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Hanin Majadli

Hanin Majadli

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Israelis Need to Look Past Their New Iron Curtain and See What's Happening in Gaza

UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, released a report this week claiming that the nature and scope of...

31.03.2024 40

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Was Israel Ever Really a Democracy?

A few years ago, a wise old Jewish man asked me, "Do you know the only time Israel was ever democratic?" And he immediately answered his own question...

26.03.2024 70

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With All Due Respect to the Zionist University

Prof. Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian was suspended from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem because in Israel, it's forbidden to think differently. It's...

18.03.2024 50

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Over 30,000 Killed in Gaza, but Even Israel's 'Liberal Left' Says: That's War

Over the last two weeks, reports about the "severe hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip" – a sterile description of the deliberate starvation of hundreds...

08.03.2024 30

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Remember, in Israel, Arabs Are Still Second-class Citizens

One event last week succeeded in bringing an end to Israeli Arabs' thunderous silence of the past four months, – due to force, threats or...

26.02.2024 40

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Israelis Are Comfortable With 'Israeli Arabs', but I'm a Palestinian Citizen of Israel

When I entered the Haaretz building for the first time almost three years ago, in May 2021, I never imagined that I would leave with an offer to write...

12.02.2024 30

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Israel's Beef Isn't With UNRWA. It's With Palestinian Refugees' Right of Return

This week I saw a video from Noga Arbell, a researcher at the right-wing Kohelet Forum, in which she commented on Israel's suspicions about a number...

04.02.2024 60

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Israel's 'Victory Song' Doesn't Sound So Good While Israeli Soldiers Are Dying

For a few weeks now I haven't heard the work of art "Harbu Darbu," the official song of this war. I wondered if it had to do with the promise in the...

26.01.2024 10

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Israelis Could Do With a Little of the Shame Arab Citizens Felt on October 7

After October 7, as the details of the massacre became clearer, I felt shame and embarrassment. People from my nation had perpetrated a massacre. How...

14.01.2024 40

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'Voluntary Transfer' of Palestinians in Gaza Is Another Fantasy. It Won't Last

Last week, an Israeli soldier died after contracting a fungal infection in Gaza. The media reported that 10 more soldiers were sickened by similar...

09.01.2024 40

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Even the Leftists Are Loving Israel's 'Good Arabs'

Since that accursed Saturday I've often thrown my hands up in the air and decided not to write anything. Often I don't have anything to say or don't...

18.12.2023 60

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Israel Cannot Blame Antisemitism Alone for Global Condemnation

In recent weeks, Israel and Israelis have had new, serious enemies competing with their longtime strategic foe, Iran. These aren’t Hamas or Islamic...

30.11.2023 70

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We Need a Ceasefire in Gaza Now

All the talk about whether what’s happening in Gaza in genocide, a massacre, or ethnic cleansing, about whether Hamas brought this on Gaza or...

12.11.2023 30

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Dying in Southern Gaza: 'I Want to Go Home. At Least I’ll Die After Drinking Fresh Water'

On Sunday morning, I received a message from a friend in Gaza. The night before, I asked how he was and waited for his answer. I was so afraid; I was...

31.10.2023 30

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One Actor's Mistake Does Not Justify the Witch Hunt by Israel's Police

There’s nobody in Israel who hasn’t seen the image of victory: the arrest of the actress Maisa Abd Elhadi. Entertainment columnists, actors,...

31.10.2023 30

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Israel Labels All Arabs as Enemies Until Proven Otherwise. Even Then, Suspicion Lingers

A few days ago, a friend called me and said: You have no idea what kind of fear I’ve been feeling, like I’m living under a military regime.

22.10.2023 20

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No to Collective Punishment Against Gaza

One needn’t be a Gandhi or a particularly noble soul to be appalled by the pictures of the slaughter and atrocities in the south. The images of...

14.10.2023 100

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Before the Palestinians and the Jews

Last month UNESCO recognized the archaeological site of Tel es-Sultan (also called Tel Jericho) as a World Heritage Site in Palestine. The recognition...

08.10.2023 40

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When Palestinians Die for Israel's Declaration of Independence

Last week Shira Etting – combat helicopter pilot, major in the reserves, lesbian and protest leader with the Brothers and Sister in Arms movement...

29.09.2023 30

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Right-wing Bill Proposing Shin Bet Involvement in Israeli Arab Schools Is Nothing New

I read this week that the government is determined to advance a bill submitted by Likud and Otzma Yehudit proposing to have all teachers undergo...

19.09.2023 30

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Ethnic Profiling and Arab Cuisine on Israel's National Airline

The “national air carrier” El Al this week privatized its menu under the baton of the renowned “national chef” Assaf Granit. There is a spark...

11.09.2023 100

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