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Looking for a Better Place

By Miri – Demographics have always played an essential role in the conflict over this piece of land. For the secular Jewish part of the country the situation is looking increasingly grim. In a forecast issued by the Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) in April 2012, 44% of Israel’s pupils will be Palestinian or ultra-Orthodox […]

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The Israeli Black Panther Movement

By Miri – “Many people, including myself, have come to the conclusion that Zionism hasn’t solved anything for us. Perhaps it has solved problems for Jews from Russia and Eastern Europe, but it hasn’t done anything for Sephardi Jews. Most of the Sephardi Jews live in conditions that are no better and often worse than […]

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Internal Strife – The Case of the Mizrahi Communities in Israel

By Miri –  In recent weeks, with the riots sparked by the anti-Islam video “The Innocence of Muslims”, proponents of the discourse of a “Clash of Civilizations”, who have been warning against the “Jihad” that the “Muslim World” is launching against “Western Civilisation”, saw themselves once again confirmed.  The conflict between Palestinians and Israelis is […]

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Persia and the Jews

By Miri –  –> During these days of increasing tensions between Israel and Iran it is worthwhile to revisit the ancient interconnectedness between the Jewish people and what used to be and is still referred to by many as Persia. Cyrus the Great Jews have been settling in the territories of today’s Iran for over […]

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LGBTQs in Palestine and Israel

By Miri –  Last week was very much associated with the LGBTQ1community, both for the good and for the sad. Last Thursday, Jerusalem held its 10th Gay Pride Parade, while on Saturday, the Tel Aviv community commemorated the third anniversary of the shooting at an LGBTQ centre that left two dead and fifteen wounded on […]

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The Nakba in Israeli Society

By Miri Today, May 15th marks Nakba Day. Nakba means “catastrophe“ in Arabic and refers to 1) the events that took place during the war of 1947/1948, usually referred to by the Jewish-Israel discourse as the War of Independence, during which an estimated number of 750,000 Palestinians were expelled and/or fled from their homes and […]

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