When Jews Praised Mussolini and Supported Nazis: Meet Israel's First Fascists
Some worrying components of Hebrew fascism are still evident in Israel's right wing, 80 years on
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'I Moved to Israel Because of the Hummus'
This week at the Tel Aviv airport: Young Uruguayan-Israelis explain where they get their optimism from ■ An Israeli couple whose story is what rom-coms are made of
Haaretz at 100: Israel’s National Poet Praised the Paper for Shunning Fake News
In 1933, Haim Nahman Bialik lauded the daily – and its left-wing competitor Davar – for eschewing ‘harmful exaggeration’
Haaretz at 100 The Untold Story of Haaretz's First Days
The manual printing press, the feminist article by Jabotinsky and the resignation that jolted the paper's staff. A return to the early days of Haaretz, on the occasion of the centenary of its founding
Opinion The Last Truly Zionist Institution and Most Jewish Newspaper in the World
From its launch in 1919, Haaretz was never just about building the Jewish state. It was also about ensuring the state always lived up to its Jewish and Zionist ideals
Neither Israel's nor Germany's Slide Into Fascism Was Accidental
The Zionist attempt to create a secular-national movement based on Jewish identity could not help but have a religious messianic component. From there it was inevitable that it would turn racist
Did Zionist Leaders Actually Aspire Toward a Jewish State?
Israel’s efforts to block Palestinian independence may lie in a historic aversion of the Zionist movement to the nation-state model
'The Jewish People Reached Their Peak:' Ben-Gurion’s Postcard Day After Israel's Founding
Writing to his lifelong friend, Shlomo Lavi, Israel's first prime minister describes the malaria swamps he found upon arrival: 'Although our sons are fighting on the frontlines, our heart is happy at the sight of great progress'
The Openly Polyamorous Family That Shocked Tel Aviv in the '20s
Everyone knew about the triangular structure of this odd Zionist family that immigrated to Palestine and became part of the bohemian set in the 1920s and '30s. Children and grandchildren paint the picture of a singular lifestyle
The Star of David: More Than Just a Symbol of the Jewish People or Nazi Persecution
The Star of David associated today with Jews, the Holocaust and Israel has other cultural and religious underpinnings.
UC Berkeley Jewish Community Condemns Remarks at Student Government Meeting
Several Jewish groups sign statement saying they were 'appalled and deeply pained' by remarks that used 'Zionism as a code for Judaism'
Israel Is Almost Identical to ISIS, Columbia University Professor Says
'Only difference' is that ISIS does not have columnists 'propagating the cause of the terrorist outfit as the Zionists columnists do on a regular basis,' Hamid Dabashi writes
Ken Livingstone Says Allegations of British Labour Party anti-Semitism Are ‘Lies and Smears’
Ken Livingstone, who was suspended from the U.K. Labour party in 2016 and quit last year over comments about Hitler and Zionism, was responding to claims that the Labour party was anti-Semitic
Former NBA Star Amar'e Stoudemire Granted Israeli Citizenship
'This is an emotional moment for me, I’ve loved Israel for a long time,' Hapoel Jerusalem player says
Opinion The Birthright vs. J Street Fight About Free Trips to Israel Is Completely Pointless
J Street has validated, rather than challenged, two controversial Birthright principles – that young Jews deserve freebies and that Israel should be at the center of their Jewish identity
Far-right Israeli Party Exhorts Principals to Get Students' Parents to Vote for It
Apparently defying law barring political activity by government-funded groups, Union of Right-Wing Parties urges principals from state religious schools to lobby for it
Opinion Hate: An Israeli Love Story
For anti-Semitism hunters, preserving paranoia and blurring the line between Judaism and Zionism is the best way to handle criticism of the country's abominations
Opinion Why Is Adelson-backed Zionist Organization of America Defending Israel's KKK Slime?
To be clear, I am not suggesting that Mort Klein immigrate to Israel. Nor Sheldon Adelson. But if they lose their Bibi, where is their Zionism of America going to put them?
Opinion I Shut My Orthodox Synagogue's Doors to Racist Rabbi Meir Kahane. But Others Let Him In
I told Kahane: You and Louis Farrakhan both raise money the same way - by attacking Jews. That was decades ago. Now, Kahanism's theology and politics of racist exclusion is consuming Israel's religious Zionist camp
Opinion Netanyahu Just Destroyed One of Israel’s Key National Security Assets
Netanyahu is backing Israel’s KKK for naked domestic political gain. And that's not all the damage his frenzied, odious political maneuver has caused
Opinion It's Leftism or Zionism - You Can't Have Both
The two-state solution is dead, and the Zionist left helped kill it
Is There Anything Left to Squeeze Out of Zionism's Former Symbol?
Shrinking citrus groves have reduced the economic importance of oranges, but farmers, artists and high-tech professionals are now looking to give the golden fruit new meaning
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