The Knesset Candidate Who Says Zionism Encourages anti-Semitism and Calls Netanyahu 'Arch-murderer'
Few Israelis have heard of Dr. Ofer Cassif, the Jewish representative on the far-leftist Hadash party's Knesset slate. On April 9, that will change
Jews and Arabs
This Israeli-Palestinian Dance Project Is the Epitome of Coexistence – but the Occupation May Destroy It
Evyatar Said and Yousef Hasasna are trying to keep alive their traditions by teaching them to others as part of a unique workshop. But politics keeps getting in the way
More Jewish and Arab Students Sharing Israeli Classrooms
Educators attribute 60-percent increase over five years in enrollment to bilingual schools to growing frustration over lack of progress on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Prominent American Rabbis, Evangelicals Reach Out to Sunni Gulf Leaders
Interfaith conference takes place on sidelines of first papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula amid growing publicity of once-private outreach to Israel
Opinion An Israeli Law That Seeks to Humiliate Arab Citizens
The nation-state law changed the status of the Arabic language - by defining Jewish tradition as superior the law ranks the cultural values of Jews from the Arab world lower than those from Europe
Opinion I Was a Settler. I Know How Settlers Become Killers
I helped establish the illegal West Bank outpost where the suspects in the murder of a Palestinian woman, Aisha Rabi, studied. I've watched the Israeli right wing radicalize to the point of devaluing human life - for anyone who isn’t Jewish
Editorial Thus the Fruit of the Land Grows
This is exactly how the racist wild weeds of Israeli society grow; a spiritual leader legitimizes harming Arabs and injects it with halakhic ideology – all while receiving a state salary
Opinion Arab MKs Must Not Shy Away From Seeking Power
If the Arab representatives announce in advance that they will always sit on the opposition benches, there is no point to their being in the Knesset
Opinion Benny Morris, You're Wrong: Jews and Arabs Can Live Together. They Already Do
Benny Morris is convinced that what prevailed in the past will also exist in the future. As a historian, he should know this isn’t the case, not forever
Opinion Gideon Levy Is Wrong About the Past, the Present, and I Believe the Future as Well
Eventually there will be one state between the Mediterranean and the Jordan, but it will be wholly different from the one he envisions
'It’s Impossible to Reduce Me': The Most Up-and-coming Jewish Comedian Dares You to Put Her in a Box
She's performed in East Jerusalem, Berlin, Tel Aviv and Rwanda, has worked with the UN and peace organizations, grew up in a mixed Jewish-Arab community and speaks - and looks - like both. Noam Shuster-Eliassi isn't what you think she is
Zionism’s Dark Secret: The Tale of the Jews Who Left Pre-state Israel During the British Mandate
Meir Margalit studied Jewish emigration from Palestine during the British Mandate. It had numerous causes — economic distress, the precarious security situation and even the Zionist movement’s cruelty toward the sick and the old — but its effect on the Zionist project at the time was minimal
Israel Prize-winning Artist Puts His Home Into a Museum: 'There's a Political Metaphor Here'
‘If two families know how to live on one piece of land...maybe two nations can too,’ says Micha Ullman whose work is currently on display at the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
The Israeli Charity 'Helping' Jewish Women in 'Arab Captivity'
The Yad L’Achim organization is rescuing women in distress – but only if 'distress' means being in a relationship with a non-Jew
The Secret Letter Detailing Israel's Plan to Expel Arabs, 'Without Unnecessary Brutality'
Six months after the War of Independence ended, David Ben-Gurion sought to expel more than 10,000 Arabs from the north, for unspecified 'security reasons.' Why was a long-declassified letter describing that plan recently hidden again from public view?
Settler Arrested on Suspicion of Beating Israeli Arab Driver
The driver said his attackers beat him after confirming that he was Arab. Police is requesting to extend his arrest
‘They’re Not Like neo-Nazis’: Inside the Israeli Movement Fighting Jewish-Arab Intermarriage
How Lehava recruits activists and fights relationships between Jews and Arabs
Bus Driver Says Two Israeli Teens Beat Him After Making Sure He Was Arab
Driver tells the Israel Police that while driving in Modi'in Ilit, his bus was blocked by a vehicle. Two young men got out of the car, recognized him as an Arab, beat him and then fled the scene
Editorial From Haifa to Jerusalem
The opposition’s challenge will be to present a vision of equality and openness in the face of the right’s racism and exclusion, as a foundation for Jewish-Arab cooperation that will lead to a change of government
Major Israeli Construction Firm Refuses to Sell to Arabs, Lawsuit Alleges
Sharbiv repeatedly offered homes to Jews while telling Arabs none were available
Bill Expanding Residential Screening Law in Israel Passes Preliminary Vote
Critics say far-rightist’s law to strengthen acceptance panels will keep Arabs, LGBT and single-parent families out of communities
After Criticism Over 'Support of Terror,' Haifa's Would-be Deputy Mayor Withdraws
Netanyahu pressured the mayor to block Raja Zaatry's appointment, but she refused. Zaatry's no. 2, Shahira Shalabi, will serve as deputy mayor in his stead
Opinion Israeli Non-racists, First We Take Haifa!
Netanyahu is upset because, according to an agreement in Haifa, the new Jewish mayor must condemn all expressions of racism, even if it comes from the Knesset or the prime minister’s residence
Despite Violence, Israeli Arab Women Are Advancing Rapidly
A social revolution is afoot in Israel: Education and job rates of Arab women have soared as birthrates have fallen
Haifa Mayor Refuses Netanyahu's Request to Block Arab Deputy Over Alleged Terror Links
Netanyahu claims Raja Zaatry, a member of the mixed Arab-Jewish Hadash party, supports Hezbollah and Hamas. Zaatry denies, says his party supports peace and solidarity
Hundreds of Photos Found From When Israel’s War of Independence Raged
From a burning photography store, Moshe Carmel rescued four albums whose bounty starts with the Muslim-Jewish riots of 1929. The pictures are now on display in Jerusalem
Israel's Interior Minister Seeks to Block Arab Rep From Serving as Haifa Deputy
In 2015 as Joint List campaign leader Raja Zaatry said Hamas is not a terrorist organization and that ISIS draws inspiration from Zionism
Editorial Expanding Nonacceptance of Israel’s Arabs and Others
New legislation would increase the ability of well-off, small communities to screen out Arabs, Mizrahim, the ultra-Orthodox, the secular, single parents, LGBT people, people with disabilities and any other unwanted group
Although Illegal, Separation Between Jews and Arabs Is Rife at Israel’s Hospitals
A study shows that 30 percent of Jews and 21 percent of Arabs support segregation in hospital wards, a sentiment more frequent among religious people and the less educated
Neither Muslim nor Jewish: Meet the Woman Waiting for Israel to Up Update Her Religion in Its System
'Ofra,' who has suffered years of abuse finds herself at the mercy of Israel's Interior Ministry who has failed to update her religion in its system after she officially 'returned to Judiasm'