Politics & Society

The High Price of Hate

A study found that the benefit of ending the conflict would be $123 billion for Israel. Does knowing how much it costs bring us any closer to ending it?

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Will China boycott Israeli settlements?

Beijing has refused to sign a bilateral agreement with Israel on construction workers unless it can be sure they won’t work in West Bank settlements.

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BFF = “(You) Better F*cking Fail”?

When Cleveland Cavaliers coach, American-Israeli David Blatt, coached in Israel, we couldn’t have been meaner to the guy.

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IDF = “Impeding Democracy Fulsomely”?

We discuss two recent trials of IDF soldiers. Has the army started to enforce the ideological agenda of the new government?

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FIFA = “Frankly, Israel Foments Apartheid”?

We discuss the brouhaha over a Palestinian proposal to expel Israel from the international football association, FIFA.

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Meet the Israelis surfing for peace

Surfing 4 Peace is an organization that finds ways to get surfing paraphernalia into Gaza and into the hands of its surfers.

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Labor’s loser?!?

We discuss the documentary, “Herzog,” which led journalists and politicians to pile onto Labor Party leader Isaac Herzog.

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The legacy of leaving Lebanon

On the 15th anniversary of Israel’s unilateral withdrawal from southern Lebanon, we ask what imprint the occupation and withdrawal left on today’s world.

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The anti-social network

We discuss the tragedy of a government bureaucrat who, accused on Facebook, shot himself. Is the power of social network rage something we need to tamp?

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