Wed, February 15, 2012 Shvat 22, 5772
Construction of the new cultural auditorium in Ariel, taking students on tours of the West Bank, and now the plan to turn the 'university center' in Ariel into a full-fledged university, are erasing the pre-1967 borders from the collective consciousness of both Palestinians and Israelis.
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The security checks of Israeli Arabs at Israel's airport are the result of a worldview that no X-ray machine can spot and no High Court of Justice can uproot.
by Zvi Bar'el 1 commentsMost Israelis view the Holocaust through a prism that filters out everything else. That's easy to understand, in light of the trauma's dimensions, but the viewpoint occludes a large portion of reality.
by Uri Misgav 1 commentsShe was a human being and an artist. Even Israelis may be permitted to mourn her, remember her and cling to her wonderful music.
by Avirama Golan 0 comments
As the Israeli public hunkers and frets in dread and denial of what might happen if Iran were left to develop nuclear weapons - and in dread and denial of what might happen if it were prevented from doing so - the settlement movement scores triumph after triumph.
by Bradley Burston 13 commentsNew bill assigning criminal responsibility to the clients of prostitutes is another important stage in this welcome process of change.
Haaretz Editorial 8 commentsAnyone who still claims that the summer protests didn't achieve anything is wrong, big-time.
by Nehemia Shtrasler 0 commentsNot only has the time come to separate between this monotheism and the state - both the Jewish and Arab state - the time has also come to separate it from the national discourse.
by Salman Masalha 0 commentsStalinism, with all its terrible crimes, did not develop a racial theory and did not engage in the systematic slaughter of peoples. The balancing is a sin against history, which will not forgive cheapeners and distorters of the Holocaust.
by Adar Primor 5 comments
No wonder Nasrallah feels a little shaky and is trying to shore up his public image by insisting he's an independent factor in the Middle East equation.
by Moshe Arens 0 commentsTo change this system it is not enough to have specific, limited agreements: What is needed instead is political will.
by Merav Michaeli 0 commentsBarak is second only to MK Elkin in terms of his loyalty to the coalition during Knesset votes - supporting the government in 99.9% of all votes.
by Boaz Gaon 2 commentsIt is inconceivable for communities to take advantage of lands with which the government has entrusted them in a manner that is infuriatingly contrary to human and civil rights.
Haaretz Editorial 2 commentsWe want the right to keep a skeptical distance on the sidelines of fashionable rhetoric that constantly makes use of popular phrases such as 'moral standards,' 'experiences,' 'excitement' and 'identity.'
by Dina Berdichevsky, Gili Kugler 1 commentsThe 'elites' enthusiasticly buy into the idea that the Palestinians rejected the 'generous offer' that peace-loving Israeli leaders placed at their doorstep - and paid us back in terror.
by Akiva Eldar 10 comments
A textbook in use in 2012 cannot describe homosexuality as 'an emotional disorder' that stems from 'a strong need for dependence.'
by Amalia Rosenblum 1 commentsOnline comments - in which the reader can add his/her views to an authored piece - offer the concrete potential for dialogue, for mutual encouragement of ideas and for correcting errors.
by Shaul Arieli 0 commentsThe Harpaz report will have to wait until after the heat of the comptroller's report on the Carmel fire has diminished.
by Amir Oren 3 commentsThe entire Golan Heights is occupied exactly as the West Bank is.
by Gideon Levy 14 commentsThe initiative to encourage the settlements and defend the outposts, like the moves to dodge diplomatic negotiations, make it hard to spot the difference between PM Benjamin Netanyahu and Moshe Feiglin.
Haaretz Editorial 7 comments
Belief in settling the entirety of the historic Land of Israel does not free the believer from a duty to balance it with other precepts, including ensuring the existence and well-being of the Jewish state and seeking peace.
by Yehezkel Dror 5 commentsPartly cloudy
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