Between Dome of the Rock and a Hard Place
Apartheid is finally get the attention is deserves. Joining the longstanding arguments posed by Palestinians, prominent Jews (e.g. retired Judge Boaz Okon) and Israeli politicians (e.g. former PM Olmert) have begun to use the term to describe the system of institutionalized discrimination that exists in Israel/Palestine. This is a welcome development in the battle for [...]
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Prejudice against Muslims is one of the few remaining “legitimate” forms of racism in the sense it is widely accepted in public in the western world. To cite just one example, GOP Congresspeople can call for all Muslim visa holders in the US to be deported without even sparking a substantive conversation on the racism [...]
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I am a severe critic of many Israeli policies. But a part of me always held on to those aspects of Israel that remained principled and democratic. Important interventions by Israel’s High Court against the use of human shields, against the early planned routes of the segregation wall, the injunction to desegregate the road in [...]
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We often hear about Israeli discrimination against its Arab citizens and against Palestinians under occupation. It is in fact “common knowledge”, according to Judge Yuval Shadmi. One aspect of discrimination that we don’t often hear about is Israel’s formal system of discrimination against Jews. What do I mean? Israel is not a secular state. Its [...]
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