonetheless one must nod in admiration. ...

A tale of tent cities - Ha'aretz

[image error] A tale of tent cities
Ha'aretz
Michael Spiegel says that the young people in the tent camp that suddenly sprang up next to his lair in Jerusalem are "the hope," pronounced with the stress on the penultimate syllable - "ha-tik-vah" - like the title of the national ...

Welcome to second grade - Ha'aretz

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Ha'aretz
The graduation ceremony was moving. All the students completed their first grade studies with honors in the open democratic school of the tent protest. They learned to read and write, even calligraphy, just like we did in our childhood. ...

The promise of the tent protests - Ha'aretz

[image error] The promise of the tent protests
Ha'aretz
It is very easy to criticize the protest of the tent-dwellers. It lacks some of the basic conditions for a deep, serious and effective popular protest. It does not have sufficient rage or solidarity, and it does have too many enjoyable ...

Twilight Zone / Blood on the tracks - Ha'aretz

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[image error] Twilight Zone / Blood on the tracks
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The many signs of blood tell the story. First you see the stains: Large, dark bloodstains on the ground in the alley, one stain after another, where Ibrahim Sirhan was shot and wounded as he started to run. The stains give way to a trail ...