Tag Archives: Haaretz

Deportation: ho-hum, jaded indifference?

By Syndicated News | Published: June 27, 2010
Why such jaded indifference to deportation? Four Palestinian politicians from East Jerusalem – Mohammed Abu Tir, Mohammed Totach, Khaled Abu Arafa, and Ahmed Atoun — all affiliated with Hamas, were recently ordered by Israeli police to turn over their Jerusalem ID cards, which are also their residence permits, and told they must leave “the country” within [...]
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The withering of liberal Zionism

By Syndicated News | Published: June 5, 2010
Much has been said about the withering of liberal Zionism, as the mainstream becomes ever more dominated by the military extremist and ultra-religious strains. Yossi Sarid says it poetically:In the beginning, he was a gazelle whose neck the hunters were seeking. With time, he tried to become a seagull in the hope that if he [...]
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It’s Friday – are these kids still being detained?

By Syndicated News | Published: February 12, 2010
It was a busy night for IDF forces operating in the West Bank overnight on Wednesday: they conducted a number of raids, including the home of the PA security officer who stabbed and killed an IDF soldier at the Tapuah junction south of Nablus. Two brothers of the attacker were taken away for [...]
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Naomi Chazan summarily dropped as columnist by Jerusalem Post – because of Goldstone report?

By Syndicated News | Published: February 5, 2010
In a spiraling controversy that centers on official Israeli opposition to the Goldstone report cataloging violations of international humanitarian law during the massive IDF offensive in Gaza last winter, Naomi Chazan has just been informed that her weekly columns will no longer be published by the Jerusalem Post. Will Haaretz immediately make her an offer? Chazan, an [...]
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