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State council seeks to shut down ‘leftist’ department at BGU
In an unprecedented move, the Council for Higher Education will vote on shutting down the Department of Politics and Government at Ben-Gurion University, which has been the target of right-wing...
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How the Israeli right conspired to shut down ‘lefty’ department at BGU
The crackdown on Ben-Gurion University’s Department of Politics and Government may seem unprecedented, but a closer look reveals an ongoing campaign to challenge academic freedom in the university and...
View ArticleIDF soldiers assault Reuters journalists after mistaking them for human...
Soldiers beat cameramen in Hebron after suspecting that they work for B’Tselem. Recent years have seen an organized campaign by mainstream Israeli journalists and politicians against human rights...
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Following right-wing attacks, museum seeks to cancel ‘Right of Return...
Tel Aviv’s Eretz Israel Museum has been under increasing pressure to cancel Zochrot’s second international conference. Recently, the museum presented new conditions to the organizers, including paying...
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Jerusalem Court: Okay to call Im Tirtzu a ‘fascist group’
A verdict by the Jerusalem District Court finds that recognizing ‘certain lines of resemblance’ to fascism in the ideology or activities of the right-wing movement can be seen as ‘truthful.’ The...
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Right-wing group seeks to dismantle Israeli NGO dedicated to Palestinian return
Just weeks after it was deemed to have ‘fascist characteristics,’ nationalist group Im Tirtzu tries to shut down Zochrot for allegedly ‘rejecting the existence of the State of Israel.’ Im Tirzu...
View ArticleWhat is NGO Monitor’s connection to the Israeli government?
The spearhead of the battle against Israeli human rights organizations, NGO Monitor, is run by a man who, at least for a period of time since its founding, was closely affiliated with the Prime...
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The burden, and wall, of Zionism
Zionism has come to refer not to the many ways of building Israel, but to a litmus test. Any answer other than ‘I am a Zionist,’ is akin to being un-American in the 1950s. I didn’t join a Labor Zionist...
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Between bloody wars and peace offers: The end of the road for Ehud Olmert
The former prime minister was sentenced to six years in prison. Olmert will appeal to the Supreme Court, but his return to power seems unlikely. Ehud Olmert in the Tel Aviv District Court on the day of...
View ArticleA pre-publication breakdown of Im Tirzu’s latest ‘report’
Im Tirtzu is about to publish a new ‘report.’ It’s already on the Internet, but they haven’t yet started publicizing it, so get ready to read about it here for the first time. Let’s start with the only...
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Hebrew U. threatens Palestinian students with expulsion over political...
Twelve Palestinian students are facing possible expulsion from Jerusalem’s Hebrew University for participating in an ‘illegal’ political protest. In the past, the university only took steps against...
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The ‘anti-Zionist’ camp goes mainstream in Israeli elections
Both Netanyahu and Livni are leveraging their international influence for electoral gain: Netanyahu in Congress and Livni at the United Nations. And, will the real Zionist camp please stand up? Israeli...
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Shhhh, the Nakba made it to prime time
Israel’s top satire program takes on the Nakba. Sometimes humor can succeed in places where activism or advocacy fall short. Kitzis reports on the battle of narratives over Independence Day and the...
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Supreme Court: ‘Fascist’ Im Tirzu case had no standing
Supreme Court rules that the right-wing ‘Im Tirzu’ movement had no basis to sue a group of Facebook activists who labeled it ‘fascist.’ By Oren Persico Former Im Tirzu head Ronen Shoval (left)...
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Right-wing campaign portrays human rights leaders as foreign agents
Israeli human rights leaders are now being portrayed as back-stabbing foreign implants. One minute and nine seconds. That’s the length of the inciting video published this morning by right-wing...
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Maybe there’s just no room for human rights in Israel
Those trying to delegitimize rights groups because their funds come from overseas are sending a very clear message: human and civil rights are not values that exist naturally in Israel. Right-wing...
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It’s time to challenge Israeli militarism from within
The Left must fight the urge to exclude those who haven’t served in combat roles from voicing their opinion on the occupation. By Michal Rotem Israeli soldiers take cover along the side of a home in...
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Israeli gov’t votes to support bill targeting left-wing NGOs
Proposed law would force human rights NGOs to sport special labels and badges indicating that they receive foreign funding. The bill still needs to go through committee, pass a full Knesset vote....
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Hasbara group wants you to infiltrate human rights NGOs
A private, low-profile ‘public diplomacy’ outfit is setting out to train ‘Secret Hasbara Agents.’ But don’t worry, it’s not propaganda. Screenshot of an email from “The Centre for Public Diplomacy” A...
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The Year in Photos: Palestine and Israel in 2015
Activestills selects the most powerful, important and moving images of 2015 — in chronological order. Photos by: Oren Ziv, Ahmad al-Bazz, Yotam Ronen, Faiz Abu-Rmeleh, Keren Manor, Hosam Salem, Ezz...
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