Politics & Society

Trump in a nose ring

On political leaders, hipster-ism, and art forging, local artist Amit Shimoni shares “Hipstory” with TLV1 at his exhibition in Tel Aviv.

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Occupational hazards: Moral numbing among Israeli soldiers in the West Bank

University of Amsterdam professor Dr. Erella Grassiani discusses the link between spacial aspects of Israel’s control of the West Bank and moral consequences among Israeli soldiers.

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Beat the Press

PM Netanyahu dedicated 680 words in response to journalist Ilana Dayan’s story about his office, making numerous accusations against Dayan and failing to address the issues raised in the piece.

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Rabin Rousing

The planning and stage rhetoric of last week’s Rabin Memorial Demonstration were more political than years past.

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Pax Britannica? The troubled legacy of Sykes-Picot

Professor Wm. Roger Louis of University of Texas at Austin discusses repercussions of the Sykes-Picot agreement and the Balfour Declaration on the Middle East to this day.

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Make Yourselves at Home: The Integration of Immigrants in the New Israeli State

Dr. Orit Rozen of Tel Aviv University analyzes government sponsored immigration and day-to-day integration practices that have formed the Israeli melting pot.

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Our daughters: The state of the patriarchy

Over the past days, the series of revelations about journalist Ari Shavit’s sexual harassment of young professional women arose. In juxtaposition, Israel tallied an impressive 17 on an international “Girls Opportunity Index.”

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Too much political common ground?

In recent op-eds, leading left-wing Israeli thinkers proposed that the time has come to unite in a single Leftist camp in opposition to the right-wing vision for Israel.

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Sorely missed? Martin Buber’s sociology under scrutiny

Professor Uri Ram of Ben-Gurion University discusses oft-forgotten and sidelined elements of the celebrated Jewish theologian Martin Buber’s thinking.

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