Abbas Unbound
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says Jews have no historic links to the Holy Land, Zionism was a European Plot, and that Ben Gurion was in cahoots with Nazis. What the hell do we do with that?
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Decaffeinated to Death?
Is the shuttering of literary hangout coffee shops in Tel Aviv a sign that Israeli culture is deteriorating? Or is it time for Chicken Little to switch to decaf?
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“Selfie in Auschwitz”
A viral Israeli hip-hop video about Auschwitz? Can satire go past transgressive to just plain icky?
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In Praise of Progressive Populism
Can leftist Bernie-Sandersian or Jeremy-Corbynian populism in Israel finally break Benjamin Netanyahu’s hold on Israeli politics?
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Pascal’s Meteorology
Israel’s Minister of Agriculture sponsors a mass prayer vigil at the Western Wall to fight a four year drought. The move works – record rains immediately fall – but is that good government?
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UNRWA ShmUNRWA
Should the very job description of the UN agency that provides aid to Palestinians be revisited and changed?
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Linguaphobia
White-on-black Arabic billboards go up around Israel and some Jews freak out. What accounts for their fears of one of the country’s two official languages?
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Likud’s Settlement-Schizoid New Year’s Resolutions
Likud ministers vote in the morning to approve a deal with Europe that boycotts settlements, and the Likud Central Committee votes in the evening to annex settlements: What accounts for this settlement-schizoid behavior?
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Rachael Ray’s Rapine Recipes
Rachael Ray tweets that hummus is Israeli and is immediately flamed until she herself is golden brown. Can cuisine be colonialist?
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