Gideon Levy's Blog, page 6

Why do people protest? - Ha'aretz

[image error] Why do people protest?
Ha'aretz
Really, why? It's noisy, sometimes dirty, it may even, God help us, cause traffic jams. Tires may even be burned, and in extreme cases, things even get a little violent. It disturbs the peace and wrecks the public order, polluting the ...

Twilight Zone / Crippling bureaucracy - Ha'aretz

[image error] Twilight Zone / Crippling bureaucracy
Ha'aretz
Mohamed Awada, a disabled and sick 52-year-old man on crutches, applied to the Civil Administration to gain access to Israel for the ongoing medical treatment he requires following a work accident in Israel. This is what Second Lt. Ben ...

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The Left has always persecuted Orthodox Jews - Ha'aretz

[image error] The Left has always persecuted Orthodox Jews
Ha'aretz
The joint photograph of the two rabbis of nationalism, Dov Lior and Yaakov Yosef, being carried on their disciples' shoulders should have cried out like a thousand words: hand in hand, the knitted skullcaps and the black ones, ...

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The left has always persecuted the Orthodox Jews - Ha'aretz

[image error] The left has always persecuted the Orthodox Jews
Ha'aretz
The joint photograph of the two rabbis of nationalism, Dov Lior and Yaakov Yosef, being carried on their disciples' shoulders should have cried out like a thousand words: hand in hand, the knitted skullcaps and the black ones, ...

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Between the skullcaps - Ha'aretz

[image error] Between the skullcaps
Ha'aretz
The joint photograph of the two rabbis of nationalism, Dov Lior and Yaakov Yosef, being carried on their disciples' shoulders should have cried out like a thousand words: hand in hand, the knitted skullcaps and the black ones, ...

Israeli right-wingers, you're in control, so stop whining - Ha'aretz

[image error] Israeli right-wingers, you're in control, so stop whining
Ha'aretz
A foreigner who heard Israel's (very shallow ) political debate would surely conclude that the left has been ruling the country unchallenged for many years. All aspects of government are in its hands, and it runs them as it sees fit. ...

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Israeli right-wingers must stop acting as if they are oppressed - Ha'aretz

[image error] Israeli right-wingers must stop acting as if they are oppressed
Ha'aretz
A foreigner who heard Israel's (very shallow ) political debate would surely conclude that the left has been ruling the country unchallenged for many years. All aspects of government are in its hands, and it runs them as it sees fit. ...

Twilight Zone / Separation anxiety - Ha'aretz

[image error] Twilight Zone / Separation anxiety
Ha'aretz
A few days ago, the Allenby Bridge between Jordan and the West Bank was again the site of one of those almost routine heartrending scenes about which Israelis are blissfully ignorant. Exactly two weeks ago, Nasser Daoud accompanied his ...

Israel has become a society of force and violence - Ha'aretz

[image error] Israel has become a society of force and violence
Ha'aretz
Are we listening to ourselves? Are we still aware of the awful noise coming from here? Have we noticed how the discourse is becoming more and more violent and how the language of force has just about become Israel's only official ...

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Johann Hari plagiarism row – in quotes - The Guardian

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The Guardian
[image error] Johann Hari plagiarism row – in quotes
The Guardian
Interview with Gideon Levy, Israeli journalist "What would happen if the Palestinians had not fired Qassams [rockets shot at southern Israel]? Would Israel have lifted the economic siege? Nonsense. If the Gazans were sitting quietly, as Israel expects ...

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