Israeli Election: Disqualifying a political party that calls for the state to be for ALL its citizens; and not a supremacy of one group over others — By Orly Noy • (Translated by Sol Salbe) While the Israeli army continues its murderous campaigns in Jenin and the northern West Bank, the representatives of the Israeli parliament disqualified the Balad party, the electoral formation with the most democratic platform in Israel, from running in the elections. …

Children from around the world overcome wars, walls and language barriers to deliver a message of hope — By Katy Weitz A unique show took place today at St Louise’s Comprehensive College in Belfast featuring children from all over the world including Gaza, the Czech Republic, Russia, Iraq, Syria, Sudan, Afghanistan and Thailand. For the first time these children shared a stage to perform two plays, give a…

By Arnon Avni Once again the same ritual gets repeated. The “experts” are summoned to the studios to drone and babble on about the “escalation”. The problem is Jenin, the city of terrorism. Abu Mazen [Mahmoud Abbas] is weak, he’s not doing his job as overseer with of slaves with…

By Amal Oraby I Hope that next year you stop getting excited by any politician who mentions the word Shalom [peace], especially if they had taken acting courses or were a TV star [a reference to Lapid]. I wish for you to stop being afraid of the word equality, of…

Haaretz’s restaurant reviewer, Saggie Cohen, sum up the last Jewish year (5782). The topic itself is of little interest to people abroad. But even committed BDSers (or lovers from afar) may find his socio-political observation of some interest in understanding the places. So here is a translation of his introduction (Translated by Sol Salbe): — The outgoing year was the year when it finally became clear that restaurant business is hard work: we left it to the Arabs. Almost all the significant restaurants that opened in the second part of the year, after the festive openings of the restaurants that were delayed due to the…

So you think the Israeli reality show reached the bottom of the typecasting pit? Rivka from Come Dine with Me, a mix of settler and New Ager, is a reminder that we can always stoop lower. — By Nissan Shor • (Translation: Ali Nissenbaum and Sol Salbe)* Rivka, the settler on the new season of Come Dine with Me, is the embodiment of the Israeli nightmare. The rot and its consequences. A crooked combination of all that’s wrong with the traditional and with the modern. She is…

By Tamir Sorek (US-based Israeli author, professor) It turns out that the “Parliament of Strengtheners” [הפרלמנט של מחזקים] [a reputedly progressive group] blocked me due to my opinion regarding the resonance of Nazi concepts in [Labour Leader] Merav Michaeli’s rhetoric. In short, there are those who think that comparisons should…

The ultra-orthodox journalist Frey praised the heroism of Muhammad Minawi in a tweet for intending to harm only soldiers despite “the oppression, crushing and killing of his people”. The channel: We disavow the statement, he will be summoned for clarification — The following article was published in Haaretz (Hebrew edition, 12 September 2022) under the headline: “Journalist Israel Frey was suspended from the Democrat TV channel due to praising the terrorist caught in Jaffa”

By Orly Noy (Translated by Sol Salbe) The Israeli army exterminates Palestinians on an almost daily basis. The number of non-combatant Palestinians who are shot to death by the army is dizzying, the Israeli public hardly ever hears about them, and only the human rights organisations continue to document and…