Dmitry Shumsky
Opinion Downing of Russian Plane Exposed Putin's Court Jew
Most Israelis, along with their prime minister, are beginning to understand that the crisis with Russia is not a passing matter. But they haven't figured out what the core issue is
Opinion We Are All BDS
The left must begin preparing for life in a new political reality, with Israeli citizens and Palestinian subjects in one apartheid state
Opinion Palestinian Concessions Will Only Delay Peace More
As long as the political-messianic instinct dwells in the Israeli political consciousness, don't expect reconciliation
Opinion If There’s an Occupation, There Shouldn’t Be Eurovision for Israel
Israel’s violation of both international law and the universal right to self-determination needs to be accompanied by real penalties from the international community
Opinion Israeli Racism, post-Soviet Style
The Jews of the former Soviet Union grew up with a sense of alienation from their homeland, so they believe that Israel’s Arab citizens lack roots in Israel
Opinion Zionism Without Jerusalem
Israel must emulate Herzl and Jabotinsky, who were willing to cede Jewish sovereignty over Jerusalem's Old City
Opinion Israel’s Last Chance to End the Occupation
Paradoxically, the anti-BDS bill could very well hasten the end of the repression and subjugation of the Palestinian people
Opinion The New Political Zionism
NGOs' struggle against the occupation continues Zionism's path because it seeks legitimate borders for Israel and the political normalization of the Jewish people — à la Theodor Herzl 120 years ago
Opinion '1984' in Israel and Palestine
We must get the Israeli public to recognize this basic human truth: Occupation by a foreign government cannot be a substitute for sovereignty, just as slavery isn't freedom, war isn't peace and ignorance isn't strength
Opinion Putin’s Not Getting Worked Up Over Trump’s Attack on Syria
To the Kremlin, the U.S. bombing of an air base is simply a shift meant to mollify Trump’s (and Russia’s) numerous sworn enemies in America and Europe
Opinion Labor Leader Herzog's 'Peace Plan' Should Be Wake-up Call to Party's Leftwingers
Keeping the settlement blocs — as Herzog proposes — will prevent the establishment of a sustainable Palestinian state.
To Boycott Israel Is Counterproductive. Time to Focus on the Settlements.
The boycott has been used throughout Jewish history as a rather effective action for internal correction of social faults.
Haneen Zoabi Helps Forge Israel’s National Renewal
Without the mirror that the Arab legislator puts in front of us, there’s no chance for the national rehabilitation that every occupying and dispossessing power needs.
The West Needs to Abandon Its Old Orientalist Image of Russia
The withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria allows Putin to confirm that old narrative of Russian 'peacemaking.'
Israel's Culture Minister Is No Defender of the Downtrodden
It’s wrong to call Miri Regev a fighter for Israeli Jews with roots in Muslim countries. She's a spokeswoman for the colonialists who have controlled the Palestinian natives.
Artists in the Israel of Netanyahu: The 1970s Soviet Intelligentsia of Today
The messianic ideology on behalf of which Minister Miri Regev acts to oppress contemporary Israeli culture and art and to replace it with Jewish-settler culture, is now at the height of its power.
How BDS Is Actually Perpetuating the Occupation
By obscuring the uniqueness of the Israeli colonialist regime, BDS is giving Israel an escape hatch; instead, boycott movement must focus on occupation and settlements, stop blurring lines between Israel and Territories.
Zionists, Support the Palestinian Authority in The Hague
Under the flag of Zionism, the captains of the occupation and settlement enterprise are marching Israel in great strides back to the pre-state and pre-Zionist age.
Palestinaphobia of Israeli Jews Infects Both Left and Right
Amos Oz, who is so far distant in its ideological world view from Israel's nationalist right-wing, shares the same primeval fear of Arabs.
What a Murder in Russia Can Tell Us About Israel’s Next Government
The message that the peace process must be based on Jewish consensus, while Arab voices are ignored, has been perfectly internalized since Rabin’s murder.
The West's Russophobic Obsession Strikes in Ukraine - Again
The primary consideration of the U.S. and the Western world does not seem to be the interests of Ukraine’s citizens, but rather their tireless effort to weaken Russia’s geopolitical status as a superpower.