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The Problem with Jewish Pride

It’s a challenging claim by one of our most astute public intellectuals: the ascent of chauvinist Jewish pride is a sign that Zionism has failed.

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College of Corrections

What should we make of a shocking new and “world’s first” proposal to allow a university to manage a prison jointly with the Israel Prison Service?

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“A Girl, and I Shoot Well!”

There is a new documentary web series following three passionate, articulate, and armed young women living in the occupied territories.

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Museology of the Oppressed (with Apologies to Paulo Freire)

There are plans to construct 20 museums in development towns, to finally acknowledge the contributions made by what was for so long regarded as “the other Israel.”

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A Pall to Arms

As protests swell over our sale of arms to the brutish generals of Burma/Myanmar, what is the morality of Israel’s weapons industry?

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Martial Mercy for Military Manslaughter?

IDF Chief of Staff decided to reduce the sentence of a soldier who shot dead a Palestinian who had minutes earlier stabbed an IDF soldier.

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Foucault, Derrida, Shagar, the Settler Nakba and the Future of Zionism

Have young settlers rejected the nationalism of their parents, embracing instead a neo-Hasidic post-Zionism that changes their political views and aspirations?

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Poll: Netanyahu is the Best PM and also a Liar who Must Resign!

The first public opinion poll of the new year serves us up a mess of conflicting opinions about the strength of the right, PM Netanyahu’s career, and more.

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The De-Malling of Israel

Malls in Israel have been deserted and are collapsing: is this is a harbinger of the de-Amerification of Israeli culture?

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